Catwoman Added to Batman The Dark Knight Rises Roster
Anne Hathaway has been added to the roster of villains in the upcoming Batman Dark Knight Rises movie slated for release in July 2012.
There is still no official footage of the movie available but I will post it when I find some. Make sure to scour those back issue bins for Catwoman appearances, especially Lois Lane #70.
ComicLink July Focused Auction
Are you looking to buy or sell high-grade or key comic books from the Silver Age to present? ComicLink’s July “Focused” auction is the place for you. Here is the link: ComicLink July Focused Auction
The Comiclink website has this to say about the auction:
PROSPECTIVE SELLERS: You can reserve your slots now for this auction! We have recently started posting consignments for this auction, and it is an excellent time to indicate your interest. Simply email buysell@comiclink.com your prospective auction list, or call 617-517-0062 to speak with Douglas Gillock, Jason Crosby, Sean Goodrich, Josh Nathanson or other members of the ComicLink Team. To view the auction schedule and some record-setting prices in recent ComicLink Featured Auctions, click here.
How are They Doing? Detective #27 Price Update
I’ve recently been going through some of my old Overstreet Comic Book Monthly back issues, and I thought it may be interesting to look old sales from the “High End Market Report” article and see how the books have performed over time.
The first comic book sale that caught my eye was any issue of Detective Comics #27 in GD/VG that sold for $24,750. These were the days before CGC, so it was a “raw” book, but assuming the grading was accurate this would equate to a 3.0 on the numerical scale.
So what’s the value of a Detective #27 in GD/VG or CGC 3.0 today?
Unfortunately this book is in such high demand and there are so few around, the last sale of a 3.0 copy was in 2003. It sold for about $34,000 (about a 3.6% rate of return). Go up to a 3.5 and fast forward to 2005 and you hit the $74,000 mark.
One of the problems of assessing the performance over time of specific sales is the lack of reliable grading data. CGC has given the industry a sort of a constant that we can refer to when making these assessments.
If anyone has sale data that is newer than 2003 for a GD/VG, please post it in the comments.
