So, who just bought that cap #1?

[cousin itt]

I was looking at it... almost pulled the trigger... had to think about it... and it was gone. I figured it would go fast.

[Illustrious]

Where and how much?

[cousin itt]

Ebay... a coverless (repro cover, actually) one just came up. Sold for $1100 very fast. I would have bought it instantly except a lot of the pages had panels cut out, in particular the front page, which had the big captain america splash cut out of it. Since I would have removed the fake cover before getting it slabbed, it mattered to me that that panel was cut out.

[blockedshot]

Why would anyone slab a cover less comic?

[Wayne-Tec]

Link?

[kav]

I'd rather have #2 with cover than #1 w/out

[cousin itt]

Link?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAPTAIN-AMERICA-1-1940-LOW-GRADE-NG-1st-APP-CAP-amp-BUCKY-POOR-MANS-SPECIAL-/371009116034?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276

[Senormac]

Why would anyone slab a cover less comic?

 

Action 7

 

[VintageComics]

Why would anyone slab a cover less comic?

 

To quantify what is and isn't there for resale.

[Mmanick]

I'd have bought it. That's a grail for me!

[Foolkiller]

The sellers have had that copy for many years at their physical store. Finally ready to sell it.

[Illustrious]

The sellers have had that copy for many years at their physical store. Finally ready to sell it.

 

Do you know if the pages were brittle?

[Foolkiller]

The sellers have had that copy for many years at their physical store. Finally ready to sell it.

 

Do you know if the pages were brittle?

 

Yes.

[cousin itt]

What store?

[Foolkiller]

It's a Toy Store in Richland NJ.

 

The owners are fantastic guys. Super friendly, and occasionally come across some very nice books.

[Wayne-Tec]

Even with brittle PQ, that's a good price for a Cap #1 IMO.

[Foolkiller]

Even with brittle PQ, that's a good price for a Cap #1 IMO.

 

Very good. And considerably lower than the last time I saw it in the shop -- which was almost two years ago now.

[cousin itt]

I checked heritage first... they sold a coverless cap #1 (with repro cover) in 2009 for 836 dollars. So $1100 is probably about right. But with the big splash cut out of the front page, I'm not sure. On the other hand, when will I ever get another chance to own ANY cap #1? Probably never. In hindsight, I guess I shoulda pulled the trigger.

[Illustrious]

Cap #1 is my top grail too, but brittle pages would have stopped me.

[rjpb]

Why would anyone slab a cover less comic?

 

To quantify what is and isn't there for resale.

 

This doesn't really explain it. It's pretty obvious the book is coverless. I suppose one at least knows the book isn't missing something internally, but that's easy enough to check in person, and if you're spending that kind of money it should be from someone reputable either way, or at least with some kind of transactional protection.

Do slabbed NG keys really sell for more than raw?