Popular Post BA773 Posted October 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) After many month too watching the blazing auction on Ebay where everyone is fighting for a copy of this book, i stopped to hesitate and bought yesterday to my friend who is an online reseller the offer that he did to me few months ago. Probably most of the people will not understand why i buy this book because i already have a copy, but here we talk about a 1st print, i already have a 3rd but it has become insufficient for me for a long time now, i needed this 1st print... and yesterday i had this feeling like if it was the moment to stop to think and acting! BATMAN #423 FIRST PRINT, THIS IS IT! This song is the most appropriate i think https://youtu.be/nrIPxlFzDi0?feature=shared Edited October 16, 2023 by BA773 Ken Aldred, Point Five, AJD and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 You tried. And you tried. And you tried. And you tried. And you got one! Is it the absence of the 2nd print that prevents you from getting satisfaction, BA? Always nice to read a happy "I just got the comic I wanted" post, first thing on a Monday morning BA773 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA773 Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) On 10/16/2023 at 8:41 AM, Get Marwood & I said: You tried. And you tried. And you tried. And you tried. And you got one! Is it the absence of the 2nd print that prevents you from getting satisfaction, BA? Always nice to read a happy "I just got the comic I wanted" post, first thing on a Monday morning No i dont want to have a second, im not try to get many versions of any book, usually it make no sense for me. But the point is that i collect only specific edition of book which is: Direct Sales 1st print. That can look weird but im really crazy about that and the newstaand are my greatest nightmare So this little imperfection about batman 423 was the last in my collection, and now is cleaned. Yeah like you said is always good to read things like that. MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE! Edited October 16, 2023 by BA773 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 5:41 PM, Get Marwood & I said: You tried. And you tried. And you tried. And you tried. And you got one! You can't always get what you want. But sometimes you get what you need. Point Five, GeeksAreMyPeeps and Dr. Balls 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Congratulations on getting the book you wanted. It's always a great feeling.... though for me, that feeling fades I'm quickly onto my next big goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Congratulations on achieving your grail book. May I ask what is it with this book that makes it a grail for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Always good to see a happy, fulfilled collector. Impressed you spelled Grail the old school way. MattTheDuck and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA773 Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) On 10/16/2023 at 2:26 PM, D2 said: Congratulations on achieving your grail book. May I ask what is it with this book that makes it a grail for you? Honnestly its just that i wanted to get this one for a long time now but the term of "Graal" which i used isnt really appropriate, that would be exaggerated. In fact i will never have some real "Graal" book because im a Run collector, i have a great project of collecting about entire series of my favourite heroes post crisis(1987 to 2011 only). so you can easily deduce that because im only collecting after 1987 so i will never have this great goals on one book Edited October 16, 2023 by BA773 D2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA773 Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 3:34 PM, Ken Aldred said: Always good to see a happy, fulfilled collector. Impressed you spelled Grail the old school way. Thats the way that be spelled into Chretien De Troyes Novels, thats the reason. I m a great readers of ancient novels, this is my primary type of reading, comic books is a really recent things from me, only 1 years that i started into it. KCOComics and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 10:25 AM, BA773 said: Honnestly its just that i wanted to get this one for a long time now but the term of "Graal" which i used isnt really appropriate, that would be exaggerated. In fact i will never have some real "Graal" book because im a Run collector, i have a great project of collecting about entire series of my favourite heroes post crisis(1987 to 2011 only). so you can easily deduce that because im only collecting after 1987 so i will never have this great goals on one book Do you typically collect CGC books then if you are a run collector? I was just curious because you considered 423 a must have, and I was wondering why that was the case. I hear a lot of people talking about that book. I think a grail book is anything that means top value to you. I think personal grails make a collection, whatever they are. BA773 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLeagueCHEW Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 4:01 AM, AJD said: You can't always get what you want. But sometimes you get what you need. Marriage doesn't count, it was confusing at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLeagueCHEW Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/15/2023 at 11:41 PM, Get Marwood & I said: You tried. And you tried. And you tried. And you tried. And you got one! Is it the absence of the 2nd print that prevents you from getting satisfaction, BA? Always nice to read a happy "I just got the comic I wanted" post, first thing on a Monday morning You read this, skipped down the hall, tapped your feet while jumping and said, "What a fine day". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA773 Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 7:17 PM, D2 said: Do you typically collect CGC books then if you are a run collector? I was just curious because you considered 423 a must have, and I was wondering why that was the case. I hear a lot of people talking about that book. I think a grail book is anything that means top value to you. I think personal grails make a collection, whatever they are. What an ugly sight! Get my books stuck into a slab and cannot read them anymore. No its not for me i think. BigLeagueCHEW and Happyfarm 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 10/17/2023 at 2:10 AM, BA773 said: What an ugly sight! Get my books stuck into a slab and cannot read them anymore. No its not for me i think. Lol Well I do agree with you in some context for sure. And while I also enjoy reading my books, I tend to believe that, collecting anything without care or concern about condition is just hoarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA773 Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 10/17/2023 at 4:01 PM, D2 said: Lol Well I do agree with you in some context for sure. And while I also enjoy reading my books, I tend to believe that, collecting anything without care or concern about condition is just hoarding Far from it! Maybe that im not interested by slabs but however im truly concerned by the grade of my books and im even maniacal when i manipulate them. D2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 10/17/2023 at 1:44 PM, BA773 said: Far from it! Maybe that im not interested by slabs but however im truly concerned by the grade of my books and im even maniacal when i manipulate them. So… I am like you. When I first started collecting (recollecting, I don’t consider my first experience as a kid, true collecting) I hated slabs. I don’t know why I hated slabs. Honestly it was partially due to the cost of them I’m sure. I also didn’t see the need for them. But, 9 years later, and I must confess, I am a slab collector, for 3 reasons: 1. Resale. I learned a hard lesson on comic selling. It is much easier to amass a collection than to sell it, at least for the value you have invested in it. 2. Protection. I slabbed books that don’t really have a need to be slabbed from an “investment” perspective because collection books that got signed, by me, now have the dreaded “green label of death”, but, whatever. They are my books I got signed, and I, like you, do care about condition, and worried about protecting them. A slab is just an easy way to go. 3. Hypocritical. What I hate about slabs, is something I grew to also appreciate. I hate this obsession and idiotic belief of the 9.8. We all know it’s subjective. Hell, CGC themselves have hiked up the expectations on 9.8 grading now whether they admit to it or not. But, hypocritically speaking, I’m also secretly bound by it. I love a 9.8 (a true 9.8), sitting in my collection. I marvel at it. I consider it among the best of my children. It’s disgusting, I know. All of my children are equal, and they are. But… deep down, how I covet my 9.8s, and I hate that. And love it BA773 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyfarm Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 You need the Danish. ;) Vfactor1 and grendelbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA773 Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) On 10/17/2023 at 10:32 PM, Happyfarm said: You need the Danish. Yeah and i will buy the Finnish that is actualy avalaible on Ebay, and also the portuguese from the brazilian guy who's recently registered on the forum and never stop speaking about the value of these books Edited October 18, 2023 by BA773 Dave2739 and BigLeagueCHEW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLeagueCHEW Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 10/17/2023 at 10:46 PM, BA773 said: Yeah and i will buy the Finnish that is actualy avalaible on Ebay, and also the portuguese from the brazilian guy who's recently registered on the forum and never stop speaking about the value of these books Facsimile and chromium copies are next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA773 Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 10/18/2023 at 5:58 PM, BigLeagueCHEW said: Facsimile and chromium copies are next Maybe that we everyone here has forget this one BigLeagueCHEW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
