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3 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

Schrodinger's comic postulates that a sealed and unseen comic book is in a state of quantum superposition such that it is both a 10 and 0.5 at the same time.

Bingo! That is exactly it. Schödinger's comic. I should've come up with that.

And to the other poster's point that it can be reasonably assumed that there are a number of 9.8s and lots of 9.6s, and if the value of a 9.8 is $75 and a 9.6 is $40, then maybe the box is worth several thousand dollars?

And then there is the chance there is a 10 inside, but who knows...

In terms of how it's been stored, the box has see wear and tear of near 30 years of following me around but I would expect that there is at least a central pristine zone inside the box that has experience virtually no outside effects.

Anyway, this discussion helps. I signed up to this board just to ask this question. Thanks all.

7 minutes ago, shadroch said:

While there is a market for unopened cases, Superman 500 was printed at a level that far exceeds current demand. How many are in the case? 200? Is Superman 500 printed on the side of the box?

I'm out of town at the moment and can check later, but as I recall it was about 200 copies inside, and yes it's identified on the outside what the case contains.

Hello all,

I have an unopened factory sealed box of comic books of the issue Superman #500 from 1993. I see that folks get individual copies graded, but I wouldn't want to open it up because inside it might contain the holy grail of comic books. (Schroedingers comic book box anyone?)

How should I think about this? Is there a market for an unopened case?

Thanks in advance.