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Great book to have as well. Sold my 67 a few years back but bought a killer 9.6 Thor 165.

Been waiting for the official announcement for years.

Most ppl don't care for the cover but the book is definitely more than the sum of its cover.

This is almost my list to a T. I'd swap DD1 with ST110 personally but the rest is a carbon copy of my answer.

Would love to add more Thor silver age books to the collection at some point.

Sold it in the last 2 years or so.

It's still whole and there's still a ton of ppl who would love to have it. Its such a great book to own.

After a press... I'd agree with the Govt above. 9.4. Nice copy though and what a pain to find them well centered so congrats on owning such a nice copy.

Thanks! I wouldn't mind surrounding my # 1 with your 2-6 as well.

looks like some killer copies.

Yep. Winter Soldier was nasty. Wish he somehow went back to that.

That's one very attractive set.

The set is definitely something I'd like to put together too but for now, I have the toughest one out fo the way. I've posted it in another thread or two but when it qualifies, I say why not?

Tough to say. When it comes to census numbers, we have to consider that some books don't get graded until the cost vs ROI is in someone's favor so the census can be misleading in terms of how rare a book is. I myself, might have a few books that are under 1k each and they're still raw and while cost to grade vs ROI would be a plus for me, I'm not sure that an $800 profit is worth me rushing the books out for grading. The book sitting there still holds value but if that ROI was potentially thousands of dollars now, then I'd likely grade it. I feel that many people feel the same so when a book hits a tremendous boost in its sale prices, that's when everyone starts jumping in on grading them. As you said though, Golden Age is another beast entirely. I'm pretty sure that if she does get announced, you'll be pretty happy with the result. Not much in the way of recent sales figures since so few have been offered recently and Marvel Family 1 is similar in that respect BUT with that last sale at 186,000.00 for a top flight copy, I'm pretty sure that everyone will likely start grabbing copies soon enough. Same will likely happen with MM82 when a top copy or two hits the GPA. I know that a 6.0 Marvel Family 1 will hit the census at 36k in the future and a 9.0 recently sold at 42k as well (someone got a smoking deal) but I think these are just the beginning.

I was guessing between 100k-150k somewhere at the close of the auction and its arguably, the best copy (though there is another 9.4). If the movie is well received, a sequel will be inevitable and he'll likely show up in Shazam at some point and possibly face off against Superman since D.Johnson is pushing for that to happen. The biggest strength for this book is that like the more recent comics, I'm guessing at some point, he will take on the role of an anti-hero, which will translate into providing this book staying power over the years. I think 300k will be a cake walk for that copy in a short time.

Nor mine but I expected that would be the case.

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/the-marvel-family-1-the-promise-collection-pedigree-fawcett-publications-1945-cgc-nm-94-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/7246-92094.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 CGC 9.4 Promise copy Marvel Family 1 $186,000.00

Perhaps it was a particular brand she used? I've been using it for years for labels on both old and new cgc cases with no issues and it comes out perfectly clean with no scuffing at all and afterwards, I take a paper towel and with just a few drips of water on it, I wipe any left over residue off it, then dry it with another paper towel. This is the exact one I've used many times. I should also point out that I peel off most of the label by hand and once there is only the glue from the label left, I spray the paper towel (not the cgc case) so I can control how much goes in the concentrated spot I'm removing and lightly clean away what's left. Once done, there is no trace of any label or scuffs at all.

Nicely centered and also a very nice cut too.

Perhaps neighbors might have some footage on their security system of the perp? Sorry to hear that happened.

I know. That thing is beautiful.

Heritage also has the 9.4 Promise collection at auction as well.

I'll just let it sell at auction and let bidders decide. If it covers my cost and fees, I'm fine with it but $1000 would have been fine too.

The reason why I took Kevin at his guess is because I've known him for over 25 years and he has more knowledge about OA than I do so I didn't really question it since I know what he has/had. I specialize in comics, not art. While I agree that you weren't bashing me directly...reading that my piece is all around insignificant and being told I'd be lucky to get $xxx for it, comes off as condescending. Perhaps you are right in that my OA piece is insignificant but maybe an opinion in the difference of his value vs your estimated value could have been sufficient. In the end... at least I have an idea as to what to value it at. I'll assume it to be around the $150-200 mark. As far as agreeing on the higher evaluation...I've had this for quite some time and figured that it would have been worth more than his estimate by now but went with it because as I had mentioned, he knows more than I do about OA. I figured, ok well...1k is better than I paid so that's fine. I had no idea it was worth about the same as my cost.