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It's the same advice others have given and it's not wrong. When someone uncovers something and then writes on this board for the first time, without even looking on e-bay, it's usually because they hope its worth a lot. I have seen posts like this before and I am sure you have too. I do hope the OP appreciates the care you are giving to answer their question.

My math is based off the title in the image you provided.

Lol, less than a buck each and will welcome offers.

The value is just for insurance purposes. The number you write down is how much you'd want them to give you back if they lost your book. If you really have no clue, then buy the Overstreet Price guide and the Overstreet Grading guide and just match what the book looks like with the grade and price.

Sure, the answer is no, they are not worth anything

Not all books are equal. I collect golden age and come across a bunch of miscut books all the time. I have one where you clearly see the inner wraps were not cut preperly so part of one wrap is still on another page. So one page ends up having these pieces removed from the margin (but those same pieces are found elsewhere). But it's a great looking book that survived 70 years looking almost the same as the day it was made. I see no reason for the defect to go against the grade.

9.4 allows for all sorts of factory defects and that's where all those colour breaks are coming from. It makes for a flawed looking book but still a near mint one. An 8.5 probably would not look much different, you are right, but the defects (like slight colour breaks) would come from wear and tear after it was produced and not from flaws during production.

I got a fun haul this week

Yes, it's a 9.8. The whole point of a 9.8 is that any defect preventing it from being higher can only be due to manufacturing and not handling (wear and tear). And all those defects are the manufacturing kind, of which this issue is well known to have. So is it a 9.8? Yes. Is it a flawless issue? Not at all, hence why there's thousands of 9.8s that all look flawed like this to a certain extent.

Any of those guys you know in their 80s?

Also, forgot to say, but Heritage also extends time, like any typical auction. They do the going once going twice bit for every bid so there isnt any sniping really. Hence why there atent any deals or lucky wins to be had, its just whoever was going to pay the most for it will get it, as is the point of an auction.

Theres a difference. The increment can be higher than your highest bid. At a certain point, increments go from something like 20$ to 25$ to 50$ and it'n not always easy to keep up. So this way you know you have a better chance of getting what you want since they will set the right bid amount which might exceed what you placed as a highest bid. I preffer highest bid though because then I know the price I am willing to pay. Whoever pays more than that price, they can have it.

While I collect all sorts of books, my grading is usually based on there being staples. When it comes to glued books like Brave and the Bold 200, it's a bit out of my comfort zone. I have a nice enough copy (looks about 9.0 judging from cover) but most of the inner binding is unglued from the spine. If it was a staple unhooked, or a staple missing from manufacturing, I would have an idea of the grade but I'm not sure if it applies the same way here. Then again, it's probably dried up and loosened over time, so we can't call it a manufacturing defect either. How badly is this sort of defect punished usually?

Yeah, was gonna ask the same thing. Also if someone wants a first beta ray bill signed by the now deceased man who created Marvel's Thor in 9.8, how many options do you have?

While I collect all sorts of books, my grading is usually based on there being staples. When it comes to glued books like Brave and the Bold 200, it's a bit out of my comfort zone. I have a nice enough copy (looks about 9.0 judging from cover) but 2/3rd of the inner binding is unglued from the spine. If it was a staple unhooked, I would have an idea of the grade but I'm not sure if it applies the same way here. Then again, it's probably dried up and loosened over time, so we can't call it a manufacturing defect either. How badly is this sort of defect punished usually?

Yeah, I don't get it either. CGC has an exact service done to check if the book is the grade you want it for, and that's much cheaper than getting that worthless book slabbed. And those .5 Whiz comics slabbed still make no sense to me. Those arent old slabs, I find it hard to believe someone got them for sentimental value and then sold them off a few years later. Guess they werent too sentimental about them after all. And the date of the auction doesnt matter either, the pandemic hasnt seemed to impact books much (no clear pattern). You can still buy the same worthless books for those same lower than slabbing prices at the same auctions these were found at. Here's another one I just got from comiclink: Hawkman 5 for 33$. That's cheaper than the cost of grading that book when you factor in shipping (grading alone would be 27$ before taxes). https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fbids.asp&id=1392946 There was no reason in grading that book, the owner could have sold it anywhere else unslabbed and at least not lose money.

But would those same people be willing to pay 80-100$ for those same books but in slabs?

Looking at other auctions and came across stuff I really can't believe was slabbed. Non key fawcetts are the cheapest GA books around, with low grade copies being worth rather little. The only reason one of these would be worthwhile raw would be for someone who has just the cover. So slabbing these are beyond me.

I concur with everyone else, 9.0

Thanks! I thought I got away with murder at first, and then realized that was the standard GPA price. Which surprised me and I wanted to discuss here

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This surely applies to copper age and moderns but he biggest stakes are in the Silver Age, which is what I am following more closely at the moment. I've been noticing a bigger divide than ever before with first appearances and second appearances. First appearances are climbing in value and reaching new heights (can't get a decent price on Detective 359 or Hawkman 4 to save my life) but several early appearances are selling for below guide. Obviously not the ones where the second appearance is a key for different reasons (like how Spidey's early appearances all have their own awesome first appearances) but books like Sinestro's second appearance haven't gone up much (even though it's a classic cover), issues like Hawkman 5 are obtainable for the cost of the slab it's in, and I just purchased the second Justice League appearance at half guide (which is in line with the GPA, showing a massive drop from just a few years ago). So these second appearances which I would have thought still count as keys are selling for much smaller fraction than the first appearance than before, with a widening gap. Which brings me to my question, is the current mentality First Appearance or GTFO?

Lol, there was a somewhat recent thread (can't be too far down now) that was asking why it was losing value. And I was like WUT?!

Conan 8 would be quit the centerpiece of that

Yeah, it's a fun cover, I'm glad to own it now. I paid a few dollars above the 6.0 guide price so that's what I assume this is since the guide doesn't change much for these books and the market value is usually very close to the guide (in general). Just to say the market settled on this being a 6.0 or a bit above that, but it just looked so good to me. A really great looking cover on a 73 year old book kinda makes it harder for me to judge.