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What is the best comic investment decision you ever made?

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dm226

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During the Valiant craze in the early-mid 1990s, I traded a Turok #12 to a guy straight across for a beat up Hulk #1. The Hulk #1 is in horrible shape (and missing the cf), but I am still happy with my decision!

 

Dan

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Solar

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I paid top dollar for a stellar run of original owner bronze Spidey books. They all slabbed 9.6-9.8 and I made about 20x what I paid.

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trmoore54

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I think I paid like a dollar for X-Men #1 purchased slightly used at my local book/used comic book store circa 1969...have held onto it for approx. 40 years and just finally sent it in to CGC and it came back 7.0...current GPA value $4500... :o

 

Also paid 50-cents for my FF 1 in 1971 which is in 2.5-3.0 grade/range...ordered it from a fanzine ad... :headbang:

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Wally's Comics

Wally's Comics

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Stopped buying moderns (I really haven't done anything too smart)

 

that might be the smartest "investment" decision of all.

 

But,...

 

I still buy moderns for what a comic was originally intended for...

 

reading and enjoyment.

 

 

:cloud9:

 

 

 

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lizards2

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always bought high grade

 

Me too - always bought HG - best unconscious decision I ever made. Never liked the ragged beaters.

 

Another decision that was excellent was to keep buying HG SA even when I was dirt poor after college - from about 1985 - 1991. You could get NM copies of the last 30 issues of TOS, TTA and ST for about $2 up until about 1990. I thought that prices were outrageously low, and bought all the duplicates I could find of these and other books.

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joeypost

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I bought a few copies of Star Wars #1 about 3 years ago. 25 or so in total. Sent them in to be graded and I had 7 or 8 of them come back 9.8, the rest 9.6 and 9.4.

 

Paid $25 each and grading fee's. The first one I sold recouped all my money. The rest went towards me buying my Hulk #1.

 

So I essentially turned 25 copies of Sar Wars #1 into a FN+ Hulk #1 :banana:

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MrBedrock

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The best decision I ever made started as a compulsion in 1975 and continues to this day.

Buying Timelys!

They cost less thirty, twenty, even ten years ago.

And I think they are still inexpensive, relatively speaking.

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ft88

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Bought Superman 2-100 for $22k and had to borrow money to do it. Paid it back within 6 months. Issues 2-14 were restored as the owner was buying these in the 80's, but the rest were blue label and about 30 graded 6.0 to 8.5

 

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MCMiles

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I bought a few copies of Star Wars #1 about 3 years ago. 25 or so in total. Sent them in to be graded and I had 7 or 8 of them come back 9.8, the rest 9.6 and 9.4.

 

Paid $25 each and grading fee's. The first one I sold recouped all my money. The rest went towards me buying my Hulk #1.

 

So I essentially turned 25 copies of Sar Wars #1 into a FN+ Hulk #1 :banana:

 

:banana: Yeah, The "Star Wars #1" story!!!!! :headbang::headbang::headbang:

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davidpg

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Back in 1991, I traded a mid-grade Gretzky rookie card (free from my aunt in a big box of cards she gave me), a Jim Abbott Upper Deck error card (that I got out of a pack) and something else equally worthless that I can't remember...for my G/VG X-Men #1.

 

Great deal for me!

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