I swear someone has a printing press and is making new copies of this book to sell on eBay just to spite me. AF15, AF15, AF15… it's boring!
Sell some cool books people!
AMAZING FANTASY # 15 (1st SPIDER-MAN) ONE-OWNER. F/VF
Seller: memoryville ( 3985) Final Tally: $10,000.00
Here's the description:
"AMAZING FANTASY # 15. KEY: 1st APPEARANCE AND ORIGIN OF SPIDER-MAN. MARVEL COMICS, 1962. HIGH GRADE FINE / VERY FINE COPY FROM THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN SILVER LODE COLLECTION !!!
The Smoky Mountain Silver Lode was a collection of over 1,900 Silver Age comic books that the original owner stored away for the last 30 to 40 years. Noted for their absolutely stunning, rich, deep cover colors and super supple pages, they have made many eBay bidders VERY happy over the last year. Even the books bought when the owner was very young in the early '50s that do show wear have the nice cover colors and page quality. Many were subscription copies but in most cases the sub creases ( or light folds ) are the ONLY defect on those books. All subscripton copies will be so noted. Every book in this fabulous collection are FOS ( FREE OF SLABS )!!!! This book is NOT a subscription copy. OK folks…here it is…THE most valuable and sought after Silver Age book. This book is to the SILVER AGE what ACTION # 1 is to the Golden Age. Highly sought after by collectors and investors as it is the one SURE bet of increasing mightly in value…from even one year to the next. And here is a stunning copy with only the most minor of flaws…it has no tears, creases that break any color or those dreaded Marvel Chips !!! It has a ink smudge line caused at printing just to the left of Spider-man in grey area and a little more to his right in grey area…and just in that area a small verticle printers crease of aobut 1" that breaks no color…minimum stress at staples and very light edge wear to top of covers from a tad of overhang. Very light pressure "bend" at bottom left corner of BACK cover…not even close to beaking any color. Full cover gloss and brilliant colors..pages nice and supple off-white. Buy this book now and watch it go out of sight in the next couple of years….it does have a reserve….at close to guide as this one will increase in value the moment it is bought. The buy it now in this condition is well worth it. Guaranteed at least to be a 7.0 per Overstreet…maybe better. NO RESTORATION GUARANTEED. ######## GRADING NOTE: DO NOT ASK IF I GRADE BY CGC OR PGX "STANDARDS"….. I DO NOT !!! FOR ONE THING, THEY DO NOT DISCLOSE THEIR "STANDARDS". I DO NOT CONSIDER THE THIRD PARTY GRADERS SUCH AS CGC OR PGX AS ANOTHER "GRADING OPINION" , I CONSIDER THEM ANOTHER "WAY" OF GRADING…MACHINES TO CHECK THE SHARPNESS OF GOLDEN AGE AND EARLY SILVER AGE CORNER TIPS AND OTHERWISE INVISIBLE STRESS MARKS AT THE SPINES DONE AT PRINTING…BAH!!!!! AND THE HORRIBLE USE OF THE COIN PHRASE "RAW" TO DESCRIBE AN UNSLABBED BOOK DEMEANS THOSE BOOKS AND INFERS THAT ONLY BOOKS IN SLABS SHOULD BE BOUGHT…LETS CALL UNSLABBED BOOKS "FOS" FOR "FREE OF SLABS". THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU WANT BOOKS GRADED TO CGC OR PGX , OR WHATEVER, GO BUY FROM FOLKS WHO SELL THOSE BOOKS, I DO NOT !!! ######### (((( PLEASE BEAR WITH MY SPELLING AS I LIST OVER 400 ITEMS A MONTH AND THIS IS A ONE MAN SHOW…I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO RECHECK SPELLING AND GET THE LISTINGS DONE. ))) ##### I HAVE BEEN AN ADVISOR TO THE OVERSTREET PRICE GUIDE SINCE THE FIRST ISSUE. YOU CANNOT GET MORE "SENIOR" THAN THAT !!! I GRADE BY THE EYE AND DO NOT USE A SUPER MICROSCOPE TO SPOT OTHERWISE INVISIBLE STRESS LINES. COMIC BOOKS, AS ANYTHING ELSE I LIST, ARE RETURNABLE WITHIN 5 DAYS OF RECIEPT IF NOT SATISFIED. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "