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Modern Grail Club
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On 5/3/2022 at 5:47 PM, IbukiLord said:

One of my fav comics of all time, it got me back into collecting comics. It sat on my LCS shelf for about 4 months before I bought it, they wanted £75 which I didn't want to pay at the time. They then had a buy one get one free sale so I bought a CGC 9.8 ASM #4 1st Silk for $75 and took this as my free book.

Sent it to CGC a few months later and it will now stay with me and be displayed till I die. Think the only other book that may top it is Lady Death Nightmare Symphony #1 Artgerm cover.

 

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Wow and rounding out a 9.8 too!  :headbang:

Sounds like a score! ^^

Glad even though it sat, it was kept well enough to send off. :x

 

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On 5/3/2022 at 7:48 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

I don't know if these count as "grails," but I ain't no weeny...

This one might be my favorite book I've ever bought - Dark Nights: Death Metal 1 signed and sketched by Puppeteer Lee, who is one of my favorite new artists, and the only artist I've ever reached out to (we've "spoken" via email; I was hoping for a potential small commission or piece of OA. Spoiler alert, I absolutely could not afford it).

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Batman 679 1:25 variant - love the Batman of Zur En Arrh, and I wanted this book for a long time. I waited patiently to find a copy I liked at a price I liked. I love this cover:

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And Batman 635. I wanted this book bad, but I never wanted to pull the trigger based on cost (I'm cheap, and I constantly hunt deals). This book for me, aside from being a really cool cover and a great Bat-book, is a testament to patience in collecting. I now own two copies, both bought in lot purchases on eBay.

This copy cost me $1.70 (averaged across the entire lot of books I bought, which was something like $250 for 140 books):

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And this copy was about $17.75 (averaged across the lot of 9 books for $160):

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I remember when you got the sketch, and if I remember correctly it was a story itself that you loved it.

I have the same sentiment on bats 635 and similarly 656, but havent been as well off on looking for either.

I have on 655, the world evens out, I hope. Knowing you're posts, I'm glad to see these revisited!

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On 5/3/2022 at 8:01 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I remember when you got the sketch, and if I remember correctly it was a story itself that you loved it.

I have the same sentiment on bats 635 and similarly 656, but havent been as well off on looking for either.

I have on 655, the world evens out, I hope. Knowing you're posts, I'm glad to see these revisited!

Yeah, thanks, that sketch was crazy - I was watching that auction like a hawk, and it was right place/right time. I won it for $104.50. I think they were selling for something like $275 when they first came out. I've seen the blue label of that book go for around $100-110 since. It's not a high-dollar item by any means, but when I sometimes pull books out to look at them, it's still the one that makes me the happiest!

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On 5/3/2022 at 8:08 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Since we may be picking more than one, this is kind of a long story:

I paid for this early 2019, it was to my knowledge cancelled or thereabouts later that year. I might have even been refunded at one point.

Came out of the blue at the beginning of this year that they were back from cgc and to confirm address. 

This was the only facilitator that was easy for doing Dell Otto remarques, and I'm glad they made good on their promises (thumbsu

I haven't found anyone else to be as helpful because the artist lives in Italy. 

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Gorgeous. Amazing sketch!

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On 5/3/2022 at 8:52 PM, LovetheLizard said:

Amazing Spider-Man #667 Dell'Otto variant

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On 5/3/2022 at 8:53 PM, LovetheLizard said:

Amazing Spider-Man volume 5 #12 Japan Limited Edition variant

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On 5/3/2022 at 9:33 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

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Plus it is a Printers Proof. 

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Now THESE are some grails (I still love my book though)!

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