Which Comic you own has appreciated the most in value?6902
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| For me it is Amazing Spiderman 300, I bought back in 95-96 at a store that had 50% off all back issues and had this one listed at $24, so with the discount I eneded up paying about $12, which to me at the time was a huge amount of money, I was in my early teens. A month ago I had sent to CGC for grading (I regret not doing pressing) and should be arriving today, but on their website the score reads 9.4, on ebay I see that such scored varies between $500-$600. |
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| Great deal! Mine is my TMNT 1 9.4 grade.I have a 300 yet to be graded. I will get to it at some point. However, I didn't get such a sweet deal on mine as you did!! | ||
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| https://e3effa51eee72fd900e3-2fb779bd12ec72d4612275342f2c9187.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/bece6f2fc553f2cface29c6b9580f1cc.jpg Bought this beauty probably a little over 10 years ago for $100 - it was a little steep for me but I thought it looked so good I went ahead and bought it. We agreed it was around VF (8.0) but it might grade higher (I'll know in about 2 months!) |
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doog private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Coverless Spider-Man 1 or coverless X Men 1. Paid $100 each. Think they are 7-800 each now | ||
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martymann private msg quote post Address this user | |
Bought it for a dime. OO mm |
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doog private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Your the one! Always knew someone out there paid cover price. | ||
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00slim private msg quote post Address this user | |
| If we’re talking what I paid vs. final value, I’d say my original Tales of Suspense 52. Got It raw for $35. It came back a 4.0 from across the street & I sold it for $375. But for jump in value, I’d say my 8.0 House of Secrets 92. My wife got it for me as an anniversary gift. At the time, she overpaid for it at $800 if memory serves me correctly. I see that grade consistently going for $1600+ now. |
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Batman79 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Think I paid $75 for my TMNT 1 at the time. | ||
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| I think Marty has the best purchase! | ||
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DavidM private msg quote post Address this user | |
Marty has me beat, but these showed a good increase. I have a few New Mutants 98 that I bought when it came out. They were 25% off cover price because it was on my pull list (75 cents each). Two were 9.8s. Here’s one; |
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00slim private msg quote post Address this user | |
| It would have been Cerebras The Ardvark #1. Bought a small collection maybe 15 years ago for $50 or so and it was in there. I didn’t know it was a sought after book at the time. I thought it was indie drek and sold it in a larger lot for maybe $1 per issue. Damn. If I’d only known. |
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 Suck it up, buttercup!!
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| Probably my NYX 3, Next Men 21 or Batman 608 2nd print - picked all these up at cover price at my LCS when they first came out. Bought the 608 by accident!! dont't usually go for 2nd prints. My Flash 139 is doing ok, is CGC 7.0 but I bought it raw a long time ago for $40-$50 bucks. Picked up my Batman Adventures #12 for $25 is a 9.0 maybe a bit higher?? Hard to beat the pure cover price for % increases. |
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 SpongeBob Comics #1 sells for $991!
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| I bought a Morbius #1 (2013) 2nd print off MCS for $1.70+ship on 7/2 to go towards completing the series in my pc. MCS was the only place I could find one. Last sales on eBay were $16, 18, and $20 on 7/5-7/6. There’s many listed now. Small potatoes but probably my best increase relatively speaking. |
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 I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans.
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esaravo private msg quote post Address this user | |
Bought new for cover price when I was 17 years old. Grading was extra. |
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Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user | |
 Quote: Originally Posted by esaravo |
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conditionfreak private msg quote post Address this user | |
Think I paid around .12 cents. Might have got it in a trade. Don't really remember, but whatever it cost me. It was less than a quarter. |
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 It was a one trick pony show but always hilarious.
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| I bought a Hulk 181 which turned out to be a 6.0 for $240US. Marvel Super Heroes 18 1st gotg VF/VF+ for $16US. New Mutants 98 a 9.8 candidate $70 Canadian. Batman Adventures 12 VF+ $60US |
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| Hulk 181 bought for $120. Sold for $1500 Iron man #1 two copies. Bought both for $50 each. Sold for around $700 each. Journey into mystery 83. Bought for $500. Sold for $3,300. My secret was just buying all these books 15+ years ago. I don’t think most modern books will jump as much as these did. |
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| Batman adventures. Paid 1.25 Never read it, sent it in a month ago. The LCS and I figure a 9.6 to a 9.8. We shall see... | ||
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 The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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I purchased this for about $650. The go collect site registers the book over 5k. (I dont have access to other price guides to see if that is accurate though) |
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CatmanAmerica private msg quote post Address this user | |
This is a 9.6 GFC with White pages. It wasn't cheap when purchased, but a sister copy with exactly the same pedigree, grade and appearance tripled in value based on the last major auction sale. Given the classic Wally Wood cover, Gaines File Copy status, art & story content and general coolness of the book, I can understand the interest and price realized. As a speculator, this all makes sense and of interest to me, but as a collector uninterested in selling, this is more of a curiosity that validates the purchase...    . |
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Hulk #181. Got it from some dude in 1988 for $2. Sent it to CGC graded 5.5. Worth $2000 now.  |
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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| In percentage terms my best purchases were the five copies of ASM # 300 I bought at my LCS at cover price. While they are worth more now I had them graded (four were pressed) and I sold my four 9.8s and one 9.6 around 2012 / 2013. My biggest gain in terms of dollar amount was this book that I bought in 2013 and sold in 2017:  |
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| I bought a Hulk 181 at a comic shop in 1989 for $120. I had it graded 7 years ago and it got 6.0 A year or so later I had it CPR'd to a 7.0  I bought this in 2012 for a little over $2400. Not a big increase by percentage, but the last recorded GPA sale in this grade was $7350  I bought this new when it came out.  One of these. |
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| Amazing Fantasy #15. Traded comics that cost me $300 for a low grade copy. It's worth a lot more now. | ||
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| All that comes to mind for me is also Batman Adventures #12. At the time my LCS was giving me between 30% and 40% off from cover price, so I either paid 75 or 88 cents for it. I pretty much bought every DC comic from the mid-80's until my LCS closed in 1998 so I'll have to check and see if any issues shot up in value.I didn't buy a whole lot of Marvels so I'll have to dig through my boxes, but I don't think I have NM 98 or ASM 300. For TMNT I was a year or two late and missed the first printing of number one, but I do have many of what were published after 1984, along with many other independent comics. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by martymann I'll give you $100 fir it. That's an amazing return on your original investment. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by VaComicsGuy You'll have to do a little better than that...I was offered a $100.00 for it back in 1980. Marty |
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I have a few books that I bought in the 90's that are worth substantially more that what I paid for them. The few books below were purchased for .20 each.    I also picked up 4 copies of Preacher #1 at a garage sale. The seller stated her brother owned a comic book store, that closed down, and had his boxes stored at his mom's home. The seller told the brother the boxes were taking up too much space at the mom's house and asked if she could sell some of his books. The brother told her she could as long as she didn't tell her what she sold and the price. There were about 4 boxes of 90's books for 4/$1. The Preachers were overlooked since everyone was looking for books with Deadpool appearances. I got the 4 graded and it came back with 2 CGC 9.8, 1 CGC 9.6, and a CGC 9.4. |
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