What are silver foil comis 0

[Ye hairline]

ive been looking at silver age comics and a lot of the comics i find are "silver foil"... what does that even mean?!?!?

Edited February 7, 2022 by Ye hairline

[shadroch]

18-22 pretty much nailed it.  Those silver foil things are interesting, but they aren't comics and are tremendously overpriced. Silver is roughly $20 an ounce and there are about 440 grains to an ounce so 35 grains of silver is less than $2 worth. They are overpriced wall hangings with little precious metal value.

[rexinnih]

Agree with shadroch. Took a look at some of these and thought might be cool to have but couldn't justify the price. 

[Ye hairline]

the silver foil comic i am thinking about is tales of suspense #39

[shadroch]

On 2/6/2022 at 2:53 PM, Ye hairline said:

the silver foil comic i am thinking about is tales of suspense #39

Any silver TOS 39 is a recent creation, and is worth nothing except as a curiosity.  It is not a rare variant or anything of value. If it has 35 grains of silver, it is worth $2, give or take a bit.

[shadroch]

I don't see the appeal but silver is about $20 an ounce with $5 swings either way and has never hit $100 an ounce so it is unlikely to go up in value.

I'd hang a print of TOS 39 and buy six ounces of silver, but that's just me. I used to have hundreds of ounces of silver laying around.

[Ye hairline]

here is the link. is that a fair price

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/234366565929?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item369155fe29:g:9~4AAOSwSpRh13SP&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACoPYe5NmHp%2B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsSRAQR8FABHjfpFoyRlXhWmahIXj3N%2FMBB7U4ex12fUY56hLN8kXjQ62VovXrW1hVZw%2B6yieJX%2Bp5eAI1Ow2OUbsffAendxUGoLIWIWRvK3oqmfQ85nQIsmp2Kma7yMn2SAFHjm1oFb3RHCBLlXajlQ2v8AHr%2FAaJIyu1SrVC9u1Z1%2FmqFXo1FvWr7P4sThtkkwDiR0us71GQkWcO9A1XafsH3bEePCKjboy5g6UuJfvbTa65kx6kZWGTATogcRSwLP1Py78izjFqhZ2vBpQE4FoMsElCiyEPvkbxkkiMP7t7i3hM6fpzjp%2FeGD8qtr8BQsWECX%2FGc54Yv0lW3veIzo%2FaJ9IgmB6%2FLfotTcTlWu07uqrIg%2ByK4E06ZfOSqc8p%2BUCUZaB5WqtKZvjjmQgSVJfYyhGV%2Bi0byLFxzXGlHTW7otoaPIbdrVaEBv4WRaF0nzggRmLge%2F02res%2BTb69mm8seE%2BOpRo0fuO%2FcWWi4%2Bmau4zmNBtsotibZcmO9xZLYVUNcdkfHqI7lb7ev2ILj1frDG2jwYbyjGSPeFezB77VaIHRPLCa9BuFp1PktPS8T%2Fhw7Hq6j%2ByMjTJxhX%2Bg8e2n8KbBkdbvTTdCEJy6cgLjT%2BxVV6y29gLKHj5TwllLyZzCXvL9kkj1OWE4l4lmERebkObiA8cGMIhTEPKqbHytIARaVzISac5h3QbLb6dNXvi24Ce8jgEhz3aqkY5Fm5LsxhwG7yUxtB5EGsPaOJi2cM6k25KI294RQA1FL1tZAx72uAy3Le4EHKfUPdvAiPECo%2BPqwhKKPq2BQhG0CCOq%2FhoexsoYzBHRlHceHtMh9VcsCkreDiy7fD7vkdeLNFA%3D%3D|clp%3A2334524|tkp%3ABFBM7rSim9pf

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[theCapraAegagrus]

They're just covers. Better off buying a full reprint.

[Math Teacher]

On 2/6/2022 at 7:03 PM, Ye hairline said:

here is the link. is that a fair price

Unless you intend to prove the saying, "A fool and his money are soon parted," then no, it is not a fair price.