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[GM8]

12 hours ago, szavisca said:

Baffling... if I had 30k I'd be all over it.

comic connect 9.0 at $5,700 with an hour and a half to go.

He raised the 9.8 to $40,000.  That was smart imho.

The 9.0 on CC sold for $5900.

[szav]

13 minutes ago, GM8 said:

He raised the 9.8 to $40,000.  That was smart imho.

The 9.0 on CC sold for $5900.

He's lucky I didn't have 30k....It might sit a while waiting on the right buyer but I gotta think even 40k on that copy is a reasonably good deal now too.  $5,900 on the 9.0 is a strong price still too.

[godzilla43]

My small Turtles collection. Turtles 2 has signatures from Michael Dooney and A.C.Farley. I am now contemplating that should I buy Turtles 1 second print or third

Second print it came out before Turtles 2 and it has "small" print run. Books 2-4 are second print. Then again it is at least 200-300 dollar book which is kinda the same thing than third print and not anything like the first print  

[GM8]

14 hours ago, godzilla43 said:

My small Turtles collection. Turtles 2 has signatures from Michael Dooney and A.C.Farley. I am now contemplating that should I buy Turtles 1 second print or third

Second print it came out before Turtles 2 and it has "small" print run. Books 2-4 are second print. Then again it is at least 200-300 dollar book which is kinda the same thing than third print and not anything like the first print  

Go for the second printing if you can.  It has the same dark red coloring on the cover as the 1st print and as you mention a small print run.

[rainmaker]

if it is doable the 2nd print is the obvious choice.  i dont believe the 2nd and 3rd print are necessarily the same thing (though in relation to the 1st print i suppose i get what you say)  and as time goes on that will be more apparent.  good luck.

[spracknetch23]

I'd go for a second print over a third. Third printing has a more pinkish color on the cover as opposed to the first and second printings' rich red color. Also, the printing quality of the interior pages is different on the third printing, it's "darker". Second printing looks just like a first printing at first glance. The only differences are the inside back cover ad (iron-ons as opposed to Gobbledygook), the tiny speck on the cover which is invisible to the untrained eye, and of course the second printing confirmation on the inside.

[godzilla43]

9 hours ago, rainmaker said:

if it is doable the 2nd print is the obvious choice.  i dont believe the 2nd and 3rd print are necessarily the same thing (though in relation to the 1st print i suppose i get what you say)  and as time goes on that will be more apparent.  good luck.

Yeah, I will keep my eye out for second print. How I see this if I use example  New Mutants 87:

Turtles 1st print is like New Mutants 87 first print  

Third print is like New Mutants 87 second print. Only difference is that NM87 second print is a 2$ book and there is people spending over 100$ for the third print.. 

Somewhere in the middle of those books sit Turtles 1 second print and what I am wondering is it closer to 1 or 3 print 

[jaybuck43]

8 hours ago, godzilla43 said:

Yeah, I will keep my eye out for second print. How I see this if I use example  New Mutants 87:

Turtles 1st print is like New Mutants 87 first print  

Third print is like New Mutants 87 second print. Only difference is that NM87 second print is a 2$ book and there is people spending over 100$ for the third print.. 

Somewhere in the middle of those books sit Turtles 1 second print and what I am wondering is it closer to 1 or 3 print 

Print run on the First print = 3,250

Print run on the Second Print = 6,000

Print run on the Third Print = 35,000

Third print will always have a bit of value due to the fact that there are "only" 35,000 copies, which would still be dwarfed by NM 87 1st or 2nd print.  So it's the easiest of the earliest copies to get to own a copy of TMNT 1, BUT it is still rare.  I don't necessarily think the Second print will ever hit massive value numbers, but it's still a very "rare" comic, with only 6,000 copies.

[Turtle]

I like that A.C. Farley sig.  You don't see those very often. 

[SpeedforceKJ]

Here is the pride and joy of my TMNT collection. Vol 1, #1-4. and raphael one shot Issue 1 is a 2nd print and everything else is a 1st print. 

 

Edited December 15, 2017 by SpeedforceKJ

[srezvan]

I've got a few oddball TMNT items in my collection. I got this at a craft fair in Virginia, probably about the time it was published in 1992. My Arabic is rusty (not sarcasm), so I never tried to translate it, other than the print date - numbers are easy to read.

[ChadH]

Hey guys,

 I thought I would post it in here also. My Gobbledygook #2 cover page is up on eBay and ends tomorrow. I will entertain all offers and pull it down if my number is met. Thanks!

 

Gobbledygook

[___]

Is it me but why is it so hard to find a high grade second print, very few 2nd prints in general on feebay over the last year. There are always copies of first and 3rd plentiful.

[Icculus308win]

My new addition ?

 

 

Edited December 21, 2017 by Icculus308win

[pubmonkey]

38 minutes ago, Icculus308win said:

My new addition ?

 

 

Congrats Eric! Sweeeeeet book!

[Icculus308win]

Thank-you so much Rich!

I never thought I’d own one, still in shock. 

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays my TMNT brethren 

Edited December 21, 2017 by Icculus308win

[TMNT]

2 hours ago, Icculus308win said:

My new addition ?

 

 

Wow E!!! Absolutely stunning book and set. Big congrats my man

[Icculus308win]

Thank-you Danny! Means a lot my man 

[TMNT]

Coming on the heels of Erics stunning issue 3, I thought I'd share my finally framed pieces from that book, Pgs 1 & 3. More info on the pages can be found in my CAF. Merry Christmas everyone! 

 

Edited December 22, 2017 by TMNT

[Icculus308win]

Well worth the wait/time for the finished piece.

The pages just pop with the black - beautiful Danny?