cgc uncanny x-men issue 101 question

[silveragejunkie-migration]

Ok, i went to my local comic shop friday and he recently recieved a bunch of slabbed books. was thinking of purchasing a uncanny x-men 101 slabbed at 4.5 blue label.

i asked how much and he told me $350.00 (ok here comes the question.)

was i wrong to laugh and ask if he was crazy?

[bullseye]

vg+ guides at what 25 bucks? so i think he might be ahem hopeful to say the least.

[silveragejunkie-migration]

yeah thats what i thought. thanks for the reply.

[bullseye]

no prob

[Aces]

Ok, i went to my local comic shop friday and he recently recieved a bunch of slabbed books. was thinking of purchasing a uncanny x-men 101 slabbed at 4.5 blue label.

i asked how much and he told me $350.00 (ok here comes the question.)

was i wrong to laugh and ask if he was crazy?

 

 

They are so many like that.

[tth2]

In that grade, for a modern comic, why buy slabbed at all? What's the point?

[bullseye]

bronze age isn't exactly modern...

[october]

Ok, i went to my local comic shop friday and he recently recieved a bunch of slabbed books. was thinking of purchasing a uncanny x-men 101 slabbed at 4.5 blue label.

i asked how much and he told me $350.00 (ok here comes the question.)

was i wrong to laugh and ask if he was crazy?

 

A CGC 9.4 copy just sold on ebay for less than the asking price on that 4.5...so yeah, he is .

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33826&item=6524930721&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[silveragejunkie-migration]

well it wasnt the fact i was looking for a slabbed copy i was just looking for a copy and that was the only one they had. so didnt think it would hurt to ask. oh how foolish i was. oh and yeah uncanny x-men 101 is still a bronze key issue in my view. but then again i could be wrong.

[tth2]

bronze age isn't exactly modern...

It is in CGC's grading fee tiers

[tth2]

uncanny x-men 101 is still a bronze key issue in my view.

No disagreement there. But you could probably pick up a 4.5 raw copy for 30-50% off guide

[october]

Now isn't the best time to be buying X-Men 101 anyway. The movie hype for X3 is still inflating prices, and will continue to do so until after it is released. I picked up a nice VF+ maybe 2 years ago for $27, it would cost 3-4x that now.

[silveragejunkie-migration]

yeah you have a good point. well i did end up getting a vf for 31.00 unslabbed. thanks everybody for responding.

[october]

yeah you have a good point. well i did end up getting a vf for 31.00 unslabbed. thanks everybody for responding.

 

Good deal considering the current market. You should be happy.

[KingOfRulers]

Personally, I would not have bought the book, but if he has it for that price it must be for a good reason. I'm sure he knows that he is going to find some X-men fan who doesn't care about condition and has never seen the book before in his life and is willing to pay just about anything to get it.