SuperApe Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 When I was 14 (1984) I went into my local comic shop and told the owner I was collecting Amazing Spiderman, and wanted the worst copy of AF15 possible (it was all a 14 year old could afford, even then!). He told me he had a copy and we agreed I would work in the comic shop to pay the $75 it cost!! Imagine a 14 year old these days getting an AF15! Total garbage ... still my prized comic! comicdonna and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to post Share on other sites
FoggyNelson Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 1.5 get it cgc graded‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️❤️ Link to post Share on other sites
SuperApe Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 Thanks FroggyNelson! In the UK, getting this book CGC graded and slabbed would cost me a small fortune. If the book turns out to be a 1.5, at current market value, that puts it at $12,500 or GBP £9,425. CGC would charge 3.5% of market value to grade and slab it: $437 or GBP £330. I personally would rather buy another great book than spend $437 slabbing this. Batman 7 just sold on ha.com for this amount (as a 1.0). I know which I'd prefer! Link to post Share on other sites
comicginger1789 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I will second a 1.5 and a darn nice one too. Link to post Share on other sites
Wipple Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 60% 1.5 40% 1.0 is everything attached? great book, great story...congrats on owning it! Link to post Share on other sites
Tbone911t Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1.0 - great book in any grade!! Definitely worth the $75.. Link to post Share on other sites
silversurfer275 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1.0 could see a 0.5 tho not gonna lie Link to post Share on other sites
BigDaddy1 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) Damn I wish I was there back in 1984! I think you've got a 1.0. I would be pleasantly shocked if you get a 1.5! Edited March 10, 2020 by BigDaddy1 Link to post Share on other sites
timfinz Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1.0 IMHO! Link to post Share on other sites
Angel of Death Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1.0 IMO. Link to post Share on other sites
TSwift25 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Is it completely loose? Seems cover's detached and CF is popped. If completely detached 1.0. If at least some of the wraps are attached, I can see a 1.5 on a good day. IMO - as well worn as it is, without any major pieces missing, it's hard to see that getting a .5. Colors are still pretty good and pages look well preserved. Link to post Share on other sites
Chief1332 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Whatever the grade, this is a great story. Wondering how many other copies of AF15 he had available? lol. Maybe if you could have worked for an extra month... a 3.0 or better would be the subject of this post? Link to post Share on other sites
Not A Clone Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 1.0. Have you finished working it off yet? Raze and oldrover 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SuperApe Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 40 minutes ago, Not A Clone said: 1.0. Have you finished working it off yet? Haha! Well, it was only $75 back in 1984. Even then, it wouldn't have taken long to work off. But I'm not sure these days 14 year olds would be allowed to work in comic shops being paid in comics! Link to post Share on other sites
SuperApe Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 10 hours ago, Chief1332 said: Whatever the grade, this is a great story. Wondering how many other copies of AF15 he had available? lol. Maybe if you could have worked for an extra month... a 3.0 or better would be the subject of this post? It was only a tiny little comic shop - I really doubt he had other copies of AF15. If only he did have a 3.0!! I suspect this copy was considered too poor to try to sell at the time ... it was already an important book, but no idea it would become so big. Chief1332 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Not A Clone Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, SuperApe said: Haha! Well, it was only $75 back in 1984. Even then, it wouldn't have taken long to work off. But I'm not sure these days 14 year olds would be allowed to work in comic shops being paid in comics! Pretty sure you earned more than the rest of your classmates combined that summer. Now if you had only asked him for that $100 copy This is the kind of deal I still dream about lol. I remember walking through my mall one Saturday back when they had comic conventions in the mall for a whole weekend. Probably 75 dealers in the main walkway areas. One dealer let me look at his AF #15. I was only like 6 or 7. It was $135 so I knew there was no way I could ever afford it on what was probably a .25 allowance lol. Whoever that was, thanks for letting me look at it. Link to post Share on other sites
Krismusic Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 I would be at a 1.0 cover looks detached and CF popped. I would check to make sure the CF belongs to the book but it looks like it does. Link to post Share on other sites
