Set Description
Synopsis: When I first registered these books, I called this set a starter set. I guess we have graduated from that status, as we now top the census, but there are still several holes in the set. Currently, we own 60 of the 67 books, including 19 9.8s, 29 9.6s, 9 9.4s, one 9.2 and a pair of 9.0s. Six of our books are single highest graded examples in the census. The set is well behind our top DC sets in terms of both registry points and completeness and is very much a work in progress.
Background: We have long owned Showcase #30-32, but only had them registered in our Showcase set. We changed our focus in 2018-19 away from upgrading existing sets to starting new ones, which is much more fun to be honest. This set has far more holes than slots filled. But with the first three Showcases already in place at high grade, why not slowly add books? I figure it will take years to finish this one.
June 2020 update: The two people previously leading the registry both sold their sets over the past year or so, the first in a CC auction and the second in a CL auction. The books in the first auction went at pretty low prices and we were able to add a number of high-grade books at very reasonable prices. The second auction was more competitive, but the two auctions allowed us to jumpstart this collection and leap to the top of the registry. This set still has a number of holes, but we do have good examples of the 4 Showcases and the first eleven standalone issues-well, the first 10 anyway, LOL.
2021 Update: Really not much to report on this front, as we only upgraded or filled a couple of later slots over the past year.
