#5572964 - 04/03/12 05:56 PM
Re: My little challenge to me
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Clouded9
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Nice sales pitch. 
I'll check Stewart's site periodically for it and probably pick it up as I haven't seen a 9.4+ for sale for a while and I need to get one while I can I guess. 
So long as the price is right. 
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#5575344 - 04/04/12 04:56 PM
Re: My little challenge to me
[Re: Miraclemet]
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#5703661 - 05/22/12 01:06 PM
Re: My little challenge to me
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Miraclemet
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#5707044 - 05/23/12 09:43 AM
Re: My little challenge to me
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Miraclemet
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Added another Daredevil (#163) via here on the boards.
$30 for the book (plus shipping), 240 points. Not 10:1, but a non-shabby 8:1 ratio.
The Miller run has some nice point ROIs as long as you look for 9.4s and 9.6s of the not-quite-keys (that get some points bump, but arent the big ones).
DD158 first Miller (lots of points, lots of $$$)
DD159 second Miller, first Miller/Jansen combo
DD163 Hulk Appearance (points bump)
DD168 first Elektra (lots of points, lots of $$$)
DD169 non key, but worth 600 points (Bullseye cover, HTF)
DD181 Elektra death
The rest of the books are lower points 240-280 for a 9.8, still more points than same era Avengers, ASM or post #144 X-men commons.
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#5733247 - 06/01/12 09:32 AM
Re: My little challenge to me
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Miraclemet
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Here's my latest addition...
A copy of Spirit Magazine (Warren) in a very nice 9.6 grade (though CR-OW) bought off ebay for $18 and some change. The book had been out there with a BIN of $40 for a while tempting me, at 275 points I thought I could talk the dealer down a bit (it was a constant relist week after week with no bites). But before I got around to pulling the trigger on making a non-ebay offer he moved it to auction with a $1 start and the game was on! The book got some bidding (4 different bidders) but in the end I prevailed and won the book for less than 1/2 of the dealers old BIN ammount.
The great thing about this series (IMHO) is the beautifuly painted color covers by Eisner. So many just have amazing composition, and make for great display in their CGC cases.
There are a few nice condition copies of these Spirit Magazine on ebay, but this was the only CGCed one for many many months... Its not a widely collected book (as far as the registry goes it only has 7 sets listed). There are 12 graded copies of this particular issue, with only 1 in 9.8, and only 2 in my grade of 9.6 so I can say I have the "second highest graded" copy of the book... In try to assess the book I also looked at the number of #1 copies that have been graded (if any copy might get the CGC treatment, it'd be the #1 issue, true?) and there we have 21 copies. It appears that the Warren era reprints have a better following that the slightly later Kitchen Sink reprints, but those show up in much smaller number on the census, and there is only one in the registry, and only one set listed.
This book straddles the comics/magazine hobby since its subject matter is comic (Will Eisner's The Spirit) who has had a great life in the comic book medium, but this production is in magazine format so it could appeal to the magazine collectors as well, though it doesnt fit into the various magazine sub-genres very well (mostly Sci-Fi or Horror, though it could have some appeal to the Crime/Pulp collector).
In my research I stumbed across this nugget:
In 1976, an oddity called "The Spirit Casebook of True Haunted Houses and Ghosts" was published.
which triggered a HUGE memory for me... I remembered reading something like this as a kid when I was into haunted house and ghost stories, especially they "true" ones!
I may have to go snag one of these just for the trip down memory lane.
So the new tally:
Spend to date: $317 + $18 = $335
Registry points: 3,245 + 275 = 3510 points
Points to Dollars Ratio: 10.5 to 1
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