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Glad you liked it! There a limited number of color catalogs like this so I thought it might be fun to post. I own a number of auction catalogs and I have fun browsing through them every once in a while and wishing and I had enough sense to bid on a few of the items. When I think of what I bought instead ... I love stuff like this. I am working on a full run of Overstreets and have a bunch of different auction catalogs (mainly Heritage) and want to fill in a few of the Sotheby's / Christies and CBMs later on down the line. I saw the Diamond Galleries last September and it rocked my world. DAM

Great stuff - thanks for sharing!

Thanks Jbud! yeah, the $$$ went to some of the original art sketches that I got in TO and to further line the coffers when the Batman 48 cgc 8.0 comes up DAM

And here I thought that all this talk was about my auction: $257 paid immediately

Gman, that's really cool - when I have my own house I want to have a set up just like that!

Here's something else to consider: Let's talk a little bit about CONSUMPTION in the broadest sense. BlazingBob needs a house. He needs it now. So what does he do? He sells his FFs. Think of it like this - are his FFs or anything for that matter such a great investment that you wouldn't eat for a day? That you would forgo your need for food because the money could be better invested in a different endeavor? Of course you wouldn't. Why would it be any different with Bob selling his books to raise $$$ for his downpayment? He needs the downpayment $$$ NOW and therefore needs to raise CASH. By selling his collection it isn't a trigger that the sky is falling and that as the all knowing dealer that Bob is he has to get out RIGHT NOW to a bunch of high end collectors who don't know anybetter but rather he needs to CONSUME. In this instance if we take the term broadly we can see how it would relate to him transfering his assets from his comic portfolio to a real estate asset. Something to think about . . . DAM

If in fact this is true, it seems very plausible to me that this was due to the knowledge that Ian would pay almost anything for the book, and therefore some profit was assured regardless, if/when Metro decided to sell. Look, once you say "the wheels are in motion and etc. etc.," you lose a lot of credibility in my eyes. I wouldn't be surprised if someone willing to make this threat in earnest was also willing to take a LOSS on a particular book, if such a transaction would indirectly fulfill some previous threat. I don't know about that, but I do know that Ian's offer didn't knock the socks off of JoeC and JoeC thought he could do better elsewhere. Let's be fair to Joe here too and respect his desire to maximize his profits. Furthermore, I don't understand why everyone thinks that Ian is the only one looking for this book? And here's some more food for thought: if Ian was willing to pay any price, why wouldn't he have paid Mark Wilson $50K for his cgc 9.0? DAM

Here are the FACTS 1 - Joe C submitted this book to CGC at the NYC National Convention held over Thanksgiving weekend. At that convention Joe C received offers from several MAJOR dealers but decided to have the book certified before deciding on anything. 2 - I personally called up Vincent and therefore he is being 100% factual and honest when he writes: "Let me state for the record that I was offered a book for sale-I was solicited-I did not go after this book out of a grudge or anything of the sort-simply offered the book." 3 - since the start of this thread Vincent has received a phone call from a very interested customer (in addition to the one that he had previously mentioned) about this book. All this talk about this book seems to be making people realize just truly how rare it is and is forcing people to ratonalize buying it now or holding out on the hopes of possibly seeing one again. Couple of other things to consider: 1 - Joe C is a local comic store owner, this Double Action 2 is his lottery ticket. We all talk about finding an Action 1 at a garage sale or what not, and here Joe is and he gets a big break! So what would you do if you are him? Thoughts: -Ian is a "dead end" customer - once he fills his 40 books do you think he will ever give Joe any repeat business? -Metropolis is the biggest buyer and seller of golden age comics. I would advise strongly to go with the 800 lbs gorrilla in this case for the next GA deal that Joe comes across -Ian isn't the only person who wants this book. Let me tell you, while he may be the most vocal, Ian is NOT the only person who wants this book. Metro has the best contacts in the GA world and can place this book EASILY - and I am not sarcastic when I say that since this thread they have gotten ANOTHER very seriosly interested party. and then if you want to put in in dollars METRO PAID MORE. Something to think about before you crucify Metro, Joe C or Foolkiller. DAM

Here's something to consider (all my numbers are courtesy of FactSet data systems). From 1/1/90 to 12/31/03: the S&P 500 increased 326.74% the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 279.70% the Nasdaq Composite increased 340.48% just wanted to throw that out there - cold hard facts about the return on traditonal investments in a 13 year time frame. DAM

Bruce, thanks for the kind words!! Thanks to Bruce I not only have Batman year 1 in 9.6 but he also hooked me up with some marvels! (who would have thunk it? ) Bruce has bomb proof packaging and always throws in some nice "extras" - with year 1 he threw in a great "Untold Legends of the Batman" book and cassette! One of these days if I can ever figure out how to transport them, I will take all three boxes! Thanks again Bruce, DAM

HarrisonJohn - you said what I was trying to say - with the exception of Venom, who else is a MEGA star (and Venom is no Wolvie)? Please dear God don't say Rogue / Gambit / Bishop, X-Flavor of the month . . . Kinda sad, huh? It seems like the superhero genre was much more vibrant in the golden/silver age. Flip side - who would have even imagined a Vertigo 25 years ago? DAM

Just to drive this point home, I have never ever heard of any of these less Fish Police. . . . DAM

The only thing that I would add here is that Wolverine thanks to extremely talented professionals has become a Marvel franchise. I can't think of a $40 book that features anyone nearly as important - worse, I can't think of anyone that was introduced recently that would be a franchise player even with a good creative team, but I am also not as down with my comics as I could be . . . DAM

Joanna - great stuff!!! How did you know that blue and green are my favorite colors? DAM

I think that the DC logo in your sig line is AWESOME!!!! DAM