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Warehouse Find Issues?

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Paul_Maul

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Over the years, there seem to be certain Marvel issues that turn up all the time in high grade, far more than surrounding issues. I always assumed these had originated from warehouse finds, and should be valued a little lower than surrounding issues. Off the top of my head, the biggest candidate for this is

Fantastic Four #59. I have a nearly perfect copy, and have seen tons of CGC 9.4+ copies on ebay.

 

Another one is Daredevil #24.

 

Any others people know of?

 

Think I'll check out the CGC census and see if these two or any others are obvious outliers.... 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

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Red Hook

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Avengers 23 9.4 - 5 copies 9.6 - 4 copies

 

Avengers 24 9.4 - 24 copies 9.6 - 19 copies

 

Avengers 25 9.4 - 6 copies 9.6 - 3 copies

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This ain't Marvel, but I remember hearing many moons ago that there was a warehouse find of Captain Marvel Adventures #50 & #51.

 

Probably true as Mark Wilson had 3 VF/NM copies of #49,50 &51 each in his catalog back in the early 1990's. I know, because I bought one of each (long since sold).

 

I believe the Warehouse find is also referred to as the Mile High II.

 

And there are tons of books. I have to believe that all these books were part of the MHII collection (number of copies in 9.4 or above in ()).

 

Conan #1 (113)

Nick Fury #1 (184)

Iron-Man #1 (130)

Sub-Mariner #1 (166)

Captain America #100 (84)

Incredible Hulk #102 (87)

 

And remember, this is just those graded so far and those in 9.4 or higher. Obviously, there are many copies that probably have a touch of wear (or accumulated wear in the past 15 years) so they would grade 9.2 or below.

 

This is why I don't have a huge desire to buy these books at this time as I would expect SUPPLY to outstrip DEMAND (at current prices) for the foreseeable future. Great books, but why buy today if you can get them cheaper (or the same price) in a few years.

 

Just check out the Census. Better yet, go to Valiantman's census website gregholland.com/cgc (which is awesome).

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nearmint

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This ain't Marvel, but I remember hearing many moons ago that there was a warehouse find of Captain Marvel Adventures #50 & #51.

 

Probably true as Mark Wilson had 3 VF/NM copies of #49,50 &51 each in his catalog back in the early 1990's. I know, because I bought one of each (long since sold).

 

I bought a NM/M double cover copy of #50 from Mark around the same time, also long since sold. I think I spent a wopping $140.

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valiantman

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Better yet, go to Valiantman's census website

gregholland.com/cgc (which is awesome).

Unfortunately, browsers won't generally take that as a web address...

Here's one that works (clickable): http://www.GregHolland.com/CGC

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I did some work to allow the CGC Census to "point out" books that statistically "stand out".

Obviously, most of these are key issues... but that's what it's for...

http://www.gregholland.com/CGC/BubbleUp.txt

http://www.gregholland.com/CGC/BubbleUp2.txt

 

In some cases, non-key issues are standing out because of "warehouse finds".

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inconceivable

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Unfortunately, browsers won't generally take that as a web address...

Here's one that works (clickable): http://www.GregHolland.com/CGC

 

The best free website on the web. thumbsup2.gif

 

Don't give him too many ideas. And, not that my opinion is worth much, but I think the site is great. Gives me insight into an industry that I would not have otherwise.

 

Dan

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JohnBull

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And there are tons of books. I have to believe that all these books were part of the MHII collection (number of copies in 9.4 or above in ()).

 

Conan #1 (113)

 

Don't know about MH2, but there was a UK dealer around 20-25 years ago (can't remember his name, but he was a Cobra member and advertised in all the UK fanzines around that time) and he had an absolute ton of certain high grade issues.

 

Among those I bought and unfortunately long ago sold, were - Conan 1, Savage Tales 1, Marvel Spotlight 3, 4 and Fear 19. I remember that the Fear issue was £10 and the Conan/Savage Tales were either £50 each or £30 each. Prices didn't change for a few years and his stock must have been very deep. There were lots of other issues, but I don't keep old lists.

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