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[TMNT]

19 minutes ago, SpideyFein said:

I also want to point out the $26,000 Gobbledlygook #1!!! That obliterated previous previous sales as well. I know we could all go back and forth on this, but it is the 1st printed turtles. I know it was a File copy, but I was thinking 16-18. 
 

Yup everything is going up. I was curiois about TMNT Archie sales. #1s have historically reached $150-$200. Those are also regularly hitting $800 nowadays in 9.8, some over 1K. First comic bebop Rocksteady btw

[TMNT]

This is what im talking about, regularly fetching b/w $700 - 1K nowadays... just book 1 is hot, all others still flat

[SpideyFein]

2 hours ago, TMNT said:

This is what im talking about, regularly fetching b/w $700 - 1K nowadays... just book 1 is hot, all others still flat

It’s a triple increase from August, from $250 to $750. It’s bananas. I don’t think many others will blow up, but the series itself is hot. I literally gave away a duplicate 1-30 run 4 years ago. I just wish it went to a turtle fan. 

[Sauce Dog]

3 hours ago, SpideyFein said:

It’s a triple increase from August, from $250 to $750. It’s bananas. I don’t think many others will blow up, but the series itself is hot. I literally gave away a duplicate 1-30 run 4 years ago. I just wish it went to a turtle fan. 

I also gave away many of these early Archie series, just recently to a friend who had a son who has been loving Ninja Turtles - so I'm happy to have given him some issues that might be rediscovered in a few decades as they dig for nostalgia

 

edit: I WILL however be mentioning to the father to make sure not to throw those issues away if ever it comes up. He's better to tuck em away and keep em for the long haul.

Edited December 13, 2020 by Sauce Dog

[Sauce Dog]

On 12/12/2020 at 10:24 AM, Subby1938 said:

A sleeper printing if you can find one is 9.8 fifth printing . Beautiful vibrant red cover but only handful have ever been graded 9.8. I’d be all over one of these 

No longer a sleeper hit , as the last two sales in December for two 9.8s went for $1,400usd and $1,375usd (in fact the higher was sold just two days before your post, the other selling a few days later). We shall see if the prices hold on this (Alas I do not have this book in that grade, mine is a 9.6 signature series but still looks damn good like you said due to that vibrant red cover)

[Subby1938]

Mine comes back next week ....... it’s 9.8! It was first of two I sent off this copy I felt was lesser of the two. It’s a very rare book in 9.8 is all I know . There are plenty of raw copies coming to market but 9.8 is tough . Here are very htf issues in 9.8:

tmnt 1 fifth print

tmnt 4 second print ( Nintendo cover )

tmnt 4 misprint error cover ( 1000 or less )

tmnt 7 second print ( krang cover )

Numbers according to a quick search on gocollect

1. only 14 universal 9.8s

2. only 4 universal 9.8s

3. Only 4 universal 9.8s

4. only 14 universal 9.8s

Edited January 5, 2021 by Subby1938

[Gazoony]

3 hours ago, Subby1938 said:

Mine comes back next week ....... it’s 9.8! It was first of two I sent off this copy I felt was lesser of the two. It’s a very rare book in 9.8 is all I know . There are plenty of raw copies coming to market but 9.8 is tough . Here are very htf issues in 9.8:

tmnt 1 fifth print

tmnt 4 second print ( Nintendo cover )

tmnt 4 misprint error cover ( 1000 or less )

tmnt 7 second print ( krang cover )

Numbers according to a quick search on gocollect

1. only 14 universal 9.8s

2. only 4 universal 9.8s

3. Only 4 universal 9.8s

4. only 14 universal 9.8s

#5 Second print only has 1 universal 9.8. I wonder what that would go for now?

[Subby1938]

It depends on popularity of cover . I have collectors already buggin for NES cover because the nostalgia it brings . Not sure what to make of these . 
 

the error / misprint copy is the one I can’t find great data on....

