Batman 1 CGC 9.4!!!! 6 6

[woowoo]

3 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

That Robin is just so dog gone dreamy 

Hey are you your own best customer on your product or something 

[woowoo]

9 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

5 hours ago, woowoo said:

5 hours ago, sfcityduck said:

There's also the MH/Church out there (Dentist?), the SF, and there's also two 9.0s that maybe were upgrade candidates.

When i talked to Dave last early 1980's he just got a Tec 27 same week as i got mine but said it was not the church. He never told me he had a copy of Batman 1 all the times we talked and he was buying stuff at the time and i had 3 copy's at the time to sell. Does he have the church Bat 1.

 

5 hours ago, sfcityduck said:

Just double checked.  He does own the MH Batman 1.  Listed as NM by Chuck.  Here's a pic:

 

Did you just double checked this with Dave hinself?  

I remember being down at the Diamond Int'l Galleries big grand opening back on Super Day of '95 and if I remember correctly, he told me that he was the buyer of Overstreet's copy of Batman 1.  That copy there was listed as a VF/NM copy and priced and sold for something like $60K at the time.  

With Dave, I guess it's always possible that he might have more than one copy of Bat 1, or more likely, he probably upgraded to the Church copy when it came available.  

It's been 35 years since i talked to him by phone   I sold him book's but can not remember what  I do remember he paid 3 times guide for the Action 1 or 3 times what it was worth at the time. I was a 19 year old kid with 3 Bat 1's 5 Fantasy 15's 2 Sup 1's All the timely 1s few times over ( not Marvel 1 tho) I even had Fantastic 3 and Red Raven 1 Samson 1-2-3-  FF 1's every place now NOW LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID @lou_fine I feel like Alan Harper 

[KCOComics]

42 minutes ago, comicparadox said:

Makes the sole 9.2 copy of Detective 27 less desirable IMHO. The front cover of Batman 1 is iconic even to the non-collector. Furthermore, the pin-up back cover of Batman 1 is so much better than some ad.
For the purpose of bragging rights, Wouldn’t you rather have the first issue of the Batman comic than the 27th of some other Comic?

Nope lol. 

All things being equal, I would take Tec27 over any other book. There are others in the conversation. Action 1 of course.. Tec 1.  But at the end of the day, if I had the resources and could only commit to 1 book,  it's Tec27.   

That said,  Batman 1 is unbelievably special.  IMO joker is as big and as important as any character who came out of the Golden Age. There is so much to love about Bat 1! 

 

As an aside - anyone else find it odd that there are more restored copies of Bat 1 on the census than unrestored? Any thoughts about why that is? 

 

[woowoo]

4 minutes ago, KCOComics said:

Nope lol. 

All things being equal, I would take Tec27 over any other book. There are others in the conversation. Action 1 of course.. Tec 1.  But at the end of the day, if I had the resources and could only commit to 1 book,  it's Tec27.   

That said,  Batman 1 is unbelievably special.  IMO joker is as big and as important as any character who came out of the Golden Age. There is so much to love about Bat 1! 

 

As an aside - anyone else find it odd that there are more restored copies of Bat 1 on the census than unrestored? Any thoughts about why that is? 

 

You forget Commissioner Gordon

Edited November 24, 2020 by woowoo

[Crowzilla]

29 years ago I sold this copy for $40,000. At the time, Bob said it was nicer than his or any other he had ever seen. I've wondered what became of it.

But no matter where this copy came from, I'm glad it's the top copy instead of the wolf-in-sheep's-clothing 9.2 that used to occupy the top. If that copy was worth $850K nearly six years ago, I think this copy is definitely worth at least what the Tec27 brought last week. At worst, it's going to be the 2nd best if/when the Church gets graded.

However much Mitch wants to hype this one, I'm in total agreement.

edit - now having said all that, it looks like this used to be one of the 9.0 copies? I still rate it miles better than the 9.2

Edited November 24, 2020 by Crowzilla
note about regraded 9.0

[lou_fine]

6 minutes ago, Crowzilla said:

 

As my kids would say nowadays, it's amazing the hair that guys used to have back in the day when you compared it to today's short short style.  

They were watching a video last weekend with Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees and couldn't believe the "flow" that he had as the only ones that seem to have that look nowadays are the hockey players who want their hair to flow out from under their helmets.  

[Crowzilla]

2 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

As my kids would say nowadays, it's amazing the hair that guys used to have back in the day when you compared it to today's short short style.  

  I was 22, it was the Guns n Roses era, what'dya want?  (Just wish I had saved some and cut it off to glue back on my head now )

[Moondog]

So it may be worth double the Windy City Marvel 1 ($1,260,000)?  Hmmm....

