DocGo Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I think it would top $3000 in an auction based on the current market conditions for keys/1st apps regardless of the age of the book. I agree with this but I think the total would be much closer to $3k than $3.5k based on the rate of new 9.8s popping up (at least 3 newbies in the last four months). As everyone knows, I'm also in the market for one. Three newbies in the past four months is aggressive to say. I could have totally missed the boat, but I see only six 9.8 blue labels (am I the only who who doesnt care for green labels?) Anyway there were 5 blue labels for as long as I could remember and this new sixth one was a recent addition. I would be shocked if a lot more 9.8s popped up. Mschmidt is COMPLETELY right when he said "there's been no indication that there's a large stack of ungraded 9.8s out there either" This book was printed on very cheap, black paper that has shown to become very brittle, easily smudged, and handles VERY poorly when there are pressing attempts. With an original print run of around 3,000 on college paper stock back in 1991 and Jeff Smith defacing over 2000 of them himself to pass out.... we're looking at a tiny market pool to draw mint condition books. Are you saying that Jeff signed 2,000 of the copies prior to selling them? Because, well, that isn't true. Wow, I completely ignored that sentence. BChin22, did you read this somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonddave Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Place Holder Got word from CGC today that my copy is coming back a 9.8. I will post pics when its back from FL. In the mail and on its way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bchin22 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I think it would top $3000 in an auction based on the current market conditions for keys/1st apps regardless of the age of the book. I agree with this but I think the total would be much closer to $3k than $3.5k based on the rate of new 9.8s popping up (at least 3 newbies in the last four months). As everyone knows, I'm also in the market for one. Three newbies in the past four months is aggressive to say. I could have totally missed the boat, but I see only six 9.8 blue labels (am I the only who who doesnt care for green labels?) Anyway there were 5 blue labels for as long as I could remember and this new sixth one was a recent addition. I would be shocked if a lot more 9.8s popped up. Mschmidt is COMPLETELY right when he said "there's been no indication that there's a large stack of ungraded 9.8s out there either" This book was printed on very cheap, black paper that has shown to become very brittle, easily smudged, and handles VERY poorly when there are pressing attempts. With an original print run of around 3,000 on college paper stock back in 1991 and Jeff Smith defacing over 2000 of them himself to pass out.... we're looking at a tiny market pool to draw mint condition books. Are you saying that Jeff signed 2,000 of the copies prior to selling them? Because, well, that isn't true. Wow, I completely ignored that sentence. BChin22, did you read this somewhere? Schmidtty, I find it hard to think it's NOT true when Smith remarked on that to me himself when I was in Boston Con with him. I asked him how many #1s he's signed in his day and he told me "Probably over 2000--they're always special when I sign them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschmidt Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Three newbies in the past four months is aggressive to say. I could have totally missed the boat, but I see only six 9.8 blue labels (am I the only who who doesnt care for green labels?) Anyway there were 5 blue labels for as long as I could remember and this new sixth one was a recent addition. I would be shocked if a lot more 9.8s popped up. Mschmidt is COMPLETELY right when he said "there's been no indication that there's a large stack of ungraded 9.8s out there either" This book was printed on very cheap, black paper that has shown to become very brittle, easily smudged, and handles VERY poorly when there are pressing attempts. With an original print run of around 3,000 on college paper stock back in 1991 and Jeff Smith defacing over 2000 of them himself to pass out.... we're looking at a tiny market pool to draw mint condition books. Are you saying that Jeff signed 2,000 of the copies prior to selling them? Because, well, that isn't true. Wow, I completely ignored that sentence. BChin22, did you read this somewhere? Schmidtty, I find it hard to think it's NOT true when Smith remarked on that to me himself when I was in Boston Con with him. I asked him how many #1s he's signed in his day and he told me "Probably over 2000--they're always special when I sign them." Sorry, there's just no chance 2/3s of the entire print run of this book has been signed. I'm sure that Jeff has signed a ton of them, but: a) I wouldn't quite trust his memory to remember how many copies of a certain book he's signed over a 20 year period b) He's probably referring to all the printings of #1 combined I've been following the Bone #1 market for years now - if what you were saying is true, the majority of raw #1s coming up for sale would be signed. They're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpComics.com Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Three