Amazing Spider-Man Collecting Thread! 37 37

[SpideyFan64]

My raw copy, purchased around 1980 for $6.  Glad I held on to it all these years!

[Straw-Man]

[SpideyFan64]

[Jordysnordy]

On 8/31/2021 at 11:28 AM, Straw-Man said:

2 really key Spidey characters in this classic and this book is still undervalued 

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[Jordysnordy]

On 8/30/2021 at 9:15 PM, pickycollector said:

ASM #2 CGC 9.0 sold for $40,100 tonight on ComicConnect 

The one that sold on Comiclink recently now looks like a bargain..

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Wow! What goes up seems to keep going up and up and up. I’m afraid my upgrading days may be finished 

[Frisco Larson]

[ThothAmon]

[Frisco Larson]

[pickycollector]

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[MattTheDuck]

Today's mail call, courtesy of @ickwinzs - very nice presenting copy.

 

[Straw-Man]

[spracknetch23]

Catching up. I've had this 31 since I was a teenager in the '90s. The only copy I've ever owned. 

[trmoore54]

On ‎2021‎-‎08‎-‎24 at 7:44 PM, Jordysnordy said:

At that hammer price the sticker doesn't mean much - the buyer obviously wanted it. Did he/she overpay? Maybe but as I said before of all 800+ ASM issues, 11 has by far the lowest amount of CGC copies in 9.0+ and for an ASM completionist it's grail book in 9.0+ and I know as I have been trying to upgrade also. Obviously the buyer could afford it and wanted it. I know I have set a few GPA highs on keeper books and I never looked back and regretted it. How many other books have set crazy new GPA highs in the last 6-8 months that now look cheap compared to a year ago.

 

jordysnordy, Elmer/Dutch74 and I started a PM on Aug 2 2016 that we still have going about the difficulty and scarcity of ASM 11 in 9.0 or greater.   In fact I have championed its value for some time (don't get me started about FF 7).  And some of you may be aware or remember I have done over the years comparative rank spreadsheets for HG (9.0 or better) ASM 1-50 (and also FF and JIM) and I think my last posted comparative analysis was June 2019 for ASM.  Here is the current situation...rank/order first total number is June 2019 and 2nd total number is today...the results are interestingly pretty much the same...just doing a snapshot of 1-5 in scarcest in 9.0 or better...

1st. 11 39/55 2nd. 1 43/74 3rd. 2 53/69 4th. 64/82 5th. 3 72/98.  And there it is...only a measly 55 issues of 11 graded in 9.0 or better.

So it's pretty much the same except issues 1 and 2 flip-flopped.  Granted, lots of factors regarding which books get submitted etc but I think, ultimately, the numbers don't lie.  And obviously ASM 11 has that dark purple/blue black brown background that would ultimately reveal a lot of wear and tear and lower grades.  Plus maybe some people "In the know" saved their #3 with minimal handling and beat the hell out of their #11  

Anyway...just chiming in and certainly amazed at the serious jumps in price for many HG issues but also amazingly collectibles across the arc are churning.  

Now...what to do...sit or sell... 

 

[UncleBEN]

On 9/3/2021 at 7:04 PM, trmoore54 said:

jordysnordy, Elmer/Dutch74 and I started a PM on Aug 2 2016 that we still have going about the difficulty and scarcity of ASM 11 in 9.0 or greater.   In fact I have championed its value for some time (don't get me started about FF 7).  And some of you may be aware or remember I have done over the years comparative rank spreadsheets for HG (9.0 or better) ASM 1-50 (and also FF and JIM) and I think my last posted comparative analysis was June 2019 for ASM.  Here is the current situation...rank/order first total number is June 2019 and 2nd total number is today...the results are interestingly pretty much the same...just doing a snapshot of 1-5 in scarcest in 9.0 or better...

1st. 11 39/55 2nd. 1 43/74 3rd. 2 53/69 4th. 64/82 5th. 3 72/98.  And there it is...only a measly 55 issues of 11 graded in 9.0 or better.

So it's pretty much the same except issues 1 and 2 flip-flopped.  Granted, lots of factors regarding which books get submitted etc but I think, ultimately, the numbers don't lie.  And obviously ASM 11 has that dark purple/blue black brown background that would ultimately reveal a lot of wear and tear and lower grades.  Plus maybe some people "In the know" saved their #3 with minimal handling and beat the hell out of their #11  

Anyway...just chiming in and certainly amazed at the serious jumps in price for many HG issues but also amazingly collectibles across the arc are churning.  

Now...what to do...sit or sell... 

 

Sell DEFINITELY ......

[trmoore54]

Another way to look at it is the general belief that these early Spideys will continue to go up in price and not go down.  Talking the key issues and certainly single digit books of course.  So it is easy to say (to me) that ASM 1, 2, 3, 4, 11 and 14 are $20K-plus books to stay in 9.0 and better.  Next up thinking 9 and 13 (9.0) to pass the $20K threshold and then possibly 6 and 15...eventually.  Also, like other collectibles and commodities, buyers are the market and set the prices.  New higher prices beget new higher prices and thresholds.  Spidey rules! 

[Straw-Man]

he does indeed rule, tom!

[trmoore54]

On ‎2021‎-‎09‎-‎01 at 7:37 AM, pickycollector said:

Sweet book!  Thinking the person who bought this book was really picky...