N e r V Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, buttock said: Do yourself a favor and don't ever ask anyone about Dave's history of manipulating books They weren’t manipulated they were orchestrated (it just sounds better like he was making them more musical 🎼 🎵 🎶 )… MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 59 minutes ago, MrBedrock said: Somewhere there are Hawkeyes with fake Church codes laughing hysterically. 27 minutes ago, Flex Mentallo said: A sentence that could not possibly be understood by anyone outside the hobby! I see no reason reason to be snotty and bring your sports bias into this… Flex Mentallo, thunsicker and ThothAmon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, lou_fine said: Although it might not be necessary by now, but I will repeat my advice or word of warning to you here anyways. Based upon what was sent to me last night, it is never a good idea to try to jump on board the CGC grading train when it is already loaded up to the hilt with the Promise Collection books and also barreling down the tracks at full maximum speed. The chances of you and your HG GA books from this same time period being able to successfully maneuver this leap is probably slim to none and you and your books will sadly simply get crushed to smithereens under the wheels of the oncoming CGC grading train. Most likely your books will be delayed by three to five months and you will still pay expedited fees. And not get the grades you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MatterEaterLad Posted May 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2021 These books are absolutely MIND-BLOWING, let me get that out there first. I'm glad they're entering the marketplace. But I don't completely buy the backstory. I'm sure there's some truth there, but in the same way that all of these books have been worked on to increase hammer prices, I suspect the marketing of this collection has had some work done as well. No photos of the brothers. No last names. No indication of where they were purchased or how they were stored so that a book in an attic for 70 years can have no foxing and appear unread. Anonymous consigners. These will generate big money and some lottery winners want to remain anonymous, I get that. But not celebrating the brothers and their service by identifying them seems odd. Larryw7, mwotka, ThothAmon and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 20 minutes ago, MatterEaterLad said: These books are absolutely MIND-BLOWING, let me get that out there first. I'm glad they're entering the marketplace. But I don't completely buy the backstory. I'm sure there's some truth there, but in the same way that all of these books have been worked on to increase hammer prices, I suspect the marketing of this collection has had some work done as well. No photos of the brothers. No last names. No indication of where they were purchased or how they were stored so that a book in an attic for 70 years can have no foxing and appear unread. Anonymous consigners. These will generate big money and some lottery winners want to remain anonymous, I get that. But not celebrating the brothers and their service by identifying them seems odd. Anonymity makes more sense if the consignor who is winning the lottery is not a relative of the brothers. But, even so, people want to stay anonymous when they win a lottery for good and legitimate reasons. The Lions Den and waaaghboss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 26 minutes ago, sfcityduck said: Anonymity makes more sense if the consignor who is winning the lottery is not a relative of the brothers. But, even so, people want to stay anonymous when they win a lottery for good and legitimate reasons. I do hope it’s not a case where someone paid a pittance for the collection and stands to make a small fortune reselling it. Gotham Kid, MatterEaterLad, jimbo_7071 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 23 minutes ago, cheetah said: I do hope it’s not a case where someone paid a pittance for the collection and stands to make a small fortune reselling it. Great chance..if you look at past Ha Signiture Auctions with around 2000 items its probably an average of around $10 million given current market conditions. If you use that valuation then with 5000 books at 2.5 times is 25Million. I dont care if you are Bill Gates...that is a fortune...even in 2021. MatterEaterLad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 3 hours ago, MrBedrock said: Somewhere there are Hawkeyes with fake Church codes laughing hysterically. There are dark places in fandom where we are forbidden to trod... ThothAmon and Larryw7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, cheetah said: I do hope it’s not a case where someone paid a pittance for the collection and stands to make a small fortune reselling it. In this hobby, that would be par for the course. Most of the guys out there now make Jay Maybruck and Ernie Gerber look like campfire girls. comicjack and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 9 hours ago, innocuous said: Sometimes an underline for emphasis is just an underline for emphasis. sfcityduck and buttock 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 9 hours ago, Scrooge said: You know, the more I think about this, the more amazing it gets. Let everyone of us think back to the time we picked up books on the newsstands. The idea we could pick half of the new books on the shelf is just ridiculous, esp. when you think that this was a newsstands circa 1949 - Exactly. I used to fight with my Mom just to be able to spend an entire $1 on comics, and this was in the 1970s when they were 20 cents. path4play and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Chief1332 said: Wondering if only the immediate family was buying the books... Were purchases assisted by more extended family members... Did the local community help out at all... Having a family member serving in the 40-50's was absolutely no joke. Todays military is so different. Looking forward to hearing the entire story as told my family members if possible. From the story we've heard so far, it doesn't sound like his family was buying books for him while he was gone like Tom Reilly. They were "just" books that he was buying by himself for himself as a teenager until he enlisted for Korea, and no books were added afterwards. Chief1332 and Mmehdy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, lou_fine said: Are you talking about then or now with the current pandemic still in place and record high unemployment with many businesses still shut down? And yet we have stock markets at record highs, housing prices going through the roof, and people throwing millions at NFT's, sports cards, and not too far behind are our much loved and treasured comic books. That is a real issue Lou...will the crazy speculators go after the "finest" condition wise GA OO collection. Well first they have to have the brains to realize that All-Winners #21 in 9.8 is a miracle in and of itself that it exits today...OO..that is my favorite books so far, great read, cover, condition. Can they separate that book for the 300/500 books coming on board this auction time?.. They have money, but do they have skill....it takes a savy collector to be able to navigate thru that many GA gems. Now, they could hire someone like Mr. Bedrock to advise them...I do not think they are that smart or want to put the time and effort it is to do the necessary research to figure out that All Winners #21 9.8 is priceless and it is. I think down the road 2 thousand books later, they will or might and buy everything that hits the market, but not today. It is a GA collectors privilege to just look at the scan of that book, they are looking for widgets. They could get smart...but I bet not right away...we as TCBC's have the advantage now...... Edited May 12, 2021 by Mmehdy lou_fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post adamstrange Posted May 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, tth2 said: Exactly. I used to fight with my Mom What's your win-loss record? Gotham Kid, tth2, Larryw7 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 40 minutes ago, szav said: If this collection belonged to my family, or a relative, and there was some amazing story like the older brother holding on to these for 70 years until his death despite knowing their value, I'd take a loan against some of the expected winnings and produce a documentary about it, try to get some articles published etc and drum up the hype prior to the first auction. You would. Other people prefer privacy. I would not want to invite any publicity, not for fear of people looking to hit the family for money but simply b/c I like to keep most things private The Lions Den and tth2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatterEaterLad Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 15 minutes ago, szav said: I’m a wildly speculating ill informed cynic... I'd like that on a business card. ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crowzilla Posted May 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2021 At the risk of bringing everything in the world to a stop, have we all been staring at the Promise books so much that no one has mentioned the gem of gems is appearing in this auction? Might need it's own 50+ page thread or risk breaking the internet. tth2, waaaghboss, Mmehdy and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 10 hours ago, Mr. Lady Luck said: trickle-down ecocomics FTFY Mr. Lady Luck and Jasonmorris1000000 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, adamstrange said: 3 hours ago, tth2 said: Exactly. I used to fight with my Mom What's your win-loss record? I'm Chinese-American. Of course I'm 0-fer. Edited May 12, 2021 by tth2 greggy, ThothAmon, silverseeker and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, szav said: I mean you did neglect to quote the part where I said I’m a wildly speculating ill informed cynic... szucchini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...