Comic auctions are usually where the biggest books end up being offered for sale. There are exceptions. Three such exceptions all dropped recently.
The biggest news, to me, is the Detective Comics #27 CGC 5.0 listed at ComicConnect for $725,000. Any unrestored copy of Detective #27 is obviously a big deal and this one presents really well for the grade. A sweet book.
Over at Comic Link, they listed a pair of great Silver Age books-a TALES TO ASTONISH #27 and a Jounrey into Myster 83, both in CGC 9.4. The TTA27 is especially intersting as it's a tough book to find in high grade. I don't know that I'd want to be into TTA27 for $350,000, personally, but I know there are other Marvel collectors out there who will be tempted.
The JIM83 looks like a perfect 9.4.
By vfighter May 29, 2017 - 9:44 am
Within the past week or so that Detective 27 sold. It was cross listed on eBay, so I'm not sure which site it actually sold on. ComicConnect listing says it sold for $710,000. eBay buy it now price was around $830,000+.
By Rob May 29, 2017 - 3:33 pm
Thanks for the heads up. I'm gonna guess it sold through ComicConnect directly.
By vfighter June 13, 2017 - 8:37 pm
At the same time that Det #27 went on sale they were selling a CGC 5.0 Det #31 for somewhere around $200K, it sold much quicker than the Det #27 and I'm not sure what the final price was, I didn't keep looking at it as often. I'm sure you could ask the Metropolis guys what they sold it for.
By Rob June 14, 2017 - 9:08 am
I'll reach out to get some details