TheMason

11 hours ago, LDarkseid1 said:

Sorry but those prices from Midtown comics are a bunch of BS if you ask me. You'll notice it says out of stock for one. Guaranteed if they had one in stock they would be asking 3-4 times if not more what those prices are. The fact is there's not a lot of different when this book hits the auction block in the low grade range.

#1 is a historic book; after all it is the book that saved Marvel. So that fact alone would make it worth a little more than what a 1.0 would normally go for.

But if I am buying this as a guy on a budget do I spend $1,000 on Curt's #1 1.0 with a torn cover? Or do I drop $1,250 on a higher grade #2?

I could see it going for $500-700 on the outside. But as the FX-7 action figure auction proves; auctions sometimes defy reason and sanity. 

On 5/15/2017 at 9:16 AM, LDarkseid1 said:

Actually I imagine a 1.0 would sell for closer to a grand. Because it's such a low grade and therefore much more affordable, the market of possible buyers grows substantially. So you'll have a lot of people willing to spend more just to say they own a copy, compared to like a 6.5 or higher where you'll be spending in the thousands and many buyers don't want to spend that much.

I would be in that market and I would not pay a grand for a 1.0 when I could get a 3.0 for $1,500. I think zhamlau is probably more correct pricing it at $275-350.

For those of us on a budget; we're looking to complete our set on a budget and could tolerate a rough looking rare book on the wall if it is a bargain and slabbed. If I am going to drop a grand I'm going to look for a decent shape 3 or 4 for that money.

Same for the #4; probably looking at $30-50 slabbed at a 1.0.

If it helps, here is what www.midtowncomics.com would charge for a copy in the raw. They only go down to Good/2.0 so figure a 1.0 would be even less.

Is Stan Lee considered a creator or celebrity?