WTB: Low grade CGC'ed FF #1 or AF #15 (maybe)

[Thomas]

Let me start by saying that I don't collect comics at all (anymore) and have moved over to original art.

 

With that being said, I'd like to have either an FF#1 or AF#15 in a very low grade. I was thinking of a 1.0-2.5 range.

 

How much would I expect to pay for something in this range? Once I determine how much they should fetch and how much I can afford then I'll follow up with a post to see if anyone might have something like this for sale.

 

Thanks all.

[Anfield Fox]

AF15 you are looking at around $1,000-$2,000 (depending on grade 1.0-2.5). Save some money and buy a raw copy. At such a low grade there would be no need to spend a premium on a CGC book unless want to avoid restoration problems.

[Comicdey]

I'm hoping to purchase a copy of those very books in the near future in the grades you are looking for. I'll PM you if I get them. Hopefully, I'll get them with enough room to sell at a decent price.

[FourthWorld]

usually these books go at guide and often above (in LOW grade, mostly because they are considered cheap next to the higher grades)...anytime you get them below guide, you got a good deal

[chromium]

usually these books go at guide and often above (in LOW grade, mostly because they are considered cheap next to the higher grades)...anytime you get them below guide, you got a good deal

 

Quite right, I've never seen a correctly graded low grade copy of FF#1 sell for less than guide....

[Thomas]

Ok then thanks so far for the help. I was hoping to get a CGC copy because I think it presents nicely in the holder and is protected and all but I guess you're right in that I should possibly pursue an unslabbed copy and get it slabbed myself in these grades.

 

Now for my next question, would anyone have a copy of either for sale in and around those grades? Is there any place I could find those other than ebay or through other people in these forums?

 

Thanks!

[Durden08]

Metropoliscomics has an AF #15 CGC 1.0 you may want to check out.

[KingOfRulers]

I saw an FF #1 on ebay in about 1.8, maybe 2.0 go for $411 the other day.

[Thomas]

I saw an FF #1 on ebay in about 1.8, maybe 2.0 go for $411 the other day.

 

You've got to be kidding me.

 

Durden thanks for the metropoliscomics lead.

[Scheradon]

When I bought my low grade Hulk #1, I got it at a convention raw. Then I sent it in to CGC as one of my free grades and it came back a 2.5, so I was happy all around. I too would like to get a low grade FF#1 and AF#15 as well as a ASM#1 and would consider doing it the same way I did the Hulk.

[FourthWorld]

I saw an FF #1 on ebay in about 1.8, maybe 2.0 go for $411 the other day.

did you buy it...if not, why?? I've been on eBay for about, Oh I would say 8 Years, NEVER have seen a TRUE good FF #1 go for Less than $600, and I've bid on many (maybe 75-100 in that time period).

[FourthWorld]

I saw an FF #1 on ebay in about 1.8, maybe 2.0 go for $411 the other day.

did you buy it...if not, why?? I've been on eBay for about, Oh I would say 8 Years, NEVER have seen a TRUE good FF #1 go for Less than $600, and I've bid on many (maybe 75-100 in that time period).

Ok I saw the book you were talking about...If that's a 1.8 -2.0, then My book that CGC Graded at 3.5, must be closer to a 9.4 than I thought, and I should resubmit...that book is somewhere in the 1.0 range , maybe a 0.5 to 1.0

[KingOfRulers]

Are you drunk?

 

It cannot be a .5 to 1.0. It is not technically possible. Sure it's ugly, but it CANNOT be a 1.0 or lower. Try again. You're right that a 2.0 is high. 1.5 is probably right on target with a shot at 1.8.

[FourthWorld]

I don't think so (in regards to the Fantasy 1.5 or 1.8) ...NOT Drunk...But I think I know someone who is....listen king, I know you think your ready to grade for CGC, But keep making grading mistakes like that and you might be ready for PGX (Ok that was a little harsh, sorry..nobody deserves that fate)

[KingOfRulers]

That is no grading mistake. It is not lower than a 1.5. Try cracking that OS guide open. 1.0's are left for flagrant defects that often affect the readability of a book. That FF #1 is just butt ugly. You seem to be grading by your own standards and not the written ones which I try and go by. Or it could just be personal opinion. I don't know. But by OS, I don't see it as lower than a 1.5. CGC might put a 1.0 on it. I notice they often grade very tough on low grade.

 

I believe the FF #1 had lots of tape but, the tape was not needed to keep the cover attached. That keeps it above a 1.0. If it is indeed so that the tape is what is holding the cover on then a 1.0 would be in order. But from what I know of it wasn't.