lou_fine Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 How often do you find a set of high-grade Detective Comics #1 through #10? Any idea what the grades were on those? How about I give you the entire Detective run along with the prices: Detective #1 - CGC 6.0 - $40,000.00 Detective #2 - CGC 6.0 - $20,000.00 Detective #3 - CGC 5.5 - $11,000.00 Detective #4 - CGC 6.5 - $10,500.00 Detective #5 - CGC 6.5 - $ 7,600.00 Detective #6 - CGC 7.0 - $ 7,500.00 Detective #7 - CGC 6.5 - $ 7,500.00 Detective #8 - CGC 7.0 - $11,000.00 Detective #9 - CGC 8.5 - $11,000.00 Detective #10 - CGC 8.5 - $11,000.00 Detective #12 - CGC 7.0 - $ 6,800.00 Detective #14 - CGC 3.5 - $ 2,000.00 Detective #27 - SOLD Detective #35 - CGC 4.5 - $ 3,900.00 As for myself, the book I phoned about was the CGC 9.0 copy of Wings Comics #90 priced at only $475. Not surprisingly, Al told me it was long gone by the time I had phoned, along with a ton of other people who had also phoned about the same book. Al certainly priced this one way too low considering the classic GGA cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timulty Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Damn, I could have had a Detective 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrunkenhead Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I have one lost valley book, America Menaced, which slabbed at 9.6. It's a real stunner. One of the few genuine "nobody's got one but me" type of gems in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingDonut Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I found my catalog - dated July 12, 2003. Here are a couple of books: Action 2 CGC 3.5 $8,400 Action 31 CGC 9.2 $4,000 All Star 3 CGC 6.5 $16,500 (sold on eBay for about $12K, if I remember correctly) Classic Comics 1 CGC 7.0 $2,600 Comics Magazine 1 CGC 1.5 $4,500 Gene Autry 1 CGC 8.0 $6,000 $240 $120 Master Comics 23 CGC 8.5 $3,350 More Fun 9 CGC 3.5 $3,300 More Fun 12 CGC 7.0 $3,000 More Fun 14 CGC 5.5 $7,500 More Fun 71 CGC 7.5 $3,200 Planet 45 CGC 9.4 $3,000 it is sooooo beautiful Wow, What a Magazine 1-3 (set only) 1 FN-, 2 VFN-, 3 FN+ $18,000 (and sold VERY quickly) Books that Al and Jeff still have (and they have a lot) are still priced at the 2003 price - which was aggressive then, is now at market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greaterfool Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 how much was the collection bought for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waaaghboss Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 We almost lost a lost valley when my comic shelf fell onto it adamstrange and MrBedrock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lions Den Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, waaaghboss said: We almost lost a lost valley when my comic shelf fell onto it At least it's in a CGC case... waaaghboss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I remember the "unveiling" of this collection at SDCC. I bought a number of the more "off the radar" books including some FH which wasn't all the popular either. piper, waaaghboss and lou_fine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Here are a few. I got about 20 of them but can't remember which. I went for cool covers, characters I liked, some of the lower grade stuff. Anything that was cheap and cool! Badger and waaaghboss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 9 hours ago, Robot Man said: I remember the "unveiling" of this collection at SDCC. I bought a number of the more "off the radar" books including some FH which wasn't all the popular either. Was you fast enough to be the lucky one to picke up that Wings 90 that 's on the copy of the Lost Valley Catalouge? I remember calling him once I received a copy of the catalogue and all I remember was his comment that the book was long gone by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 On 11/21/2005 at 2:15 PM, FlyingDonut said: The 27 is beautiful but has a coupon cut out of the back cover. When I get home tonight I'll look for the catalog that has all of the grades. Al graded conservatively, if I remember correctly. BTW, there's an interesting story about that 27 that I will regale people at a forum dinner. Let me guess...the coupon was still there until 2002, and one of the original owner's grandkids cut it out because he thought he could still send away for something. Am I close? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 9 hours ago, lou_fine said: Was you fast enough to be the lucky one to picke up that Wings 90 that 's on the copy of the Lost Valley Catalouge? I remember calling him once I received a copy of the catalogue and all I remember was his comment that the book was long gone by then. Nope, it was gone by the time I got to them. I did pick up several other FH books including a Wings or two I think. lou_fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngelsFan Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Here’s my Lost Valley book, thanks to a boardie earlier this year: lou_fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I own the Planet Comics 41, it is a cgc 8.5 piper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 i have a few. lou_fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lou_fine Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I remember being down at one of the SD Con's back in the day and saw a really nice looking CGC 9.0 graded Lost Valley copy of Master Comics 26. Just as I was about to plop down my money for the book, decided to take a walk over to Basement Comics and asked them to borrow a copy of their Lost Valley Catalogue. Noticed that the book was listed in their catalogues as a CGC 8.0 graded copy, so that kind of "seal" the deal for the Lost Valley Master 26 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, Straw-Man said: i have a few. I still remember way back in the day when both this book here plus Bulletman 5 were seen as 2 of the classic Raboy must have books at the time back then. Sad to say, but they seen to have lost a lot of collector interest over the decades along with pretty much most of the other Fawcett related titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
