Rune

Slightly double posting here - but maybe a good thing to bump this thread. Just got a new book and went to work 

Started by getting rid of all fingerprints. Nothing worse than fingerprints on the CGC holder, and who knows how many (Covid19-infected) hands touched the holder (Ok, just joking about the Covid19 - I think...  ). Getting out the stuff:

One bag of Gerber Mylites2 (Mylar 914M2 bag) coming up:

Got two bags, not easy to pull out one  - and book goes in - no fingerprints 

Now sealing the dam* thing is quite a hassle too - can't just use normal acidic tape - but of course have to use some clear double-sided archival tape, also from Gerber:

- and pulling off the paper protection from the archival tape, the Mylar bag is now ready to be sealed:

- and the final result:

Did 16 more books while having the Mylar stuff out, including these books:

On 2/20/2022 at 5:54 PM, Jayman said:

I have to say your copy looks so much nicer than the copy with the staple indent and wear! 

Thanks, my favorite might be 0719351006 - and the one selling on HA a few months ago (3861224003). Then again, some may have flaws hard to see on low-res photos, and of course none were graded 9.9... 

EDIT: Just added the HA mag to my previous post :-) 

On 2/20/2022 at 4:22 PM, Jayman said:

Then we disagree. As when this mag originally came out of production, that staple though raised slightly, certainly did not produce the amount of wear and color loss that appears now. That can only happen from weight and friction. Maybe a result from a press? Still a beautiful book don’t get me wrong, just questioning the defect in the 9.8 realm.

There may be many things to consider buying a new mag like this - if you're able to find one - personally I like if the cover isn't too misaligned (thus horizontal lines across the cover should be horizontal, not going up or down), and the red ink should pop to some degree (indicating that the cover hasn't been exposed to too much light) and I like sharp corners with no visible defects - and I like a clean white back. 

Once I did monitor new ST #1 9.8 mags - but gave up some years ago. I still have these images - as you can see, 1055066001 was graded some time ago (April 4 2011) and still looks much the same:

0079322004

0085606011

0341165001

0719351001 (My mag)

0719351006

1005796001:

1055066001 (on CLink now, image taken in 2011 - 2012, been on my hard-drive at least since May 2012):

The new image on CLink for comparison:

1261133001

3861224003

On 2/20/2022 at 3:00 AM, Jayman said:

Can this be a 9.8 with that top staple wearing almost through the cover? Considered a production flaw I guess?

I would not consider it a flaw, pretty sure CGC doesn't either - it's just how these mags were made. 

Btw, there's a ST #1 9.8 on CLink right now - 13 days left, price currently close to 13k:

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dsavage%2Btales%26GO%3DGO%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1551800&id=1551800&itemType=0

- also there's a 9.6 WP - it's very cheap, only about $150 

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dsavage%2Btales%26GO%3DGO%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1554882&id=1554882&itemType=0

Btw, none of them are mine, like Gollum I find it difficult to part with certain items...

On 2/15/2022 at 9:20 AM, Rune said:

Thanks, but could you check up on #1 again - I think an error happened?? Thus #1 is the Astonishing Tales book with the biggest price jump, but for 9.8 suddenly points were reduced from 800 to 720 - makes little sense to me :-) The book recently sold for 5k. 

 

Sorry about that, I probably didn't save the last adjustment I made. should be adjusted now.

Thanks for letting me know.

Thank you - greatly appreciated! 

On 1/15/2022 at 6:05 AM, Rune said:

Astonishing Tales #1 9.8 just sold for nearly $ 5,000 - but it has not been updated for years if ever - it's only 560 points. 

Could you look into Astonishing Tales #1 to #10? 

Best,

Rune

Astonishing Tales #s 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 adjusted

#s 5,9,10 not adjusted as sales data falls in line with current scores.

Thanks, but could you check up on #1 again - I think an error happened?? Thus #1 is the Astonishing Tales book with the biggest price jump, but for 9.8 suddenly points were reduced from 800 to 720 - makes little sense to me :-) The book recently sold for 5k. 

Sorry about that, I probably didn't save the last adjustment I made. should be adjusted now.

Thanks for letting me know.

This mag also just made a jump - the score in the Registry is much less ;-)

The sale is confirmed by GPAnalysis. 9.6 is selling for 5k these days - and 9.0 for 2k.

Score adjusted to fall in line with average for 9.6

On 1/17/2022 at 4:57 AM, Microchip said:

Correct.

Probably what could be more indicative would be the 9.6 sales figures.  There are plenty of copies popping up.

