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12-29-2005, 10:23 AM
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: By a Lake in NC
Posts: 14,926
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What was your best deal on an expensive comic?
I put this over in Zog's but would like to see what everyone here has done.
Mine would be Giant Sized X-Men 1 in VG-F condition. Purchased at a show in 1993 for 1/2 cover pice.
Also, years back I webnt to check out a comic collection. It was crap. They guy said he had some baseball cards from the 60s which had all the stars picked out of it. I gave him $20 without looking at them. Sure enough, the baseball cards - while old - had little value due to the cherry picking. However, there was about $2,000 worth of basketabll and football cards, including 2 OJ Simpson rookies. I traded the cards for some comics.
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12-29-2005, 10:41 AM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 2,652
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many years ago...$80 for ASM #14 (graded a cgc 8.5)
and ASM #129...for $20...(graded a cgc 9.6)
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12-29-2005, 11:07 AM
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Ghost
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 8,648
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I bought Sub-Mariner #1 (1968) in VG-F condition back in 1987 for $6. It was my proudest moment in collecting comics, and it's all been downhill from there. 
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12-29-2005, 11:16 AM
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,105
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I bought 2 copies of Absolute Crisis at $20 each, does that count?
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12-29-2005, 12:41 PM
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Daredevil
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hillsborough, NJ
Posts: 2,418
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I got a VF FF48 for $100 and the ebay seller threw in a matching FF49 in for free because I was his first sale.
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12-29-2005, 12:47 PM
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Jedi Order
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Habs Nation
Posts: 28,139
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Back in the mid 80s, I bought a solid VF Amazing Spidey #1 for $1000.
While I did feel like that was a lot for what is probably a more common book that people realize, it turned out to be a great investment as it's likely worth 20 times that now.
Around the same time, I bought a complete though ratty Amazing Fantasy 15 for 120$. While that's my poorest condition silver age book, I always get a chill when I pick it up. There's something about that book that is truly magical, regardless of the condition. Whenever I show it to people, they seem to get the same chill.
I also bought high grade Hulk 2-5 for $300 during a crazy LCS sale in the mid 80s. I've never seen better condition copies of those books.
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12-29-2005, 01:15 PM
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The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: close to NY
Posts: 1,444
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too many to remember. i have a half price rule i kinda stick to when it comes to books. my latest, had 2 copies of FF48(fn, fn+) paid less than $300 total, sold the FN for 220 last week keeping the F+ till further notice.
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12-29-2005, 01:56 PM
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Angry Green Rage Monster Mod. SMASH!
Super Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Anger Management
Posts: 43,815
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Got Hulk 181 for $40 years ago
Got ASM 129 in an eBay lot of about 15 comics that wasn't referenced in the title of the auction (think I paid about $80 for all of the books so about $5 if you average them)
Pulled a 1959 Mickey Mantle card out of a garage sale for a nickle (nice condition too)
The spidey was recent while the other were several years ago
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12-29-2005, 01:58 PM
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Mod Guru
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: New York/Spain
Posts: 12,787
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A few years ago I got an outstanding copy of Hulk #181 for just under $400. Wound up selling it for $1500.
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