The Ian Levine Collection - Massive GA Lot on Sotheby's!!! 1 1

[Chicago Boy]

9 hours ago, Bronty said:

Oh ok so THAT copy of Batman 467 came from Ian.   Wait let me get my checkbook.  
 

The only person it matters to is Ian.

What’s a checkbook ? 

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

1 minute ago, Bronty said:

No one needs calming down, at least I certainly don’t.    Just pointing out that there’s a big difference between ‘remembered for a few years’ and ‘immortal’.   Almost none of us, including Ian,  will have the latter.   Most of us will have the former.    Ok so he had some really nice comics for a while.   Great.   But so have lots of people, and there are many nicer collections.   

Again, not disagreeing. He'll get the notation regardless of the hierarchy of his collection. That obviously means a lot to him. Who can say how long it will be remembered?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

15 minutes ago, Bronty said:

No one needs calming down, at least I certainly don’t.    Just pointing out that there’s a big difference between ‘remembered for a few years’ and ‘immortal’.   Almost none of us, including Ian,  will have the latter.   Most of us will have the former.    Ok so he had some really nice comics for a while.   Great.   But so have lots of people, and there are many nicer collections.   

when I called his feat immortal, I was trying to throw him a bone.  Being nice costs nothing.  Not everything needs a good drilling down.

 

So bring on the bricks . . .

Edited April 5, 2020 by GreatCaesarsGhost

[Bronty]

Well like Tim said, when he came in here 15 years ago, he was a jerk to everybody (speaking of it costing nothing to be nice).   To be perfectly honest he was obnoxious AF.   

[batman_fan]

6 hours ago, G.A.tor said:

The berk graded books were noted as such

[batman_fan]

4 hours ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

when I called his feat immortal, I was trying to throw him a bone.  Being nice costs nothing.  Not everything needs a good drilling down.

 

So bring on the bricks . . .

I would 100% agree with you his accomplishment is pretty amazing.  He is similar to me, a budget collector.  I wanted to put together a complete Batman and Detective run.  Once I finished my Batman run, I realized the Detective run would never happen.  I can't imagine doing what he did.  I am also certain at a point he felt like people should help him finish up his collection and let him pick up stuff at a reasonable price.  Maybe an unrealistic view on his part but when he was so close, rational thinking may have eluded him.

[lou_fine]

On 4/5/2020 at 4:33 AM, G.A.tor said:

On 4/4/2020 at 8:19 PM, lou_fine said:

To tell you the honest truth, I really couldn't care less if it came from the Dallas Stephens Collection or whatever.  

Now, if it was coming from the Jon Berk Collection or the Bob Overstreet Collection which they sadly do not recognize, that would be a completely different story.    

The berk graded books were noted as such

Definitely aware of that as I was lucky enough to win a few of the Berk books in that big CC auction a few summers ago.  

My comment was referring to the big Overstreet Collection that has not been recognized as an official collection and sadly, will never be.