newbies in the past four months is aggressive to say. I could have totally missed the boat, but I see only six 9.8 blue labels (am I the only who who doesnt care for green labels?) Anyway there were 5 blue labels for as long as I could remember and this new sixth one was a recent addition. I would be shocked if a lot more 9.8s popped up. Mschmidt is COMPLETELY right when he said "there's been no indication that there's a large stack of ungraded 9.8s out there either" This book was printed on very cheap, black paper that has shown to become very brittle, easily smudged, and handles VERY poorly when there are pressing attempts. With an original print run of around 3,000 on college paper stock back in 1991 and Jeff Smith defacing over 2000 of them himself to pass out.... we're looking at a tiny market pool to draw mint condition books. Are you saying that Jeff signed 2,000 of the copies prior to selling them? Because, well, that isn't true. Wow, I completely ignored that sentence. BChin22, did you read this somewhere? Schmidtty, I find it hard to think it's NOT true when Smith remarked on that to me himself when I was in Boston Con with him. I asked him how many #1s he's signed in his day and he told me "Probably over 2000--they're always special when I sign them." Sorry, there's just no chance 2/3s of the entire print run of this book has been signed. I'm sure that Jeff has signed a ton of them, but: a) I wouldn't quite trust his memory to remember how many copies of a certain book he's signed over a 20 year period b) He's probably referring to all the printings of #1 combined I've been following the Bone #1 market for years now - if what you were saying is true, the majority of raw #1s coming up for sale would be signed. They're not. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bchin22 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Hmmm you're prolly right--he could be referring to all printings of #1 in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonddave Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Someone got a good deal. http://www.ebay.com/itm/381158179495?_trksid=p2045573.m570.l4455&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI381158179495.N7.S1.M43.R2.TR2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 I think that's a much more accurate reflection of the market as opposed to that $2350 BIN a couple months ago. However, I honestly didn't think it was gonna be below $1.5k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonddave Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Place Holder Got word from CGC today that my copy is coming back a 9.8. I will post pics when its back from FL. In the mail and on its way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion HQ Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 7.5 just went for $456 at ComicConnect auction. More than doubled the last reported 7.5 sale in 2009 (for $211). Nice! Go Bone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion HQ Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Place Holder Got word from CGC today that my copy is coming back a 9.8. I will post pics when its back from FL. In the mail and on its way home. AWESOME BOOK btw, you lucky guy you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snikt!1988 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Place Holder Got word from CGC today that my copy is coming back a 9.8. I will post pics when its back from FL. In the mail and on its way home. whats a good price for one of these nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 Place Holder Got word from CGC today that my copy is coming back a 9.8. I will post pics when its back from FL. In the mail and on its way home. whats a good price for one of these nowadays? No one knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion HQ Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 No one knows The sample size is rather small. I will say that I was ecstatic when I got mine for a tad less than $3k. Felt it was a steal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill1 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 If I was selling mine, I would start at $3500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 If I was selling mine, I would start at $3500. I think it would sit for awhile at that price unless there was movie news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntoAnother Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Warning: The link below is to a Bone #1 9.8 "voldemort" I'm posting this as it is not identified as a Fifth Printing as it should be and didn't want a boardie to purchase it unknowingly. As well ask if it's the norm for the other company to not correctly identify the printing number in the label? I missing something? http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsearch%5Fadv%2Easp%3Fall%3Dy%26TITLE%3DBone%26TITLEOPT%3DALL%26ISSUE%3D%26Condition%3D%26ConditionTo%3D%26CensusRank%3D%26SearchPageQuality%3D%26Pedigree%3D%26PRICEF%3D%26PRICET%3D%26DESCRIPTION%3D%26DESCRIPTIONOPT%3DALL%26SearchRemarks%3D%26SearchCGC%3D%26EXCLUDE%3D%26CATEGORIES%3D%2D1%26WCATEGORIES%3D%2D1%26SORT%3DCATEG%26%5Fwhere%5Fforsale%3Dy%26%5Fwhere%5Fauctions%3Dy%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26where%5Fforsale%3Dy&id=1089317 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
