Gotham Kid Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, buttock said: Someone smarter than me want to find out if this was graded during the dark ages around 2011 when CGC didn't know GA from a hole in the ground? Could be resubbed from then. Graded Dec 3 2020 https://www.cgccomics.com/certlookup/3751865001/ Edited December 23, 2020 by Gotham Kid Link to post Share on other sites
buttock Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 38 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: Graded Dec 3 2020 https://www.cgccomics.com/certlookup/3751865001/ Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post tth2 Posted December 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 1:34 AM, buttock said: The 8.0 looks much nicer than the 8.5. The only thing that matters is that the 8.5 label looks much nicer than the 8.0 label. The book sitting underneath the label is superfluous. Cat-Man_America, batman_fan, Zolnerowich and 2 others 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Knight Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Agreed ^ Link to post Share on other sites
lou_fine Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 12/25/2020 at 7:17 PM, tth2 said: On 12/23/2020 at 9:34 AM, buttock said: The 8.0 looks much nicer than the 8.5. The only thing that matters is that the 8.5 label looks much nicer than the 8.0 label. The book sitting underneath the label is superfluous. Yes indeed, when will these old school GA guys learn that it's all about buying the label and not having to worry about the book at all. I guess some of us old timers are just going to have to learn from some of these newbie MA day traders who have no problem paying $15K for a Spidey 300 or over $32K for a Secret Wars 8!!! Needless to say, I'll certainly , the money that is. Link to post Share on other sites
Crowzilla Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 16 hours ago, lou_fine said: I guess some of us old timers are just going to have to learn from some of these newbie MA day traders who have no problem paying $15K for a Spidey 300 or over $32K for a Secret Wars 8!!! the buyer of the Secret Wars #8 also owns a Superman #1, so he's not just trading moderns. LDarkseid1 and ThothAmon 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LDarkseid1 Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 I’d say nothing scares me more than the books from the current modern market. That artificial rarity through variants stresses me out, so I don’t partake lol. The other artificial rarity out there, CGC 9.9’s and 10.0’s maybe comes in a distant second to the first, but I can get behind that a tad more. Following 9.9 and 10.0 sales for a while, they’ve only gone up on keys from what I can tell. The New Mutants 87’s and 98’s of the world for example and “attainable” super high grade copper and modern keys like them (X-Men 266, Shazam 1, Spawn 1, ASM 361, etc...) So seems like a stable enough market, as much as it can be considering the slim difference in those 2 grades. The power of a # is impressive to say the least 😳. Link to post Share on other sites
Chicago Boy Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Heard there’s a Cap 1 8.0 Apologize if it’s old news Link to post Share on other sites
lou_fine Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 On 12/28/2020 at 10:19 AM, LDarkseid1 said: I’d say nothing scares me more than the books from the current modern market. That artificial rarity through variants stresses me out, so I don’t partake lol. The other artificial rarity out there, CGC 9.9’s and 10.0’s maybe comes in a distant second to the first, but I can get behind that a tad more. Since I also don't partake in the variant market at all, I would consider that aspect of the market to be irrelevant from my own personal point of view. As for the uber HG market when it comes to the more recent CA to MA markets, I would tend to stay far away and refuse to pay abnormally high prices for these seemingly "common as dirt" books. Especially the ones which are in demand and yet already graded in CGC 9.8 by the hundreds or even thousands as this huge number of uber HG copies makes it virtually impossible to track and trace them to verify their past grading history, if any at all. Link to post Share on other sites
LDarkseid1 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 Came across this copy of Atomic Comics 1 (the single highest graded copy) in the upcoming featured c-link auction. I think I'm in love . https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FPREVIEW.ASP%3Fcode%3D2021feb%23Item_1455577&id=1455577&itemType=0 Gotham Kid, Professor Chaos, thewritestuff and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Professor Chaos Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 When I see those 9.8's, 9.6's and even 9.4's I can't help but wonder exactly how they were handled and stored from the very moment of sale until the day they were encapsulated. I've seen an old very large hoard that was stored for 40 to 50 years never touched once the entire time, and time and age took its toll on them. Even the ones that were bagged in old thick bags that turned yellow. Its just amazing how some survived in such condition as that Atomic 1. LDarkseid1, KCOComics and Nic8612 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Nic8612 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 2 hours ago, Professor Chaos said: When I see those 9.8's, 9.6's and even 9.4's I can't