Attempting to collect DC Showcase 1-104 in 9.0 or better! 7 7

[Silver]

Yes, Ive appeared on a few of them, He’s making some great content. 👍

[Chiparus]

On 12/20/2022 at 3:04 PM, Silver said:

Yes, Ive appeared on a few of them, He’s making some great content. 👍

Agree, love the 'show and tell' videos. Some epic comics and collections. Would highly recommend others to check them out. I watched the LB Cole video today actually. I'm over in the UK so you can tell your brother he has world wide audience. 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Chiparus

[FloridianDemon]

On 12/20/2022 at 2:26 AM, Chiparus said:

It is a lovely copy and at a good price too. Good buy.

A 9.6 of 77 was also at heritage that went for $630, I was tempted to upgrade but decided against it in the end.... 

 

 

believe it or not, there is 9.8 of 68 im tempted on grabbing...

[Chiparus]

On 12/20/2022 at 4:50 PM, FloridianDemon said:

believe it or not, there is 9.8 of 68 im tempted on grabbing...

Oh yes, the stunning Boston Pedigree copy. I bid on that book in comiclinks march auction but missed out on it. If I remember it went for $750.

[Chiparus]

I have the Savannah 9.4 copy

[FloridianDemon]

On 12/20/2022 at 1:58 PM, Chiparus said:

I have the Savannah 9.4 copy

oof Im jealous! I love pedigrees. Dont have any showcase ones yet. i might grab that 68.

[Chiparus]

On 11/12/2022 at 7:27 PM, DanCooper said:

You will probably enjoy the hunt and thrill of putting together the Showcase run in 9.0+ from issues 25-104. These issues will take some digging, but should be obtainable if you stick with it.

Showcase 1-24 in 9.0+ is going to be a totally different story. It's going to require time, patience, resources and luck to complete.

First, on the resources side. The current Overstreet guide value for the Showcase 1-24 run in 9.0 is around $272,000. That would probably be what dealers are willing to pay for those issues, if they could find them in CGC 9.0. Showcase 4 and 22 in 9.0 would probably be near that figure alone together, if found in 9.0.

On the time, patience and luck aspects - if a long time, high grade DC collector's collection comes to market in the next few years, that could be an opportunity to get a bunch of issues in grade together. The problem is, in the last 30 years or so, I've only seen two collections that have produced a run of early Showcases in grade. One was the Bethlehem collection, which yielded some high grade copies (a Showcase 4 in CGC 9.0) and the other was probably the definitive early Showcase collection, that Mike Goldman of Motor City Comics found in the early 1990s, dubbed the "Newsboy Collection".

The "Newsboy Collection" had Showcase issues 1-8, 10-17 and 20, all in high grade. It took Mike about 15 years to let go of them (as a dealer no less!) and that was in 2009 at a Heritage auction. The "Newsboy" yielded the high grade Showcase 4 in CGC 9.6. Some issues, from that original run, have appeared in Heritage auctions over the last couple of years, but that amounts to another decade plus of waiting for an opportunity to obtain. Hence, the time and patience angle. Also, prices for these "Newsboy" issues were up there - (i.e. Showcase 13 - $38,400 in CGC 9.2, Showcase 17 - $26,400 in 9.0, Showcase 15 - $16,800 in 9.2, Showcase 1 - $10,200 in 9.0, to give examples of recent high grade Showcase prices compared to guide)

One suggestion, on the Showcase 1-24 part of the run, is to lower grade standards to 8.0 (or even 7.5). It will still take some time, patience and resources, but would probably produce a more realistic time frame to complete the run and have at least VF copies and above. It would still be a complete Showcase run that would be hard to beat!

I wish the best on this endeavor! It will be enjoyable watching the hunt here!

Hi Dan, 

Great info. The motor city group look epic. What a find!!

Stunning to look at:

Edited December 21, 2022 by Chiparus

[FloridianDemon]

On 12/21/2022 at 4:17 AM, Chiparus said:

Hi Dan, 

Great info. The motor city group look epic. What a find!!

