john72tex Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 I'm assuming you didn't win anything Rick? I didn't even bid on anything this go around. I'm trying to determine my collecting habits with a baby on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 i didn't buy the #19. only JLA i picked up was the PC #46. i had offered $700 for it when it was on CC, so i was happy to nab it for $600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLA_ALL_THE_WAY Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 No, I didn't win any JLA's this time around; was under-bidder on a handful. Those discussing the depressed pricing in the Clink results thread over in General should check out what the JLAs did. So Mike didn't get the #19...nor did I (the LL edge was too scraggly)...Scott & Tim are out of the picture... who's the new blood? Or am I missing someone? Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLA_ALL_THE_WAY Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 And good luck on the baby, John. Will change your whole freakin' perspective! Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john72tex Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Thanks Rick! My perspective is already changing. Now I need to get a lock for my comic room . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 No, I didn't win any JLA's this time around; was under-bidder on a handful. Those discussing the depressed pricing in the Clink results thread over in General should check out what the JLAs did. So Mike didn't get the #19...nor did I (the LL edge was too scraggly)...Scott & Tim are out of the picture... who's the new blood? Or am I missing someone? Rick There are other players out there. After all, someone purchased my B&B 28 and JLAs. #19 going for a huge price doesn't surprise me. It has been the remaining hold out from the 9.4 or better realm. Even #3 appeared in 9.4 earlier. Any OCD-afflicted NM JLA completist was going to want that book badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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G.A.tor Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I used to have a set of the DC finger puppets when I was a kid ( a few years ago!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Tnic Otyme Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 (edited) What I was shocked at is how much the JLA #8 9.0 went for: http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2Fauctions%2Fsearch%2Easp%3Fwhere%3Dsell%26title%3Djustice%2520league%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item%5F832291&id=832291 $1155 wow. I bought a copy with white pages off EBAY a month or so back for $350. Phewee! What an increase.... Edited February 20, 2010 by krey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLA_ALL_THE_WAY Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Probably cuz my 9.6 is off limits, so that's pulling the value of the lower grades up...? Yeah, that's gotta be it. Or maybe your buy was a steal! Congrats! Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 What I was shocked at is how much the JLA 9.0 went for: http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2Fauctions%2Fsearch%2Easp%3Fwhere%3Dsell%26title%3Djustice%2520league%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item%5F832291&id=832291 $1155 wow. I bought a copy with white pages off EBAY a month or so back for $350. Phewee! What an increase.... Wow, even if it can be pressed up to a 9.2, that's not a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) What I was shocked at is how much the JLA 9.0 went for: http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2Fauctions%2Fsearch%2Easp%3Fwhere%3Dsell%26title%3Djustice%2520league%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item%5F832291&id=832291 $1155 wow. I bought a copy with white pages off EBAY a month or so back for $350. Phewee! What an increase.... Wow, even if it can be pressed up to a 9.2, that's not a good deal. old label + a squish + preview night = possible 9.4? only way that price be a good deal Edited February 20, 2010 by paperheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLA_ALL_THE_WAY Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 No, I didn't win any JLA's this time around; was under-bidder on a handful. Those discussing the depressed pricing in the Clink results thread over in General should check out what the JLAs did. So Mike didn't get the #19...nor did I (the LL edge was too scraggly)...Scott & Tim are out of the picture... who's the new blood? Or am I missing someone? Rick There are other players out there. After all, someone purchased my B&B 28 and JLAs. Oops, guess I shoulda used one of these #19 going for a huge price doesn't surprise me. It has been the remaining hold out from the 9.4 or better realm. Even #3 appeared in 9.4 earlier. Any OCD-afflicted NM JLA label-chasing completist was going to want that book badly. (thumbs u Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 #19 going for a huge price doesn't surprise me. It has been the remaining hold out from the 9.4 or better realm. Even #3 appeared in 9.4 earlier. Any OCD-afflicted NM JLA label-chasing completist was going to want that book badly. (thumbs u Rick Well, in all fairness, the #19 looked like a decent book to me, so I think it's unfair to call the buyer a label chaser, which connotes buying a fugly book so long as it has a pretty label (e.g., the buyer of the 9.6 #16). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLA_ALL_THE_WAY Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 To be really fair, Tim, there are different degrees of decent/fugly/grading/appeal. The #19 is a nice looking book, but I wouldn't give it a 9.4 with that LL corner. But at least 2 others felt it was worth driving the price up to a 9.4 level. Hey, it's their money. My definition of a label chaser is "going after the grade listed...period. Regardless of the book's assumed grade determined by consensus opinion (or just my own subjective opinion)." I never said the book was fugly, though generally that is the assumed condition of a book that's waay over-graded. As for the #16 9.6 It's sale has actually helped immensely in giving me proper perspective on collecting. I was thinking that I could one day have the highest graded JLA set ever. Now I see that'll never happen, because I'll never want a book like that in my set (not permanently anyway). Its at the same time sad & a relief. Are there any complete 300+ issue CGC sets without a Top-Grade book that make people wince at the sight of it? Ghost Town/Tripps/...anybody? Seems like the odds are way against it. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I'm really surprised by your strong feelings about the #19, Rick. didn't think it was such a bad book. It's not like there were threads devoted to calling it an overgraded POS. Maybe it isn't the best 9.4 I've ever seen, but it certainly isn't the first book (or even the 100th) that I'd trot out as an example of an "overgraded" book either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Are there any complete 300+ issue CGC sets without a Top-Grade book that make people wince at the sight of it? Ghost Town/Tripps/...anybody? Seems like the odds are way against it. Rick A set made up mostly of PC books would probably come closest to it. They're almost all well-centered, have great eye appeal and have great structure. I don't recall ever seeing an overgraded PC "monstrosity". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLA_ALL_THE_WAY Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I don't have "strong" feelings against #19, just felt it wasn't worth the grade or the subsequent price. Relatively speaking, it's a preference thing. Heck I could be in the minority here! The LL corner bothers me, where a date stamp or slight even mis-wrap would not. Comparatively speaking, it's a gem when sitting next to the #16. I'm actually glad for this sale; I'm hoping it'll bring out more/better #19s ! That's what happened as soon as I bought the 9.2 #4...BAM comes the 9.4 that you snagged, Tim. The PC set sounds like it would be the one that's most consistently on target with the given grades. OK, tougher question now: any current collections (meaning not broken up) that would fit the bill? Who would be closest? Follow up query: which would you rather view at Geppi's(?) comic museum- a 9.6 average set (9.4-9.8) of 250+ with 5% "fugly" books...or a straight-up 9.4 of the same set where all grades are well-earned? Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Follow up query: which would you rather view at Geppi's(?) comic museum- a 9.6 average set (9.4-9.8) of 250+ with 5% "fugly" books...or a straight-up 9.4 of the same set where all grades are well-earned? Rick I think it depends on the era. For GA and early SA, there may not be multiple NM copies of a book, so whatever exists is the hand you're dealt, unless you're willing to dip into much lower grades to try to find a non-fugly book. For post-1964 SA and BA, there's no question that a book should be structurally sound, well graded AND have good PQ. I'm just amazed particularly by all of the fugly BA books with great labels that proudly get paraded around. I'd rather have a perfectly centered 9.4 OW BA than some miswrapped 9.8 W monstrosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
