Archive for May, 2012

High Value eBay Comics Auction For the Week Ending 2012.5.26 (Amazing Spider-Man #1)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 CGC F/VF 7.0 – Never Pressed – 1963 – NO Reserve! 

Sold For: US $9,240.00 Seller: dizneyart (4379)

Description:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1
CGC F/VF 7.0
(Marvel Publications – March, 1963)
Universal Blue Label
Superior off-White to White Pages!
Original 1st Printing
NO Marvel chipping

Unrestored Marvel KEY issue

Origin of Spider Man
1st Chameleon – 1st Jonah Jameson
A very nice Original find

Never been pressed for a higher grade, so it will most likely be upgraded.

GPA shows recent sales of $11,500 in the 7.0 grade and it is going up, up, up!

Fantastic cover and art by Steve Ditko, featuring

The Fantastic Four Battle Spider-Man!

About the condition: Beautiful CGC F/VF 7.0

Guarantee:
This book is unconditionally guaranteed to be completely unrestored.

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High Value eBay Comics Auction For the Week Ending 2012.5.19 (Archie #1)

Archie Comics #1 CGC 4.0 OW/W 1st Ms. Andrews 1st Teen Comic Bob Montana MLJ 

Sold For: US $23,200.00 Seller: sparklecitycomics (45175)

Description:

Archie Comics #1 CGC 4.0 OW/W 1st Ms. Andrews 1st Teen Comic Bob Montana MLJ

Archie Andrews is one of the longest running and most important comic book characters of all-time. Unlike the Superhero genre, where there is debate and competition, there is no other teen humor character even close in significance. Archie Comics #1 is an important and highly desirable comic that features several Key firsts. Its the first appearance of Ms. Andrews (Archie's mother), the first time the Archie-Veronica relationship is explained in detail, and this book is the first comic entirely devoted to teens. This stunning copy was graded 4.0 because of the relatively small piece out of the back cover. One look at the front cover scan will tell you thius is no ordinary 4.0 copy. This example can easily pass for a 6.0 to 7.0 copy and even though it received OW/WHITE pages, looking at the book before submission made us think it should have received WHITE pages as the interior, both covers and pages were bone white. Archie Comics #1 is finally getting its due over the past couple of years and we think there is plenty of room to appreciate based on importnace and scarcity. Consider this, there are ONLY 27 copies of Archie #1 that have been certified as compared with 174 copies of Batman #1 and 96 copies of Superman #1. There are only 6 certified copies that have graded higher and probably no more than 3 of them can eqaul the cover appeal. The original owner title adds to the appeal considering this copy was just pulled from a box where it sat for the better part of 6 decades less than a week ago. We are certain this important and scarce piece of Americana will find a great home. Serial number 1097565014

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High Value eBay Comics Auction For the Week Ending 2012.5.12 (Amazing Fantasy 15)

AMAZING FANTASY #15 CGC VG/FN (5.0) OW/WHITE 1ST SPIDEY 

Sold For: US $13,995.00 Seller: kevinm562 (1274)

Description:

OFFERED FOR SALE HERE IS AMAZING FANTASY #15 CGC GRADED VG/FN (5.0) OFF-WHITE TO WHITE PAGES. STAN LEE STORY AND JACK KIRBY COVER, STEVE DITKO ART. 1ST APPEARANCE OF THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (AUGUST 1962). NICELY CENTERED, PERFECTLY ALIGNED, WITH NEAR PERFECT OFF-WHITE TO WHITE PAGES. A VERY NICE MIDDLE GRADE BOOK THAT WOULD FIT NICELY IN A SERIOUS SPIDER-MAN COLLECTION!

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High Value eBay Comics Auction For the Week Ending 2012.5.5 (Captain America Comics #46)

Captain America Comics #46 Vol 1 Grade: 5.0 Rare 1945 Original No Reserve! 

Sold For:4,250.00 Seller:
Member id bijoubaby05(1031)

Description:

Captain America Comics #46

Features: Holocaust Cover. Human Torch Story
Grade: Well this is it, arguably the most classic cover in comics! Please look at the pictures to decide the grade for yourself. In my opinion this comic looks like a 5.0 and really is in fantastic shape. There is just a tiny bit of tape on the spine. The cover was cleaned and really looks great with very fresh and bright colors that really pop out at you. The interior is in really nice shape. The comic is 100% complete.
Page Quality: Off-White

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