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You are correct. Here's a sampling of 8.0 sales that I jotted down in my notes, sorted by date. 8.0 OW/W sold for $560,000 8/30/21 https://www.comicconnect.com/item/925735 8.0 OW/W sold for $520,000 3/15/22 https://www.comicconnect.com/item/946481 8.0 OW/W sold for $448,500 6/7/22 https://www.comicconnect.com/item/948562 8.0 WP very nice copy sold for $290,000 3/1/23 https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?id=1650867 8.0 OW sold for $312,000 6/22/23 Heritage 8.0 OW/W sold for $258,100 9/19/23 https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?id=1715743 8.0 OW/W slight chipping sold for $271,000 2/27/24 https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?id=1748194
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Standard commission is 10%. Most auction houses will negotiate something less for a huge book like this. But I don't see how they would accept less than 5%.
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The only answer I can give you is that (as far as I can tell) the scam mostly involves books that are very plentiful in grade. The most expensive books on the list also happen to be very rare in grade -- it's not so easy to find an extra high-grade copy of a Silver Age key lying around to do his little tricks with. Nor is it as easy to get away with it, since even high-grade copies of older books tend to have clear distinguishing marks.
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Huge risk putting it up for auction. I don't think it's going to get $2M in this market -- and keep in mind, depending on what's been negotiated with the house, he needs to get $2.1 - $2.22 million just to break even.
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Really appreciate the effort you're putting in. However, I can tell you that one of the books in your "REMOVED" list is mine. I submitted it, it was found not to have been tampered with, and I received it back with a new holder and certification number. So it would be incorrect to say that all "REMOVED" books were fraudulent.
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Sweet Lou 14 replied to Frisco Larson's topic in Silver Age Comic Books
I don't think I've ever seen a date stamp placed so neatly in the upper left corner like that! -
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One of the all-time great books, you made a fantastic choice! -
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Kirby was straight-up killing it month after month on Thor. -
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If that's not the best copy in existence, I don't know what is. -
I'm losing the thread here and would appreciate it if someone can clear up my confusion. Am I right that this married couple being sued by CGC are completely separate from the scammer behind "the list" we've been talking about on this thread? Because I don't recall any of the books on "the list" being stolen.
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For those interested, it's the "Kansas City pedigree" copy of Action Comics #1, graded 8.5 OW/W. https://www.instagram.com/p/C20GHvCRd3m https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/action-comics-1-kansas-city-pedigree-dc-1938-cgc-vf-85-off-white-to-white-pages/p/7369-117008.s I had never heard of the Kansas City pedigree, so I looked it up: Kansas City The earliest pedigreed collection ever found, it turned up in Kansas City in the late '60s and featured a large accumulation of nearly 250 high grade #1 issues that ran from 1937 through the '40s. The people who purchased it sold only a handful of issues each year, but because the accumulation was not considered a pedigree until the '80s, and because they have no distinct markings, many copies have anonymously vanished into collections. Besides copies of Batman #1, Flash #1, Green Lantern #1, Planet #1, Jumbo #1, and Superman #1, the collection also contained one of only four pedigreed copies of Action Comics #1. That copy, graded CGC 8.0, was the first comic book to sell for $1 million in 2011. Sounds like this book magically improved from 8.0 to 8.5 at some point. What do you think it will go for?
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I think you've actually stumbled on it. The image doesn't look exactly like the Star Wars title sequence ... more like the original Superman movie.
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Seems like a good place to post this screen shot from an email I just received. I've never gotten an email like this before, so obviously it's a big deal (or an April Fools joke!) ... whatever they're teasing would presumably hit the 6-figure mark, and I would guess the 7-figure mark. Given all the big-ticket items Heritage sells all the time, I wonder what would justify a special email like this ... I think it would have to be an Action 1, or maybe a Detective 27 or Marvel Comics 1. Or, if we allow our imaginations to extend beyond comics to original art, I suppose it could be some piece everyone thought didn't exist any more. Take your guesses here!