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Superman # 1 - Where Are All The High Grade Copies ?

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woowoo

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I never see any higrade copies of superman # 1 hit the markert

 

Heritage has hardly anything in their archives http://www.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=0+790+231&chkNotSold=0&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&Nty=1&Ntt=superman+1

 

I think I have seen more highrade Action 1's compared to Supes # 1

 

Do they exist ?

 

 

Here you go.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Superman-1-CBCS-9-0-Restored-1939-STUNNING-Highest-Graded-Not-CGC-/131547390741?hash=item1ea0d5e315#ht_551wt_924

 

You never said unrestored.

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Peter G

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Census data shows only 40 unrestored copies, mostly low grade but where are the higher grade copies hiding?

Title

Superman

Issue No. 1

Issue Date Summer 1939

Year 1939

Publisher D.C. Comics

Country

Country/Variant

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Grade Universal

See Detail Total

Mint 10.0 0

Mint 9.9 0

Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0

Near Mint + 9.6 0

Near Mint 9.4 0

Near Mint - 9.2 0

Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 0

Very Fine + 8.5 0

Very Fine 8.0 2

Very Fine - 7.5 0

Fine/Very Fine 7.0 0

Fine + 6.5 0

Fine 6.0 1

Fine - 5.5 2

Very Good/Fine 5.0 3

Very Good + 4.5 2

Very Good 4.0 2

Very Good - 3.5 2

Good/Very Good 3.0 3

Good + 2.5 2

Good 2.0 4

Good - 1.8 3

Fair/Good 1.5 4

Fair 1.0 5

Poor 0.5 5

 

Total 40 copies

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Peter G

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I never see any higrade copies of superman # 1 hit the markert

 

Heritage has hardly anything in their archives http://www.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=0+790+231&chkNotSold=0&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&Nty=1&Ntt=superman+1

 

I think I have seen more highrade Action 1's compared to Supes # 1

 

Do they exist ?

 

 

Here you go.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Superman-1-CBCS-9-0-Restored-1939-STUNNING-Highest-Graded-Not-CGC-/131547390741?hash=item1ea0d5e315#ht_551wt_924

 

You never said unrestored.

 

Ok. Now I am saying it - UNRESTORED ;)

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Bronty

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Its long been known as a really tough book in unrestored hg. From everything I've ever heard for sure tougher than action 1 in unrestored hg.

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Peter G

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Its long been known as a really tough book in unrestored hg. From everything I've ever heard for sure tougher than action 1 in unrestored hg.

 

Would be curious to see what a high grade copy sells for

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VintageComics

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I was surprised at that two. The census has exploded :o

 

Its gotta be a 250k book at least

 

Multiples of that.

 

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Bronty

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Yeah, I think he's just getting at the fact that you can probably double that to 500k+ and still be safe. Not something I'm in the market for, but with what low grade copies are getting, and with the fact you'd be talking about a top grade copy on one of the best books in the hobby, the comparables are there to get a very big #.

 

At the VF top of census grade specifically, I'm not sure it should be worth any more/less than T27 or A1. ie. ~1m.

 

Pulling that out of my butt, but really, when the top copies of the other two are worth multiple millions, a single mil or even 3/4 m for Supes doesn't seem so outlandish..

 

But, that's about 740k than I'd ever really want to pay for a comic so what do I know.

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Dark Knight

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Back in 2010 we owned the lone 6.0 blue label. Someone recently offered me 500k thinking I still owned it (we sold it years ago)

 

I was just gonna mention about your former 6.0 copy. Probably the last higher grade unrestored copy I've seen. Ultra rare in 6.0 and up. I guess you can put those copies as "high grade."

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