Post Your Top 3 Personal Comic Book/Original Art Acquisitions of 2018! 5 5

[NewWorldOrder]

Hey Gang,

My only positive contribution to the CGC boards is this my annual thread.

Show the comic board community your Top 3 Comic Book and/or Original Art purchases for your collection for the year ending 2018!

(Post only personal acquisitions, and not items you have sold or dealer profit books, etc...)

Provide a little background on each item in relation to why they were your top priority in 2018.

From my family to yours wishing everyone a Happy Holiday Season!  

John (nWo)

 

 

#1 Hulk #1 CGC 5.0 OWW

Not the best picture but its the best I have for right now.  This was on my radar for the last 3 years and I finally got a copy in the grade and eye appeal I wanted.  This was from a fellow boardie who was sad to see the book go, but never the less we did a deal for this a couple months back.  This just shows why putting a WTB ad here can really pay off for 2 people and how amazing the CGC board community is with high end transactions that usually go very smoothly.

 

#2 Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 5.0 OWW

Original owner copy!  This book literally just walked into a local comic book store with no bag & board just covered in a plastic bag to now a CGC holder!  An older gentlemen from LA forgot he had this book from his childhood and found it somehow someway buried away in his house to which he found it 30 years later. He needed money to apparently redo his floors in his house.  I think he got his wish after he cashed the check from selling the book.  Meanwhile I would ruin my floors instead of selling a comic book! haha

 

#3 Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.6  WP

 I have never seen a 9.6 of this book as nice as this one so I just had to buy it from Blazing Bob (HighGradeComics) @Wondercon this year!  This book has now started my X-Men 94-143 registry set!  Razor sharp corners and a bone white cover (yup thats right I said bone white, wanna fight about it? lol)!

 

So whats in store for 2019 you ask? 

Looking for a clean X-men #1, and adding more to my collection of ASM 1-75 & X-Men 94-143.  With a heavy focus on the ASM villain keys. 

[Brian48]

I actually did a double take to believe it.  According to my logs, I've only bought two books and one piece of minor art all year long!  I knew my collecting interest was waning, but didn't think it had gone down so much.  Not a lot out there is catching my attention long enough for me to pursue I guess.

This was another copy added to my MP7 hoard.  Three 9.4s, one 9.0, and one raw thus far.

Jimmy O

Dustin Nguyen sketch.

[NewWorldOrder]

Nice stuff!

[lizards2]

Don't forget to post your address and work hours!

[batman_fan]

I have only posted these about a hundred times but what the heck, scored my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Peanuts original strips. These things are amazing in person 

[comicdonna]

I made two purchases this year.  The BA #12 was purchased raw.  I sent it to Joey, then it went to CGC.  First book I have ever had pressed.

The Batman #232 was listed on ebay.  I called Ted at Superworld.  We had a great conversation, and were able to work out a deal.

 

[143ksk]

14 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

I have only posted these about a hundred times but what the heck, scored my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Peanuts original strips. These things are amazing in person 

[143ksk]

[batman_fan]

10 minutes ago, comicdonna said:

I made two purchases this year.  The BA #12 was purchased raw.  I sent it to Joey, then it went to CGC.  First book I have ever had pressed.

The Batman #232 was listed on ebay.  I called Ted at Superworld.  We had a great conversation, and were able to work out a deal.

 

Two home runs

[Bomber-Bob]

This is a fun thread.

The ASM #14 is my biggest and my favorite purchase of the Year. In hand. the colors really pop. Purchased from Greg Reece.

The Tec #359 was sold to help fund the purchase of the ASM #14. I missed it terribly and was able to eventually get it back so I am going to count it as a new, favorite purchase. 

The Wonder Woman #54, in this kind of condition, is rarely found. At 8.0, it is second highest graded. Again, a book that really pops in hand. 

 

[AnkurJ]

Here are three I’d say are the best of the year.

[batman_fan]

23 minutes ago, 143ksk said:

That Calvin and Hobbs is just plain amazing.  You really snagged a great one.

[kav]

This is a high rollers thread!  My top purchases would be used as toilet papier by these folks.

Edited December 12, 2018 by kav

[kav]

That Strange Adventures 35 should be worth more tho since it has first appearance of this guy:
(plus chess board cover)

Edited December 12, 2018 by kav

[LordRahl]

Hopefully I'm not done yet as CC auction isn't ending until Friday but these are my 3 favorite so far. 

 

[LordRahl]

2 hours ago, Bomber-Bob said:

This is a fun thread.

The ASM #14 is my biggest and my favorite purchase of the Year. In hand. the colors really pop. Purchased from Greg Reece.

The Tec #359 was sold to help fund the purchase of the ASM #14. I missed it terribly and was able to eventually get it back so I am going to count it as a new, favorite purchase. 

The Wonder Woman #54, in this kind of condition, is rarely found. At 8.0, it is second highest graded. Again, a book that really pops in hand. 

 

The reds on that Spidey 14 are  This book is on my top 5 list of wanting to upgrade my copy to something in the 9.0/9.2 range.

[kav]

2 minutes ago, LordRahl said:

The reds on that Spidey 14 are  This book is on my top 5 list of wanting to upgrade my copy to something in the 9.0/9.2 range.

No Marvel chipping!

[Gotham Kid]

8 hours ago, NewWorldOrder said:

Hey Gang,

My only positive contribution to the CGC boards is this my annual thread.

Show the comic board community your Top 3 Comic Book and/or Original Art purchases for your collection for the year ending 2018!

(Post only personal acquisitions, and not items you have sold or dealer profit books, etc...)

Provide a little background on each item in relation to why they were your top priority in 2018.

From my family to yours wishing everyone a Happy Holiday Season!  

Only 1 book of note for me. Was 1 of my top 3 want list items for 2018.

Hopefully for 2019 (any one of the 3):

- Detective 36

- upgrade to Detective 28 universal

- Detective 32

Edited December 12, 2018 by Gotham Kid

[DST]

2018 brought me my two top grails featuring my all-time fav superhero.  Landing these copies with white pages was a dream come true

 

This year I was also fortunate to buy my keeper copy of ASM129.  I missed out on this same copy in 2017 because I tried to haggle for free shipping.  While doing so another boardie claimed the book.  The book became the one that got away.  In a twist of fate a year later the book was made available again and I didn’t hesitate to make it mine.  Some things are meant to be...

[kav]