DOH !!!!!!!!!!! Simpsons #1 sells for $1125

[KreeSkrull99]

never in my life would i have imagined

[mschmidt]

You would think they would learn not to spend such ridiculous amounts on moderns. This has been said before (don't remember by who) on the boards, but it is a good thing to stay away from books that lose 99% of their value when cracked out of the slab.

 

Any CGC 9.9 or CGC 10.0 book would lose a majority of their value if cracked out of their slab - it has nothing to do with whether it's a modern or not.

[COI]

You would think they would learn not to spend such ridiculous amounts on moderns. This has been said before (don't remember by who) on the boards, but it is a good thing to stay away from books that lose 99% of their value when cracked out of the slab.

 

Any CGC 9.9 or CGC 10.0 book would lose a majority of their value if cracked out of their slab - it has nothing to do with whether it's a modern or not.

 

And that goes for 9.8's and a lot of 9.6's as well.

 

Is it any less nutty to spend 15K on a FF #55 in 9.9?

[Topnotchman]

Today was a good day selling one CGC.

[Miraclo]

You would think they would learn not to spend such ridiculous amounts on moderns. This has been said before (don't remember by who) on the boards, but it is a good thing to stay away from books that lose 99% of their value when cracked out of the slab.

 

Any CGC 9.9 or CGC 10.0 book would lose a majority of their value if cracked out of their slab - it has nothing to do with whether it's a modern or not.

 

And that goes for 9.8's and a lot of 9.6's as well.

 

Is it any less nutty to spend 15K on a FF #55 in 9.9?

 

You are absolutely right. I was just referring to moderns because, well, you just don't see a whole lot of 9.9s beyond the moderns (and some bronze). There are some 9.9 Silvers (Iron Man #2 etc), but I use moderns as the prime example as that is where most of the 9.9s and 10s reside.

 

Yea, it would be just as crazy to spend 15k on a FF 55 in 9.9

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Today was a good day selling one CGC.

 

Congrats on the sale (thumbs u

 

What did you think it would sell for ?

[Topnotchman]

My opening bid was $500.00 with buy it now at $800.00. The buy it now sounds like a deal. Still waiting to collect, the buyer has bought almost every Simpsons #1 I have posted in the past two months. He is from UK, several other offers were coming in from Australia.

[Topnotchman]

The 9/11 Spider-man #36 has sold for $1200.00-2,000.00 in 10.0, while 9.8's sell for 130.00 or so. So this is about the same ratio of ten times the value of 9.8. Not that I would spend that kind of money on a 10.0 but others have with different books. I just sell them, buyers buy them.

[dekeuk]

You would think they would learn not to spend such ridiculous amounts on moderns. This has been said before (don't remember by who) on the boards, but it is a good thing to stay away from books that lose 99% of their value when cracked out of the slab.

 

Any CGC 9.9 or CGC 10.0 book would lose a majority of their value if cracked out of their slab - it has nothing to do with whether it's a modern or not.

 

And that goes for 9.8's and a lot of 9.6's as well.

 

Is it any less nutty to spend 15K on a FF #55 in 9.9?

 

 

I think you have MUCH better odds of cracking a bronze 9.6 out of a slab, resubbing, and getting anoher 9.6 versus cracking out a 9.9 or 10.0 modern and getting the identical grade again when resubbing

 

Plus you can't press a 10.0, it's got nowhere upward to go

 

 

[Dollarbill]

There's only one man I know that would spend that kind of money on a Simpsons book..

[Pitboss]

Today was a good day selling one CGC.

 

You darn tootin' it was,congrats!!

 

[Topnotchman]

George Washingtons and comic conventions, doesn't get any better.

[Dollarbill]

Same buyer also bought both of his 9.8's at $120 apiece.

:doh: There's one on comiclink with a starting price of $99

http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fnewitems%2Easp%3F%5FSORT%3DYES%26Type%3D%26f1%3Di%2ELastUpdate%26ODire1%3DDESC%26f2%3Di%2ETitle%26ODire2%3DASC%26f3%3Di%2EIssueNumber%252C%2Bi%2EVolumeNumber%26ODire3%3DASC&id=759523

[Topnotchman]

Thats mine, I have an army of clones.

[CAP Freak]

Wow. Great book. There are a lot of Simpsons memorabilia collectors out there.

[Topnotchman]

This Bongo book had a high quality printing, the staples are firm, no bindary corners. I will be steadily submiting these for a while. The non comic collector see's value in these comics. Just like the Valiant Super Mario comics which always sell.

[CKB]

This Bongo book had a high quality printing, the staples are firm, no bindary corners. I will be steadily submiting these for a while. The non comic collector see's value in these comics. Just like the Valiant Super Mario comics which always sell.

 

Aint that the truth. I sold $50-$75 in Valiant pre-hero books at the last show I did.

 

 

 

[Gary Dunaier-migration]

That's got to be the first $1,000 comic I've ever been a part of. (I have a letter in that issue!)

[Topnotchman]

This Bongo book had a high quality printing, the staples are firm, no bindary corners. I will be steadily submiting these for a while. The non comic collector see's value in these comics. Just like the Valiant Super Mario comics which always sell.

 

Aint that the truth. I sold $50-$75 in Valiant pre-hero books at the last show I did.

 

 

How much per book were you getting? I had some quantities of vintage stock about 5 years ago and I relisted them weekly on Ebay as they sold almost every time.