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Yup. W pages matter for all books, just like newsstand copies matter for Copper..........

But I thought that W pages does not fetch a premium..........

Scans for the ASM #300 have been added.

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And all three books have been sold via PM package. This thread is now closed.

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Venom #26 CGC 9.8 W - $50 1st Appearance of Virus

Venom #1 CGC 9.8 W - $50 SOLD to Scout19er

Strange Academy #1 CGC 9.8 W - $150 SOLD to grbox2001 Wraparound Cover Variant

Strange Academy #1 CGC 9.8 W - $200 SOLD to grbox2001 Cover A

Darth Vader #3 CGC 9.8 W - $500 SOLD to grbox2001 1st Appearance of Doctor Aphra

Batman Adventures #12 CGC 9.8 W - $3000 1st Appearance of Harley Quinn

Amazing Spider-Man #300 CGC 9.4 GLOD - $1500 Signed by Todd McFarlane pre-SS days.

I will be listing a handful of books here before sending them to auction. Listed prices are in $USD Offers welcome on all books, but posted in the thread trumps PMs I have not responded to. Shipping Policy Raw Shipping: Starts at $7 for Oversized letter mail in a bubble padded envelope with interior cardboard protection in Canada and the continental USA. Overseas will be at cost. Slab Shipping: Starts at $20 in a small box with tracking and insurance via Canadapost in Canada and the continental USA. Overseas will be at cost. Combined shipping is available for multi-book purchases. I can also use Fedex for larger $$$ value purchases. Return Policy Raw Books: Buyer must notify me within 7 days of receiving books for a partial or full refund (upon receipt of returned books). Slabbed Books: No return on graded books.

Batman #181 CGC 9.0 OW-W $5000 1st Appearance of Poison Ivy

Batman #171 CGC 7.5 OW-W $1500 1st Silver Age Riddler

Batman #155 CGC 9.0 OW-W - $2500 1st Silver Age Penguin

I will be listing a handful of books here before sending them to auction. Listed prices are in $USD Offers welcome on all books, but posted in the thread trumps PMs I have not responded to. Shipping Policy Raw Shipping: Starts at $7 for Oversized letter mail in a bubble padded envelope with interior cardboard protection in Canada and the continental USA. Overseas will be at cost. Slab Shipping: Starts at $20 in a small box with tracking and insurance via Canadapost in Canada and the continental USA. Overseas will be at cost. Combined shipping is available for multi-book purchases. I can also use Fedex for larger $$$ value purchases. Return Policy Raw Books: Buyer must notify me within 7 days of receiving books for a partial or full refund (upon receipt of returned books). Slabbed Books: No return on graded books.

Just thinking about past conversations, and this is probably the 4th or 5th time I can remember prices spiking since CGC started up. Each time we talk about the jumps not being sustainable, only to see books pop again 3-5 years later. If you are looking for a copy of a long established key, buying one once the run up ends and they plateau for a bit has been the way to manoeuvre in between run ups.

GSX 1 is in a run up across all grades now, just like we have seen with IH 181 in the recent past. The high end pops and everything lower adjusts up.

When I get books back from CGC for my PC that I feel are overgraded, I sell them and replace them with what I consider to be an accurately graded comic in the same grade. It sucks in some cases (e.g. my previous CGC 9.8 GL 87) as you have to pay considerably more within a couple of months time when books are running, but at least I do not have a book in the run that irks me because I don't feel it is a nice as the stated grade.

The retailer incentives took off more. I was selling drek like Chaos Effect Alpha/Omega Golds for $80+ raw on eBay that I was buying for $1/less at stores and shows. The signature series books went crazy price-wise for a time then as well. It was fun to clean out stores and have the owner/employees question why you want Valiant since it ruined the comic industry and is worthless.

Frick. I meant 1988 - 1992. The one group of books that was great to sell back then was Valiant. Between 2001-2003 there was a surge in prices. I was getting prices for raw books back then that are higher than what graded copies go for now.

Free money + movie speculation = high prices. The X-Men BA run has been undervalued for a long time IHMO. Now, with the potential of D+ and movies, it is popping along with FF. They are the two big franchises that have not been given the MCU and D+ treatment yet due to being at Fox.

Amateur..................