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So I've got to assume the whole cameo vs full appearance thing wasn't such a distinction back in the day. The cameo's counted for a lot more I need to find one of the price list's I've seen and point this out. 92 wasn't just ore than 93, but whole bunch of big books. The SS first series wasn't a big deal for a long time price wise, but that's not saying much for the era.

Sam Neil?

It'd be great to make the connection, and see them all these years later. It's a valuable piece of history. After the passing of Stan, all the iconic greats of the medium have left us. This is hobby is nothing, if it's not about history, and it's own history of the people who made it. https://retromash.com/2017/03/03/that-time-when-a-teenage-paul-gambaccini-and-george-r-r-martin-appeared-in-the-fantastic-four/

If you had written a few, I'd ask if you were George RR Martin

Who here focusses on all of the Silver age appearances of the Silver surfer, over just the series? I'm curious to know how the other Fantastic Four issues rate after, other than 48/49/50, before we get to the series. There's a lot of issues, in FF, Tales to Astonish, and the FF annual. Also back in the day, I saw a lot of old catalogues had Tales to Astonish 92 as the 3rd/4th most expensive book for Silver Surfer, after FF 48/49/50. Does anyone know what the story was?

It's a standout cover

I had to take the picture on a strange angle, as the black cover turned the slab into a fantastic mirror. My girlfriend explained to me, at the time of printing, the printing process for this cover was actually quite involved and complicated. A high rate of "failure" would of been involved with the production of this cover. A few years alter everything went digital, and issues, and tangible effects went out the window.

His second appearance has to be one of the most lack-lustre covers in the whole of the Strange Tales run. Who ever did the cover for Marvel Collectors Items Classics, thought so too.

Thats a great pickup

But Goldman Sachs handled the financial advice for CGC, surely they provided trustworthy guidance?

Agreed. It's cheaper buying on Clink, then Ebay. But outside the endless supplies of Thor 337-339, Spidey 252's, the CPV's re inconsistent on the clink. Though that just reflects the rarity of these books in top grades. The pricing is jumping all over the place, I was preparing for the worse, and realistically expected DD 188 to hit close to $600. There was no carry forward in the auction energy from the previous clink auction on these CPV's. But that could reflect too many other considerations... e.g. guys already spent their money on other books. I only walked away with a single book from this auction, so my focus was easy.

The top grade is the top-e grade for each book at this point. A 9.8 X-men 1 equates to a 9.6 AF15. Only in the early days of CGC was this a real risk, that buying the top graded book, was just a census updates away from being the 2nd highest graded copy. That being said, the price floors have been set... except for a 9.8 X-men Not quite apples with apples, but it shows you what's possible. The pricing on GI Joe 21, it was red hot when there was only 1-4 9.8's on the census in the early 2,000's. Priced at north of $2,000, which was viewed as astronomical in the early 2,000's. Then 2009 rolled around, and the book took off on the census. BUT the momentum on the nose bleed pricing for this book hasn't slowed at all, as the census is now flooded with 115 9.8 copies.

I've managed to secure these three books. I'm completely elated, three stunning Frank Miller Daredevil books, in top grade, and the fact that they're CPV's is icing on the cake! They're coming to a very appreciative owner #notcanada

Yes. My current parcel took 2 weeks just to exit the US. From there, 8 days to reach Japan. 1 day from Japan to Australia. And now it's looking like another 7 days in Australia before it reaches me.

Her might be onto something here. Unless a big sale happens through a source tracked by GPA etc, then it never really happened. The market, and the market price remain ignorant, and unaffected by the sale. As opposed the quick and rapid price escalation we're seeing. No news, no FOMO buying, and driving prices up

Oh definitely Sandman for sure, it'll be huge!!

They do seem to be putting some proper thought into this, but personally I don't know enough about the events in endgame and the current avengers/Thor/Hulk story lines to comment. But needless to say, the studio is thinking at least three movies ahead at a time.

Gotcha. And rightly so. This time the payoff is 5 fold, but if $48k didn't move you, then yeah, I've no answers for that.

I bumped into the guy that dropped $30K on a Special Marvel Edition 15 9.8 on facebook. Unfortunately I'd run my mouth too much over the crazy price paid, so he wasn't saying much by the end of things

Wouldn't Earth 616 would be the sacred timeline? The TVA and it's allies are all over the multiverse!!

You can bet every single one of the 39 9.6 owners out there, packed up the wife, the kids, and the car, and they're driving right now to their nearest presser, for a shot at resubbing to hit the jackpot! It will not stay at 4 out 4,000 books for long

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