he can in the case of Detective Comics #27 (first appearance of Batman) which
sold for a little over a million dollars ($1,075,000 to be exact) through
Heritage Auctions on February 24, 2010.
According to Heritage, there is no copy graded higher than an 8.0 CGC
universal grade and herein lies the point, higher grades sell for higher
prices. Here [...]
Can Batman Truly Beat Superman? It seems…
February 28th, 2010 1 Comment
Tags: comic book collecting · comic book investing · Graded Comic Books · high grade comic book
My Search For A High Grade X-Men 88 – Enter Frankenstein
October 14th, 2009 No Comments
Let me give you a little prelude to this story. I was searching ebay
a couple of weeks back and came across an X-Men comic that
caught my eye – and from the time I saw it I wanted to find me
a nice high-grade copy of it.
Oh, probably somewhere in the F-VF+ arena.
The cover on X-Men 88 [...]
Tags: comic book collecting · comic book grading · x-men 88
Comic Prepping Case Study: Could You Lessen My Blunder
October 14th, 2009 1 Comment
Hey comic collectors,
I have another case study for you, so I hope you enjoy it.
A new customer e-mailed me in late September the following:
Greetings Patrick…long story short I’ve been intrigued about
you and your methods for a while. I’m just coming into
possession of a Hulk 181 that to put it bluntly I overpaid for.
My mistake and [...]
Tags: comic book collecting · comic book prepping
Scareface’s Treasure – A Look At A High-Grade Comic Book
May 29th, 2008 No Comments
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Indiana Jones – Get Your Whip Crackin Lessons Here!
May 20th, 2008 3 Comments
If you don’t remember the Movies from the 80’s that featured Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark, then surely you remember the comic books that came out by Marvel. Indy, as he was called in the movies, liked to wield his whip quite a lot as he ventured to find the lost treasures [...]
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