@Runeare you happy to share what you paid for your stunning 9.8 copy?   I'm guessing, well under the Heritage result.  

 

Thanks for the kind words, I got mine about 5 years ago for close to 1k - back then there were just 4 copies. Today there're 8 books in the CGC Census. Took me years to find a copy - many covers had too much misalignment, and I only wanted a copy with pure white pages. Now with 8 copies, it seems you can find these books everywhere ;-) 

Btw, in case you need some more info about Astonishing Tales:

Lastest sale - it's only 560 points in the Registry.

It's only 340 points in the Registy.

This is issue 6 - but CGC 9.4, not 9.8:

So that's only 130 points for $1k. 

On 1/14/2022 at 9:42 PM, Microchip said:

Astonishing to say the least!

 

  dikran1 said: 

Holy moly was not expecting that hammer price…  Guess I’ll forget about that registry set… 

 

 

In some years that may considered cheap,  - and it's already registered:

- but only 2 sales since 2013, most probably happen on Comiclink and they aren't part of the GPAnalysis registry, sadly. 

Astonishing Tales #1 9.8 just sold for nearly $ 5,000 - but it has not been updated for years if ever - it's only 560 points. 

Could you look into Astonishing Tales #1 to #10? 

Best,

Rune

Astonishing Tales #s 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 adjusted

#s 5,9,10 not adjusted as sales data falls in line with current scores.

On 10/9/2021 at 11:17 PM, Rosland said:

Rune,

Congratulations on completing your fabulous 9.8 set. 

Thanks, Rosland - also saw you picked up the other #11 9.8 - congrats! 

On 10/9/2021 at 2:26 AM, picon3 said:

Some recent upgrades (9.8 with White Pages). 

 

Congrats, awesome books, I'll continue looking for the other #4, hadn't noticed 2 9.8 books had arrived. 

On 10/6/2021 at 5:59 PM, Brandon Shepherd said:

Congratulations! Your persistence and patience have paid off well my friend.

Thanks Brandon - also hope all is well on your part! I guess these collections never end, even if I'm thinking I'm done with Savage Tales, lol. 

Really glad I don't have to buy all the mags again. If I knew it would take close to 15 years, not sure I'd have started - then again, of course I would :-) 

On 10/6/2021 at 6:18 PM, Randall Dowling said:

Very nice.  That Savage Tales 1 in 9.8 must be worth at least $300.  

In the 1980s maybe  

Today it seems prices have changed, slightly...  

I do have a 9.6 too - just for back-up  And a 9.0 (my old reading copy, but never read it anyway, so sent it to CGC - 9.0 sells for 2k these days)

Some prices

Conan #1 CGC 9.6 now sells for the old 9.8 price :-) So 5K for a 9.6:

- and everybody loves Sonja :-)

Seems prices are exploding within the last 3 months or so.

Issue 2 going strong too - but since 9.8 is extremely scarce, 9.6 shows the trend:

- and issue 3:

So we're getting that Netflix Conan show  

Btw, selling Conan books is like selling your kids, of course no sane person would do that - thus the above is just for the curiosity  

Btw, just checked GPAnalysis,

CoB #1 9.6 now sells for 5k, #23 9.8 recently sold for 6k (HA.com) and #23 9.6 have sold for 2k, so the Comiclink prices do not stand alone. CoB #24 also got a nice boost, but the first Sonja still takes the lead...

Many CoB #1-24  9.8 are so rare that we can't see new price trends, thus easier checking 9.6 grades and here some trends are quite strong. I can post some pics later.

Seems Conan prices are going up these days - this CoB #1 9.8 just went over 10k:

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/history.asp?item=1504052&back=%2Fauctions%2Fitem.asp%3Fback%3D%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH%2EASP%3Fwhere%3Dsell%26title%3Dconan%2520the%2520barbarian%26ItemType%3DCB%26pg%3D2%23Item%5F1504052%26id%3D1504052%26itemType%3D0

Not sure I've seen any #1 9.8 go beyond 10k before... 

- and #23 9.6 sold for nearly 2k:

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/history.asp?item=1506086&back=%2Fauctions%2Fitem.asp%3Fback%3D%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH%2EASP%3Fwhere%3Dsell%26title%3Dconan%2520the%2520barbarian%26ItemType%3DCB%26pg%3D3%23Item%5F1506086%26id%3D1506086%26itemType%3D0

I think I have 2 #23 9.6 lying around somewhere just as backup, lol. Good thing I got them long ago :-)