Silver Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Seriously? And wow! Spaceguy, Mmehdy, hchill25 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Here's another hchill25 and Spaceguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 jimjum12 and Spaceguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post jimjum12 Posted April 10 Popular Post Share Posted April 10 (edited) On 4/10/2024 at 12:48 PM, Hepcat said: If you're going to keep liking DC, you may have to get that second job now.... like the rest of us. GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Edited April 11 by jimjum12 KirbyJack, Spaceguy, Corvonie and 4 others 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) The Rudolph and Sgt Rock weren't big surprises. The Sgt Rock is impossible to find in grade. The Superboy Annual was a surprise, because although I suspected it would go for a big price because it's impossible to find in grade, I didn't think it would go for that much. The Frontier Fighters, on the other hand... !!! I know nothing about the book, is there anything that makes it desirable? Edited April 11 by tth2 Topnotchman and Hepcat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I watched the Sgt Rock live. It was like a prize fight, just bid after bid after bid. Sometimes it's someone chasing up a big existing bid, but this was 2 guys fighting it out. tth2, jimjum12, Mmehdy and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On 4/11/2024 at 2:53 AM, tth2 said: The Frontier Fighters, on the other hand... !!! I know nothing about the book, is there anything that makes it desirable? On 4/11/2024 at 2:53 AM, tth2 said: it's impossible to find in grade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Strange Adventures 79 in CGC 9.4 W at $14,400 has to be considered here as well. jimjum12, LDarkseid1, Dr. Love and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On 4/11/2024 at 11:16 AM, buttock said: Strange Adventures 79 in CGC 9.4 W at $14,400 has to be considered here as well. I never did understand that one. I get the interest in the SA 110, but 79 never grabbed me, though many consider it Icon. GOD BLESS ... -jimbo( afriend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On 4/11/2024 at 9:26 AM, jimjum12 said: I never did understand that one. I get the interest in the SA 110, but 79 never grabbed me, though many consider it Icon. GOD BLESS ... -jimbo( afriend of jesus) Yeah, it has a certain campy coolness, but there are many other covers in the run I would prefer. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) I'm trying to guess whether the comics above were bought by investors/flippers or collectors desperately trying to fill in runs. Funny how board members here very rarely admit to being the ones who snagged the comics that fetched nosebleed prices. Edited April 11 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) On 4/10/2024 at 5:38 PM, jimjum12 said: If you're going to keep liking DC, you may have to get that second job now.... like the rest of us. Yeah it's distressing. Both the Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales and the Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Giants are right up there on my Want List. The reason of course that I've not acquired these issues previously is that I've never stumbled across them in grades as nice as my other comics. But yes to the second job anyway. I all too often feel that my talents are going to waste now that I'm retired. Be interesting to try my hand in other fields. Edited April 11 by Hepcat jimjum12 and Mmehdy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimjum12 Posted April 11 Popular Post Share Posted April 11 (edited) On 4/11/2024 at 12:54 PM, Hepcat said: Yeah it's distressing. Both the Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales and the Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Giants are right up there on my Want List. The reason of course that I've not acquired these issues previously is that I've never stumbled across them in grades as nice as my other comics. But yes to the second job anyway. I all too often feel that my talents are going to waste now that I'm retired. Be interesting to try my hand in other fields. I got lucky on my 63 annual ... 1ST with Silvers and then again on eBay. It was hard to tell which was the undercopy. That rarely happens for me. GOD BLESS ... jimbo(a friend of jesus) All I'm missing now are 1952/53 and 1961/62. Edited April 11 by jimjum12 OtherEric, hchill25, buttock and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On 4/11/2024 at 10:37 AM, Hepcat said: I'm trying to guess whether the comics above were bought by investors/flippers or collectors desperately trying to fill in runs. Funny how board members here very rarely admit to being the ones who snagged the comics that fetched nosebleed prices. In my experience it's collectors. I know several people eager to bid on several of these and willing to go high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On 4/11/2024 at 9:58 AM, jimjum12 said: I got lucky on my 63 annual ... 1ST with Silvers and then again on eBay. It was hard to tell which was the undercopy. That rarely happens for me. GOD BLESS ... jimbo(a friend of jesus) All I'm missing now are 1952/53 and 1961/62. My copy is missing the back cover. But it's one of those books where I'm happy to have a copy at all. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Silver Posted April 11 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 11 I did not bid on the 1963 Rudolph because I think the colors on my copy are the very best I have ever seen. This scan has not been adjusted, those greens and reds are just awesome. The Heritage copy looks lackluster in comparison. I bought mine three years ago for $50... Hepcat, buttock, fast eddie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On 4/11/2024 at 10:29 PM, jimjum12 said: On 4/11/2024 at 2:53 PM, tth2 said: The Frontier Fighters, on the other hand... !!! I know nothing about the book, is there anything that makes it desirable? On 4/11/2024 at 2:53 PM, tth2 said: it's impossible to find in grade Yeah, but it's Frontier Fighters! jimjum12 and buttock 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 I believe every book being mentioned is sole census highest. Which is insane. One person grades a Frontier Fighters 8 in 8.5 and poof, there goes your $4,300. Also, Brave and the Bolds 1-24 are way better books and have never commanded those prices in 8.0. buttock, jimjum12 and tth2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On 4/11/2024 at 12:03 PM, Silver said: I believe every book being mentioned is sole census highest. Which is insane. One person grades a Frontier Fighters 8 in 8.5 and poof, there goes your $4,300. Also, Brave and the Bolds 1-24 are way better books and have never commanded those prices in 8.0. Collecting high-grade 50s books is really strange. The nicest copy in existence could be a 7.5, but the old collectors have no incentive to slab so you'll never know. There were just a handful of exceptionally nice DCs that went through the weekly and this signature auction that were evidently from 5 different sources (what are the odds?). Most of those issues had never been available in those grades publicly. We're now talking 24 years of CGC, GPA, Heritage archives, etc. And it's taken this long for an 8.0 or 9.0 to hit the market. But if it sells for $4300 and now the guy who owns the WM copy gets a 9.2 and you're hosed... but it's been over 20 years of waiting! Do you wait for that one to come out... if it ever does? And if it does, will it now go for twice that? jimjum12, Spaceguy and tth2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
