InfantTerrible

Let say same two books, very rare, major-key book, same grade, same price...and everything else is equal between the two books, 

1. First book with white pages but with off-centered cover, thick white line runs along the spine

2. Second book, off-white to white pages but with perfectly centered cover

Which would you choose?

How did you guys get such really nice raw books? ...did you buy them graded, then open them? ....or just being patient, waited for months/years to get the right copy?

there are not many 8+ raw silver these days? most of the nice ones have been slabbed

What the frog is going on here???

On 3/21/2021 at 6:40 AM, ghn999 said:

What do u think this faded bad boy worth?

wow that's really cool!!! ...almost like a print error, I'd say keep it, that's one of a kind

Iron Man?? ...which is pricier, Iron Man #1 or #55??

5 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

Are you really comparing FF#1 and AC#1?  That's your first mistake.  AC#1, 'tec#27, and AF#15 are on a level unto themselves.  Any other title is the next step down on the ladder.

What about Marvel Comics #1, Superman #1, Batman #1? ...I think those three should belong in the same tier as AC1, AF15, Tec27

Tales of Suspense

Journey Into Mystery

9 minutes ago, pickycollector said:

Still need some early issues unfortunately as I began collecting FF a couple years after my main titles and today's prices and pressing habits make completion very difficult 

true.....of course we would like to have some nice copies for #1 and #5, not just some beat up 0.5 grade, at least I'd like to have a grade 4-5, and they are now out of my budget

11 minutes ago, Math Teacher said:

Yes, I have a complete run of FF Volume one. And, in regard to having only a few FF books, remember that we all had to start somewhere.

but seems like a complete run is out of the question now to newcomers like us with prices for #1 and #5 skyrocketing

On 4/12/2021 at 9:11 PM, JazzMan said:

I could have bought a Night Nurse #1 for almost the same price but went with this one instead... 

biggest mistake of your life, shoulda gone with Night Nurse instead 

So I assume many of you long-time FF collectors already have a complete run of vol.1 ? ...or at least the silver/bronze age or just silver ones?

I used to collect Iron-Man and Avengers, ....just started collecting FF about 6 weeks ago, so I have a long way to go. I don't have many of the prized issues, only a 7.5 #52 and 7.5 #25 and a 9.4 #89, those are my three most prized issues. Other than that, I have 20 or so raws, late silver, grade 7-9. Then I have about 30 raw bronzes

wait???....did we all just forget 1961-63??

2 minutes ago, PopKulture said:

And, ummm... number 4. 

oh yeah, forgot #4

What about Avengers? I can't think of anything major besides #1, #55, #57 

33 minutes ago, kav said:

Unless there's something in someone's attic somewhere all of that stuff was destroyed.  

You never know, once in a blue moon, Europeans still discover Renaissance treasures in their attic....

2 minutes ago, JazzMan said:

Ah, you're right.  The AF15 never did have the cover art which was drawn by Kirby.  I wonder if that had something to do with it.

that's so unfortunate....

11 minutes ago, Larryw7 said:

I think Steve Fishler from Metropolis may own some of them.

8 minutes ago, JazzMan said:

Well, AF 15 is in the library of congress.  https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0805/spiderman.html

Others, I've not heard.

awesome that some of them are preserved!!...24 pages of AF15 wow!! 

Gone are the days where libraries and museums looked at comic arts as kiddie arts or trash not worth preserving.......they should be preserved as national treasures

Any of the holy grails original cover art ever been found?....If the books can command 300K up to 3M, what do you think the original arts could fetch?... 20-50M?? ...We're talking prices reserved for classical drawings (Raphael, Rembrandt, etc, ....though major Michelangelo or Leonardo's drawings, if ever come up on auction could easily go over 150M-200M)

But is good movies really the reason why comics prices jump? 

FF movies were horrible (even the first two) and yet the comic prices held up during those rough years

....maybe DC comics aren't just that as popular as Marvel comics to begin with? 

8 minutes ago, Gatsby77 said:

Thank you. Daredevil has # 7, 131 & 158 (yes - first Miller still matters).

Iron Man is arguably more keyless, despite 55 being such a monster. 2 keys out of 1-100, then a huge drop-off in value before the next 3-4 keys in 101-300 collectively.

Tales of Suspense steals Iron-Man thunder, so many ToS keys that could've gone to IM, ToS39 (obviously), 50 (Mandarin), 52 (Black Widow), 57 (Hawkeye), 59 , 75, 97

2 hours ago, OuterboroGuy said:

Also, what would be the best counterexample?  FF?  or ASM?

ASM by the fact that it's the most popular Marvel characters, plus it has so many movies made, plus many of its enemies popular enough to branch out to create their own franchise

After ASM, then FF, it has way too many iconic characters spawned out of this franchise

1 hour ago, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Beautiful book!  Although I have to say, I love how even the certificate for the Savannah pedigree is brown at the edges.

They didn't really encapsulate that certificate with the book, did they??

No, they didn't I just made it look that way for picture

1 hour ago, pickycollector said:

Time for a repost

that's a very nice 7.5, I can't find any flaw....easily 8.5 or even eBay 9