Stunning to look at:

that is nuts lol. the #17 has me drooling! I believe Sam(#1 on the registry) has #6 in a 9.0 as well. insane

[DanCooper]

On 12/21/2022 at 1:33 PM, FloridianDemon said:

the #17 has me drooling!

I don't know when you started this Showcase quest you are on, but the Newsboy Showcase 17 was up for auction in November 2020 and sold at Heritage for $26,400. It also sold originally at Heritage in 2009 for $9,560.

[Jaylam]

Don't know if any of you saw it over on the Flash tread, but here is Julius Schwartz taking about what led him to create the Showcase title.

 

[LDarkseid1]

I will say about this feat, a high grade showcase run, challenging but at least possible. At least the books exist to do so. I’ve been working on my high grade Captain Comet Strange Adventures run for years, and the problem is the books don’t exist lol. After a certain issue, all the remaining books top out in the 7.5-9.0 range, and there’s usually only 1-4 graded copies in those grades. On top of that rarity, those are already predominantly stuck in private collections, and if available, are priced at a big premium. I guess that’s what to expect from the golden age though, even if it’s the tail end of the era, mid 50’s.

[FloridianDemon]

On 12/22/2022 at 6:33 AM, LDarkseid1 said:

I will say about this feat, a high grade showcase run, challenging but at least possible. At least the books exist to do so. I’ve been working on my high grade Captain Comet Strange Adventures run for years, and the problem is the books don’t exist lol. After a certain issue, all the remaining books top out in the 7.5-9.0 range, and there’s usually only 1-4 graded copies in those grades. On top of that rarity, those are already predominantly stuck in private collections, and if available, are priced at a big premium. I guess that’s what to expect from the golden age though, even if it’s the tail end of the era, mid 50’s.

Yep! Im constantly doing research on this run, ironically, the later half of the run is more difficult due to the scarcity of them, a good example is my showcase #66 (my 1st book to start this challenge) cgc 9.0 of which only 2 exist. 2. thats ridiculous lol. And from 94 to 104 in 9.8 only? Pffffffft.

[Jaylam]

I think B'wana Beast was a flop back in the 60's. However, he did show up in some cartoons years later (Batman; The Brave and the Bold 2008-2011 for one), he even got a few toys made.

 

[Chiparus]

Very happy to have added this beauty to the set:

[FloridianDemon]

On 12/22/2022 at 4:21 PM, Chiparus said:

Very happy to have added this beauty to the set:

VERY nice! thats a tough one in high grade

[Chiparus]

Not many higher:

[FloridianDemon]

On 12/22/2022 at 4:28 PM, Chiparus said:

Not many higher:

Looks like I have 6 Oppurtunites in the future at some point lmao 

[FoggyNelson]

On 11/9/2022 at 12:47 PM, Qalyar said:

All of the early books will be simply brutal to find in 9.0+:

• Showcase 1: one 9.0, none higher
• Showcase 2: two 8.5, none higher
• Showcase 3: one 9.0, none higher
• Showcase 4: 8 books at 9.0 or higher with Universal labels, but ... erm ... yeah.
• Showcase 5: one 9.4, none higher (and nothing else above an 8.5)

After that, it gradually starts to get a little easier, although these will remain extremely elusive, extremely expensive books for a long way into the run. By the time you're into the late-1960s/1970s issues, some of the minor keys (Spectre covers, 79, 97) will still be fairly spendy objects (but nothing like the early books), and ... whatever you call the opposite of a key, like #81, will be tough to simply find. But at least they exist.

I was waiting for a post like this , it will be virtually impossible to get the run in 9.0 or better even if you are Jeff Bezos because many collectors do not care to sell their books no matter at what price

 

[FloridianDemon]

On 12/23/2022 at 12:58 PM, FoggyNelson said:

I was waiting for a post like this , it will be virtually impossible to get the run in 9.0 or better even if you are Jeff Bezos because many collectors do not care to sell their books no matter at what price

 

Some of the harder ones im going the raw route and grade it

[FloridianDemon]

ALRIGHT, HUGE NEWS TIME. We got a new raw to grade! estimate 9.4-9.6. this one is VERY scarce and pricey as well.