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[sagii]

7 hours ago, lou_fine said:

As Jon had stated during not only the runup to the auction of his books, but also many times in the years prior to that, he was only a caretaker for the books within his collection and that he would be passing them onto the next generation of collectors to look after and care for the books.  

With Jon's absolute love for the books, their history, and the hobby place as a whole, I got the feeling it was never really all about the money for him and although putting them all up in one auction might have been the least painful method for him, it was probably also the best way to get the books into the hands of as many comic book collectors as possible.  

All I know is that a lot of books fell through the cracks, and as a result, even I along with a lot of other smaller time collectors were also able to pick up some super rare Centaurs and other truly HTF GA books without breaking the bank.   

I strongly doubt that this will happen with the Promise Collection though, since it appears the auction is gearing up to extract as much money from your pocket as possible, and hence not really meant for the smaller time collector on a budget.  

I'm of the mind a few will skip through the cracks. They have to

While uber high grade and a pedigree, even the Church collection has it's 'meh' books: non classic cover, artist, key books. A collection of this size must have few as well. High grade 'meh', but 'meh' nonetheless.

A "Hey Pal" from the Promise collection is still a 'Hey Pal"  but what a copy of "Hey Pal" to own 

[ThothAmon]

Old family adage. ‘“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”

[vheflin]

6 hours ago, jimbo_7071 said:

I have to disagree with Mitch about 85% of the grades being spot on; most of the books I've looked at closely have been significantly overgraded. It looks to me like an auction where a lot of collectors with deep pockets are going to pay top dollar for books in the 8.5—9.2 range with labels in the 9.4—9.8 range. I would strongly advise any buyer in this auction not to ever crack out the books.

Catman #30 9.2

a spine tear, surely production caused, kept it out of 9.8

[vheflin]

This one doesn't look like Armand and may have an 'i' 

 

but here's another that looks like Armand

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8 hours ago, jimbo_7071 said:

I have to disagree with Mitch about 85% of the grades being spot on; most of the books I've looked at closely have been significantly overgraded. It looks to me like an auction where a lot of collectors with deep pockets are going to pay top dollar for books in the 8.5—9.2 range with labels in the 9.4—9.8 range. I would strongly advise any buyer in this auction not to ever crack out the books.

I would strongly advise that nobody even bid on them.  Just ignore them and move on.  They're garbage.  

[Wipple]

arrived or arrival?

[Chief1332]

We have seen many raw ped books sold on HA.. will we see some from this collection or will it all be encased?

[Scrooge]

12 hours ago, adamstrange said:

"Armand" written on the cover

Totally irrelevant but Armand was the first name of Richelieu - Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, a.k.a. Cardinal de Richelieu.

There were 2,867 enlisted Armand between 1938 and 1946. A lot more than I'd thought there'd be. Linky

 

Edited May 6, 2021 by Scrooge

[tth2]

10 hours ago, sfcityduck said:

One observation:  The most valuable comic in the June auction is not going to be from this pedigree from what I can see.

Really?  What do you think is the most valuable comic?  At the moment, my money would be on one of the Promise Phantom Ladys.

[Funnybooks]

17 minutes ago, tth2 said:

Really?  What do you think is the most valuable comic?  At the moment, my money would be on one of the Promise Phantom Ladys.

 

action 1 

tec 27

will be in the auction

Edited May 6, 2021 by Funnybooks

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13 minutes ago, tth2 said:

Really?  What do you think is the most valuable comic?  At the moment, my money would be on one of the Promise Phantom Ladys.

I think the AA 61 will be pretty high.  That book is silly hot.  The Startling 49 could do well also, but probably less than the PL 17.  

[tth2]

2 minutes ago, buttock said:

The Startling 49 could do well also

It's unbelievable that this 9.6 copy is now 1 of 5 9.6 copies! 

[Gatsby77]

23 hours ago, Mmehdy said:

These ultra grade timely's are once is a lifetime, the SA books, which might cost more to replace..CAN BE REPLACED...certain books in this collection cannot unless you own a time machine..you are trading up from SA to GA to obtain non-replaceable material...it is a no brainer..this collections is a game changer on so many levels...

We'll see.

*Many* of the Billy Wrights sold for less the second (and third) times they were offered.

Granted, no guarantee which books from this collection will re-sell over the next three years vs. disappear for 10-20 years, but the longer I've been in this hobby, the more I've realized "a lifetime" actually equates to "10 years."

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1 minute ago, tth2 said:

It's unbelievable that this 9.6 copy is now 1 of 5 9.6 copies! 

Yeah, that's pretty wild.  But those Xela airbrush books seem to be out there in grade, and seem to be present in every HG collection.  I think that will keep the price down, many people who want one in HG already have one.  

[batman_fan]

Found a buyer for my left nut, I’m in  

[MrBedrock]

36 minutes ago, Scrooge said:

Totally irrelevant but Armand was the first name of Richelieu - Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, a.k.a. Cardinal de Richelieu.

There were 2,867 enlisted Armand between 1938 and 1946. A lot more than I'd thought there'd be. Linky

 

Check the Korean War.

 

[Funnybooks]

3 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

Found a buyer for my left nut, I’m in  

Or are you now .... out?

[Scrooge]

3 minutes ago, MrBedrock said:

Check the Korean War.

If you say so. And I say this since I do not know the back story nor have a vested interest and will stop since this is now morbid but Korean War casualties for Armand - Linky

[Rip]

The tec 140 should do crazy well. What's amazing is the AA61 isn't the highest graded copy.

I think the PL 17 and 23 bidding wars will be brutal. 

A Timely or two might also blow a few minds and crack 100K.

Hmm nobody talk about those Speed comics yet?

[Badger]

13 hours ago, adamstrange said:

 

There is paper sticking up so maybe a small tear that was made worse during encapsulation?