3 is second to 13 and 12...there have been only 3 issues of 13 I have seen for sale in the past 6 years or so, 4 copies of 12, and 5 copies of issue 3... that is why I rank them in that order (thumbs u
Interesting b/c there are 11 unrestored #13s on the census. And for example only 5 unrestored #9s.
naturally # of slabbed copies doesn't always correlate to what is made available in the market. And I am not excluding restored and raw (thumbs u
i think restored and unrestored are 2 different markets. But that's just me. You don't mind restored books.
the problem with a few of the issues (like 3 and 13 and such) is that unrestored copies virtually never come to public market for sale...
in the past 3 years (that I am aware of), not one copy of action 3 unrestored has come to market for sale...I got my 4.0 via a private transaction and sold it via a private transaction... in that time frame, I know of 2 action 13's, unrestored that changed hands...a 3.0 and a 9.0, but private sales... extend it to 6 years, and the number skew a bit more...
bottom line is that whether you like restored or not, or raw or not, or slabbed or not, the "market" as a whole will still absorb any copy that becomes available (at some price), and that is what I used in my overall analysis... (thumbs u
keep in mind, I am not making any comment or ascertion on "how many" copies exist, but copies that publicly (and even privately) change hands in the market place