lizards2 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 28 minutes ago, DavidTheDavid said: $30. Next bidder will take it but I won one like this at last auction for $30. If I win it, I’ll pay and have them hold it until I find something on the exchange or a subsequent auction. Their next is an event auction though and I’m not in that class of buyers. I usually get stuck every other auction - $30 book - $20 postage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheDavid Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, lizards2 said: I usually get stuck every other auction - $30 book - $20 postage. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lizards2 Posted April 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, DavidTheDavid said: Exactly. These are what I won in the last auction. It think I kind of hit the sweet spot. Your mileage may vary. I love the perspective on that OAAW 191..., gives me the willies. Edited April 29, 2020 by lizards2 greggying while drunk JJ-4, Larryw7, ChrispyC66 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheDavid Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 23 minutes ago, lizards2 said: These are what I won in the last auction. It think I kind of hit the sweet spot. Your mileage may vary. I love the perspective on that OAAW 191..., gives me the willies. Yeah, that's lovely! Larryw7 and ChrispyC66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 11 hours ago, lizards2 said: These are what I won in the last auction. It think I kind of hit the sweet spot. Your mileage may vary. I love the perspective on that OAAW 191..., gives me the willies. do you have an incantation while cracking them out? like "begone Satan?" ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, paperheart said: do you have an incantation while cracking them out? like "begone Satan?" I'll tell you, with the new slabs, I'm nervous, and trying not to bleed too much. I suppose I should start wearing leather gloves when I do it, but it is hard to do fine work with those on. At least most of the old slabs could be reused on other books. The new ones are usually a pile of shards, when I'm done, and fit only for the landfill. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lizards2 Posted May 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2020 this was an eBay win, but dammit, I want to show it off, cause it's a beaut!!! The back cover is completely white and clean - extra props!!!! paperheart, BlowUpTheMoon, bb8 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JakeM Posted May 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2020 It ain't the prettiest, but this CC win completes my ASM run from AF 15, and ASM 1-700 (I'm sure we have more after that, but I haven't bothered to check). Time to focus on some upgrades and other runs. BlowUpTheMoon, ADAMANTIUM, batman_fan and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, JakeM said: It ain't the prettiest, but this CC win completes my ASM run from AF 15, and ASM 1-700 (I'm sure we have more after that, but I haven't bothered to check). Time to focus on some upgrades and other runs. That run might have seemed insurmountable But you did it! Not a shabby 3.0 of an early ASM 1st app a'tall Hope You Have Success with upgrades JakeM and piper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 On 5/1/2020 at 9:49 PM, lizards2 said: this was an eBay win, but dammit, I want to show it off, cause it's a beaut!!! The back cover is completely white and clean - extra props!!!! Love Doom Patrol! Beautiful copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 @lizards2 Hey, glad to see my old copy found a new home. I always thought this was a great cover and felt this one was under graded as it has fantastic eye appeal. I considered sending it back in for a re-grade, but then I found a 9.4 copy I really liked so I let this one go to auction. Congratulations! This is the first time I've seen one of my books pop up on this thread. djpinkpanther67 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheDavid Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I did something I don't do often: I put in a real bid, not a tracker bid, for the one comic I really want in this auction and am letting it ride. Someone bid the lot up to within ~$50 of my max bid on day 1. We'll see how it goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Well, Shazam! I actually won something from Heritage, and after the premiums and fees and taxes I managed to not pay through the nose! I wasn’t ecstatic about the presentation of either of these (really hoping that spine stress on the #43 is being highlighted by the scanner light) but the current bid on the last day was such that I had to go for it. At the very least these fill a couple of holes. I wouldn’t say I got a smoking deal, but the price I paid for both is about what I’ve been paying for a single 9.6 from this part of the run, so it’s kind of like getting the #46 for free. I would have preferred a 9.6 on the #46 but the 9.6 copy in the last Clink auction went for $215. Not sure why as it wasn’t highest-graded, a file copy, pedigree, and the presentation was just ok. So I can probably live with this 9.4. ADAMANTIUM and djpinkpanther67 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Junkdrawer Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 I pointed my son into the CC auction tonight. His first ever purchase of a GA keeper. He’s 18 and I’m proud of his choice. ThothAmon, piper, djpinkpanther67 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Junkdrawer said: I pointed my son into the CC auction tonight. His first ever purchase of a GA keeper. He’s 18 and I’m proud of his choice. Ahem.......hate to tell you this, but his Mom might just not be as proud of his choice here. Larryw7 and GreatCaesarsGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkdrawer Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 6 hours ago, lou_fine said: Ahem.......hate to tell you this, but his Mom might just not be as proud of his choice here. Well the resemblance is amazing. GreatCaesarsGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Junkdrawer said: I pointed my son into the CC auction tonight. His first ever purchase of a GA keeper. He’s 18 and I’m proud of his choice. Sharp copy and great page quality. What a way to start a collection! piper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 On 4/28/2020 at 11:26 PM, lizards2 said: I usually get stuck every other auction - $30 book - $20 postage. I rectify this to make sure that I grab something that I can flip and make at least a $20-$30 profit off of to make the shipping cost easier to swallow. I just sold my Postage Justification from last a couple of months ago earlier this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William-James88 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) People talk about buying the book and not the slab and that's something I adhere to as well and wanted to talk about a specific win. Before I regret not buying this while it was still affordable (granted, it may still be affordable for years), I wanted to get the first Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle I knew best. But the paper Charlton used tends to yellow really easily. Here are copies I had bid on previously and lost, for instance: and another which is worse (but still a good looking book if you ignore the colour) Anyways, this is the copy I won on cc's auction yesterday: I much prefer the gloss and colours on that one compared to the CBCS 8.5 and the fact that this cost me $343 instead of $449 (which is what the 8.5 above went for) is even better. Edited May 20, 2020 by William-James88 djpinkpanther67, ADAMANTIUM, Callaway29 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jeffreyk Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 Won this last night on Comic Connect! ADAMANTIUM, DavidTheDavid, GreatCaesarsGhost and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
