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| When I saw that 9.2 I thought man that has to be one of the best copies out there. Not too far off 1 9.6,5 9.4 and 7 9.2's. A 10 cent earlier 60's DC congratulations on that book. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Thanatos Well, @Thanatos, I don't guess I'm any different than anyone on the forum in that I try to buy the best looking copies of comics that I like and that I can afford. I've always been partial to DC over Marvel both in my reading habits and my back issue collecting habits. I do like the Green Lanterns and I really do like Sinestro (although maybe not as much as you do). I think he's a quality villain. The main thing with Silver Age DC keys in high grade is that, as I'm sure you know (and as can be inferred by @JWKyle's comment), there just aren't that many of them out there and the few that are out there just don't show up for sale that often. Compared to high-grade Marvel keys from the same time period, they are MUCH, MUCH scarcer. I had made the decision to sell off a couple of comics (the ASM #300 and Aquaman #35 that I mentioned previously) to fund the purchase of... some Silver Age key. I knew that I had a short list of comics that I was really interested in. All are first appearances of a major villain: #1: Fantastic Four #5 in the 8.0 range (maybe slightly lower) #2: Superboy #68 in 6.5 or better #3: Green Lantern #7 in the 9.0 to 9.4 range Well, FF #5 almost never comes up for sale in the grade I'm looking for. If I had found one, I would have bought it instead of the GL #7. Doctor Doom has always been one of my favorite villains. As for Superboy #68, an online dealer that I have bought from in the past recently posted one for sale in 6.5. By the time I could get in contact with him - literally just a few hours after he posted it - the comic was already sold. He said that there had been CRAZY demand for it. If you look at the CGC census for this comic, you will see why. Soon after missing out on the Superboy #68, I came across the GL #7 at auction. Since I had already sold my comics and received payment for them, I was just holding onto the cash until the right comic came around, and I decided that the GL #7 was going to be it. Then, it was just a matter of being the highest bidder.  With that said, I actually feel that I got it at a very fair price.Being able to sell comics and use that cash to buy the GL certainly made it less painful to make a purchase like this one. Selling the ASM #300 was kind of bittersweet in that, as I'm sure you know, they sell for quite a bit these days, so I got a nice price for it. But, with that said, I had purchased it off the stand at my LCS back in 1988 when it was originally released, so I'd owned it just short of 30 years. It cost me a whopping $2.50. So... that's why I bought it. Basically, because I do like high-grade Silver Age DC keys (really, any high-grade Silver Age DCs... Bronze Age DCs, too) as long as they are available at the right price and this one happened to be. Hopefully, I didn't bore you too much. @JWKyle Thanks for the congrats. I'm really happy with it. |
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| @DWeeB1967 There's a Superboy #68 8.0 coming up on a ComicLink auction starting Aug. 30th. Looks like a really sweet copy. Here it is.  |
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| Superboy #68 is an undervalued key, IMO. Bizarro is a key figure in Superman's universe. I've always wondered why it doesn't get the attention it deserves. | ||
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DWeeB1967 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Foghorn_Sam Thanks for the heads up, Sam. I'll have to keep my eye on that one. |
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DWeeB1967 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Towmater Agreed. In fact, that could be said about a number of DC first appearances. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DWeeB1967 Hey no problem. It was just one of those unusual coincidences where I came across it right after reading your post here. |
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DWeeB1967 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Foghorn_Sam The stars must be in alignment . Maybe that's a good sign that I'll win it. |
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| According to their census, it's one of the top 6 graded copies. There's 1 at 9.0, 2 at 8.5 and 3 at 8.0. Of course we don't know if there are any CBCS copies graded at that or higher. I wish they would get a census of their own going. | ||
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| @Foghorn_Sam Agreed. I think we all want the CBCS census. But, yea, this one's really tough in high grade. | ||
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@Foghorn_Sam #soon  |
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| Of course then, there's the whole debate on the accuracy of census, since it's on an honor system to return the labels of cracked out books to help keep it accurate. | ||
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| @Foghorn_Sam But at least a census gives us an approximate idea of the number of copies of a comic available in the various grades. It may not be exact, but it's probably the best method we have. | ||
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