Golden Age: Rarest of the Rare?

[circumstances]

Hi Rob. Good to see you active around here again.

it be better to see him actively selling me some of his centaur stash

 

[Vision75]

I have an old list of the Overstreet Top 100 Golden Age. Not sure what's changed but here are the current CGC census counts (universal + restored + qualified):

http://valiantman.com/cgc/topgolden_census_20160708.txt

 

Anybody want to venture a guess as to what the relationship is between price and percentage of books slabbed from the population.

 

For example, I would guess that Action 1 and Tec 27 - at 125k a point or so - have the highest percentage of books actually slabbed. Do you think 50% of all of those books are slabbed? I know that Gator once speculated that 200 or so Action 1s might exist, which would make my guess too high.

 

A book like Marvel Mystery 3. Yeah, it's in the top 100 but I don't think someone would be as quick to slab a 2.0 or 2.5. Maybe 20% of all Marvel 3s are in a case

 

Best,

-Keston

[Sqeggs]

I have an old list of the Overstreet Top 100 Golden Age. Not sure what's changed but here are the current CGC census counts (universal + restored + qualified):

http://valiantman.com/cgc/topgolden_census_20160708.txt

 

Anybody want to venture a guess as to what the relationship is between price and percentage of books slabbed from the population.

 

For example, I would guess that Action 1 and Tec 27 - at 125k a point or so - have the highest percentage of books actually slabbed. Do you think 50% of all of those books are slabbed? I know that Gator once speculated that 200 or so Action 1s might exist, which would make my guess too high.

 

A book like Marvel Mystery 3. Yeah, it's in the top 100 but I don't think someone would be as quick to slab a 2.0 or 2.5. Maybe 20% of all Marvel 3s are in a case

 

Best,

-Keston

 

I don't know with respect to MM 3. If I obtained even a lower-grade raw copy, I would slab it just to get CGC's resto check and their opinion of the grade. If I was a long-time owner of a raw copy that I intended to hang on to indefinitely, then, yes, I might well keep it raw.

 

 

[Cat-Man_America]

I have an old list of the Overstreet Top 100 Golden Age. Not sure what's changed but here are the current CGC census counts (universal + restored + qualified):

http://valiantman.com/cgc/topgolden_census_20160708.txt

 

Anybody want to venture a guess as to what the relationship is between price and percentage of books slabbed from the population.

 

For example, I would guess that Action 1 and Tec 27 - at 125k a point or so - have the highest percentage of books actually slabbed. Do you think 50% of all of those books are slabbed? I know that Gator once speculated that 200 or so Action 1s might exist, which would make my guess too high.

 

A book like Marvel Mystery 3. Yeah, it's in the top 100 but I don't think someone would be as quick to slab a 2.0 or 2.5. Maybe 20% of all Marvel 3s are in a case

 

Best,

-Keston

 

 

The 20% that count are encapsulated, Keston! ... Of course, that assumes only one census.

 

 

 

 

The rest are the stuff of which dreams are made. (like Verzyl's raw Church Timley's runs).

 

[Vision75]

I have an old list of the Overstreet Top 100 Golden Age. Not sure what's changed but here are the current CGC census counts (universal + restored + qualified):

http://valiantman.com/cgc/topgolden_census_20160708.txt

 

Anybody want to venture a guess as to what the relationship is between price and percentage of books slabbed from the population.

 

For example, I would guess that Action 1 and Tec 27 - at 125k a point or so - have the highest percentage of books actually slabbed. Do you think 50% of all of those books are slabbed? I know that Gator once speculated that 200 or so Action 1s might exist, which would make my guess too high.

 

A book like Marvel Mystery 3. Yeah, it's in the top 100 but I don't think someone would be as quick to slab a 2.0 or 2.5. Maybe 20% of all Marvel 3s are in a case

 

Best,

-Keston

 

 

The 20% that count are encapsulated, Keston! ... Of course, that assumes only one census.

 

 

 

 

The rest are the stuff of which dreams are made. (like Verzyl's raw Church Timley's runs).

 

haha. Point well made. I'd certify that copy too!

[BOOT]

How about 3,316 books with 5 or less on the CGC census (alphabetical by publisher, then book name):

http://valiantman.com/cgc/lowcensus1933_to_1945_20160708.txt

Wow! What a great list - a valuable tool for collectors looking for rare books. Thanks so much for sharing this!