Fantastic Four #1 - opinions please

[ft88]

Described as G/VG. These are all the scans I have and as big as were sent to me.

Grade seems about right. Really like the page quality and whiteness of the covers.

 

Would you buy this book for $3000?

 

[cpannell]

If it was my money, I'd be wanting bigger scans or I wouldn't buy.

Buying comics from strangers is a gamble at the best of times. (Assuming this is someone you've never dealt with before.)

 

But yeah, the page quality is nice and the inside covers too.

[ft88]

I'll be buying in person. I wouldn't go that route either buying sight unseen.

 

Assume no surprises and no detectable restoration.

[ChicksCosmiComics]

Aside from the chipping the front cover looks real nice might even get a 3.5 out of it

[tjanse]

Nice book presents well besides the chipping

[Peter Loves Gwen]

I'll be buying in person. I wouldn't go that route either buying sight unseen.

 

Assume no surprises and no detectable restoration.

 

I would buy it for that, given seeing it in hand and hopefully not having any restoration. It looks very nice for the grade.

[rjpb]

Images are too small to judge, though color and page quality looks good. Even in person I'd want to feel assured that it is unlikely to have restoration.

 

Personally that much chipping would bug me, but if the rest of the book is really sweet I could see the grade.

[Chicago Boy]

Up close is as good as these pics, positive no restoration I would for 3k

[Primetime]

Ed, 3.0 seems right but the chipping is somewhat too heavy for me at $3k. $2500 max.

[SteveC77]

Personally the restoration factor would make it or break it for me. Free of restoration you could have your self a solid copy of FF#1.

[incoflip]

Not sure if it's something you may be interested in but there is a FF#1

a boardie has up in the sales threads....slabbed 2.5 $2300

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7632987&gonew=1#UNREAD

[timfinz]

It's difficult to tell from the small pictures provided, however 3.5 doesn't seem to be out of reality but as noted seeing it first hand is far more important when spending this kind of money.

 

Good luck with your attempted acquisition. We would be interested to hear any updates!

[ft88]

Not sure if it's something you may be interested in but there is a FF#1

a boardie has up in the sales threads....slabbed 2.5 $2300

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7632987&gonew=1#UNREAD

 

I missed the price drop to $1900. Looks like that got folks off the fence, not sure if I would have dropped the hammer if I had seen it first.

[comicshark]

It's cool when you have an IPad and you can increase and size the image. Mostly like a nice 4.5

[ft88]

Meeting up tonight to take a look at it. Hoping for a deal.

[Mark 1]

It looks like a 2.5 or 3.0

 

The pricing is a bit high for a raw book in that grade. I'd try for $2,500 or less.

 

 

[JollyComics]

Sometimes, CGC may not give a harsh grade on Marvel chipping.

 

I had ASM #1 CGC 5.0 with some chipping on the right edge. It is always a gamble to own FF #1 because the price is consistent and goes up every year.

 

I missed the chance to grab #1 CGC 2.5 for $1700 back in 2009.

[ft88]

Hey hey just picked this up.

 

Love it. I'll post scans later. Phone shot for now.

 

 

[thehumantorch]

Congrats, actually looks better in the big pic than the little pic. Spine looks pretty sweet.

[Mark 1]

It looks much better than the first set of pics!

 

Congrats!