Glassman10

5.5 Better photos would help here.

tear and color brakes, one really long crease. 4.5

6.5

I would hope a press would get the dents out. Slight spine checks and the ragged bottom cover. 7-5-8.0 at best

5.5

5.5-6.0

5.0-. That spine is hanging on by the skin of its teeth, ( if it has teeth) ..

6.0

Hey! At one time in it's life, this book was a 9.6. You know that's true. It has fallen on hard times and we should have a little ceremony about the evils of burning the candle at both ends. That time in the gutter has not been kind to it. Maintain elevator silence.

pressing could pop the staple on top. The back cover is in a sort of rotted condition in the right corner. Look at the tear on that staple close up. 2.5 as it is. Best to never fold these in half and stick them in your back pocket while riding a bicycle.

we're not laughing with you, we're laughing at you.. 2.5 is generous. You should thank people.

5.5.

3.0 too much too everywhere

Intrinsic to success in collecting anything is that you are collecting something everyone thinks is worthless from the get go and will remain that way. I think they call it Ephemera. . That's the fundamental problem with the late arriving collector. It's like collecting Lincoln cents once the federal reserve building was on the back of the coin. I remember going through rolls of coins in a bank parking lot in Ohio and never finding anything newer than steel pennies from 1943. I found a 1909 s VDB with mint luster on it at one point. I sold it to my brother and bought a 1937 three legged Buffalo Nickle. Paying .12 cents for a comic at the news stand gave many of us a gift we never recognized at the time. To make it worse, we failed to try to keep the bulk of them in decent condition. I remember my Challengers of the Unknown with an Orange Crush on the beach and feeling that hot sand surround me. The memories are wonderful. Then you make it your job to collect and spoil everything.

Age does not imply value. If you go back to the golden age, most comics have some value if in average condition, but not that much. Extremely fine condition does do well partially because the number of them in that condition is tiny. Even so, most comics in mid range will not pass $3-400 dollars easily. Some indeed defy that as they do in the silver age It just depends on who has the cash and the interest to buy them. Nick Cage was a good example of having them and then needing to sell them. In the 2008 recession, the $8,000 dollar Rolex was dead in the water while the $250,000 thousand one was two years back ordered. People buy those things to flash in front of the plebs. I knew a gallery owner in Santa Fe who said "Everyone has a unit value. It may be five dollars and it may be $20,000 dollars. It was the amount one could spend in the family without incurring a conversation.." Conversations are deal breakers." He went on to say "I only want people in my gallery that have $20,000 unit values." So all in all, it's pretty weird to think about when the average person in Africa owns the clothes on their back. Tribal African weapons and shields bring good money. So does Ivory.

Price on an AF15 has been depressed from a very active high in 2017-18 I would not rush to sell unless something serious compels you. That being said, get it pressed and slabbed at the least. Keep it in a cool place away from sunlight. When I sold mine, I had offers of 8-18K. I had one for my entire collection of 25 K. I passed but I spent a year really looking at what they were selling for. Yours is a typical marvel chipping copy which CGC does not deduct points for. Based on the similarities to mine, I think you have a 4.5,- 5.0 copy. The high price I saw was 55K but recently as poor as 30K. So, patience is a virtue.

Not dissimilar to my story on an AF15. Consider cleaning and pressing prior to the slab. I sold mine through Bob Storms at Highvalue comics and he was great to work with. Your front costs are not insubstantial. My clean and press ran $300 and CGC sets different rates for what they think a valuable book is, lucky you. I consigned mine to Bob at 8.75% and it was sold in less than six months. You can PM me for details if you like. The condition on mine had no chipping but overall was not dissimilar and I got a 5.0 I have no financial interest at all. I would imagine your PM Messages are lighting right up about now.

5.0

4.0

I've seen this chipping enough in graded copies to know it will pull a 5.0. I don't agree with the pass given to chipping since not all copies of the book had chipping at all, but for CGC it's acceptable. Otherwise the book is in nice shape really. So, 5.0

The seller would have a comment saying "While I'm not a professional grader, it looks like a 4.0 to me. Just my thoughts"

6.5

2.0

tiny spine checks, no color breaks , good corners,luster interior. 8.0-8.5. Perhaps a 9.0 with a press.

well, if we compare it to that Iron Man 1, it's an easy 7.5 But if standing alone, I'd be down in the 2.5 range, maybe, if I squint.