Batman 1 CGC 9.4!!!! 6 6

[lou_fine]

18 hours ago, LDarkseid1 said:

18 hours ago, batman_fan said:

Its hideous, look away

Yeah I mean just pour a little Clorox on there and will clean it right off 👌.

Ummm..........you better be careful here as this is starting to touch on the political side here.  

I said pretty much the same thing in another thread here on these boards, but made the mistake of using another 5-letter product name that started with "L" and ended in "sol" with a "y" in the middle and was promptly sent to the CGC sin bin by the overly sensitive Mod1 for a whole week to drive these evil and sinful thoughts out of my mind.    

My thinking is that if your Clorox suggestion doesn't work, you can always try this next:  

 

[lou_fine]

On 1/14/2021 at 10:15 AM, LDarkseid1 said:

Jeese, original art prices are nuts. I mean I get, these are the original covers, but crazy still.

Not as crazy as this OA strip which just sold for something like $3.8M and I am sure HA wish they had it in their auction:    

https://news.artnet.com/market/tintin-drawing-sets-comic-art-auction-record-1937240

Edited January 16, 2021 by lou_fine

[LDarkseid1]

37 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

Not as crazy as this OA strip which just sold for something like $3.8M and I am sure HA wish they had it in their auction:    

https://news.artnet.com/market/tintin-drawing-sets-comic-art-auction-record-1937240

No words lol, except wow 😳

[bluechip]

2 hours ago, LDarkseid1 said:

No words lol, except wow 😳

It's an unused cover.

[spidermanbeyond]

Cool article about the seller.  His advice: Buy what you like and read it.  Don't buy for investment.

https://blog.gocollect.com/gocollect-exclusive-meet-the-proud-seller-and-former-owner-of-the-record-breaking-batman-1-1940-cgc-9-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gocollect-exclusive-meet-the-proud-seller-and-former-owner-of-the-record-breaking-batman-1-1940-cgc-9-4

[Chicago Boy]

1 hour ago, spidermanbeyond said:

Cool article about the seller.  His advice: Buy what you like and read it.  Don't buy for investment.

https://blog.gocollect.com/gocollect-exclusive-meet-the-proud-seller-and-former-owner-of-the-record-breaking-batman-1-1940-cgc-9-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gocollect-exclusive-meet-the-proud-seller-and-former-owner-of-the-record-breaking-batman-1-1940-cgc-9-4

Very cool. Netting at least 2 million. Seems like a good time to do it for him. Very cool 

[spidermanbeyond]

1 hour ago, Chicago Boy said:

Very cool. Netting at least 2 million. Seems like a good time to do it for him. Very cool 

Glad to read he never sold until now.  Also nice to enjoy the money in retirement.  

[Crowzilla]

3 hours ago, spidermanbeyond said:

Cool article about the seller.  His advice: Buy what you like and read it.  Don't buy for investment.

https://blog.gocollect.com/gocollect-exclusive-meet-the-proud-seller-and-former-owner-of-the-record-breaking-batman-1-1940-cgc-9-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gocollect-exclusive-meet-the-proud-seller-and-former-owner-of-the-record-breaking-batman-1-1940-cgc-9-4

Really strange that he claims the book sat in a mylar the entire time until going off to Heritage.

No mention of the fact that it was originally graded a 9.0 more than a decade ago. Wonder why that part was left out?

[Aman619]

Yeah. I thought the same thing.  Guess he knew the found in my attic story was already taken.

[Gotham Kid]

1 hour ago, Crowzilla said:

Really strange that he claims the book sat in a mylar the entire time until going off to Heritage.

No mention of the fact that it was originally graded a 9.0 more than a decade ago. Wonder why that part was left out?

Well ... if it worked for Adams' Action 1 9.0 white, it could also work for him.

Edited January 17, 2021 by Gotham Kid

[Aman619]

7 hours ago, Gotham Kid said:

Well ... if it worked for Adams' Action 1 9.0 white, it could also work for him.

right.. I got my marketing fables wrong.  Adams used the cedar chest story, right? and someone else went with the attic.  Plus the proverbial stashed inside a wall tale!

