Badger Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) On 3/6/2023 at 8:06 AM, namisgr said: Ironman #1 was part of a warehouse find out of the pacific northwest back in the 1990s, one that included stacks of NM/M copies of most if not all of the Marvel 1968 new solo titles. There was also a find in 1992 of Iron Man #1 and Iron Man/Sub-Mariner #1. Guy was selling them at the Dallas Fantasy Fair in blind paper bags. He guaranteed any you bought were at least vf/nm and, after buying and looking at the book, you could exchange for a different blind bag one time. $300 a piece and there was almost a riot of people trying to buy them. I think he limited it to (3) copies maximum of each. I bought (3) Iron Man #1s. Sold them all way before CGC. I know where one of the copies is and I've tried to buy it back numerous times but the owner will not even discuss it. The guy selling at the Fantasy Fair told the story that his dad worked for the distribution company and just ended up with thousands of unsold or returned comics and magazines. MOst were $5 or $10 books but then he had a few hundred of these. Guy selling made an absolute killing in cash that day. Edited March 6, 2023 by Badger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) On 3/6/2023 at 1:16 AM, Gotham Kid said: On 3/6/2023 at 1:15 AM, Lightning55 said: Maybe ComicLink doesn't share its data with GPA they do not Yes, I think it's a pretty well known fact that GPA stats doesn't include any of the auction sales reauls from CL because they wanted to have the prerogative or control to cherry pick which data which they would send to GPA. Edited March 6, 2023 by lou_fine Foolish Mortal! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning55 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 (edited) Curious what the grading fee was on this comic. You have to pick a Declared Value that is plausible, so maybe you project 9.6, to be conservative. That's $10k+, going by GPA for the last 12 months. In that value bracket, the grading fee is 3% of $10k, or $300. Then the grade comes back at 9.9, sending the value into the 6 figure plus range. Does CGC charge you another 3% for the $90k+ difference? That's $2700 more! Edited March 7, 2023 by Lightning55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRahl Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Amazing book, one of my favorite covers of the silver age. I'd hold onto that puppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexinnih Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Absolutely beautiful book and grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmasstermcd Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 I don't see this book as a 9.9 your friend got incredibly lucky but someone graded this wrong. The Hi-Res images on Comic Connect show better the whitening on the top right and bottom left corner and the very minor color rub on the top middle and the spine. and the very minor spine tick just above the bottom staple. Cool for your friend but I have seen one of the other 9.9's and it looks much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 that is a nice book and a nice looking book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Wonder where it’s going to finish. Definitely an unbelievable copy, utterly gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 3/6/2023 at 9:17 AM, Gotham Kid said: would no doubt hit 6-figures today et voila. 106k Superman2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) On 3/6/2023 at 4:51 PM, Lightning55 said: Curious what the grading fee was on this comic. You have to pick a Declared Value that is plausible, so maybe you project 9.6, to be conservative. That's $10k+, going by GPA for the last 12 months. In that value bracket, the grading fee is 3% of $10k, or $300. Then the grade comes back at 9.9, sending the value into the 6 figure plus range. Does CGC charge you another 3% for the $90k+ difference? That's $2700 more! That’s correct, CGC would charge you an approximate amount in addition once it came back a 9.9. It’s definitely tough in this instance though, since at the time figuring out a FMV wouldn’t be easy. But safe to assume your approximate estimate would have been in the ballpark. Except for the price change as it’s not 3% anymore and was changed to 4%. So you would be looking at an additional approximate $3700. Edited June 23, 2023 by LDarkseid1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 On 6/14/2023 at 9:14 AM, Gotham Kid said: et voila. 106k Solid price, I guess about 3X roughly a 9.8. It’s soo interesting how some books in 9.9 sell for upwards of 10X, and others much less. Had it been the only 9.9, maybe it would have went for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 On 3/6/2023 at 7:51 AM, JollyComics said: Amazing. I don't think there will be other finds anymore. When did you purchase them? Wasn’t there another find of True Life Secrets 23 in the last month or so? Warehouse finds are also not necessarily from any sort of warehouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES6 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 That is great. Unfortunately, it reminds of the only 9.9 I ever had, an X-Men 137. One of the very, very few comics I regret selling. But let me not cast a cloud on here. Congrats on the Iron Man #1 CGC 9.9. It is a beauty. So fine. LDarkseid1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
