| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
3778900001
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Owner Comments
1st Printing: May 1984 - 3,250 copies
Artwork: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
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I have to admit... I didn't think this would happen again. Years ago, I owned a 7.0. Sold it at some point and upgraded to a beautiful 9.0. Then I sold that too... to funnel the funds into comic artwork. And besides, 1st prints were generally always around and reasonably priced (2Kish get you a 9.0). Years go by, I keep buying art not really paying any attention to the comics. Then when I'm ready to buy again, I've found that the prices have exploded... 3K for a 6.0...then 13K for a 6.0. Don't get me started on the mid and high grades. What the heck was going on?!
I'd missed the boat, that's what. And for the grade I'd really want, well, it was time to be content with my 2nd print, which I was (but really wasnt.) As much time and effort I'd spent shaping the collection and somehow I let the single most important piece get away. I'd always punched way above my weight class in my collecting years but this was likely too high a hurdle. The only chance I had, the only currency I could really use, was comic art...
And then the stars aligned. And long story short(er), I sent away a great page of comic art. And in return I received this stunning 9.2 plus cash. I couldn't be more happy, to get a copy back, at a higher grade then ever before, while still keeping all of my favorite pieces of art. Third time's a charm, folks, and this copy I plan on keeping for the long haul!
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The art shown in the 2nd image is from my collection of original Turtles art. It's my original pencil prelim by Kevin Eastman of page 18 from Issue #1. One of the gems of my collection. To see this piece and more, feel free to visit: http://cafurl.com?i=12933
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 Second Printing |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1150284001
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Owner Comments
2nd Printing: June 1984 - 6,000 copies
Artwork: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
SS: Peter Laird with head sketch
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The art shown in the 2nd image is from my collection of original Turtles art. It's my original pencil prelim from Issue #1. To see this piece and more, feel free to visit: http://cafurl.com?i=12933
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 Fourth Printing |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1060368025
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1120196001
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Owner Comments
The art shown in the 2nd image is from my collection of original Turtles art. It was published as page 3 of the book. To see this piece and more, feel free to visit: http://cafurl.com?i=12933
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1185022003
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 Second Printing |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
3932528001
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 Second Printing/MANUFACTURING ERROR |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0153129003
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Owner Comments
2nd Printing: May 1987 - 60,000 copies, almost all destroyed due to error
Artwork: Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
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Here we have a true gem. This is the infamous TMNT #4 2nd Printing Manufacturing Error.
So what happened here? Well, it seems that the 2nd printing of TMNT #4 and the first issue of a new Mirage book, Tales of the TMNT #1, were sent to the printer at the same time. Somehow, the image for the Tales cover was used for the cover of the TMNT #4 book. The book then made it into distribution where it was immediately recalled. Almost all of the 60,000 books were then destroyed.
Peter Laird was quoted by Comic Buyers Guide as saying that "Very few" copies survivied. Fortunately, I was able to snag this beauty. While I would have been more than content to land a beater of this book, I was estactic to land such a high quality copy.
As an aside, the interior of the book (including interior covers) are all TMNT #4 guts. It was just the cover that was misplaced (along with issue # logo).
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5 |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1049005003
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Owner Comments
1st Printing: 1985
Artwork: Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
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Ever since I picked up the original art for a sweet Double Page Spread from this book, I decided I wanted a nice 9.8 SS to compliment it. BIG, BIG shout out to the super duper awesome Adam for the hookup on this bad boy. You really went above and beyond kind sir!
The second image is my original artwork from the book. To see a better image and more info, feel free to check here: http://cafurl.com?i=23788
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 6 |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 6 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1150285027
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 7 Second Printing |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 7 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
3762801016
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10 |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1150285006
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Owner Comments
Hand's down, my single favorite book of the entire run!
The art shown in the 2nd image is from my collection of original Turtles art. One of 5 original interior pages I own from this issue. To see this piece and more, feel free to visit: http://cafurl.com?i=23787
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11 |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
4349518003
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 19 |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 19 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1150285016
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 20 |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 20 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1150285017
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| Slot: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 21 |
| Item: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 21 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1150285015
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