[ADAMANTIUM]

59 minutes ago, Subby1938 said:

It depends on popularity of cover . I have collectors already buggin for NES cover because the nostalgia it brings . Not sure what to make of these . 
 

the error / misprint copy is the one I can’t find great data on....

I poste the carp out of my Nintendo Power #6, and it's still back for another signing (by Eastman) 

Still, I've tried to buy affordable copies online, it is difficult, as it is a new market and the FMV is uncertain.

I've tried to gauge, but it's a variable that is undetermined and frequently differentiated. 

[valiantman]

CGC 9.2 TMNT #1 First printing finished at $28,800 today on Heritage

https://comics.ha.com/itm/modern-age-1980-present-/alternative-underground/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1-file-copy-signed-and-sketched-by-kevin-eastman-mirage-studios-1984-cgc-nm-92-off-white-to-w/a/7239-91038.s?ic16

[Subby1938]

Few pics for the thread here ;

[GM8]

15 hours ago, valiantman said:

CGC 9.2 TMNT #1 First printing finished at $28,800 today on Heritage

https://comics.ha.com/itm/modern-age-1980-present-/alternative-underground/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1-file-copy-signed-and-sketched-by-kevin-eastman-mirage-studios-1984-cgc-nm-92-off-white-to-w/a/7239-91038.s?ic16

Big jump. A little context for previous 9.2's:

The last one sold was a purple label on 9/20/20 for $15.5K on ebay. Previous copies sold for $11.5K and $9K of blue labels back on 11/20/19 and 8/20/19 respectively.

[Schmakt]

4 hours ago, GM8 said:

Big jump. A little context for previous 9.2's:

The last one sold was a purple label on 9/20/20 for $15.5K on ebay. Previous copies sold for $11.5K and $9K of blue labels back on 11/20/19 and 8/20/19 respectively.

Not sure how I missed that PLOD as that's still what I'm sitting on. That's the first PLOD comp in a long long time. Thanks!

Edited January 15, 2021 by Schmakt

[oakman29]

Is this the error version?

[rich_TMNT]

@oakman29 There's no way to tell from the outside.  The error / misprint is the appearance of a black grid-pattern on 8 pages (13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28) in either the gutter, page corner, or both.

Edited January 18, 2021 by rich_TMNT

[oakman29]

2 hours ago, rich_TMNT said:

@oakman29 There's no way to tell from the outside.  The error / misprint is the appearance of a black grid-pattern on 8 pages (13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28) in either the gutter, page corner, or both.

I was curious because if it was CGC didnt notate the error on the label. I have two error books. I know what I'm looking for, but thank you for the information. 

Edited January 19, 2021 by oakman29

[Subby1938]

On 1/15/2021 at 11:55 PM, oakman29 said:

Is this the error version?

No it’s regular version I had sitting in a box decided to grade it . 

[GM8]

ComicConnect has a counterfeit copy. Looks pretty well done, wonder if I could tell!

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/901762

 

[ectocooler]

Thanks for posting that, I was worried mine was a fake because it has the white strip on the right side where the red meets the black which is a big tell for fakes. But the cross hatching in shredders arm is noticeable on mine where in the counterfeit it’s mostly black with a few bits of white instead of red.

Also a CGC first print 8.5 sold for $7000 on eBay 3 days ago. Whoever got that got a heck of a deal. 8.0s have been selling for more than twice that.

[ghn999]

6 hours ago, ectocooler said:

Thanks for posting that, I was worried mine was a fake because it has the white strip on the right side where the red meets the black which is a big tell for fakes. But the cross hatching in shredders arm is noticeable on mine where in the counterfeit it’s mostly black with a few bits of white instead of red.

Also a CGC first print 8.5 sold for $7000 on eBay 3 days ago. Whoever got that got a heck of a deal. 8.0s have been selling for more than twice that.

A fake 8.5 sold for 7k or a real one?