Boba Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 A best offer was accepted. Anyone know what it went for. $32,500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonytiger Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Ugh, this business trip is killing me! Again, I'll post some clean scans of the #1's when I get back, but in the interim I stumbled across this pic on my laptop that I took a while back of my 1-20 run. Unreal archie collection!!! Mighty impressive!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenPRGuy Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Ok... I finally found a few free minutes in the week ... don't ask how cause I'm not really sure myself! Here are my Archie 1's up close and personal: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) Ok... I finally found a few free minutes in the week ... don't ask how cause I'm not really sure myself! Here are my Archie 1's up close and personal: Those are amazing. Do we get to see the back covers? Is the yellow streak in the 1st photo on the comic or some kind of photo glare? Edited June 28, 2013 by gadzukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenPRGuy Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Sure, I can scan the backs tonight! Only reason I didn't is because I never took the books out of the Mylar and they had the boards behind them. Not sure what that streak is to be honest. Always been there. I always assumed some odd kind of fading, as it's not paint or marker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknorebel-migration Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 [font:Fixedsys]Does anyone think it's odd that the same dealer who sold the restored 8.0 copy of Archie #1 back in Feb, has now relisted the book for sale again on ebay. The May Heritage Auction of this book went for only $9,000. The guy buys the same comic back at a fraction of what he sold it for, then relists it once again at $24,500. Go back to page 8 in this link, to see the unrestored "before" pics that were posted the week of the Heritage Auction. Coincidence that the leaked photos lowered the value of the comic, or does the whole thing sound a little suspicious? Archie Comics #1 CGC 8.0 ® [/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 [font:Fixedsys]Does anyone think it's odd that the same dealer who sold the restored 8.0 copy of Archie #1 back in Feb, has now relisted the book for sale again on ebay. The May Heritage Auction of this book went for only $9,000. The guy buys the same comic back at a fraction of what he sold it for, then relists it once again at $24,500. Go back to page 8 in this link, to see the unrestored "before" pics that were posted the week of the Heritage Auction. Coincidence that the leaked photos lowered the value of the comic, or does the whole thing sound a little suspicious? Archie Comics #1 CGC 8.0 ® [/font] It sold for $10,755 in the HA auction not $9000. But I guess maybe it didn't sell if it's up on ebay again. How does that work? Can sellers decide not to sell once the HA auction is over? Or can sellers put minimum reserves on their own items? Or did the seller actually bid on his own item? I actually thought it went a little low in the HA auction (I was thinking it would go for $15k-$18k) but many board members thought it went for the right price considering the amount of work that was done to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknorebel-migration Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 And you have no compulsion to repost the before-restoraton pics this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkdrawer Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 And you have no compulsion to repost the before-restoraton pics this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 And you have no compulsion to repost the before-restoraton pics this time? No that wont happen again. I posted photos because I had just gotten my Archie 1 back from CGC and I was a little upset with the grade I got, especially when I compared mine to that one, both before & after resto. I was so stoked with the amazing resto job that CCS performed on my Archie 1 that I was shocked that it didn't at least match the 8.0 the other had. I thought mine looked nicer so I was a little upset. Truthfully, I had a rough year with subbing my comics to CGC. I think we can all agree they've been a little tighter on their grading this last year. Unfortunately, I picked the wrong year to submit the majority of my comics so I was disappointed with about 85% of the grades I got. Having said all of this.... it sure would be nice if any time you bought a restored comic, especially "extensive", you could see a before shot of the comic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaltimoreLauren Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I'm also in this club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I'm also in this club. You are not just "in the club", you are its Queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaltimoreLauren Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I'm also in this club. You are not just "in the club", you are its Queen I am strangely ok with this title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotemo Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I'm also in this club. Wow! You have "that" copy. I remember it being for auction some years back. It's got to be one of the nicest looking 4.0's around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaltimoreLauren Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I'm also in this club. Wow! You have "that" copy. I remember it being for auction some years back. It's got to be one of the nicest looking 4.0's around. Yep! Got it from a Heritage Auction on a rainy Thursday afternoon a few years ago. I'm sure if the cover was attached it would grade higher. As it is though, I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenPRGuy Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Feel like it's time for a page 6 tally ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 I'm also in this club. What a great looking copy! Yeah, looks better than 4.0. You really bought this at the perfect time, congratulations on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 (edited) Welcome to the club BaltimoreLauren. If this was a competition you'd be winning. CGC Unrestored: 4.0 OW-W... BaltimoreLauren... Page 6 3.0 OW.......... 143ksk................. Page 2 1.0 Brittle.......... Ameri................ Page 1 CGC Restored 7.0 OW-W... Gadzukes... Page 1 Raw 2.0-3.0 Unrestored... GoldenPRguy... Page 3 6.0 Restored... Lotemo... Page 1 6.0 SL Restored... GoldenPRguy... Page 3 Edited July 1, 2013 by gadzukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 7 copies now accounted for on the boards. CGC only has 35 copies on their census. It would be cool to account for them all here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameri Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I'm also in this club. + = (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
