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Comic Price Archaeology (Mapping "World Record" comics sales back to OSPG #1)
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RareHighGrade

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On ‎8‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 11:39 AM, rob_react said:

2014-08-24 Action Comics 1 9.0 eBay 3207852

2011-11-30 Action Comics 1 9.0 Cage Copy ComicConnect 2161000

2010-03-29 Action Comics 1 8.5 ComicConnect 1500000

2010-02-25 Detective Comics 27 8.0 Heritage 107500000

2010-02-22 Action Comics 1 8.0 Kansas City ComicConnect 1000000

2004-01-01 Flash Comics 1 9.6 Church copy, sold to JP the Mint private sale 350000

2003-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 9.0 Pay Copy, sold to JP the Mint Steve Geppi 350000

2001-01-01 Detective Comics 27 8.0 Mastronet 278190

2001-01-01 Captain America Comics 1 9.6 Allentown, sold to John Verzyl private sale 260000

1995-01-01 Action Comics 1 Sold by PCE to Daniel Kramer PCE 137500

1994-01-01 Detective Comics 27 8.5 Church private sale 125000

1993-01-01 Detective Comics 27 high grade 'other high grade' copy private sale 101000

1992-01-01 Action Comics 1 78 Cage Copy Sotheby's 82500

1990-01-01 Detective Comics 27 NM-MT Allentown private sale 80000

1984-01-01 Action Comics 1 NM Chuch Copy Private Sale 25000

1980-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 Steve Geppi Snyder 17500

1979-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 Snyder private sale 13000

1974-01-01 Whiz 2 Burl Rowe Comics & Comix 2000

1974-01-01 Detective 27 Burl Rowe Comics & Comix 2200

1973-01-02 Action 1 Bruce Hamilton Gene Henderson 1000

1973-01-03 Action 1 Theo Hostein Bruce Hamilton 1500

1973-01-04 Action 1 Mitch Mehdy Theo Hostein 1801.26

1968-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 Howard Rogolfsky 330

1965-01-01 Action Comics 1 250

Because you are listing grades when possible, you could note that the Kramer Action 1 is the same 8.5 book that sold for $1.5 million in 2010.

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Superman2006

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6 hours ago, sfcityduck said:

You owe me a footnote shout-out on you website when you finally publish this history:

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Question for Mitch, in case he's reading this;

How did you and Theo arrive at the price of $1,801.26 for the Action #1, as opposed to a rounder figure like $1,800. Did that just happen to be how much cash you had on hand, or is there some other explanation?

Thanks,

-Supes

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9 hours ago, Superman2006 said:

Question for Mitch, in case he's reading this;

How did you and Theo arrive at the price of $1,801.26 for the Action #1, as opposed to a rounder figure like $1,800. Did that just happen to be how much cash you had on hand, or is there some other explanation?

Thanks,

-Supes

Mitch has said the comic was 1800 and shipping was 1.26. Hence shipped total 

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9 hours ago, Superman2006 said:

Question for Mitch, in case he's reading this;

How did you and Theo arrive at the price of $1,801.26 for the Action #1, as opposed to a rounder figure like $1,800. Did that just happen to be how much cash you had on hand, or is there some other explanation?

Thanks,

-Supes

 

1 minute ago, G.A.tor said:

Mitch has said the comic was 1800 and shipping was 1.26. Hence shipped total 

One would think shipping would have been free on that book.  

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7 hours ago, marmat said:

The 25k sales to Dave Anderson did incude Action 1-24, right? 

No, it was for the number one only and then 2-10 were in a similar deal for the same price.

 

You can date the Allentown Detective 27 sale to March 1990 since that is when CBG reported on it.

 

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rob_react

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1 hour ago, Crowzilla said:

No, it was for the number one only and then 2-10 were in a similar deal for the same price.

 

You can date the Allentown Detective 27 sale to March 1990 since that is when CBG reported on it.

 

 

Also, the seller. 

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I love the $1.26 shipping charge. They had registered mail in 1973, but I don't know how much it would have cost. I wonder if that's the service they used? Action #1 weighs, what, about 8-9 ounces? I don't have one handy to weigh. 1 oz first class was 8c.

