Peter Loves Gwen

12 hours ago, Junkdrawer said:

Still got that 9.2 #50, er... 9.4? I recall that, it was very nice before the regrade.

55 minutes ago, Webhead2018 said:

Who is in 5? 

Dr. Doom, he was in FF 5 first, and then popped in ASM 5.

On 8/23/2018 at 10:15 AM, Deanokeeno said:

Thanks Not a Clone.

Yep it's lovely, it's a 3.5 at best as it has a few issues/creases at the bottom. It's the first pickup in my mission to get a nice little early FF run together. Bagged the #3 and just picked up #2 this week as well, both RAW. 

Around 6 years or so ago, I did my Spider-man run, Hulk etc and secured up most of the key early 60s Marvel keys and number 1s in CGC mid grades. But to be honest that's what turned me off for a while as I got bored of looking at these incredible comics though a holder. It's like having a Ferrari in your garage. Wonderful, but after staring at it through a glass wall you want to drive the thing and get the full experience. - I could crack the slabs but I'm not brave enough to crack my FF1, AF15, Hulk 1 etc.

When I got this FF #3 the thrill of (carefully) handling it, smelling it and actually reading the damn thing - adverts and all - was a simply lovely experience. One that I don't get when a slab arrives.

So this time round I have set myself a little rule of 'Under a Grand it's Raw'. If it's over Grand then It will need to be in a slab for the restoration checks etc.

But rules are meant to be broken ;-)

Crack out those big keys and enjoy them raw. I loved handling my AF15 before I sent it off to have Stan sign it. The experience of the real comics are worth it for true collectors. I didn't collect as an investment, it was the experience for me.

If you have to get them regraded, maybe one will jump a grade, and pay for the grading costs. Look them over closely, if one or two might have a chance, I'd pop them all out and enjoy them until you are ready to sell.

On 8/23/2018 at 1:54 PM, WoWitHurts said:

ASM 101 in 9.6 White pages. It is now cost prohibitive so unless it goes down or I settle for a lower grade.

Like this, my old copy I sold in 2012. I didn't know that issue would blow up so much, I had a 9.8 before it which was an old label 9.6, so perfect I had to resubmit it. That was always a favorite issue of mine. Finding them with a centered wrap was very tough to do, I hated the white spine edge/wrap.

7 hours ago, Spideydan said:

Wonderful collection! Perfect Centering on all!

Thanks Dan, that was the toughest part in the end.

BTW, how's that 9.6 # 101 doing I sold you after selling the 9.8? I really liked both of them, the 9.8 was just too much to keep when I lacked several early issues. It was not long after when I got a line on the #3 and 4, which I bought after selling the 9.8 book.

Buy ASM 300, it's more common, more valuable, and still more likely to go up. Skip Stan's signatures, he reached the point of too many over ten years ago.