help but wonder exactly how they were handled and stored from the very moment of sale until the day they were encapsulated. I've seen an old very large hoard that was stored for 40 to 50 years never touched once the entire time, and time and age took its toll on them. Even the ones that were bagged in old thick bags that turned yellow. Its just amazing how some survived in such condition as that Atomic 1. No kidding. Even when properly stored, there's still aging that occurs. How in the world did books like that Atomic 1 get perfectly locked away for 80 years? Was it an accidental thing like where some animals are perfectly fossilized by falling in the perfect type of mud-bog? Like, did the original owner purposefully store it in perfect conditions or did they happen to live somewhere with perfect humidity levels and just stuck them in a basement and forgot about them? I HAVE TO KNOW Professor Chaos and thewritestuff 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Professor Chaos Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, Nic8612 said: No kidding. Even when properly stored, there's still aging that occurs. How in the world did books like that Atomic 1 get perfectly locked away for 80 years? Was it an accidental thing like where some animals are perfectly fossilized by falling in the perfect type of mud-bog? Like, did the original owner purposefully store it in perfect conditions or did they happen to live somewhere with perfect humidity levels and just stuck them in a basement and forgot about them? I HAVE TO KNOW I don't know how they did it. I've seen comics in bags as old as the early 60's and they were thick and very yellow. Some of the books were actually stuck to them so bad they were damaged when being removed. I don't know what kind of bags or conservation material they used in the 30's , 40's, and 50's or if the very high grade pedigrees were even bagged at all. It has probably been discussed here before but I don't know. Link to post Share on other sites
comicnoir Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 7 hours ago, Nic8612 said: No kidding. Even when properly stored, there's still aging that occurs. How in the world did books like that Atomic 1 get perfectly locked away for 80 years? Was it an accidental thing like where some animals are perfectly fossilized by falling in the perfect type of mud-bog? Like, did the original owner purposefully store it in perfect conditions or did they happen to live somewhere with perfect humidity levels and just stuck them in a basement and forgot about them? I HAVE TO KNOW The Vancouver collection was a pedigree found in the nineties known for it's white pages and perfect condition. I'm not sure how they were stored but this seems some freezer environment that let no oxygen in. Link to post Share on other sites
LDarkseid1 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 (edited) 11 hours ago, Professor Chaos said: When I see those 9.8's, 9.6's and even 9.4's I can't help but wonder exactly how they were handled and stored from the very moment of sale until the day they were encapsulated. I've seen an old very large hoard that was stored for 40 to 50 years never touched once the entire time, and time and age took its toll on them. Even the ones that were bagged in old thick bags that turned yellow. Its just amazing how some survived in such condition as that Atomic 1. Yeah I’ve only had one golden age book, actually golden or silver age ever come back a 9.8, which was recently. Bought it from an original owner collection. Up until then the highest I ever got was a 9.4 or 9.6 on silver and like 9.0-9.2 on golden. And I’ve submitted quite a bit since 2013. Not as much as many people like dealers, but a lot of books over the years! Edited January 6 by LDarkseid1 jimjum12 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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Mr.Fantastic Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) On 2/25/2020 at 8:38 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said: Am I seriously going to win these books??!! cmon people! I know right? I actually put in a marker bid that somehow got an extra $0 added to it. Of course it has been bid up to the exact amount of my erroneous bid. Come on folks! Just one mo dolla on the All-Flash #12! Edited January 18 by Mr.Fantastic Link to post Share on other sites
Gotham Kid Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) ComicLink has a Tec 38 7.5 in their next auction. excerpt from item description The 8.0 has been listed on their exchange for months on end Edited January 20 by Gotham Kid GreatCaesarsGhost 1 Link to post Share on other sites
batman_fan Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) 6 hours ago, Gotham Kid said: ComicLink has a Tec 38 7.5 in their next auction. excerpt from item description The 8.0 has been listed on their exchange for months on end I was real excited about the Detective 38 until I saw the “aggressive” dry cleaning in the green part of the cover. Added image for reference Edited January 20 by batman_fan Ltpink2002 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Chicago Boy Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 hours ago, batman_fan said: I was real excited about the Detective 38 until I saw the “aggressive” dry cleaning in the green part of the cover. Added image for reference Gorgeous outside of that. I might add color touch if I owned that. Link to post Share on other sites
