I am much more familiar with the gold age pedigrees.. I find it super cool to learn about the big silver age pedigrees … will be brand new to me!!

just found this excellent

Perfect example of dragging one minute of info into an 11-minute blah blah blah video. NO SUB. EVER!!

Your mention of the Startlng 49 made me take a look at GPA and I noticed one of those weirdly high results you sometimes see on HA. In September, a 5.5 sold for $36,000. Seems way out of whack with other results for this book. For instance, the Crippen copy--an 8.5--sold for $23,400 in April and a 9.2 copy sold for $31, 200 in November 2022. Be interesting to see how this 9.0 does.

Great comments .. keep it up

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Nice preview video, Rob. Thanks. MF52 is a pretty tough GA DC key, and at a 6.5 white is stupendous. I have seen it least often offered publicly in the last 30+ years than Adventure 40 or Flash 1. AA16 would be the other DC GA key (and I am excluding all the early Supe Action covers and pre Robin Tecs) that might rival MF52 as far as availability in the market place and not cgc census records. The Suspense 3 might hit $200k - $250k

My guess is the Chuch Master books will bring 20 to 30 k each. Very hard to tell . I’ve been collecting GA for years and never see these.

I’m so glad you showed this. I’ve been wondering if the Vampirella art existed. What a great purchase someone made years ago.

Wealthy collectors have done as much damage to the comics collecting market as they did to the antique car market. They have their hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars, to spend on cars that will be garaged and never see a single mile of the road, and comics that are encased in hard plastic and will never be read. Some of them are less interested in collecting comics because they love the art and stories than they are in buying and flipping for a profit, driving the "values" of these collectors items far beyond the reach of us actual enthusiasts. So we have to settle for graphic novels or digital copies. And that's fine, because we still get to enjoy the art and the stories without spending loads of cash.

2 million is way too much for TOS 39, Iron Man isn't in that category.

Fun video! Those are big losses because of the huge ante to get into books like these but i've seen greater on a percentage basis. Good luck with the channel!

I happily never fell for that stale gimmick of running around playing musical chairs with the same key top ten comics.

Interesting you question who might collect Master Comics. I just watched a KZbin video from Bry’s comics regarding colltor Jeff Williams. Great interview. He actually collects high-grade pedigree, Master Comics and is trying to complete the run. Likely looking at these books…

There are some stupid people out there like myself who purchase items from various auction houses : eBay, Comic Link, and Heritage come immediately to mind and want the item for whatever reasons... mine is an addiction to KIRBY comics books and artwork..Btw I should let you know the most I've ever invested on any book or art work was when I bought a bound volume of Fantastic Four 1-10 for under 15k not 2 million dollars people are so stupid they do not do the research on the this market which is very different than the vintage car market or the stock market..

It's called money laundering.

Ken Goldin is a smarmy self promoter. I tuned into one of his Instagram lives roughly 2 years ago (I think around the time Goldin was accused of selling a fake sports card)… Ken referred to himself in the 3rd person, Ken had 9 figures in the bank, doesn’t need to cheat, 5 acres on a gold course. Typical over compensation - sad really. Gives members of the tribe a bad name. Smarmy, and slimy.

I hope I'm not expected to care about people who spend hundreds of thousands on a comic and then sell for a loss. These buyers and sellers are so far outside the world of 99.9% of comic book fans that it's all a purely academic exercise.

I am the buyer on the Superman 1. I do plan on keeping it..felt it was a good deal overall but I suspected it could go low bc brittle copies do poorly on heritage.

The auction designation that Superman #[nn] (#1) was the first newsstand comic book devoted to a single character should have specified *"series,"* because there were many earlier one-shot comic books devoted to Popeye, Dick Tracy, etc. that were single-character issues on newsstands. Or the designation "superhero."

Great video!

2 words: Money Laundering

Do you have a email or phone number I can send you some things and tell me if they have any value

9.6 wow. Nice little short ty

I really wonder if Church Fantastic #3 would be worth a million? Books like this one or Dynamic comics are so rare, thinking each copy that comes brings out all that want no matter what the grade. Saying that Fantastic #3 is an amazing cover. Seeing it always gives me a Metropolis vibe.

Totally agree- this is a museum piece and irreplaceable piece of history for one of the most beloved characters. Thank you for the followup. As an aside another You Tube channel did a survey asking to rate favorite characters. Wolverine supplanted Superman as number 3. They ranked: 1. Spider-man 2. Bat Man 3. Wolverine 4. Superman. I think it depends on age of respondent.

Thought you would discuss the Wolverine Concept Orig Art which the Hulk 180 Cameo basically re-penciled and inked by Trimpe. This piece is just so cool. Thought it went low as less interesting pages from less broadly loved characters went for similar amounts. What are your thoughts?

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Wow, that TOS 9.8 is awesome! He should have keep that for at least 10 years! Glad I found your channel, very entertaining. I love to support other small channels, so hitting that *Sub Button* now! 😁 Congrats on hitting #85 now, 100 will be right around the corner! Keep up the great content!

It could be money laundering

Maybe a tax write off?

My guess is the sellers/buyers are grossly wealthy so that they can shrug off massive losses.

Most of these are not flips. They just changed their mind for whatever reason. Needed the money , wanted to buy something else.

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Many of the Church lots in this sale came from Steve Geppi with a reserve 2x Guide and still didn't sell. GA was dead at this auction. The passing of a few lots resulted in bidders shying away from all but the most compelling books.

I think we can round $960,000 to $1M and not break any major math rules. ;)

Great video series! I still find it amazing that a silver age book held the record... even if it was for a short time and even if it is a stunning copy.

You might check into the episode where Goldin was pursuing an Action #1. A bit hilarious

You are aware that Goldin Auctions has a Netflix TV series and they generated a lot of hype. Perhaps, the seller bought into the hype.

Wasn't there a big failed Superman 1 flip in the past year? Not the 5.0 or the 7.0 that are on GPA (which must have been painful enough for the flippers), but a flip with a higher dollar loss. I was going to post about it on the CGC boards but never got around to it and I can no longer remember the details. .

These previews are really interesting and helpful to keep track of trends. On the Action 1, wonder why something like spine reinforcement is "restoration" but a scotch taped spine gets a universal grade.

I would love a Pep #22. No idea there was a Church copy. I know All-Star #8 and Pep #22 doesn’t have the first appearance Character on the cover, but it’s so magical organic. Reading golden age books with so many pages and characters, it’s awesome how some just lasted the test of time.

Just discovering your channel, awesome information. I've been doing CGC census data for the 1930s by year, so many of these books have been highlighted on those lists also.

Another excellent video. Seems like the big books' sharp rise in the past few years owes some of their steam to general demand for "alternative investments" such as art, bitcoin, etc.

Undervalued channel. Great info and talk. Like hearing from the guys that know their stuff

Friend of mine got back into the hobby and won the Superman #1...he plans to hold and cherish it 😊

Really enjoying the initial content of this channel and have subscribed. Private collector and this channel looks like it focuses on the exact stuff I find interesting and the content I have had a hard time finding on other channels. I got the Supe 2 and was happy at the price (although like you, i am always looking for that time machine) and happy to add it to the collection. Best with the channel going forward.

On the supe 1, a-3 is moderate professional restoration

I was very excited to see these rare books sell for so much. I really do think dealers have over flipped the big Superman and Batman books. If you pay top dollar, hold for a few.

We had an unknown dealer come from west coast with Action 1, Detective 27, and Superman 1 at the Comicon in 1964. They were in fine condition. Were to be sold for 300.00 unknown buyer..