What do you think are some of the most undervalued comics out there? 3 3

[Get Marwood & I]

Just now, lizards2 said:

shh!

Eh? Oh, right.  Got ya. 

Move along, nothing to see here....

[Get Marwood & I]

Just now, lizards2 said:

shh!

Eh? Oh, right.  Got ya. 

Move along, nothing to see here....

[1950's war comics]

It's just drek everybody ...just plain drek, move along now .. there must be some Richie Rich somewhere ......

[oakman29]

I'll stay quiet until I have all of my precious.

[1950's war comics]

 

[1950's war comics]

and for anybody who has never seen the lead-in to the great scene above ,.. here it is and it

is impossible not to laugh out loud !!

 

 

[marmat]

On 1/7/2016 at 2:36 AM, RedRaven said:

Spirou Oct 23, 1958 1st Appearance of the Smurfs: Market Price - practically nothing

Spirou Oct 30, 1958 1st Cover Appearance of the Smurfs: Market Price - practically nothing

 

The "practically nothing" days are over. Check this out:

[RedRaven]

12 minutes ago, marmat said:

The "practically nothing" days are over. Check this out:

I am astounded. I hope those numbers don't represent some sort of bizarre outlier. 100-300 dollars has been my experience as awareness of these comics increased.

[marmat]

I think the big price factor here is that both are the highest certified copies.

 

[RedRaven]

I will watch eagerly from the sidelines to see what this does to the overall pricing of these books. Thanks for the heads up.

[marmat]

It will be interesting to see what kind of price can be reach for mid grade copies. A real score is finding copies without rust on the staples, this is a very common defect on those comics, based on my experience only 1 or 2 copies out of 10 are rust free.

Little known fact: there are two versions of those comics, one with the price in french francs (for the France market) and one in belgian francs (for the Belgium market). Both have the same date, published by the same publisher, with the same comic content, but with different interior ads. The belgian version is a lot scarcer compared to the french version.

[10cents]

Considering how rare late 50s Archies seem to be (#100 has only 7 copies on the census, with the top universal at 5.0), I've been seeing copies go for criminally cheap.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/142724424122 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/273149426481 (2 copies on the census)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/253501460509

Maybe the demand is so low that no one subs or lists them? Where's the Harry Lucey love?

Btw, I'm looking for 101 and 102, pm me!

[RedRaven]

5 hours ago, marmat said:

The "practically nothing" days are over. Check this out:

Is there any info on this sale beyond the price. I'm just having a hard time believing this (and I really want to).

[1Cool]

Although not a comic - I've always thought high grade Vampirella 1s are way under valued.  Iconic classic cover and there is only a hundred or so graded copies 9.0 or higher.  Prices look to be on the rise but when you can get a 8.0 for $600 that seem low considering the significance of the book. 

[BlowUpTheMoon]

It's interesting to note that both books were in the same submission and sold on the same day.

Edited April 19, 2018 by BlowUpTheMoon

[marmat]

1 hour ago, RedRaven said:

Is there any info on this sale beyond the price. I'm just having a hard time believing this (and I really want to).

I checked Heritage but ot was not them.

Maybe GPA would share the info about who yhe seller is. I will send them a message

[BlowUpTheMoon]

36 minutes ago, marmat said:

I checked Heritage but ot was not them.

Maybe GPA would share the info about who yhe seller is. I will send them a message

I checked eBay and the books didn't sell there.

[1950's war comics]

3 hours ago, 10cents said:

Considering how rare late 50s Archies seem to be (#100 has only 7 copies on the census, with the top universal at 5.0), I've been seeing copies go for criminally cheap.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/142724424122 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/273149426481 (2 copies on the census)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/253501460509

Maybe the demand is so low that no one subs or lists them? Where's the Harry Lucey love?

Btw, I'm looking for 101 and 102, pm me!

shhh ,,.. they are supposed to be flying under the radar  

JUST TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER HERE ! MIGHT GET A BIT OF RAIN LATER ..THATS ALL JUST TALKIN BOUT THE WEATHER....

[marmat]

I remember seeing those on ebay, maybe 9-10 months ago, sold for $3k as a lot. I don't know why the sale is not recorded on gpa. 

The buyer made a nice profit

[F For Fake]

2 hours ago, 1Cool said:

Although not a comic - I've always thought high grade Vampirella 1s are way under valued.  Iconic classic cover and there is only a hundred or so graded copies 9.0 or higher.  Prices look to be on the rise but when you can get a 8.0 for $600 that seem low considering the significance of the book. 

I agree completely, but I think there's still a mental disconnect with a lot of collectors re: magazines. No matter how influential, how important, or how cool, a lot of collectors just don't seem to want to deal with them. There are definitely exceptions (as our own esteemed magazine forum will attest) and I feel like there has been some forward momentum on that front in recent years, but they still seem to lag behind their smaller, punier cousins.