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• 1st unqualified :takeit:or PM gets the book or books. • Books will be shipped USPS Priority mail, in a box • No probation list or Hall of Shame. • Boardies without long track records or unknown to me must provide solid references. • I accept PayPal verified • Payment required within 7 days of invoicing. • No returns on CGC books. I have a long and glorious ebay history and over the last couple of years I have sold a few different lots here on the boards including a Daredevil #1. I'm selling two books. Both with FREE US shipping. Thor 337 CGC 9.8 $425 Guardians #1 CGC 9.8 $150

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I've been off the boards for a while and haven't really sold anything. I'll be catching up with some of the news around here (million dollar comics or something?) and... I've listed a bunch of comics on eBay. Daredevil 158 CGC 9.6 1st Frank Miller Marvel Daredevil 159 CGC 9.8 2nd Frank Miller Marvel Daredevil 160 CGC 9.8 Bullseye Frank Miller Marvel Daredevil 161 CGC 9.6 Bullseye Frank Miller Marvel Daredevil 162 CGC 9.8 Marvel Daredevil 163 CGC 9.6 Hulk Frank Miller Marvel Daredevil 164 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Marvel Origin Retold Daredevil 165 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Marvel Daredevil 166 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Marvel Daredevil 167 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Marvel Daredevil 168 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Marvel 1st Elektra Daredevil 169 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Marvel Bullseye Elektra Daredevil 170 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Marvel Bullseye Kingpin Daredevil 171 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Marvel Bullseye Kingpin Daredevil 172 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Marvel Bullseye Kingpin Daredevil 173 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Daredevil 174 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Elektra 1st Hand Daredevil 175 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Elektra Daredevil 176 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Elektra Daredevil 177 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Daredevil 178 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Daredevil 179 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Elektra Daredevil 180 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Winnipeg Pedigree Daredevil 181 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Death of Elektra Daredevil 182 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Punisher Western Penn Pedigree Daredevil 183 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Punisher Daredevil 184 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Punisher Daredevil 185 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Daredevil 186 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Daredevil 187 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Western Penn pedigree Daredevil 188 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Daredevil 189 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Daredevil 190 CGC 9.8 Frank Miller Daredevil 191 CGC 9.6 Frank Miller Bullseye Spectacular Spider-Man #26 Daredevil CGC 9.8 Marvel Spectacular Spider-Man #27 1st Frank Miller Daredevil CGC 9.6 Marvel Spectacular Spider-Man #28 2nd Frank Miller Daredevil CGC 9.6 Marvel What If 28 CGC 9.6 What If Daredevil Became an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D Frank Miller What If 35 CGC 9.6 What If Bullseye Had Not Killed Elektra? Frank Miller

House of X #1 CGC 9.8 Dell'Otto Variant Cover B Marvel X-Men | eBay Stormwatch v2 #4 CGC 9.8 1st Midnighter and Apollo Warren Ellis Authority 709853046059 | eBay Stormwatch v2 #5 CGC 9.8 2nd Midnighter & Apollo Warren Ellis Authority Variant | eBay

Awesome! 86 and Annual 3 are very tough books. Annual 3 I think is actually the tougher of the two. It just doesn't come up for sale. You see 86 come up for sale, raw, all the time so there's always a chance to see even a nice raw copy. Annual 3 is like a ghost.

Justice League International #7 CGC 9.8 Stormwatch Preview #1 CGC 9.4 2nd Highest graded Justice League Europe #1 CGC 9.6 The Wild Storm #2 Warren Ellis CGC 9.6 Wildstorm WildCATS Stormwatch Authority Stormwatch v2 #1 CGC 9.4 Travis Charest Cover Variant Warren Ellis The Authority #3 CGC 9.8 Bryan Hitch Warren Ellis Wildstorm Classic Stormwatch v2 #5 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis 2nd Midnighter and Apollo Planetary JLA: Terra Occulta #1 Warren Ellis Jerry Ordway CGC 9.6 Astro City #2 CGC 9.4 1st Silver Agent Honor Guard Kurt Busiek Alex Ross The Wild Storm #1 Warren Ellis Jim Lee Sketch Retailer Incentive Variant CGC 9.6

I don't have complete records for the 2000s so I can't compare. GPA doesn't either so I can crib it from there. using GPA we could plot the average sales per year and see if there's any uptick. My gut says that there has been a significant one, at least for Action #1.

If the book had originally had the Windy City notation then that would be one thing. It's never had the notation though. The current owner may not even know. They turned in the label. The book was properly removed from the census (there are now only 2 9.0s.) If they're trying to hide that the book was pressed they should start there.

We know one thing for sure, this one won't lose money

It didn't have the pedigree designation when it was originally graded. There was no incentive at that point to hide anything about the book.

Great points. I remember that period well. The phenomenon was visible in real time. We discussed it here every couple of months it seemed when another hot potato would surface. Will a nearly decade long gap help this book recover some shine? It's going to be interesting to watch, that's for sure.

Million dollar books featuring characters the general public cares about. I'm hoping to be surprised and get another 7 figure book (and to finally add a new title to that list- returning MC#1 at least temporarily, to top 3 GA status), but for the last 20 years I've only ever been surprised on the downside by MC #1. Fingers crossed and popcorn out though. I wanted the Cap to hit 7 figures, I'll be just as excited if this one does it.

I wonder if it's been asked for and denied or just was never asked for. I've heard that some Church copies have been designated as pedigree books without it being noted on the submission, but it would be tougher with something else. Even with something like this- you'd have to stumble on the knowledge. I never knew this book, which I've been following for 15 years, was the Windy City copy. I would contact Heritage (and I will if no one else wants to)

Following up on this if you wanted to lose money on a golden age mega key over the past couple of decades Marvel Comics #1 was your go to book Marvel Comics 1 Denver CGC 9.0 Upgraded from 8.5 $172,500.00 at Heritage on 2005/08/13 $155,350.00 at Heritage on 2009/02/26 Marvel Comics 1 Pay Copy CGC 9.0 $40,000.00 at Private Sale in 1993 $350,000.00 at Private Sale in 2003 $201,250.00 at Heritage on 2006/01/19 $204,999.99 at Heritage on 2007/08/03 $227,050.00 at Heritage on 2010/02/25 Marvel Comics 1 CGC 9.0 UPGRADED from 8.5 $126,500.00 at Heritage on 2003/03/06 $161,000.00 at Heritage on 2005/10/14 Marvel Comics 1 Larson CGC 8.0 $41,400.00 at Sotheby's in 1997 $48,000.00 at Unknown in 1998 $101,575.00 at Heritage on 2006/11/17 $89,625.00 at Heritage on 2007/11/15 $89,625.00 at Heritage on 2009/11/19

Thanks to the boards on this one. I went from curiosity to full understanding in just a few pages. Pressed or not pressed, MC #1 has been a disappointing book in high grade for... 15 years now? Something like that. Cap feels like the king now. 9.4 might make a difference, but I've been surprised (on the downside) by MC #1 before.

ComicConnect is simply slow at getting their numbers into GPA. My consignments from March are all there. Checking the obvious book (the Amazing Fantasy 15) it looks like the auctions from June are not there yet.

Scroll to the bottom of the GPA homepage. ComicLink is the biggest holdout.The following is the current list. Heritage Auctions ComicConnect Auction Pedigree Grand Auctions Hake's Auctions DIG Auctions Bonhams Morphy Auctions My Comic Shop Vintage Collectables Coast 2 Coast Auctions eBay Legendary Auctions All Star Auctions ComicConnect Comicana Direct World Wide Comics Heritage Auctions Comic Market Metropolis Comics Pedigree Comics Quality Comix DTA Collectibles Paradise Comics Vintage Collectables Esquire Comics Mile High Comics Archangels Lewis Wayne Gallery My Comic Shop Cloud 9 Comics Reece's Rare Comics Empire Collectibles Heronext Timeless Icons International Comic Exchange

They're almost never real. I'll answer anyway, since it's fun. The first thing you need to do is ensure that it's not a reprint. I've had people send me photos of "Action #1s" for years and only one was ever real (and that guy knew what he had- he as sending me photos from a throwaway email account!). There is an over-sized reprint that people commonly mistake for the real thing. it was published at 10 x 13-1/2" with an outer cover that is often removed. If your book is a lot bigger than a regular comic, then you're out of luck. If it is real and you've taken possession of it, I would make sure your insurer knows about the book (assuming you haven't already.) You deal with paper collectibles, so I'll assume you have decent storage WRT to climate control. Store it securely. Then, back away from the book and let some comic-specific professionals handle the book from then on. Even a restored copy is worth six figures and an unrestored 6.0+ copy would tickle (or clear) seven figures. Any damage to an unrestored copy would be measured in tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. Personally, if I were you I would contact Heritage and Comic Connect and then let them fight it out over who could give me the best deal. Both would be very happy to sell the book for you. I would also let them deal with getting it graded (unless you're really excited about flying the book down to CGC in Florida.) You could also try to work with dealers or collectors who might be interested in buying the book outright (you would have several suitors on these boards), but that's not as painless as working with one of the auction houses.

Lost in the middle of all of this, by the way, is that I now am pretty sure that this book is the Mastro 8.0 minus the finger bends.

I will post an ask G.A.tor next tine

Oh yeah, I knew the photo was faked. I just had never figured out where they sourced the actual book.

That's the main point of what I wrote. I believe that it is.

It was also shrunk, destroying the proportions, to fit into the space taken up by a modern in the holder.

Poking around, it looks like the above was mocked up using the Heritage CGC 8.0. It's been trimmed and cleaned up in Photoshop, but the dust shadow is the same.