Post for Bragging-What's the best deal you've ever gotten?

[Zonker]

Probably the G/VG copy of Adventure Comics #300 (continuous Legion series begins) that I pulled from the $1.00 box at Nashville's The Great Escape while a college student in 1983 or 1984.

[MemphisChad]

Spidey #50 (vol. 1 of course)..... bought it for $300 raw and had it slabbed. Came back 9.4 with White pages

[runningman]

I bought ASM # 28 for $14 CDN back in 1982 in ~7.5/8.0 condition.

 

I've sent it in to see what CGC says. My guess: 7.5

[mr_highgrade]

Spidey #50 (vol. 1 of course)..... bought it for $300 raw and had it slabbed. Came back 9.4 with White pages

 

I bought this puppy back in 86 for $14.00 double guide at the time.

 

 

 

[ronm3-migration]

I bought a Captain America #1 for $4000.00 in 1989 from Carlos Rosario at Brain Damage Comics in Brooklyn. He threw in a Spiderman #1 in fine condition for $100 bucks. Carlos was my mentor as far as Golden Age comics. Then he just disappeared from the planet. I have no clue what happened to that guy.

[mr_highgrade]

I also remember Carlos from Brain Damage comics. I bought mostly Silver age Avengers and Neal Adams X-men from him.

[tilleycs]

I posted this in a Comics General thread today, but I got this book in a trade. I'm a fan of old school pro wrestling and have tons of stuff on VHS, and one day a guy posts on a tape trading board I used to frequent that he's interested in trading comics for tapes.

 

I was the only one who responded, so he mailed me his list. I couldn't believe this book was on the list. It took several weeks to make all the copies it took to trade for this one, but once the deal was done, I ended up with this...and STILL have all my original tapes!!! Once-in-a-lifetime trade, but I'll take it!

 

[ronm3-migration]

I am saving myself for Hulk 1. I think, I will wear white, when it arrives.

Are you going to buy the one on Pedigree?

[kidcolt]

4 years ago I went home(where I grew up to visist my parents) for a visit. A guy who knew I collected comics called me up and told me he wanted to sell some of his comics. I decided to check them out and boy was I glad I did. I picked out around 50 comics all in awesome shape in the lot was Amazing 129(had a small mark on the cover), Incredible Hulk 181, Amazing 122 and some other good but less significant books. I asked him what he wanted he said $130(Canadian)....I was like sure. I paid him and left with a grin bigger then the joker ever had. I rarely get steals in the hobby as I tend to buy as soon as I want something, I never wait and shop around. This time it sort of feel into my lap.

[comicdonna]

I bought this. The first appearance of Uncle Scrooge for $175 and sold it for $515

[Mike Bray]

Probably the G/VG copy of Adventure Comics #300 (continuous Legion series begins) that I pulled from the $1.00 box at Nashville's The Great Escape while a college student in 1983 or 1984.

 

while not my greatest deal i did pulled early Valiants out of the Great Escape .50 boxes at a show back in the mid 90`s and later that same day sold them back to them at a huge premium -- spent $6 -- they then paid me $ 130

[october]

Probably the G/VG copy of Adventure Comics #300 (continuous Legion series begins) that I pulled from the $1.00 box at Nashville's The Great Escape while a college student in 1983 or 1984.

 

while not my greatest deal i did pulled early Valiants out of the Great Escape .50 boxes at a show back in the mid 90`s and later that same day sold them back to them at a huge premium -- spent $6 -- they then paid me $ 130

 

Nice!

[runningman]

I bought this. The first appearance of Uncle Scrooge for $175 and sold it for $515

 

Unc. Scrooge would have been proud

[comicdonna]

I am glad you liked the book. I really hated to sell it. Did you get it graded?

[howardhallis]

Got this in 1984 for $75...

[TLC55555]

Many over the years.

 

Not a silver ager, but .... a copy of Harbinger #1 for $25 from Ebay. It graded out a CGC 9.8 and sold for $950 last year.

[pkveronese]

Probably the G/VG copy of Adventure Comics #300 (continuous Legion series begins) that I pulled from the $1.00 box at Nashville's The Great Escape while a college student in 1983 or 1984.

 

Hehe, the Great Escape. Wonderful customer service :sarcasm:

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[namisgr]

Wrong forum for my OO Bronze collection, but financially speaking, these books are my best deal ever. Amazingly, these survived moves from Philadelphia to Chicago (in '76), Chicago to LA (in '81), and LA back to Philly (in '85), all without the benefit of backing boards:

 

[namisgr]

And another miraculous survivor:

 

[racnek63]

 

In 1989 I traded a first-edition Killing Joke (I had about 10 copies) for a X-Men 2 in Fine condition. About a month later, I swapped that for VF GS X-Men 1.

 

I'm still proud of myself for that.