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[BarristerBaker]

I made hard charges on two books...and lost on both. My strikeouts are mounting as of late. 

[Howling Mad]

Just now, BarristerBaker said:

I made hard charges on two books...and lost on both. My strikeouts are mounting as of late. 

Which two?

[BarristerBaker]

17 minutes ago, Howling Mad said:

Which two?

Underbidder on the Flash Comics 31 and the Mystic 8. Should have went a bit higher on the Flash. 

[Howling Mad]

4 minutes ago, BarristerBaker said:

Underbidder on the Flash Comics 31 and the Mystic 8. Should have went a bit higher on the Flash. 

Oh, love Flash 31, fantastic cover. It's always a gamble with GA books. I feel like several of them, Planet Comics 1 included, went low. While others fetched much higher than I expected.

[Northwest]

What a difference

Edited August 29, 2019 by Northwest

[comicjack]

Someone got a deal 

[Howling Mad]

38 minutes ago, comicjack said:

Someone got a deal 

It'll be interesting to see how the market fairs with the TOD 10 9.9. Frankly I suspect that's a long-term bust.

[lou_fine]

58 minutes ago, Northwest said:

What a difference

And even much more of a differnce if you compare it to this copy here:

 

Of course this was the Church copy which managed to fetched $101,575 back in the summer of 2016, but that's still a hugh hugh difference!!!      

[Gotham Kid]

TOD 10 9.9 @ 85K and WW 1 8.0 @ 85K

[batman_fan]

9 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

TOD 10 9.9 @ 85K and WW 1 8.0 @ 85K

folks, its official, we have jumped the shark tank

[lou_fine]

28 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

40 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

TOD 10 9.9 @ 85K and WW 1 8.0 @ 85K

folks, its official, we have jumped the shark tank

Boy, you aren't kidding and definitely an understatement on your part here.  

Yes, just imagine some wacko paying $85 G's for a Wonder Woman 1!!!  I guesss it must have been that con job of a CVA sticker that pulled the price up so high.    

Now, as for that once in a lifetime TOD 10.  It never would have finished so gosh darned low if I hadn't fallen asleep    waiting for that lot to come around since I was going to put in my lucky $88,888 series of numbers for the winning bid.    

Edited August 29, 2019 by lou_fine

[mjoeyoung]

Everything seemed so expensive... I felt shut out of a lot of books before final day of bidding.  I broke my budget a little (a lot) and did pick up one thing.  I though for sure it was going to go higher.

 

 

Edited August 29, 2019 by mjoeyoung
More info.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 8/27/2019 at 9:26 PM, action1kid said:

Went for 36k from what I see

If this did in fact go for $36k, I think that’s a bargain.  It’s an all original Bat 1 with no restoration.  Even though the centerfold is married, it’s STILL AN ORIGINAL WITH NO RESTO!  A blue label 1.5 would have gotten $75-$80k, I think.  This sold for a PLOD price, and so my congratulations to the buyer

Edited August 29, 2019 by GreatCaesarsGhost

[AnkurJ]

1 hour ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

If this did in fact go for $36k, I think that’s a bargain.  It’s an all original Bat 1 with no restoration.  Even though the centerfold is married, it’s STILL AN ORIGINAL WITH NO RESTO!  A blue label 1.5 would have gotten $75-$80k, I think.  This sold for a PLOD price, and so my congratulations to the buyer

Agreed! I imagine this would be around 50-60k on a dealers wall.

[entalmighty1]

10 hours ago, Howling Mad said:

It'll be interesting to see how the market fairs with the TOD 10 9.9. Frankly I suspect that's a long-term bust.

144 copies of that book 9.6 or better.  I'd bet a years worth of paychecks there's no discernible difference between the 9.9 and the rest.

[jimbo_7071]

16 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Well, like I've stated on here before, if I was the consignor of a key or pedigree GA book, CL would most assuredly not be my go to auction venue. 

Now, if it was a Tomb of Dracula 10 or a Marvel Super-Heores 13 in uber high grade, I would be dialling Josh's number already.  

The other factor that might also be affecting the lower than normal result for this copy here is the fact that they had another nicely presenting CGC 6.5 graded copy right below this one here.  It is never a good idea to go into an auction with other competing copies to face off against you.  

Seeing that it is one of those old label slabs, this is probably right in the sights of somebody like Ritter who's on the ball and has a habit of snapping up old label slabs from these auctions, crack them out, resubmit for a higher grade, and then magically have them show up on his site at substantially higher prices, with buyers then seemingly more than willing to beat down his doors to pay for the book at that point in time.    

The book has some wear at the top and bottom of the spine, so if it gets an upgrade I'll be surprised, but I still thought it would go a little higher because of the pedigree. I might have bid higher if there had been a back cover scan and if the back cover looked decent. I don't bid on anything on CLink very aggressively unless I can find a back cover scan online and the back cover looks OK.

The last time I sent CLink an e-mail asking for back cover scans, I received no reply. I think that was back in 2014; I haven't bothered to ask since. (Fool me once, shame on you;fool me twice, shame on me.) Someone said I should call them, but I don't like having to talk to people on the phone.

[thedude]

6 hours ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

If this did in fact go for $36k, I think that’s a bargain.  It’s an all original Bat 1 with no restoration.  Even though the centerfold is married, it’s STILL AN ORIGINAL WITH NO RESTO!  A blue label 1.5 would have gotten $75-$80k, I think.  This sold for a PLOD price, and so my congratulations to the buyer

Edited August 29, 2019 by thedude

[thedude]

1 hour ago, thedude said:

 

Edited August 29, 2019 by thedude

[mjoeyoung]

On the Batman #1, it is interesting that married pages get Qualified labels.  I can't help but consider that a PLOD in Qualified clothing.  The definition of restoration keeps getting narrowed.

[lou_fine]

15 minutes ago, mjoeyoung said:

On the Batman #1, it is interesting that married pages get Qualified labels.  I can't help but consider that a PLOD in Qualified clothing.  The definition of restoration keeps getting narrowed.

In full agreement with you here as I personally considered anything that is married from another book onto your copy to be a Restored book.  

I guess it's really to each their own and you should really be buying the book anyways, as opposed to buying the label.