"Grayson" looks to be a hit so a bump for Tec 38?

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Almost $8K for the 1.5 restored last night on CC. IMO the cover did not have good eye appeal at all either.

 

In any condition a TEC 38 cover lacks eye appeal, from the colors to the composition to the line work and theme it is a mess - just my two cents.

Yeah but this one had a piece of another cover glued to it or something right through Robin. (Trying to remember the notes) Just ew for the price.

Almost $8K for the 1.5 restored last night on CC. IMO the cover did not have good eye appeal at all either.

 

Based on that result it makes me think mine is now a $10k book.

Almost $8K for the 1.5 restored last night on CC. IMO the cover did not have good eye appeal at all either.

 

Based on that result it makes me think mine is now a $10k book.

Seeing as how the tec 44 8.5 sold for 19k, I'm guessing my 8.0 is an easy 16k book.

I was not a fan of the glued cover from another book as well. That being said this sale at almost 8k and a .5 restored last month (trimmed, wrong back cover) went for over 5k. Fun book to watch get it's due finally. waiting for the day it overtakes some of these other pre robin tec covers.

it is funny how this goes...I offered a pretty nice looking 4.5 restored copy here on the boards last month for $8995....some interest, but no takers...I closed the thread ...

after recent results, I now have folks wanting to buy at that 'former" price , which was clearly outdated and recently adjusted to more accurately reflect th current market...

Even Metropolis has added Tec 38 to their "most wanted" list in blue label.....I don't remember that being a regular entry in their newsletter...curious as to what the coverless (incomplete) copy goes for in their August event auction....any guesses?

A coverless missing the first wrap for $700 just sold via CC. I was guessing MAYBE 5 hundy. That's impressive.

A coverless missing the first wrap for $700 just sold via CC. I was guessing MAYBE 5 hundy. That's impressive.

People have finally realized that it's one of the twenty most important books of all time.

Its all a cycle. Sometimes a book is quiet, sometimes it hot. Right now this book is hot, and books like More Fun 52 are not.

I have been watching this copy all week on eBay. Raw, complete but spine split.

$5,000 opening bid with no activity all week.

2 bids in the final seconds brought it up to $6,356

www.ebay.com/itm/Detective-Comics-38-1st-ROBIN-COMPLETE-1940-D-C-Bob-Kane-Cover-id-15132-/361386013113

I followed the auction as well. Did you bid ?

I followed the auction as well. Did you bid ?

Nope, thought about it, but couldn't pull the trigger. Waiting (hopefully) for the book to cool off. I feel like that mess copy that sold for $5K awhile back (.5 restored, wrong back cover) has everything jacked up for now.

Waiting (hopefully) for the book to cool off.

+1 on that.

Yeah there is a copy for sale on CC now, 1.0, restored with brittle pages, $15K BIN.

And i'm like

Yeah there is a copy for sale on CC now, 1.0, restored with brittle pages, $15K BIN.

 

And i'm like

This is me

I missed it.. what do you think that is a 1.0?? 6k a point seems about right. I think we are goingto see another major jump once Batman v Superman and The Suicide Squad come out

Even though the spine was completely split and it was pretty rough, I thought it was a 1.0 because it was a complete copy.

It looked a little brittle to me as well with that tanning and the rounded corners.

What I find interesting is that we have not seen a lot of them come up for auction. With the price increase of the last year I would have thought more would come up for sale. Either there aren't many available or people are counting on the value continuing to rise. Personally, I'm hoping for a Tec 31 type of growth.