rich_TMNT 365 posts Posted August 15, 2018 On 8/6/2018 at 10:21 PM, SpideyFein said: For all of you turtle lovers, if you haven't read Mr. Saki's quest and acquisition of his grail, please do. Go onto his comicart gallery site. A big congrats again. That piece is MONSTROUS! It's always a pleasure browsing your pieces. It's what turtle dreams are made of!!! @TMNT, where can I find this so I can read about it? I tried the link in your profile but it doesn't work. Would love to check it out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainmaker 370 posts Posted August 15, 2018 On 8/12/2018 at 6:11 PM, gran0297 said: For those of you who have resubmitted a graded copy of turtles 1 after pressing, or for anyone else for that matter, what are your opinions of these grader notes on this 9.2 copy? "Left Center Back Cover Small Multiple Finger Bends, Spine Small Stress Lines". Seems to be some potential room for upgrade but it also seems the finger bends are becoming more common in grader notes and who knows if a single press will remove them. Just interested in everyones thoughts. Thank you. finger bends can likely be flattened out with a press. with the cover being black i would watch the spine stress lines. a press could really make those pop and any gain you have by removing the finger bends would be washed by increased spine stress. do you have a scan? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gran0297 9 posts Posted August 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, rainmaker said: finger bends can likely be flattened out with a press. with the cover being black i would watch the spine stress lines. a press could really make those pop and any gain you have by removing the finger bends would be washed by increased spine stress. do you have a scan? On 8/13/2018 at 11:40 PM, oakman29 said: Maybe if you had a photo or two of the book in question? Thanks for the responses. I will get a scan up here soon. The book is put away so I will have to do just a little digging. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpideyFein 4,180 posts Posted August 16, 2018 11 hours ago, rich_TMNT said: @TMNT, where can I find this so I can read about it? I tried the link in your profile but it doesn't work. Would love to check it out. Hey Rich, here it is. Check out all of the pieces and bios on the them- just fantastic! http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=24285 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turtle 9,053 posts Posted August 16, 2018 22 hours ago, rich_TMNT said: These TMNT #1 reprints definitely aren't as valuable as they are selling for on eBay. They are included with every copy of the TMNT The Ultimate Visual History book published in 2014. However, there is also a new printing of that book from this year (2018) and it has a matte-cover version of the TMNT #1 reprint (vs. the glossy cover version in the 2014 version). More about that here if interested. Regardless of which book you buy, you can get still get these books for under $50 many places and it comes with the comic book. Prices for the TMNT #1 reprint comic book on eBay are just a combination of a seller who isn't accurately describing what he's selling (purposeful or not) and buyers who aren't aware of what this actually is. I've had multiple people contact me about this "new" variant and have had to explain to them what the book actually is. Unfortunately, some of them asked me too late and they had already purchased it from eBay. Thanks for the info! Looks like I'm on the hunt again for another homage/reprint. There are SO MANY! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rich_TMNT 365 posts Posted August 16, 2018 7 hours ago, SpideyFein said: Hey Rich, here it is. Check out all of the pieces and bios on the them- just fantastic! http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=24285 Thanks! Looking forward to checking it out...I'm pretty sure I've seen and read about many of these before but I didn't want to miss out on this story. 46 minutes ago, Turtle said: Thanks for the info! Looks like I'm on the hunt again for another homage/reprint. There are SO MANY! Gladly! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gran0297 9 posts Posted August 16, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 1:20 PM, gran0297 said: Thanks for the responses. I will get a scan up here soon. The book is put away so I will have to do just a little digging. 3 GM8, Parabellum and ADAMANTIUM reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gran0297 9 posts Posted August 16, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 1:20 PM, gran0297 said: Thanks for the responses. I will get a scan up here soon. The book is put away so I will have to do just a little digging. Couple more pictures. 1 Parabellum reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
s14roller 847 posts Posted August 19, 2018 I'd probably leave it as is...beautiful book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gran0297 9 posts Posted August 19, 2018 2 hours ago, s14roller said: I'd probably leave it as is...beautiful book. Thank you. Yeah I am not planning to have it pressed anytime soon, if ever. I was more curious about the grader notes in general not just how they pertain to my book. My friend has a 6.0 with very similar notes, and I have seen a couple on eBay with them as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinwar 264 posts Posted August 22, 2018 5 oakman29, GM8, spracknetch23 and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinwar 264 posts Posted August 22, 2018 ??Grail Alert!!!?? Finally have this beauty in my personal collection! ? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 1st printing CGC 9.0 WP ? 6 Bomber-Bob, GM8, szav and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gran0297 9 posts Posted August 22, 2018 49 minutes ago, Shinwar said: ??Grail Alert!!!?? Finally have this beauty in my personal collection! ? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 1st printing CGC 9.0 WP ? Congrats! Awesome book. 3 GM8, Spiderturtle and Shinwar reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainmaker 370 posts Posted August 22, 2018 kudos bud! one of the finest books ever created 1 oakman29 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiderturtle 4,331 posts Posted August 27, 2018 On 8/22/2018 at 6:23 AM, Shinwar said: ??Grail Alert!!!?? Finally have this beauty in my personal collection! ? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 1st printing CGC 9.0 WP ? Very cool! Easily the only mega grail of the copper age 1 Shinwar reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oakman29 46,297 posts Posted August 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, Spiderturtle said: Very cool! Easily the only mega grail of the copper age Very much so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GM8 543 posts Posted September 10, 2018 I track these sales of TMNT #1 9.0 and up. These are confirmed sales on all outlets, ebay, heritage, comiclink, comic connect. Was doing a bunch of Excel work for work and figured I'd churn out a chart or 2 or 3: 3 Callaway29, valiantman and szav reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GM8 543 posts Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Here's 9.4 sales: and 9.2's (sorry the data gets bunched in spots, there's a couple sales for some of the lines, marked with different prices. and last one 9.0's: Edited September 11, 2018 by GM8 2 szav and valiantman reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan. 9,814 posts Posted September 11, 2018 Do 5.0s next. 2 Legion HQ and GM8 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miamiknight3434 2,090 posts Posted September 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, Ryan. said: Do 5.0s next. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
