What is your "white whale" aka the one comic/collectable you seek?16418
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater Oh, yes I agree - see my #1 bubbles above. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town Disney ruined my life but I agree the book is a strong one. It will be like the nandrolone of my collection come early January. The price is agreed upon. The owner just wants to wait until after the new year due to tax purposes. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_DudleyBest of luck with the purchase...I still remember back in the eighties I had a copy of the book, kept it a week and traded it back to the LCS...then the store across town had one, and made me a deal so I got that one and promptly traded it off. Finally the store got another one in and I kept it this time, but all three copies were less than a hundred each..why I did not keep them all I keep wondering....and I feel it is still vastly underpriced for what it is. I hope your buyback goes well and you enjoy the book...I am fairly sure a year from now you wont be able to touch it all |
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I just can't decide!!!![]() |
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Least it isnt Darkhawk 1 | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by 50AE_DE This is the one I could afford. I've always wondered if it would be worth getting the "restoration" removed? ![]() |
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Quote:Originally Posted by OGJackster That is sexy |
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Such a cool book - why bother removing restoration? From the brief notes it looks minor… and some (other than color touch) may be more conservation measures anyways… Quote: Originally Posted by OGJackster |
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@OGJackster I think damage would be done to the book to remove the tear seal and glue on the spine. Nice book I'd keep as is ![]() |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock The only Jerry Garcia item I have is a tie lol! ![]() |
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GPA is all over the place with this one, but when you look at grades vs price...it shows the last 4.0 that sold for 1912 back in 2014 It shows a 5.o selling in 2012 for 2250 In march 2019 it shows a 5.5 that brought 15,500 however. It seems like if you removed the tear seal and glue, that it would likely lose a grade or so and move down, to gain the non restored label. For me I would let it sit. Restored has become pretty uch accepted for golden age books |
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sometimes damage gives character especially with old comics. yeah we want those high grades....but if you must have it....does it matter for some. | ||
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Two of mine popped up on Heritage for auction next month. Would be happy with even one. Will report back mid January |
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My son got his white whale yesterday, don’t give up, sometimes it comes your way.![]() |
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Quote:Originally Posted by OGJackster Awesome book. I would keep it as is. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Sagii AC 1 is only at $1.9m with about 20 days to go. |
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I’ve collected almost everything I really wanted, except Ultimate Fallout 4 Newsstand Edition in 9.4 or better. I suspect any chances I had at landing this one for cheap are long gone. Newsstand awareness is too high nowadays. I had a direct edition 9.8 but sold it to help fund the Viper, which was a separate whale that I can happily check off the bucket list. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Joosh thats why for the time being opted for the facsmile edition. i know its not worth much but its still a printing of the 1st appearance of miles morales. im going to get it graded, and display it eventually with graded copies of my Ultimate comics spider-man #1 (first full appearance of miles morales) amazing spider-man 4 (first appearance of cindy moon as silk), amazing spider-man 365 (first appearance of spiderman 2099),amazing spider-man 360 (first appearance of Cletus Kassidy as carnage) and Edge of spider-verse #2 5th printing (first appearance of spider-gwen) |
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Maybeeee....My Greatest Adventure #80 and Doom Patrol #99?? Not really white whale level....in reach if I sell a few doubles etc. |
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@Joosh Quote:Originally Posted by JooshAny pics of the Viper? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by CaptainCanuck Absolutely ![]() ![]() |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Joosh Nice! Selling a UF4 to help fund a purchase of a Viper is much better than say trading a TOS #39 for a set of rims right before it took off. I believe someone did that a few years back. |
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I'm afraid to look for "white whales" because it didn't end well for Captain Ahab. I've already caught several big fish without being pulled under; I don't wanna push my luck! ![]() ![]() . |
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I finally got my white whale Dec 2019 before the price bumps that soon took off afterwards ![]() ![]() edit: I just looked up a recent sale in June of 2021 for $31,000 ![]() |
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Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmyke Congrats. I remember you chasing raw copies in hope of getting a high grade copy. Did you press this one yourself? |
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@kaptainmyke I bought my copy that came out of Eastman's collection like a decade ago+-. I really can't remember the year I added it. I paid just over a grand for it. So, I'm sure I overpaid for it. However, it came out of Kevin's collection. So, I made the stretch. I have no idea what that book is worth today. One of the few comics I kept. Just couldn't part with it. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Joosh Beautiful... Love the color.. I Had a 2001... Drove it for 15 years and loved every minute.. Also had a 2005 Viper Truck which I just sold.. Arthritis taking over.. Doc says time to Idle it down.. had the knees and shoulder replaced so no more manual transmissions and being old school I love muscle cars with manual tranny's Enjoy it.. But be careful until you get use to all that power.. they get squirrely fast.. Have a great New Year.. |
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