[lou_fine]

1 hour ago, Aman619 said:

9 hours ago, Gotham Kid said:

Well ... if it worked for Adams' Action 1 9.0 white, it could also work for him.

right.. I got my marketing fables wrong.  Adams used the cedar chest story, right? and someone else went with the attic.  Plus the proverbial stashed inside a wall tale!

Not sure why they would run with only one when they could cover all bases by going with all three of them.  

My story would be found stored in a cedar chest inside the wall of an attic room.  That way, it'll be sure to get more money as it's going to surely pull at the heart strings of a much wider sentimental audience.    

Edited January 17, 2021 by lou_fine

[Gotham Kid]

35 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

My story would be found stored in a cedar chest inside the wall of an attic room.

[batman_fan]

1 hour ago, lou_fine said:

Not sure why they would run with only one when they could cover all bases by going with all three of them.  

My story would be found stored in a cedar chest inside the wall of an attic room.  That way, it'll be sure to get more money as it's going to surely pull at the heart strings of a much wider sentimental audience.    

Maybe add owned by a widower who is only selling to save her home which is in forclosure.

[DR.X]

3 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

Maybe add owned by a widower who is only selling to save her home which is in forclosure.

Or I traded a set of rims for it, or my brother that worked at comic shop got it on a trade.

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

9 hours ago, DR.X said:

Or I traded a set of rims for it, or my brother that worked at comic shop got it on a trade.

 

9 hours ago, batman_fan said:

Maybe add owned by a widower who is only selling to save her home which is in forclosure.

 

10 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Not sure why they would run with only one when they could cover all bases by going with all three of them.  

My story would be found stored in a cedar chest inside the wall of an attic room.  That way, it'll be sure to get more money as it's going to surely pull at the heart strings of a much wider sentimental audience.    

Immediately bagged and boarded , never read. Pristine page 💎. 

[Chicago Boy]

Has anyone ever called BS to the face of one of these sellers ? 

[lou_fine]

On 1/16/2021 at 8:18 PM, spidermanbeyond said:

Cool article about the seller.  His advice: Buy what you like and read it.  Don't buy for investment.

https://blog.gocollect.com/gocollect-exclusive-meet-the-proud-seller-and-former-owner-of-the-record-breaking-batman-1-1940-cgc-9-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gocollect-exclusive-meet-the-proud-seller-and-former-owner-of-the-record-breaking-batman-1-1940-cgc-9-4

From reading this article, it would seem that he's probably got a lot of books heading Heritage's way with a total of 40,000 books in his collection:  

When I did a quick internet search and discovered Heritage Auctions as their website seemed most interesting to me.  I have a 40k comic book collection and Heritage is going to help me with that problem.  Heritage Auctions has helped me every step of the way and I am truly thankful.  It was Heritage’s idea to get my father’s books CGC graded to include Batman #1 and I fully obliged.   

If you ask me, I certainly don't feel sorry for him at all, as this is the exact kind of problem that I wouldn't mind having.  

Besides the Bat 1 which sold for $2.22M, it looks like his collection is certainly nothing to sneeze at:  

I’ve a Spiderman 1-200 collection that I cherish.  I used to have two copies of Amazing Fantasy #15 but gave one to my father years ago to help him with his business.   My father was more into the business.  A couple more memorable sales that come to mind from my father’s collection was Avengers #57 CGC 9.8 (1st Appearance of Silver Age Vision) sold for $26,400, Captain America Comics #1 CGC 7.0 (1st Appearance of Captain America and Bucky) sold for $186k and Superman #1 (Premiere issue of solo Superman title) sold for $144k.  I can’t read all the books I got!

[tth2]

20 hours ago, lou_fine said:

My story would be found stored in a cedar chest inside the wall of an attic room. 

That belonged to an eccentric guy who went to war and never came back.

[buttock]

3 hours ago, tth2 said:

That belonged to an eccentric guy who went to war and never came back.

Were there more?  Maybe someone got to them first?  Maybe some were stolen right out from underneath you?