SUPERMAN #1 7.0 Blue THIRD highest graded copy coming to auction at CC 4 4

[Surfing Alien]

On 12/2/2021 at 10:51 PM, szav said:

is there any reason to believe any of his books would have had resto? 

For anyone who was here to watch him unfold his collection, I don't think there's any reason to believe he had resto done to anything. Although anything is possible, his books simply didn't need it and he seems like a type who truly appreciated books how they arrived in their natural state. He accumulated OO accumulations in the early 1960's and stopped in the 70's. I mean a resto freak wouldn't store their books in glad bags, unboarded, in stacks in a dark room for 40 years would they? His 900 page long thread was filled with graciousness and a love of art & history unseen before or since. Hope he's doing ok. Always worth another look at some of his unveiling pics:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 12/3/2021 at 5:14 AM, Surfing Alien said:

For anyone who was here to watch him unfold his collection, I don't think there's any reason to believe he had resto done to anything. Although anything is possible, his books simply didn't need it and he seems like a type who truly appreciated books how they arrived in their natural state. He accumulated OO accumulations in the early 1960's and stopped in the 70's. I mean a resto freak wouldn't store their books in glad bags, unboarded, in stacks in a dark room for 40 years would they? His 900 page long thread was filled with graciousness and a love of art & history unseen before or since. Hope he's doing ok. Always worth another look at some of his unveiling pics:

I think I read on somewhere here that @BangZoomhad suffered a stroke, so I don’t think he’s on the boards anymore. It’s a shame. Hey BZ, if you’re still out there, your legend lives on!

[G.A.tor]

On 12/3/2021 at 9:15 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

I think I read on somewhere here that @BangZoomhad suffered a stroke, so I don’t think he’s on the boards anymore. It’s a shame. Hey BZ, if you’re still out there, your legend lives on!

he's recovered pretty nicely  I believe  and still posts occasionally on facebook...

[Robot Man]

Yes, he is doing much better and does do some FB. And yes, he still owns this wonderful collection. 

[woowoo]

On 12/3/2021 at 8:02 AM, Robot Man said:

Yes, he is doing much better and does do some FB. And yes, he still owns this wonderful collection. 

What's his name on FB ?

[G.A.tor]

On 12/3/2021 at 11:22 AM, woowoo said:

What's his name on FB ?

I'm guessing if he wanted folks to know, he would have publicly posted that info here...I don't think it's some secret or something, but it's his place to post, not ours

Edited December 3, 2021 by G.A.tor

[Robot Man]

On 12/2/2021 at 8:44 PM, lou_fine said:

If I remember correctly, wasn't there something about garbage cans and an alley.    

Needless to say, I've walked down enough alleys in my city and never ever once found anything of value worth taking back home with me.   

He mentioned that he bought a large amount of them from a guy that found them tied in bundles next to the trash on a street curb. He also paid the guy pretty crazy money (at the time) for them.

He was very active buying from newspaper ads and putting up notices on bulletin boards.

Me and my brother did the same thing as kids but never got anything like this.

I did once find about a dozen early ‘50’s DCs on top of a trash can in an alley. 

[BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES]

On 12/2/2021 at 5:40 PM, Surfing Alien said:

He scanned the Superman #2, the pic was still up there and it was pretty sharp

Ah, the rare photobucket variant

[Mmehdy]

On 12/3/2021 at 5:14 AM, Surfing Alien said:

For anyone who was here to watch him unfold his collection, I don't think there's any reason to believe he had resto done to anything. Although anything is possible, his books simply didn't need it and he seems like a type who truly appreciated books how they arrived in their natural state. He accumulated OO accumulations in the early 1960's and stopped in the 70's. I mean a resto freak wouldn't store their books in glad bags, unboarded, in stacks in a dark room for 40 years would they? His 900 page long thread was filled with graciousness and a love of art & history unseen before or since. Hope he's doing ok. Always worth another look at some of his unveiling pics:

" the stuff dreams are made of "  Sam S

[woowoo]

On 12/3/2021 at 8:55 AM, G.A.tor said:

I'm guessing if he wanted folks to know, he would have publicly posted that info here...I don't think it's some secret or something, but it's his place to post, not ours

 Is his real name Clark Kent  Not that I really care just wanted to see his face book page for cool books. No  was not hard to find but like the rest of the boards people say did you see that ebay book its going cheap, but they don't leave a Link and you spend a lot of time looking for it. 

[Terry JSA]

On 12/3/2021 at 8:14 AM, Surfing Alien said:

For anyone who was here to watch him unfold his collection, I don't think there's any reason to believe he had resto done to anything. Although anything is possible, his books simply didn't need it and he seems like a type who truly appreciated books how they arrived in their natural state. He accumulated OO accumulations in the early 1960's and stopped in the 70's. I mean a resto freak wouldn't store their books in glad bags, unboarded, in stacks in a dark room for 40 years would they? His 900 page long thread was filled with graciousness and a love of art & history unseen before or since. Hope he's doing ok. Always worth another look at some of his unveiling pics:

 This is the type of collection I would love to have one day. Just full of wonderful keys and grails. 

[MrBedrock]

On 12/3/2021 at 10:22 AM, woowoo said:

What's his name on FB ?

Harold

[woowoo]

On 12/4/2021 at 1:03 PM, MrBedrock said:

Harold

 My secret identity has been found by 

[Gotham Kid]

Looks like final # might even be closer to 3Mil (w/BP)

Edited December 12, 2021 by Gotham Kid

[gadzukes]

On 12/12/2021 at 2:21 AM, Gotham Kid said:

Looks like final # might even be closer to 3Mil (w/BP)

Soooo.....  $2,328,750.   wowzers

[sfcityduck]

On 12/3/2021 at 7:36 AM, G.A.tor said:

he's recovered pretty nicely  I believe  and still posts occasionally on facebook...

Nice to hear BZ's doing well!  The only FB account I knew of for him (a public facing account for comic related discussion) hasn't had a new post by him since 2019.  Before anyone tries to find that FB account, it is not findable without knowing his real name.  I wish BZ would consider coming back to share some more stories and pics. But, if I had his collection I'd be scared of someone trying to steal it.  So I hope that everyone continues to respect his privacy.  

[Mmehdy]

WOW...$2,456, 527 with 15% BP with 3 hours to go.....WOW

[Dark Knight]

On 12/16/2021 at 8:03 PM, Batmanis#1 said:

Sold for $2.6 million includes BP. I guess AF15 in 9.6 is still the highest priced book ever sold. I know it is hard to compare just saying.

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/937190

The $2.6 mil didn't include the 15% BP.  With the BP, it's just a shade under $3 mil

[lou_fine]

On 12/16/2021 at 9:46 PM, Batmanis#1 said:

On 12/16/2021 at 8:39 PM, Dark Knight said:

The $2.6 mil didn't include the 15% BP.  With the BP, it's just a shade under $3 mil

Are you sure that does not already include the 15%? I saw it close then I added the 15% hence my $2.6 price all-in.

Unlike their first auction when they first introduced the 15% BP and didn't include it in their final auction price, I believe they have now corrected this for the last couple of Event Auctions, if not for all of them retroactively now.    

[Professor K]

Yeah the final price is 2,604,750........or 47 Superman 1's in .05 condition 

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/936043

lou_fine yeah it shows up with the bp included right after the auction ends. Still not as friendly as Heritage which as we know shows the price with the bp during the entire auction.

Edited December 17, 2021 by Professor K