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this should prove interesting...asm #129 cgc 9.6!

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jbud73

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It guides for $260 in 9.4 and right out of the gate is 3x guide already at $760 with 6 days left. I dunno 10x guide 893whatthe.gif seems like an easy possibility. Any of the HG fiends track this sucker in 9.6?

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jbud73

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You know I probably would have coughed up about $1000 for it about 3x guide and I consider myself a knowledgable collector, 893censored-thumb.gif speculators. I've looked at some of the feedback of the top bidders, its NOT comic book laden to say the least. grrrrr

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Why is this a speculator only book ???? It hasn't seen signifcant growth over recent years (as compared to Hulk #181). If everybody is waiting for the movie to come out and then for the prices to decline (to $1000 for 9.6) then I wouldn't hold your breath.

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I don't know if it is a speculator book only....

But I will bet you the winning bidder is not a "collector". it could be - but for the money that will command - a collector, I think, would rather buy a really nice 9.2 or 9.4 for a fraction of the price - or if they're like me - a nice raw one for a fraction of the 9.2 or 9.4.

While there are some cgc 9.6 or better collectors out there(Murph0), I think most understand that is nice for non-keys, but really not worth it for the hot books.

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You know I probably would have coughed up about $1000 for it about 3x guide and I consider myself a knowledgable collector, 893censored-thumb.gif speculators. I've looked at some of the feedback of the top bidders, its NOT comic book laden to say the least. grrrrr

 

You would never have gotten one for $1000. As far back as I've been tracking prices(early 2001), ASM #129 in CGC 9.6 as always traded for somwhere between $1700-$2500. The recent boom seems to have affected 9.2's and 9.4's the most, but 9.6's have remained at around the same level as they previously were.

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You know I probably would have coughed up about $1000 for it about 3x guide and I consider myself a knowledgable collector, 893censored-thumb.gif speculators. I've looked at some of the feedback of the top bidders, its NOT comic book laden to say the least. grrrrr

 

You would never have gotten one for $1000. As far back as I've been tracking prices(early 2001), ASM #129 in CGC 9.6 as always traded for somwhere between $1700-$2500. The recent boom seems to have affected 9.2's and 9.4's the most, but 9.6's have remained at around the same level as they previously were.

 

I remember when you couldn't give this book away,I would never buy this book at all...way too common.Who wants a book that you can pick up anywhere in 9.4+?? isn't collecting about not having what everyone else has??

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COI

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isn't collecting about not having what everyone else has??

 

If you have an ego, then yes. grin.gif

 

I like this book because I grew up reading the Punisher, and because I collect ASM. But it is common. I'm not saying people SHOULD be paying $1700-$2500, I'm just reporting facts.

 

But keep in mind, with the exception of the first 5 issues, virtually ALL ASM's are fairly common. But it's also the most sought after title in all of comics. Census #'s may be high on ASM's, but you'd be surprised how many of those books are actually locked up in collections.

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You would never have gotten one for $1000. As far back as I've been tracking prices(early 2001), ASM #129 in CGC 9.6 as always traded for somwhere between $1700-$2500.

 

Well, then you must have missed the CGC 9.6 white-paged copy I bought on eBay in 2001 - for $948.00!! Both BronzeBruce and Wolvergeek can vouch for the sale, because they were ribbing me for practically "stealing" the book for a long time. What can I say...sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. cloud9.gif

 

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jbud73

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I'm just saying that I think that in this case the price difference between slabbed and raw is huge, on a book that has a lot of nice raw copies floating around. Look you are still gonna paid significant dollars for a raw 181, look at the copy donut has up right now, though I'm wondering (from what I can see of the scan) if it will fetch the reserve. So buying a slabbed 181 for a few hundred xtra might not be a bad idea. But I think you can get this book raw in really nice shape for slightly over guide, $300-$500. The price jump seems a bit high for a book that has alot of copies around. Plus even though I love punisher and he had a little franchise going there in the 80's with War Journal etc. The character is not on the same level with Wolvie, in terms of place in the Marvel universe. I do not see the movie changing this a great deal.

 

So for me I think of it as a $1000ish book in 9.6. If we compare other bronze HG keys. IE first swampy in #92, were people not saying that this book, which is really alot tougher to get in HG going for about $3,000 in 9.6, thats about 4x guide, and ASM 129 goes for 10x guide, I dunno. You could argue that its under valued, but I dunno. I just dont think the book is in the same level as Wolvie of Swampy's first app.

 

My opinion anyway, I'd be interested to hear other thoughts about ASM#129's place in Bronze age Keydom. 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

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Fan4Fan

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I knew I shoulda picked ASM #129 as my first comic ever instead of JLoA #110... but I was swayed by the 100-page SuperSpectacular and the picture of Santa face down in the snow.

 

In any event, it would have been in ratty condition judging by my JLoA...

 

Thanks,

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jbud73

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The auction is over and I think we all know the winner at a cool $1900.00. Be interesting to hear Kev's comments on this purchase as by the timing of his bid in bid history I'm assuming he was prepared to go higher. 893whatthe.gif

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Didn't ComicmanKev just recently sell his own copy of this book in what he described as being near perfect for only like a grand. Why buy a similarly graded example which is off center for like $900 more. Is the CGC case that much of an appeal or was it a sort or joy bidding/punishment bidding that just backfired?

 

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