The Black CAT club (Cerebus1, Albedo 2, TMNT1) 7 7

[ADAMANTIUM]

21 minutes ago, Schmakt said:

Thanks!

Yep, Matt was at HeroesCon back in, like, 2007 or 2008, and I had him autograph that as well as the 3 issues of the original series. (#1 sig is on the inside)  I bought that at some local Con a few years prior to that for about $75 and had it graded as NM.  Definitely didn't think I was sitting on a 9.8, so I feel pretty stupid for not getting it certified.  At the time I was just really excited to meet Matt and get the signatures.  Thought that dealing with CGC would have been too much of a hassle. Oops.  I ended up getting it graded in 2018 once I finally got my own account.

The Albedo and TMNT were both ebay purchases in 2007... $770 for the TMNT and $350 for the Albedo.  How times have changed!

TMNT was a slabbed 9.0... I sent it in to see if the resto (small amount of color touch on the front cover) could be removed a couple of years ago, but it couldn't.  Got a tiny bump though, so I can't complain too much.  Or at all, really!  Peter Laird as at the same show as Matt, and I had him sign the original slab...  

Albedo was a raw VF, and I had that graded in the same batch as the Primer.  Stan was at Heroes last year, and I got him to sign that hardcover collection that came out a while back instead of this... was too afraid to crack the Albedo, b/c I feel pretty lucky with a 9.0 on that one.

Awesome, a 9.8 on 1st app of Grendel is nothing to sneeze at though  Awesome Experience!

Side note, the Crow #1 is breaking barriers of it's own @Wolverinex would have been nice to make that a "cat" club too  

[WolverineX]

6 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Awesome, a 9.8 on 1st app of Grendel is nothing to sneeze at though  Awesome Experience!

Side note, the Crow #1 is breaking barriers of it's own @Wolverinex would have been nice to make that a "cat" club too  

Yes, it's crazy that Crow 1 has shot up so much these last few months.  Is there any movie news?  What's driving the uptick?  

[ADAMANTIUM]

4 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

Yes, it's crazy that Crow 1 has shot up so much these last few months.  Is there any movie news?  What's driving the uptick?  

I think it was the news of Momoa once upon a time, and then perhaps after that movie news was cancelled, it at least got the info out about the book: how few are available or something?

That's the only thing I can think, and I justify my opinion by looking at Caliber Presents the 1st appearance has gone up but by smaller margins.....

Otherwise I just don't know  

[Schmakt]

7 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Awesome, a 9.8 on 1st app of Grendel is nothing to sneeze at though  Awesome Experience!

Side note, the Crow #1 is breaking barriers of it's own @Wolverinex would have been nice to make that a "cat" club too  

Wow... was the print run on that much smaller than the 1st appearance?  I don't have a #1, but I can join *that* cat club if we use Presents! 

 (Another small Con purchase)

[Schmakt]

4 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I think it was the news of Momoa once upon a time, and then perhaps after that movie news was cancelled, it at least got the info out about the book: how few are available or something?

That's the only thing I can think, and I justify my opinion by looking at Caliber Presents the 1st appearance has gone up but by smaller margins.....

Otherwise I just don't know  

The cover to #1 is about a million times cooler than Presents too...

[ADAMANTIUM]

3 minutes ago, Schmakt said:

The cover to #1 is about a million times cooler than Presents too...

Definitely, and the book is devoted fully to the crow with a full complete story, it's getting there. I'll never own, I don't think I can afford albedo, cerebus, or tmnt.

I do have caliber and the crow #1&2

[Schmakt]

24 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Definitely, and the book is devoted fully to the crow with a full complete story, it's getting there. I'll never own, I don't think I can afford albedo, cerebus, or tmnt.

I do have caliber and the crow #1&2

I hear you. I feel *very* lucky to have gotten those when I did. I remember getting up really early to watch that TMNT auction close. At the time that was, by far, the most I'd ever spent on a single book, and I was pretty scared about it!

Is that Crow series a single story, or is each issue self-contained?

[ADAMANTIUM]

Just now, Schmakt said:

I hear you. I feel *very* lucky to have gotten those when I did. I remember getting up really early to watch that TMNT auction close. At the time that was, by far, the most I'd ever spent on a single book, and I was pretty scared about it!

