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I've owned it for a while now. I wasn't planning on selling it but you know what they say - everything has a price.

Always a tough book, this is the nicest, brightest copy of this one I've seen in hand. I do think the PQ is nicer than the label states. I'll probably have CGC review it.

I just edited my post. Those books were both soft for the given grade.

Really? The 8.0 ended up at $19K and the 7.5 at $16K on Heritage. Those were softish prices, Softish? They bombed. They each should have gone for 25% more based on the hype I've been reading. Nevermind, I just looked at the books closely for the 1st time. The 8.0 had back cover chipping and the 7.5 had a double crease on the lower right front corner.

Really? The 8.0 ended up at $19K and the 7.5 at $16K on Heritage.

Compared to the 50k sale last year for same grade I'd say sure. one outlier sale doesn't make a market...clearly this copy sold for approx. fmv based on multiple sales supporting level I agree. I've said it before and I'll say it again: this micro-analyzing of the market is just silly. Everyone who is watching each specific sale and plotting a trajectory based on each outcome just has no idea how a market works. It's ridiculous and it's dangerous for the market because it makes the market seem volatile - and it happens in many of the discussions for key book sales. Books always sell for a little more or a little less. That doesn't mean bull or bear market. You can't establish a trend with just one or two sales.

If a book doesn't go over GPA every sale it's a weak result. Come on man, you know that! Get with the program? This book should resell for $150,000 next year. If it doesn't the market has crashed!

Now that we've established that a low grade, voldemart, trimmed, restored copy can fetch $25K I am going to bump this post in case someone wants a coverless copy.

..... favorite earliest FF cover is like choosing between Raquel, Bridgett, Natalie, Liz, and Marilyn ...... though a high grade 11 is beyond beautiful.... but then 7 8 13 1 16 18 GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Well said! But FF# 11 does have a lot of special things going for it. Obviously an intro of a crazy character. The cover colors and color palate are also unique to most SA books. Who the heck makes a brown cover? Awesome. JIM #84 comes to mind but not many others. The multi tone coloring on the Thing, Impossible Man and the sky scream late 1950's, early 1960's books. You just don't see that after the early 1960's so you are immediately aware that you're looking at an early SA book without even looking at the title or issue number.. Finally, the 12 cent circle cover. There are only a small handful of those.

Such a great cover!!! I love the contrast of that black and white head. I don't think I've ever seen that cover, but it's fantastic. I love that cover too but it's the purplish sky along with the white head that gets me. I sold a high grade copy of that book a few years ago. I think it graded an 8.5 and I've regretted it ever since. It looked like a brand new copy. EDIT: Found my old scan of it. I think a boardie ended up with this book eventually. Just a stunner that looked it was printed yesterday except for the crease.

its silly to discuss a sales thread here without posting a link to said sales thread. Roy's listing of a WBN 32 9.2. For some reason it got derailed into a discussion of what 9.4s sell for. I seem to be a lightning rod for that sort of thing.

I feel like to comment because I hold both wombat and RMA in high esteem, and Im sorry to see this misunderstanding. RMA, I believe most people would be agreeing with most of your reasonings, and with your care for principles, but I believe they are often put off by the verbose nature of your posts, and the fact that they might give an impression of presumpion. Which, I am sure, mostly its not there as you hardly take offense on a "personal" level, but that is the way they might come through. My 2¢, or better my 2 Euro cents, as they would say There's no misunderstanding between wombat and I, vaillant. We understand each other quite well. As for the rest...I've been posting on internet message boards for the better part of two and a half decades, and I assume most everyone over the age of 35 has, too. With that experience usually comes understanding about how you are "perceived" by others. I'm aware of, and ok with, how I am perceived (though I certainly reserve the right to challenge erroneous perception), and won't be changing my "verbosity" at any point in the near (and probably distant) future. I can think of...maybe...100 posts of my 45,000+ that have been longer than, say, an average newspaper article, which isn't really all that taxing. I am fully aware, in this Attention Deficit, Twitter world we live in, that "too many words hurt Hulk's head"...and, frankly, don't care. If someone can't be bothered to read more than 144 characters, how is that my problem? And, if people choose to be personally offended at comments that aren't personal to begin with...again, that's their problem, and it is a genuine problem, no doubt. And, if you made it this far, congratulations! You're in the top 5% of all message board denizens! I make no apologies for making a concerted effort to communicate clearly, and neither should anyone else. I agree 100% that you should not have to change your posting style for anyone else. People's attention and manners can be short and rude at times and most people talk on the internet in a way that they've never talk in a public setting. But I'll also say (as Paul said ) that I try to be all things to all men. I'm pretty verbose as well but Louise has taught me that sometimes the point gets lost to the majority when I'm verbose so I try to be more concise (when possible). She always tells me that less is more. Why? Life is busy, people are easily distracted, ADD runs rampant? All of the above. No, mainly because Louise is impatient by nature. But seriously, I've found that she is very good at understanding human nature.

It's also a scan. The book may look better (or worse) in person.

The problem is that a stronger light gives you a sharper color strike and better picture. It's just a matter of using the correct angle. Take some time and play with it until you find it.

I have the following coverless books. Detective #34 - missing centerfold, 1st wrap split but complete Detective #35 - missing outer wrap Detective #40 - centerfold out, small panel cut out last page, small panel cut out 9 pages from back Superman #2 - missing several outer wraps, missing centerfold.

Captain America Comics #1 Coverless with repro cover is now up for sale.

Are you saying that this copy was undergraded or that the other previous copies were overgraded? I am simply stating that this copy was a superior copy. Nothing else.

Compared to the other 5.0 copies that have been on the market (faded colors, pieces missing, etc) this copy looked much nicer.

Yup.

Because some people correlate the color of the paper with the state of preservation of the book.

All I can say is that if you are shipping to Canada, USPS is the best way to go. If you use UPS to ship to Canada, you will most probably lose all of your Canadian customers. Yes.

GPA doesn't. GoCollect.com does. GoCollect's data is relatively recent though, while GPA goes back over a decade.

eBay can be rife with manipulation, including manipulation of sales prices.

If anyone is looking for any GGA or Atlas pre hero books and you haven't ventured into my sales thread, take a look. I have a wide assortment of books for sale. All raw and tightly graded. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=9087127&fpart=1