I wonder if it was sent in a cardboard sandwich. :D

 

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Mmehdy

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On August 28, 2018 at 11:39 AM, rob_react said:

Unformatted current data. I'd like to get more info about any books that are YYYY-01-01. Even getting just spring, summer fall or winter would be great, month would be better. The ones that were mentioned in the news should be possible, at least. I don't need down to the minute, just a better time-frame than "sometime in YYYY" Anyone have a folder on their computer fill of the AP stories :wishluck:

 

2014-08-24 Action Comics 1 9.0 eBay 3207852

2011-11-30 Action Comics 1 9.0 Cage Copy ComicConnect 2161000

2010-03-29 Action Comics 1 8.5 ComicConnect 1500000

2010-02-25 Detective Comics 27 8.0 Heritage 107500000

2010-02-22 Action Comics 1 8.0 Kansas City ComicConnect 1000000

2004-01-01 Flash Comics 1 9.6 Church copy, sold to JP the Mint private sale 350000

2003-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 9.0 Pay Copy, sold to JP the Mint Steve Geppi 350000

2001-01-01 Detective Comics 27 8.0 Mastronet 278190

2001-01-01 Captain America Comics 1 9.6 Allentown, sold to John Verzyl private sale 260000

1995-01-01 Action Comics 1 Sold by PCE to Daniel Kramer PCE 137500

1994-01-01 Detective Comics 27 8.5 Church private sale 125000

1993-01-01 Detective Comics 27 high grade 'other high grade' copy private sale 101000

1992-01-01 Action Comics 1 78 Cage Copy Sotheby's 82500

1990-01-01 Detective Comics 27 NM-MT Allentown private sale 80000

1984-01-01 Action Comics 1 NM Chuch Copy Private Sale 25000

1980-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 Steve Geppi Snyder 17500

1979-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 Snyder private sale 13000

1974-01-01 Whiz 2 Burl Rowe Comics & Comix 2000

1974-01-01 Detective 27 Burl Rowe Comics & Comix 2200

1973-01-02 Action 1 Bruce Hamilton Gene Henderson 1000

1973-01-03 Action 1 Theo Hostein Bruce Hamilton 1500

1973-01-04 Action 1 Mitch Mehdy Theo Hostein 1801.26

1968-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 Howard Rogolfsky 330

1965-01-01 Action Comics 1 250

you missed the 1982 bruce hamilton Action one sale  price. I was at that trade and bruce hamilton stayed at my house after with the books and I remember him calling Russ. The trade started when Bruce traded "dangerous discovery" painting by carl barks for a stack of high grade GA. In that stack, was Action one....and I think was a copy that was acquired from Larry Bigman who got it from irving bigman, Larry was a doctor in Sacramento at the time as I recall, I think theo paid record price at the time, but I cannot verify how much he paid.....we migh be able to track that sales price, I cannot remember $12,500 or 17,500 thru an add in the comic buyers guide, if somebody can pull that up, he adveristied it as a VF copy or higher....

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7 hours ago, Mmehdy said:

2014-08-24 Action Comics 1 9.0 eBay 3207852

2011-11-30 Action Comics 1 9.0 Cage Copy ComicConnect 2161000

2010-03-29 Action Comics 1 8.5 ComicConnect 1500000

2010-02-25 Detective Comics 27 8.0 Heritage 107500000

2010-02-22 Action Comics 1 8.0 Kansas City ComicConnect 1000000

2004-01-01 Flash Comics 1 9.6 Church copy, sold to JP the Mint private sale 350000

2003-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 9.0 Pay Copy, sold to JP the Mint Steve Geppi 350000

2001-01-01 Detective Comics 27 8.0 Mastronet 278190

2001-01-01 Captain America Comics 1 9.6 Allentown, sold to John Verzyl private sale 260000

1995-01-01 Action Comics 1 Sold by PCE to Daniel Kramer PCE 137500

1994-01-01 Detective Comics 27 8.5 Church private sale 125000

1993-01-01 Detective Comics 27 high grade 'other high grade' copy private sale 101000

1992-01-01 Action Comics 1 78 Cage Copy Sotheby's 82500

1990-01-01 Detective Comics 27 NM-MT Allentown private sale 80000

1984-01-01 Action Comics 1 NM Chuch Copy Private Sale 25000

1980-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 Steve Geppi Snyder 17500

1979-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 Snyder private sale 13000

1974-01-01 Whiz 2 Burl Rowe Comics & Comix 2000

1974-01-01 Detective 27 Burl Rowe Comics & Comix 2200

1973-01-02 Action 1 Bruce Hamilton Gene Henderson 1000

1973-01-03 Action 1 Theo Hostein Bruce Hamilton 1500

1973-01-04 Action 1 Mitch Mehdy Theo Hostein 1801.26

1968-01-01 Marvel Comics 1 Howard Rogolfsky 330

1965-01-01 Action Comics 1 250

Don't forget the 3 sales of the Marvel #1 Pay Copy after it was bought by Parino:  $201K in 2006, $205K in 2007 and $227K in 2010  

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