Is that Crow series a single story, or is each issue self-contained?

I'm not totally positive, I want to say caliber is a single story, but the Crow #1 is a self contained one, but then goes on to #2,3&4

[ADAMANTIUM]

4 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

5 minutes ago, Schmakt said:

I hear you. I feel *very* lucky to have gotten those when I did. I remember getting up really early to watch that TMNT auction close. At the time that was, by far, the most I'd ever spent on a single book, and I was pretty scared about it!

Is that Crow series a single story, or is each issue self-contained?

I'm not totally positive, I want to say caliber is a single story, but the Crow #1 is a self contained one, but then goes on to #2,3&4

Upon searching, it appears that none are just "to be continue", that they may all be "self-contained", but they do build on each other in normal succession  that's my current understanding  

[WolverineX]

Auction on  a genuine Cerebus 1 5.0 if anyone is interested. My buddy messaged me about this book which started low.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cerebus-1-CGC-5-0-Ultra-rare-comic-Key-Independent-comic/264887751950?hash=item3dac8a550e:g:jIsAAOSwvUdfb8ai

 

 

Edited October 10, 2020 by Wolverinex

[WolverineX]

 @LDarkseid1@ghn999 @Ryan.

 

Cerebus 1 5.0  Cream-OW ended at $1150... pretty strong ending... rising compared to recent prior sales. 

Edited October 12, 2020 by Wolverinex

[roccojoco]

20 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

 @LDarkseid1@ghn999 @Ryan.

 

Cerebus 1 5.0  Cream-OW ended at $1150... pretty strong ending... rising compared to recent prior sales. 

Indeed.  $1,200 would have easily gotten you a CGC 7.5 - 8.0 not so long ago.

[LDarkseid1]

2 hours ago, Wolverinex said:

 @LDarkseid1@ghn999 @Ryan.

 

Cerebus 1 5.0  Cream-OW ended at $1150... pretty strong ending... rising compared to recent prior sales. 

Yeah that’s solid indeed. Not surprised though I guess. TMNT got hot, Albedo 2 got hot, made sense Cerebus 1 was next in line. However there’s a 6.5 sitting at $1600 best offer and a 6.0 sitting at $1500 best offer. I think if we see those move will be another indicator of increased interest. If they sit, then 5.0 was just an outlier nice sale.

Edited October 12, 2020 by LDarkseid1

[roccojoco]

There must have been some unpaid bids on the "high" bids for the Cerebus 9.8 books awhile back.  Almost immediately after, the same graded books sold for significantly less.

[Ryan.]

19 hours ago, Wolverinex said:

 @LDarkseid1@ghn999 @Ryan.

 

Cerebus 1 5.0  Cream-OW ended at $1150... pretty strong ending... rising compared to recent prior sales. 

Interesting. As always, looks like I sold my copies too early. 

Curious to see if mid grade Crow 1s start hitting this price point. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

13 minutes ago, Ryan. said:

Interesting. As always, looks like I sold my copies too early. 

Curious to see if mid grade Crow 1s start hitting this price point. 

Last I saw it was near $1000 for VF

That would be a dream on only fine condition

Yet caliber presents #1 still remains

Even with kind of lowish census numbers compared to ASM 300 cointanly

[Ryan.]

3 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Last I saw it was near $1000 for VF

That would be a dream on only fine condition

Yet caliber presents #1 still remains

Even with kind of lowish census numbers compared to ASM 300 cointanly

I think the higher print run and the putrid cover of Caliber Presents 1 is keeping the value down. I've owned several copies over the years and I never have interest in keeping that book around. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

2 minutes ago, Ryan. said:

I think the higher print run and the putrid cover of Caliber Presents 1 is keeping the value down. I've owned several copies over the years and I never have interest in keeping that book around. 

I figured the print run was higher, but was surprised by totals in the census.

Does the back cover of it make up for the front?

 

[WolverineX]

1 hour ago, Ryan. said:

Interesting. As always, looks like I sold my copies too early. 

 

When did you sell and what grade?

[Ryan.]

10 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

When did you sell and what grade?

Let's see, I sold a raw mid grade copy signed by Sim in January for about $500, and a graded 6.5 in December 2018 for $600. Looks like I also owned a graded 6.0 in 2015 but I think I moved that in a large trade.