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4 hours ago, RonS2112 said:

  You and the OP seem to be asking where folks go to find these amazing near-magical deals.

I understand that people don't always find unopened cases of Spider-Man #300's, I just wondered where and how people found large amounts of books

6 hours ago, erehwon said:

Thanks for the grade. 

I got it years ago in a package deal for what I think was less than a dollar, so unfortunately not a good indicator for current pricing. Just out of curiosity, what is your LCS asking?

Anyone else care to chime in on the grade of this book? 

My LCS was asking $80 for one copy, and $40 for the other

Pages off-white 

1 minute ago, nyanmaung said:

really? Even though it only have 3-4 light ticks? Clean front and back cover with no creases. Flat and glossy

I only say 8.0-8.5 because the shop I go to gives me "VF" Spider-Man #252's that look about like that.

Of course I'm a newb, so...

1 hour ago, nyanmaung said:

Any thoughts on grade?

8.0-8.5

10 minutes ago, erehwon said:

Thank you in advance for your thoughts!

 

 

As a newb I would say 8.0-8.5.

Just curious, though, how much did you pay for this? The shop I go to had two, wondering if they were good prices.

19 minutes ago, Lorenzo P said:

Hi All,

I just picked up this book and wanted to see what you guys think for it’s grade. 

Thanks in advance!

(BTW, is there an update to the instruction for posting using Imgur?  I couldn’t paste the link.)

https://imgur.com/gallery/WxkUmdZ

I'm a total newb but I'm gonna say 7.5-8.0?

51 minutes ago, lordisam said:

Those are very awesome comics to behold, for sure!  Just so happens I have Iron Man at 8.5 (but Universal).  

At C2E2 this year, I saw several Hulk 181, and a Captain America from 1941, I think, with Stan Lee's signature on the outside of the slab with a "certificate of verification."  They were asking a solid $10,000.  

 

That's a nice book!

6.0

37 minutes ago, jcjames said:

I can't remember if it was two or three AF15s I saw at SoCal comic shop years ago. The owner said he had five I think, and I tried to buy one but Jamie said he wasn't selling any of them. 

How on earth does one get 5 AF15s??

1 minute ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

"Auction house" being the operative phrase there...

I assumed it was in the processing of being sold or had been

1 minute ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

In person? The Detective Comics #27 2.5 that has floated from owner to owner over the past couple of years. Whatever auction house it's consigned to displayed it at major cons when it was up for sale.

 

How much was it selling for when you saw it?

What is the awesomest comic book you've ever seen in person? Whether it's one you brought home, one you didn't, one, you could've, whatever..

I'm a newb so mine would have to be a Spider-Man #238 (With Tattooz) or an Iron Man #1 CGC 8.5 Restored. (Edit: I forgot that I saw a Captain America #3 PGX 8.5, later a CGC 6.5, a Batman #9, and A Spider-Man #129 CGC 9.0. All in the same shop.)

8.5-9.0, just to be safe

13 minutes ago, mr_highgrade said:

I think Shad once posted that he had a case of Spidey #300 that he sold off years ago for about 35K to a boardie. 

woah

Nice #252! I love that one

1 minute ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I guess the the answer was not! 

I didn't take offense at anything in this post.. Did you mistake me for that other guy on this topic?

1 minute ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I'm messing with you, but you got a thoughtful and respectful answer to your question , then proceeded to take offense and at what I'm not sure .....

I thought it was on purpose, maybe not?

When did I take offense?

14 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

In other words OP got some splainin' to doooooo! 



Why would I have some explaining to do?

4 minutes ago, Alf Pogs said:

http://pristine.webspaceforme.net/Facebook/robertbell/robertbell.html

X-Men 1? Avengers 1? Daredevil 1?   150-300 copies!!! 

 

Ermahgerd

1 minute ago, Alf Pogs said:

Gotta play to win... 

The house always wins...

3 minutes ago, dupont2005 said:

How many people here have huge piles of high grade copies of a particular issue? It’s not uncommon 

But where did they get them? Buying old stock? Buying a bunch when ti came out? I don't like gambling and buying a bunch of modern age comics, so...

57 minutes ago, Kon_Jelly said:

Looking to see what people think about this one. I picked it up for what I thought was a good price. 

 

 

 

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I'm not gonna bother trying to grade it, I'm a newb. However, I do wonder how much you payed for this. My LCS had a lower grade copy for $80.

I just talked to a guy who said he sold 200 copies of Spider-Man #252 in 2014-2015. I know a comic shop that has a bunch of #252's, all in high grade. I figure (Correct me if I'm wrong) that these guys must be buying either cases these books or buying them from some person who happens to have a bunch of copies. 

Though, What I really want to know is: How on earth do you find these people that have these unopened cases and/or huge piles of a single issue?? Craigslist ads, Ebay ads, cons?

Help the newb!