[Mmehdy]

Here is my take...

White pages on a mega key high grade increases the price greatly. Look at the last sale of Action 1...they put the book in a dark room and showed off the white pages...and the person who owned another 9.0 went out and spend over 1 million dollars more for that incredible  page quality.

 The page quality coupled with a very strong and accurate  9.4 grade after careful examination on the Ha website, this copy is the real deal...you cannot really compare similar books or sales with the unique combo...This is the best book to come to market since the A1 3 million white page... this is a true masterpiece of GA collectable comic book...its worth every penny of 2 million dollars.

Edited November 24, 2020 by Mmehdy

[woowoo]

9 minutes ago, Mmehdy said:

Here is my take...

White pages on a mega key high grade increases the price greatly. Look at the last sale of Action 1...they put the book in a dark room and showed off the white pages...and the person who owned another 9.0 went out and spend over 1 million dollars more for that incredible  page quality.

 The page quality coupled with a very strong and accurate  9.4 grade after careful examination on the Ha website, this copy is the real deal...you cannot really compare similar books or sales with the unique combo...This is the best book to come to market since the A1 3 million white page... this is a true masterpiece of GA collectable comic book...its worth every penny of 2 million dollars.

100% true

CGC Certification Verification (cgccomics.com)

Edited November 24, 2020 by woowoo

[LDarkseid1]

I wish Heritage would give some back story to how this copy came about. Would be super interesting to learn where it was stored, who owned it, etc...

[woowoo]

10 minutes ago, LDarkseid1 said:

I wish Heritage would give some back story to how this copy came about. Would be super interesting to learn where it was stored, who owned it, etc...

If you new that you would make a deal with the owner and they would lose all that commission

Edited November 24, 2020 by woowoo

[LDarkseid1]

Just now, woowoo said:

If you new that you would make a deal with the owner and they would lose all that commission

Fair enough lol, well atleast details minus personal information.

[Crowzilla]

11 minutes ago, LDarkseid1 said:

I wish Heritage would give some back story to how this copy came about. Would be super interesting to learn where it was stored, who owned it, etc...

Upgrade of 9.0 copy.

[LDarkseid1]

7 minutes ago, Crowzilla said:

Upgrade of 9.0 copy.

I thought someone previously pointed that out but then said was not the case. I guess that would certainly make sense though as it seems to be the situation more often than not. As far as I can tell, it is very deserving of its current grade. Like, barring it being pressed and enhanced, ever calling this copy as is a 9.0 would be a travesty imop. I just compared it to the 9.2 that previously sold and still obviously nicer.

Edited November 24, 2020 by LDarkseid1

[woowoo]

9 minutes ago, Crowzilla said:

Upgrade of 9.0 copy.

I don't see a Batman 1 in this pic what's up with that.

Edited November 24, 2020 by woowoo

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

8 hours ago, LDarkseid1 said:

Holy Bat Balls!!!

Coming to Heritage, a newly/recently graded Batman 1 CGC 9.4 (It’s GORGEOUS) the now single highest graded copy. 😳😳😳😳

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/batman-1-dc-1940-cgc-nm-94-white-pages/p/7239-98005.s?ctrack=3257228&type=bodylink-4-comic-consign-7239-tem112320

 

7 hours ago, Gotham Kid said:

Holy sh*t !!

 

2 hours ago, LDarkseid1 said:

Yeah even the back is insanely beautiful 😳. There’s really nothing wrong with this book. Maybe some subtle corner wear.

 

Sure is a gorgeous book that certainly measures up ..

whoever ends up with that one.

[Crowzilla]

8 minutes ago, woowoo said:

I don't see a Batman 1 in this pic what's up with that.

Well that's what happens when you sell it...but on the bright side I was finally able to afford a haircut.

the 9.2 was an upgrade from 8.5 originally, and it looks like this 9.4 is an upgrade of one of the 9.0s, but I've got no problem with that - looks beautiful and certainly better than the one underneath it.

[LDarkseid1]

So I took a closer look and save for some light stress marks on the spine, I noticed several of what I guess are extremely subtle color lifts. Otherwise I don’t see anything.

 

Edited November 24, 2020 by LDarkseid1

[woowoo]

6 minutes ago, Crowzilla said:

Well that's what happens when you sell it...but on the bright side I was finally able to afford a haircut.

the 9.2 was an upgrade from 8.5 originally, and it looks like this 9.4 is an upgrade of one of the 9.0s, but I've got no problem with that - looks beautiful and certainly better than the one underneath it.

Here is the 9.0 that link had for a while than the 9.4