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 SpongeBob Comics #1 sells for $991!
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| The scene: A small local comic convention, basically a filled gymnasium full of comic book sellers, Spring 2019 AD. I had just bought a raw NM ASM 252 for the steep price of $50 and felt I had done well and could leave happy that day. I hadn’t owned this book before and now it was mine and was definitely getting graded. I was thumbing through a dealer’s longboxes, not finding anything good. Giving up and about to move on, a fellow came up and tried selling a handful of low grade silver age books to the dealer. I was close enough and have excellent hearing so I couldn’t help but listen to the conversation. There was 1st Juggernaut, Iron Man 1, others as well. The dealer made a surprisingly low offer (in my mind) and the fellow responded with a higher amount that I thought was still a steal. No deal. So the fellow leaves. I casually abandon the drek boxes to follow. I stop him once out of dealer range and ask about his books. He had very good books in very low grades. The X-men 12 and Iron Man 1 were the highlights. A Batman 136 with a cool Joker cover was a mid grade, presented well. He promised they were all complete books. Thumbing through them in a busy walkway wasn’t realistic and they looked too fragile to survive such a hasty inspection. I offered him what he couldn’t get the dealer to give and he happily accepted. I ended up getting the 3 books mentioned pressed/cleaned and graded and made profit on them over the next 2 years as I slowly sold them off. I was, finally, in the right place, right time. I hadn’t planned on selling all of them, but I had other books I wanted more. I still have 3 non-keys raw chilling in my collection.     |
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| Nice!!! | ||
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| Nice story and congrats | ||
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| . Why did you use CBCS for Iron Man #1 and CGC for the others? |
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SpongeBob Comics #1 sells for $991!
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Quote:Originally Posted by CaptainCanuck They were graded at different times and different reasons. I have switched between graders a couple times. |
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| Kudos and thank you for sharing! | ||
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 How do I know this? Because I've done it myself.
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| @Joosh Love hearing stories like that, congrats! | ||
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 Where's his Bat-package?
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| @Joosh That is so cool! Congrats on your books. That Batman is pretty nice and I envy you the AS-M. | ||
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