Man Whose Comic Shop Was Burglarized Gets $1,400 Spider-Man Issue Back 1 1

[WolverineX]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-whose-comic-shop-burglarized-152556639.html

[Bird]

Glad he got his book back. Now if he can only get the $1400 for it!

[Real Elijah Snow]

"ERMAGERD, I HAVE THAT BOOK, AND IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH $1400!!!" -- everyone who watched that on the news that has an 80's/90's comic collection and has a $10-$20 copy of that book. 

POW! ZAM! SWISH! ZOINK! 

[kav]

WOW!!  301!!  OMG OMG OMG 

RARE

Edited March 2, 2019 by kav

[MGsimba77]

5 minutes ago, Real Elijah Snow said:

"ERMAGERD, I HAVE THAT BOOK, AND IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH $1400!!!" -- everyone who watched that on the news that has an 80's/90's comic collection and has a $10-$20 copy of that book. 

POW! ZAM! SWISH! ZOINK! 

Yes it is. It has volatility though. Wonder if the UPC edition 9.8s carry a premium for 301? GPA doesn't distinguish far as I know

[Real Elijah Snow]

7 minutes ago, MGsimba77 said:

Yes it is. It has volatility though. Wonder if the UPC edition 9.8s carry a premium for 301? GPA doesn't distinguish far as I know

I meant the people who saw it on the news that have no idea that 9.8 is tough on that book, or even realize it's CGC'd  that think that their VF copy is worth $1400. 

I'm aware of how tough that one is in 9.8. I've probably gotten about a dozen 9.6's over the years. I always try if they're close. 

[MGsimba77]

24 minutes ago, Real Elijah Snow said:

36 minutes ago, MGsimba77 said:

Yes it is. It has volatility though. Wonder if the UPC edition 9.8s carry a premium for 301? GPA doesn't distinguish far as I know

I meant the people who saw it on the news that have no idea that 9.8 is tough on that book, or even realize it's CGC'd  that think that their VF copy is worth $1400. 

I'm aware of how tough that one is in 9.8. I've probably gotten about a dozen 9.6's over the years. I always try if they're close. 

Nah I think non comic people probably get that it's a mint condition copy just by seeing the holder and the grade but who knows with some? 

It's strange that it's sort of lowish census for 9.8 considering how many have been graded  ? I mean it's a white cover. They're much darker covers with higher 9.8s in copper age

Edit: forgot about the dark back cover. That could explain it

Edited March 2, 2019 by MGsimba77

[dupont2005]

People who have beat up 90’ reprints of AF15 think they can sell it for census high on Facebook Marketplace

[AnthonyTheAbyss]

4 hours ago, MGsimba77 said:

Nah I think non comic people probably get that it's a mint condition copy just by seeing the holder and the grade but who knows with some? 

It's strange that it's sort of lowish census for 9.8 considering how many have been graded  ? I mean it's a white cover. They're much darker covers with higher 9.8s in copper age

Edit: forgot about the dark back cover. That could explain it

It's a tough book because:

- Black back

- Wrap (very hard to find a perfect straight wrap with no black showing)

 

I've seen collectors pay $1300 for a perfect wrap.  This was as close as I could get.  The wrap is vertically straight but a little bit of black is showing.

 

***Happy to see that he got his book back and they got the license plate of the thieves.

 

[90sChild]

https://comics.gocollect.com/guide/view/150868 top 6.8% is pretty impressive for a modern book.  most 9.8's are in the 20-30% range.  but then again, the #300 in 9.8 is top 6.2% so maybe not. 
There are just fewer people grading them by a factor of nearly 10. (133 vs 1127).  The more a book is considered a key the more people are comfortable subbing lower grades.

The #298 & #299 in 9.8 is 12.9% and 17.5% respectively. 

Edited March 2, 2019 by 90sChild