Post Your Top 3 Personal Comic Book/Original Art Acquisitions of 2020! 4 4

[PopKulture]

On 12/24/2020 at 2:00 PM, Nazirite said:

First yr back collecting so nothing spectacular 

I beg to differ - Flash 123 is a pretty spectacular book!! Congrats! 

[IbukiLord]

These were 2 keys I wanted that I was able to cross off the list in 2020. I got great deals on the 2 CGC books, well below FMV, my LCS gave me some amazing deals this year.

 

Wanted to get Damian's first cameo, only a matter of time before he shows up in a movie and the prices start going up so wanted to grab this while it was still cheap. I found 2 Miles Hip Hop variants earlier in the year for $2 each and sold one to fund this purchase and some.

Same as the above, Deathstroke will come in a movie eventually plus he is an awesome character, cameo of Trigon is a nice little add on. I got 3 copies of Venom First Host #3 2nd print during a buy 1 get one free, so got 2 copies for basically free while the other was cover price, sold one to fund this puchase.

Last one was the last expensive Artgerm book I needed for my collection and another key DC book that I wanted. It has some issues on the back and needs a press but I got it at a great price and didn't want to walk away from that deal

 

Edited December 26, 2020 by IbukiLord

[B2D327]

Spent most (if not all) of 2020 replacing my collection after selling a ton of it off back in 2017. A big portion was purchased at the tail end of last year but these are the stand-outs for this year:

[www.alexgross.com]

i might have spent more money on a few other books in 2020, but i am choosing these 4 as my biggest pickups of the year, mainly because they are all norrin radd related. 

all of these were slabbed and i cracked the 3 surfers out myself, but bought the ff48 already cracked from a boardie. there is a great joy in liberating beautiful books from slabs, i must say. i only did this because i have higher grade copies of the surfers already slabbed, and i am putting together a collection of raws as well, for kicks. the ff48 was a 7.0, the ss1 was a 6.5, ss3 was a 7.5 and ss4 was an 8.0

it was a very surfer heavy year for me! happy new year to all boardies everywhere! 

 

[october]

[Larryw7]

That Superman 17 is gorgeous. Looks like it just came from the printer.

[RedGiant]

Started 2020 off with this single highest graded pedigree copy on 1/2/20:

Then stumbled across this hard to find book:

Wrapped up the year with my personal favorite LB Cole:

Unfortunately also sold the first 2 books in 2020

Edited December 30, 2020 by RedGiant

[unclezebo]

 

16 minutes ago, RedGiant said:

Started 2020 off with this single highest graded pedigree copy on 1/2/20:

Then stumbled across this hard to find book:

Wrapped up the year with my personal favorite LB Cole:

Unfortunately also sold the first 2 books in 2020

I'm gonna go ahead and  pre-apologize for anyone posting the next 3 books. 

[AJCohen]

My top three of 2020.  

• Really excited to grab the Showcase 4 at a good price and to have it to offset my AF15.
• Excited to get the ASM 1 re-slabbed and possibly pressed and cleaned.
• Got really lucky to find a WHITE BB28 in a decent grade.

It has been a rough year but this forum and great sellers and buyers were definitely a high point.  HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

 

  

Edited December 31, 2020 by AJCohen

[DJones]

[pickycollector]

[miraclemet]

On 12/30/2020 at 1:30 AM, RedGiant said:

 

Then stumbled across this hard to find book:

 

 

What a beut! Cant believe you sold it! Worst move of 2020 

[miraclemet]

Ok, did a lot of "trapped in the house, bored out of mind" buying this year, but heres my top 3 with appologies to the River City Copy of Space Adventures #1 and my ASM 129 tripple sig.

#3 Space Adventure Charlton File Copies.

Back in the summer this woman on ebay decided to unload the boxes of Charlton File copies she had bought back whem their warehouse shuttered. I was able to pickup what I thought were the three best looking copies of Space Adventure she had and got them submitted to CGC. Alas one had a stain ans got hammered, but the other two came back as highest graded and Im thrilled to add them to my registry leading Space Adventures collection

 

#2 Okajima Camp Code book.

Some of you know my love for the Okajima pedigree (if not go check out our 60+ page thread over in the Golden Ages subforum). I lucked into this book one night here on the boards. Usually Okajima camp books get snagged fast, but for some reason this one was still sitting in a thread when i noticed it at 4am during a bout of insomnia. Great Camp code and with a "war effort" themed cover to boot! This is my 4th Okajima camp book, and hopefully not the last.

 

#1. Moebius sketch

I lived in Europe for a time and really grew to love the work of Moebius (partially cause I couldnt read the French text so I just had to enjoy the art!) Ive tried and failed to win a few different Moebius pieces over the years, but this one didnt elude me! His classic Stargazer character sketched inside one of his hardcover books.

 

[bc]

Only had 2 upgrades this year. 

Been hunting for a nice copy of this issue for a few years, tough to find in grade:

Didn't think I'd win this Everett cover, but happy to have it in the set:

-bc