batman_fan Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, tth2 said: Dude, I got two bucks for it, double what I expected. ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 11 minutes ago, batman_fan said: 22 minutes ago, tth2 said: Dude, I got two bucks for it, double what I expected. Which results in a doubling of my response. ThothAmon, batman_fan and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Any Idea on D27...unrestored..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, lou_fine said: Since grading is still really nothing more than just a subjective opinion at a particular point in time, as opposed to an exact science, it is only normal that we should expect to see some overgraded books along with some undergraded books. From an equal opportunity point of view, since this thread has highlighted some of the seemingly overgraded books from this collection, it is only fair that we should also be pointing out some of the seemingly undergraded books from this collection. Not only common sense and past history, but the simple law of averages says that we should be seeing quite a few undergraded books by now and it would certainly be nice to also see some of these highlighted on this thread here. I have yet to find any undergraded books in the auction. I find them often enough on eBay—never on HA. Heritage may simply re-submit tightly graded books until they get a gift grade. Resubmissions pretty much demolish the law of averages because tightly graded books get resubmitted but loosely graded books don't. Edited May 7, 2021 by jimbo_7071 namisgr, PopKulture, Randall Dowling and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolnerowich Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 46 minutes ago, jimbo_7071 said: I have yet to find any undergraded books in the auction. I find them often enough on eBay—never on HA. Heritage may simply re-submit tightly graded books until they get a gift grade. Resubmissions pretty much demolish the law of averages because tightly graded books get resubmitted but loosely graded books don't. Very interesting observation. jimbo_7071 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 11 hours ago, adamstrange said: At one point he owned the best copy of Obadiah Evenolderbuck. At one point he owned Charlton Heston. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlansdown Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 5 hours ago, batman_fan said: Dude, I got two bucks for it, double what I expected. The savvy buyer of batman_fan's testicle should do far better than buyers of books from this silly Promise collection... batman_fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 18 hours ago, vheflin said: Catman #30 9.2 a spine tear, surely production caused, kept it out of 9.8 Don't know much about the actual mechanics of pressing and their possible impact on books, but what the heck is going on with the spine, and in particular, the top portion of the spine in this copy of Catman 30? This spine look seems to be apparent on several of the books from this collection and was wondering if this could be a pressing defect from a bad pressing job or just simply bad storage of the book over an extended period of time? GreatCaesarsGhost and jimbo_7071 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vheflin Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 crooked labels Mmehdy and drbanner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 14 minutes ago, vheflin said: crooked labels It looks like Heritage has started putting the slabs on light boxes to do the imaging... I need to wear sunglasses to view them... Funnybooks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 15 hours ago, Mmehdy said: Any Idea on D27...unrestored..? As promised...Tec 27 just listed...no pic... Detective Comics #27 (DC, 1939) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages. In the minds of a considerable number of collectors, this is the most desirable comic issue of all. The first appearance of The Batman came 11 months after that of Superman in Action Comics #1, and over the years copies of the two issues have alternately set auction records. We rarely see a complete Universal label copy like this one - this is just the third in the past nine years! Tec #27 currently ranks #2 on Overstreet's Top 100 Golden Age Comics list, far ahead of #3. Co-creator Bob Kane provided the cover and contributed story art, as did Joe Shuster and Fred Guardineer. Overtreet 2020 VG 4.0 value = $409,000; FN 6.0 value = $613,000. CGC census 5/21: 2 in 5.0, 16 higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gotham Kid Posted May 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2021 21 minutes ago, Funnybooks said: As promised...Tec 27 just listed...no pic... Detective Comics #27 (DC, 1939) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages. In the minds of a considerable number of collectors, this is the most desirable comic issue of all. The first appearance of The Batman came 11 months after that of Superman in Action Comics #1, and over the years copies of the two issues have alternately set auction records. We rarely see a complete Universal label copy like this one - this is just the third in the past nine years! Tec #27 currently ranks #2 on Overstreet's Top 100 Golden Age Comics list, far ahead of #3. Co-creator Bob Kane provided the cover and contributed story art, as did Joe Shuster and Fred Guardineer. Overtreet 2020 VG 4.0 value = $409,000; FN 6.0 value = $613,000. CGC census 5/21: 2 in 5.0, 16 higher. Heritage has the AC1 (Conserved) ahead of the D27 (value wise list order) They have obviously started their weekend drinking early. Spyder!, GreatCaesarsGhost, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Gotham Kid said: Heritage has the AC1 (Conserved) ahead of the D27 (value wise list order) They have obviously started their weekend drinking early. So, with the Tec 27 behemoth officially in the books, how would everyone handicap this auction at this point in time? Does the enormous quality of high grade/highest graded GA books dilute the bidding or are we headed towards history in the making? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 does anyone know the history of this pedigree? Where it was found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Artboy99 said: does anyone know the history of this pedigree? Where it was found? Apparently some guy that made his family pinky swear to Promise him that the history of these books should never be revealed Chief1332 and tth2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dark Knight Posted May 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2021 This certainly has caught my attention. Insert drools! Larryw7, Mmehdy, sagii and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Funnybooks said: Does the enormous quality of high grade/highest graded GA books dilute the bidding or are we headed towards history in the making? I assume Heritage has an idea of the amount of new money coming into the hobby before deciding to put so much primo material into one auction. But personally, I gotta believe this will affect prices. Mr. Lady Luck, Funnybooks and sagii 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 54 minutes ago, Dark Knight said: This certainly has caught my attention. Insert drools! Solid Copy...of a great book...WOW jimbo_7071 and szav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 42 minutes ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said: I assume Heritage has an idea of the amount of new money coming into the hobby before deciding to put so much primo material into one auction. But personally, I gotta believe this will affect prices. My thoughts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 14 hours ago, mlansdown said: The savvy buyer of batman_fan's testicle should do far better than buyers of books from this silly Promise collection... Ummm . . . Captain Kirk's kidney stone sold for $25,000, so I think Batman's testicle should be worth at least $50,000. Larryw7, Chief1332, mlansdown and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...