$90,000 = All-time record for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (August 1, 2019) 4 4

[valiantman]

 

The all-time record for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 was set today in this Heritage Auction:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/modern-age-1980-present-/alternative-underground/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1-mirage-studios-1984-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7211-91091.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

The previous record was $38,240 from May 2018.

Edited August 1, 2019 by valiantman

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Whoa.

[sagekilz]

hot damn, that's awesome.

[awakeintheashes]

19 minutes ago, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Whoa.

Whoa, indeed. I figured this price would be realized...eventually. But, almost doubling a year later...whoa.

Edited August 1, 2019 by awakeintheashes

[Professor K]

90K? Am I missing something here?

[ADAMANTIUM]

2 minutes ago, Dinosaur jr. said:

90K? Am I missing something here?

I'm guessing about $90,000.01 

Edited August 1, 2019 by ADAMANTIUM

[ADAMANTIUM]

1 minute ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I'm guessing about $90,000.01 

I'm not sure if I should want this much money to purchase a 9.8, or have a 9.8 sell for this much money! 

[seanfingh]

13 minutes ago, Dinosaur jr. said:

90K? Am I missing something here?

You might be missing some tears when you realize you could've bought one for $15-20k just a couple of years ago.

[Martin Sinescu]

I'll be curious anxious to see how this affects the more affordable range. I've been meaning to pick one up for years, might need to step it up and back-burner some of my other priority books.

Edited August 1, 2019 by Martin Sinescu

[BlowUpTheMoon]

2 minutes ago, seanfingh said:

8 minutes ago, Dinosaur jr. said:

90K? Am I missing something here?

You might be missing some tears when you realize you could've bought one for $15-20k just a couple of years ago.

Whoa.

[seanfingh]

I know, right?

[Krismusic]

whoa! I wonder if it will hold its value over time or decrease?

[Turtle]

This is quite the outlier.  I'm inclined to say it's a fluke, but I have no idea what would have caused this.

[seanfingh]

11 minutes ago, Turtle said:

This is quite the outlier.  I'm inclined to say it's a fluke, but I have no idea what would have caused this.

My go-to answer is always "money laundering."

[valiantman]

2 minutes ago, seanfingh said:

4 minutes ago, Turtle said:

This is quite the outlier.  I'm inclined to say it's a fluke, but I have no idea what would have caused this.

My go-to answer is always "money laundering."

Maybe bitcoinswami actually had 10 bitcoins. 

[seanfingh]

9 minutes ago, valiantman said:

Maybe bitcoinswami actually had 10 bitcoins. 

I'm only about half kidding on that.

[bc]

Am I reading the Census correctly? There are 25 total of these in 9.8

Bet we'll be seeing more of these in auctions soon!

[Krismusic]

Just now, bc said:

Am I reading the Census correctly? There are 25 total of these in 9.8

Bet we'll be seeing more of these in auctions soon!

oh yeah anyone who has one would definitely be posting those soon

[Turtle]

Just now, bc said:

Am I reading the Census correctly? There are 25 total of these in 9.8

Bet we'll be seeing more of these in auctions soon!

Roughly 10 years ago, there were none.  Finally one emerged and it was big news.  I think pressing played a big role in getting that number as high as it is. 

[BlowUpTheMoon]

I remember a couple of years ago a Boardie told a story of going into his LCS in the 1980s and the owner trying to push a B&W new release on him.  The Boardie relented and bought it.  Turns out it was a TMNT #1 that came back CGC 9.8.  Anyone remember this?