AMAZING FANTASY #15 NM / NM 1st App. Spider-man
Winning bid: US $20,100.00 Seller: silver_age_comics( 3826)
Amazing Fantasy #15 NM/NM+ 1st Appearance of Spider-man
The most important Silver Age Key IssueYes this is the real deal. A virtually flawless copy of the most valuable of SILVER AGE comics, BAR NONE!
This incomparable copy of Spidey's 1st appearance is an immaculate, glossy example with colors as brilliant as the day they were printed.The edges and corners are razor sharp,and the pages are fresh and white. The cover is perfectly centered and all of the text is showing on the front cover, including the 12c mark.
We finally got the owner of this copy to give it up for sale after pestering him for 2 years. Last year, the White Mountain Pedigree copy of Amazing Fantasy 15 CGC 9.4 sold at auction for $227,000. The only difference between this copy and that copy is a little professional color touch perfectly matched in the upper left corner in the brown area. It is not even detectable without special lighting and optics.
The owner refuses to have this book graded because he refuses to poison this comic with a purple label from CGC over something as slight as a bit of color touch. This book has no marks, rips, chips, tears, and no fading. There are no tear seals or pieces added, no cleaning or pressing, none of that stuff. Just a little perfectly matched color touch. And frankly, it looks better than the White Mountain Copy.
CGC allows books before 1950 with a little color touch to retain the Blue Universal label. We feel that should be the case for this book. Why should a book be punished just for its date of publication? We feel this copy is comparable to the White Mountain copy, and superior in some ways, especially in pure eye appeal.
If you were able to pick this book up for 1/3 of the White Mountain copy, about $76K we think that would be a steal. Whether the market is ready to honor this book with the credit it is due, we will have to see. This is totally a unique book. We have seen no copies which are in the same league with this book ANYWHERE! We think this book is the best copy to surface onto the market in a long time, and we'll have to see if the bidders can show they truly understand what an amazing book they are bidding on with their enthusiasm for this once in a lifetime chance to own this high caliber, highest in demand of silver age comics.