Tcla75

Bought a number of slabs of Matt and they came very well packed and everything arrived in perfect condition. Great communication and fair shipping prices. Would buy from again without hesitation.

I bought from Steve recently also. Great seller. No messing around and very good communication. He is very fair when it comes to prices and I wouldn't hesitate to buy from him again.

Wolverine 150 - 153 as per PM

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I just bought a Wolverine limited series 1 Custom Label Series 9.6 and it made me wonder will these Custom Label Series hold more value in the future because there will be less of those than the regular slabs or does it not really make a difference?

That's a good point current GCG grading might not be as important years down the line just the quality of the book and right now the difference between some 9.6 and a 9.8 could be how good or bad a mood the grader was when he went graded it. Now I know there are guidelines they follow for grading but we are all only human at the end of the day and if the difference is minute then the mood of the grader could come into play also.

Good points there let me answer. "Lay out the research you’ve done into the pricing histories of your choices." I've looked at sites like comics.gocollect.com to see what the current value of the books are but having checked a few other key titles it seems to show less value than what is actually being sold now so I guess that site is a little out of date with it's prices. I've looked at ebay prices over the last few months and compared then to other auction sites and the prices seem to be the same so unless a graded copy pops up here then it looks like I'll be buying on ebay. "List your pro’s and cons of why you would choose one over the other, whether they’re financial or personal." They are both financial and personal. As I said my kids can sell it off after I die and I want them to be able to get the most money so I'm trying to figure out if in 40 years will more people have a run of 1-4 with a grade like 9.6 or just have a high grade 1 at 9.8. As for personal I want something in my collection that years from now I can look at and say not many people would be able to get/Afford this and I don't know if that would be a copy of 1 at 9.8 or a run of 1-4 at 9.6.

So right now I'm trying to decide whether to go for a wolverine 9.8 white pages for $1200 or a run of wolverine 1-4 9.6 white pages for $999. Is that a good deal for the 1st 4 copies of wolverine? There seems to be far less graded issues from 2-4.

Naa by then Disney will have done their 4th reboot of wolverine played by Hugh Jackmans grandson.

I know quality difference is very small but this is something I plan on putting on display for the next 30 years and then when I die the kids can sell it off for whatever it is worth then. 30 40 years from now I'd imagine a 9.8 would be a nice little nest egg for them.

Other than here what other sites would be a good place to look?

If I was going to get a non graded version what would be the best way to go about it. I live in Ireland so you will never see them pop up in real life so online would be my only option. Would it be possible to tell the difference between a 9.6 and a 9.8 from pictures alone? Edit: As an example there is this listing where the seller is saying its a 9.8/9.9 grade but it looks bent in the middle so I highly doubt it would be that grade. Would this be a 9.6 or can you not tell from the pictures? https://www.ebay.com/itm/WOLVERINE-1-LIMITED-SERIES-9-8-9-9-NM-MINT-WHITE-PAGES-IST-SOLO-WOLVERINE/143175645955?hash=item2155eefb03:g:eO0AAOSw0dFcjlFZ

Is there any reason it is going for so much now. There hasn't been a wolverine film for a few years now and it doesn't look like there will be one for a while yet.

It would bug me years down the line if I passed on the chance for a 9.8 now especially when there is not a huge difference in price between a 9.6 and 9.8 now but years from now there could be if I wanted to upgrade.

I'm looking at the prices online and they seem to have jumped to crazy levels even from the prices they were a few months ago. The best price I have seen so far for a graded 9.8 white pages is $1200. Is this the worst time to buy or will I be even looking at paying way more in the next year or two. This is something I plan to keep for good so if I have to wait a year or two till the market settles I would be willing to do that but then the last thing I want to happen is to have to buy one for about 10 grand next year or the year after that.