You can time travel back to 2010 and purchase ONE golden age book... 4 4

[Funnybooks]

2 minutes ago, RustyStaples said:

Cinderella Love 25 no question

Hells yeh!

[Chicago Boy]

Coverless complete  Tec 27 or Action 1 

[fishbone]

4 hours ago, Primetime said:

Agreed with that. $25k in 2017 and quite a big jump from 2007. 

yup 

[fishbone]

4 hours ago, Gotham Kid said:

We'll see how the CC 2.5 copy performs. Pretty copy shame Brittle pages though (though slight B compared to full B on the 1.8 copy)

the  full B was NOT full B - 95% of that 1.8 was really nice  --- just one of those CGC things where spine are and a bit of edges brittle, but the rest was quite nice. I remember being able to thumb thru book with no worries at all of it "falling apart"

[LDarkseid1]

Probably Marvel Comics 1

[vaultkeeper]

If I were looking at a return on investment, I'd go with Chamber of Chills #19. A CGC 9.2 copy sold in 2010 for $679. In Sept. 2019 a 7.0 copy sold for over $12,500.

[Primetime]

3 hours ago, fishbone said:

the  full B was NOT full B - 95% of that 1.8 was really nice  --- just one of those CGC things where spine are and a bit of edges brittle, but the rest was quite nice. I remember being able to thumb thru book with no worries at all of it "falling apart"

I owned it raw and a few lower right corners of the interior pages were deemed “weak” by cgc, thus the B designation. Other than that, supple supple 

[Primetime]

2 hours ago, LDarkseid1 said:

Probably Marvel Comics 1

[fishbone]

On 1/29/2021 at 9:13 PM, Primetime said:

I owned it raw and a few lower right corners of the interior pages were deemed “weak” by cgc, thus the B designation. Other than that, supple supple 

yup

[Cat-Man_America]

Interesting question, but doubt I would’ve done much differently. Looking back 30 or 40 years ago is a different story as several life events changed which impacted my collecting habits between say ‘78 and ‘92. 

Sure, investment wise there are good reasons why purchasing a major key and holding onto it would’ve been more profitable today, but that didn’t require a crystal ball in 2010.  

Seriously, I suspect we all kinda knew where things were headed.  I might’ve focused a bit more on acquiring a high grade Cap #1 or Marvel Comics #1, but probably not given the price tag even then and the fact that as a high grade collector other books appealed to me more at the time.  One hot book verses several kewl books seems like a no brainer in the rear view.

Sorry if that hoses the fun, but that’s my honest opinion when I pull back the curtain.  

 

Edited February 3, 2021 by Cat-Man_America
ale and pretzel logic

[Nazirite]

2.5-3.5 , for under 8k

[Mmehdy]

Tales of Terror ANN1...always difficult to find even in the early 70's but I should have been more aggressive.

[jimbo_7071]

Tec 31 in mid grade.