Grail arrived - but what a price already!

[comicmankev]

Young Men 24

 

What do you guys think of this price already?

[goldust40]

I've got this although it is a little pricey. Might get it slabbed, though.

[garthgantu]

Man, that's a rough VG... that's the "Golden Age forgiveness" in action, right there.

 

Obviously, this is someone else's grail, too...

[Silver Surfer]

I think Metro has a few that are much more expensive but I think in better grades? I love that book and will add it to my collection one day.

[*paull*]

It really is a great issue. Unfortunately I overpaid for mine about eight years ago when I had difficulty locating one. I still have it in my collection... even though it doesn't fit in with my pre-code horror books, I just can't part with it!

[Silver Surfer]

What grade is yours? Can you post a scan of it?

[*paull*]

I don't have a scanner, only a digital camera. But in this case, it's not really worth shooting. My copy is one step from a beater. 1cm missing corner on the lower right cover and tape on the spine. I'd call it Good at best. I paid way too much for it at the time (about $250). It was when there was a pre-code horror and Atlas superhero boom in the mid 90s.

 

Metro has a CGC 7.0 copy for $2K.

[rjpb]

I was lucky enough to BIN a CGC 6.5 a year or so ago for $825. I think I had already paypaled the seller 40 minutes after the auction had started, so I don't know how good a reference that price is.

If the one on Ebay were a solid 4.0, I think the current bid would be pretty fair, but it looks like it could just as easily have been a 3.5.

 

While YM#24 isn't exactly scarce, it is a key book, and while it will never reach the status of AF #15 or FF#1 - it probably still has room to grow in value - although $2K for a 7.0 is pretty steep already.

[Silver Surfer]

$825 is a steal but the 7.0 for $2,000 with cream pages is too steep. There was only a three issue run with the Timely superhero's so it would be nice to have some decent graded copies of each.

[Netmaster-migration]

I find that the CGC is consistently very forgiving when it comes to solid black covers on GA books (and I can't say that I find any fault in that). Black tends to loose it's luster very quickly and little imperfections almost always show up when you are dealing with books that old.

 

I think it's a rather decent 4.0. I think most professional graders would probably give it the same grade.

[*paull*]

Young Men had four issues with Cap, Torch and Subby I believe. 24-27

 

Men's Adventures had two, right? 27 and 28

[rjpb]

My god, it's up to $988 - maybe $2K for a 7.0 isn't out of line. Has the ship sailed on this book, as far as it having room to grow in value, or is it just starting to shoot up again. i remember seeing a few raw G/VG to VG+ copies selling on Ebay in the $400-$600 range in the last couple of years.

[*paull*]

Maybe I'm crazy, but I don't think $2K is out of line for a 7.0 of this book. This is a book that isn't _that_ tough in low grade, but definitely tougher in high grades.

[comicmankev]

I don't think this is an insane price, but I do know I would nt pay it at the moment.

 

After seing this metro will do the usual and put the price up in the next week or so!

 

The bidder 'rollingstonesaftermath' obviously wants this, and has bid on a few nice GAbooks recently. If you want this copy, let this guy win one first

[comicmankev]

And I know it's a 7.0, but the metro copy may not get as many lookers with the C/OW pages

[rjpb]

WTF - $1180 end price - sure it was just one bidder chasing another, but you mean to tell me there isn't a major dealer out there with a 4.0 or better for under $1K?

[Silver Surfer]

How rare is that book? 100's or 1000's of them out there?

[*paull*]

$1180??? That's crazy. Makes the Metro 7.0 look real attractive if that 4.0 went for that kind of money. I thought it would sell for half that much.

[Silver Surfer]

GPA average on a 6.5 is $905. Yikes.

[rjpb]

GPA average on a 6.5 is $905.

 

How does GPA work? According to the census there is only 1 6.5 copy - the one I BINned on Ebay for $825 a little more than a year ago. I can't imagine the seller listed a BIN for less than he payed - so how does GPA come up with $905? Or is there another 6.5 that hasn't been entered into the census yet?