Exceptional major SA keys in the current Heritage Auction 4 4

[Lee Enterprises]

I was the last man standing on the Strange Tales Annual #1 CGC 9.4. I got squashed like a bug on a bunch of other items. 

[Mmehdy]

On 4/6/2024 at 10:10 AM, Lee Enterprises said:

I was the last man standing on the Strange Tales Annual #1 CGC 9.4. I got squashed like a bug on a bunch of other items. 

Final sale price?....FYI I bought it off the drug store corner rack....and was this released the same week or thereabouts with FF Ann 1?

[Lee Enterprises]

On 4/6/2024 at 1:28 PM, Mmehdy said:

Final sale price?....FYI I bought it off the drug store corner rack....and was this released the same week or thereabouts with FF Ann 1?

It was a lot more than 25 cents...ha, ha. Here is my FF Annual #1. I'll need an expert on the chronology of these books (and someone who owns raw copies) to chime in. ST Annual 1 has a 1962 date and FF Annual 1 has a 1963 date so there might have been some time between the two before they reached the rack. 

[BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES]

On 4/5/2024 at 1:55 AM, tth2 said:

Case in point.  To me, $360k is an unfathomable amount to pay for a second-tier SA Marvel key like DD 1.  But because of the even crazier prices previously paid for the book, a $360k price is now framed as an abject failure. 

Since I follow sales intermittently, I see sale figures now and then that make me go "wow. that's really gone up in value," only to hear that it previously sold for way more and the price that impressed me is considered a crash

[BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES]

On 4/4/2024 at 10:07 AM, Frisco Larson said:

It might take Tony Stark's bank account to get that TOS 39, 'cause that's some heavy bread man!!! Killer book though and sitting alone at the top of the census, it SHOULD be worth huge dough!!!  

I'd pay two million if it was Tony Stark's personal copy with notes in the margins about the arc reactor

[Pantodude]

On 4/6/2024 at 2:18 PM, Lee Enterprises said:

Here is my FF Annual #1. I'll need an expert on the chronology of these books

Release date = 7/2/63, so 6th appearance of Spidey.  

[tth2]

On 4/7/2024 at 1:10 AM, Lee Enterprises said:

I was the last man standing on the Strange Tales Annual #1 CGC 9.4.

Congrats, a great and super tough book! 

[tth2]

I thought there were pretty strong prices for a lot of the SA books on Day 3, particularly the DC Annuals, DC 1950s sci-fi books and the pre-hero Marvels/Atlases.  

[esquirecomics]

On 4/6/2024 at 1:16 AM, sfcityduck said:

Maybe Zaid.

No, I sold mine all privately.

[RockMyAmadeus]

On 4/6/2024 at 10:10 AM, Lee Enterprises said:

I was the last man standing on the Strange Tales Annual #1 CGC 9.4. I got squashed like a bug on a bunch of other items. 

[Shaun Hill]

On 4/6/2024 at 12:06 PM, BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES said:

I'd pay two million if it was Tony Stark's personal copy with notes in the margins about the arc reactor

I think those were only included by Don on the original art.  Maybe the art page that sold was the way to go.  

[adamstrange]

On 4/6/2024 at 10:27 AM, tth2 said:

As far as I know, none of the Church Timely superhero books have been graded except for Red Raven #1.

Heritage has sold at least one Church Timely hero book besides Red Raven.  It was graded.

[tth2]

On 4/20/2024 at 12:27 PM, adamstrange said:

Heritage has sold at least one Church Timely hero book besides Red Raven.  It was graded.

Ah, of course, the Church Captain America #1.

I knew there was a major Church Timely hero book I was overlooking.

Edited April 20 by tth2

[adamstrange]

On 4/20/2024 at 1:29 AM, tth2 said:

Ah, of course, the Church Captain America #1.

I knew there was a major Church Timely hero book I was overlooking.

There was one besides that.  I think it was a Cap cover but don't recall the title.

Edited April 20 by adamstrange

[tth2]

On 4/20/2024 at 1:30 PM, adamstrange said:

On 4/20/2024 at 1:29 PM, tth2 said:

Ah, of course, the Church Captain America #1.

I knew there was a major Church Timely hero book I was overlooking.

There was one besides that.

[adamstrange]

On 4/20/2024 at 1:32 AM, tth2 said:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/captain-america-comics-33-mile-high-pedigree-timely-1943-cgc-fn-60-off-white-pages-when-was-the-last-time-you-saw-a-captain/a/805-5026.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

I'm pretty sure there is another one besides this one that was a high grade Cap cover issue.

[tth2]

On 4/20/2024 at 1:36 PM, adamstrange said:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/captain-america-comics-33-mile-high-pedigree-timely-1943-cgc-fn-60-off-white-pages-when-was-the-last-time-you-saw-a-captain/a/805-5026.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

No wonder I never noticed it.

Edited April 20 by tth2