What are your comic collecting goals for 2018 ? 4 4

[Sqeggs]

On 12/10/2017 at 12:38 PM, 1950's war comics said:

wow ! just one to go ... i hope you get it soon !! probably like getting a hole in one in golf though......

Unfortunately, I think you may be right.  There are a few copies around, but they are locked in collections. I haven't seen a copy for sale in the five years or so that I've been looking. 

[Sqeggs]

On 12/10/2017 at 1:57 PM, Gotham Kid said:

Actually, there is a collector from Spain that has a pretty nice collection, not only Detectives. All restored though. He is slowly selling them off to fund his son's doctoral studies.

Here's hoping it's a STEM PhD. 

[Sqeggs]

On 12/10/2017 at 2:25 PM, Gotham Kid said:

I prefer the Berk 7.0 copy to the HA 8.0 copy. And that one sold for 12.5K

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/detective-comics-28-dc-1939-cgc-apparent-vf-80-moderate-p-off-white-pages/a/7166-91061.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

 

"Cover cleaned" is certainly up there as a value killer. 

[EC ed]

2018 will be a great collecting year if I can snag just one of these EC promos I'm missing (of course, finding all 8 would be fine, too  ):

Across the Seas in a War Torn World
Church that was Built with Bread
KO Punch
Out of the Past a Clue to the Future
Reddy Kilowatt 1B (Reddy Made Magic, 1956)
Reddy Kilowatt 2B (Light's Diamond Jubilee, 1954)
Reddy Kilowatt 3B (Space Kite, S. Calif. edition, 1956)
Wonders of Wire Rope

[jhm]

I'm looking to buy more than sell in 2018. I have 2 people living inside of me - one is a collector that's completing/upgrading a handful of runs and the other is more of an investor.

My collector side doesn't seem to care what the final hammer is so long as I want it. The investor side is always looking for the right price on a high-quality book. So my goals are to meet the needs of both sides:

1) [Collector] Pickup any grade of a missing copy where I have holes. There are too many that I've held out for high grades on for too long and I'm beginning to fear they'll never come around.

2) [Collector] Not start any new runs - focus on existing to free up cash for the investor.

3) [Investor] Finalize my GA valuation model (getting close!) and put it to good use within the following areas: classic covers, Gerber 7+ books, exciting/colorful (female) bondage covers, high-grade copies of early DC and Timely titles. 

[sagii]

Another Pedigree copy ( or two) . 

[Gotham Kid]

On 12/12/2017 at 11:26 PM, Sqeggs said:

"Cover cleaned" is certainly up there as a value killer. 

don't know why. I'll take cvr cleaned over ct any day of the week.

[woowoo]

10 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

don't know why. I'll take cvr cleaned over ct any day of the week.

[Funnybooks]

Does CGC consider a "cleaned" cover conserved or restored?

I would not have any negative bias towards a cleaned cover, although, the market may indicate otherwise

[pmpknface]

Any 3 on this list, but the Suspense 5 would complete my Cole cover run and the 2 at the top would complete my Cole romance covers so they are pretty high on my list.  Although the Terrors would finish my jungle covers and the Aero's would finish off the war covers....  decisions, decisions....      I'll lekely end up picking up whatever becomes available.  

Pop. Teen-Agers: 8  
True-To-Life Romances 7  
Criminals on the Run Vol.4 #3  
Guns Against Gangsters 6  
Terrors of the Jungle: 7
Captain Aero 17, 23  
Blue Bolt 105,108 
Ghostly Weird Stories 123 
Spook: 27, 28, (29), ~30  
Suspense Comics 5

[Tri-Color Brian]

9 minutes ago, pmpknface said:

Any 3 on this list, but the Suspense 5 would complete my Cole cover run and the 2 at the top would complete my Cole romance covers so they are pretty high on my list.  Although the Terrors would finish my jungle covers and the Aero's would finish off the war covers....  decisions, decisions....      I'll lekely end up picking up whatever becomes available.  

Pop. Teen-Agers: 8  
True-To-Life Romances 7  
Criminals on the Run Vol.4 #3  
Guns Against Gangsters 6  
Terrors of the Jungle: 7
Captain Aero 17, 23  
Blue Bolt 105,108 
Ghostly Weird Stories 123 
Spook: 27, 28, (29), ~30  
Suspense Comics 5

Edited December 14, 2017 by Tri-ColorBrian

[pmpknface]

You never get tired of flaunting that one do ya....?  If your collection is getting crowded, just drop me an email / pm!  

[Tri-Color Brian]

1 minute ago, pmpknface said:

You never get tired of flaunting that one do ya....?  If your collection is getting crowded, just drop me an email / pm!  

I never get tired of flaunting ANYTHING...

[pmpknface]

Oh, Cap'n Aero 23 is on the list because I don't have it....   but I do have a pristine cover proof. 

[Tri-Color Brian]

8 minutes ago, pmpknface said:

Oh, Cap'n Aero 23 is on the list because I don't have it....   but I do have a pristine cover proof. 

Nice...

[nearmint]

I have nice copies of Batman #8, #9, and #11.  Guess I need to find a nice #10 in 2018.

[Gotham Kid]

5 hours ago, Funnybooks said:

Does CGC consider a "cleaned" cover conserved or restored?

 

Conserved

[Dark Knight]

Used to be restored though.  There are books out there with slight work with just cleaning in a restored purple holder.

[walclark]

1 hour ago, Dark Knight said:

Used to be restored though.  There are books out there with slight work with just cleaning in a restored purple holder.

Like this one.

[Dark Knight]

Yep exactly