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 Rai 4 CGC 98 NM MINT Rare white pages Valiant Comics  US $51.15
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 CHEW 12 CGC SIGNATURE SERIES 96 CONVENTION EDITION WHITE PAGES RARE US $76.00
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 GREEN LAMA 3 Mac Raboy RARE in Super High Grade 1945 CGC 90 VF NM US $599.99
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 KING COMICS 13 Early Popeye Flash Gordon App 1937 CGC 65 RARE in FN US $349.99
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 X Men 354 Variant Cover Rare NM not CGC but ready to go US $20.00
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 CGC SS 98 STAN LEE ULTIMATE AVENGERS 1 RARE HARD TO FIND SKETCH US $250.00
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Stable Investments a Comical Phrase? Try Saying That to a Pannapictagraphist
The plot is always the same: Evil, sadistic mothers who had nothing better to do but throw away countless cherished comic book collections. These chilling tales almost always involve poor unwitting kids who were away at college or off in the military at the time it could have been stopped. Then, after suffering several 4 years of dorm room angst or worse, they came home to face the most jaw-dropping horror of all - the realization the one person they trusted and loved the most has driven a giant dull edged dagger right into their back and twisted it! It is in large part due to that very fact (sorry moms everywhere - but you've had this coming a long time) and the many paper drives which occurred during World War II - that makes comic books from the 1930's through the 1970's sometimes rare and worth so much today.
It is interesting to note the most valuable comic book collections were amassed by people who never considered the books to be investment vehicles at all. Davis Crippen (1930-2005) assembled a huge collection of 10 cent comic books - the period comic book collectors refer to as the "Golden Age" - by buying them straight off the rack from 1938 to 1953. To keep track of the books, he created his own special coding system which included the letter "D" written on the cover of many of his comics. Although he might not have ever considered them an investment, they turned out to be none-the-less.
As many comic book collectors have an almost, lets say mental desire to keep their books very neat and orderly, they in turn become unwitting investment gurus and this clearly was the case with Mr. Crippen. Many of his books turned out to be the highest graded examples ever brought to market. As he had collected approximately 11,000 books - his investment costs were probably around $1,500 (I am adding a bit for bicycle tires and bubble gum.) In late 2007 his books had already brought in $2,000,000 with several thousand still to be auctioned. The return on investment? A staggering 133,233.33% with the $2 mil alone (minus about 10% in auction fees no doubt). Mr. Crippen was jokingly accused of having a time travel device by some collectors.
Most comic collectors agree that, unless you are an expert in comic book grading or the price is too good to pass up, novices should stick to copies of the books that have been professionally graded and sealed in hard plastic by the CGC of Sarasota, Florida.
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CGC Graded Comic Books rare
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Rai 4 CGC 98 NM MINT Rare white pages Valiant Comics US $51.15
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CHEW 12 CGC SIGNATURE SERIES 96 CONVENTION EDITION WHITE PAGES RARE US $76.00
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GREEN LAMA 3 Mac Raboy RARE in Super High Grade 1945 CGC 90 VF NM US $599.99
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KING COMICS 13 Early Popeye Flash Gordon App 1937 CGC 65 RARE in FN US $349.99
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X Men 354 Variant Cover Rare NM not CGC but ready to go US $20.00
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CGC SS 98 STAN LEE ULTIMATE AVENGERS 1 RARE HARD TO FIND SKETCH US $250.00
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 EXTREMELY RARE CGC 98 ELEKTRA 3 VOL 2 NUDE EDITION DAMAGED CASE US $150.00
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 The Amazing Spider Man Variant Edition 583 1st and 2nd print RARE NM CGC Ready US $41.00
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 Detective Comics 1 New 52 1st Printing CGC 98 Rare US $86.00
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 ULTIMATE SPIDER MAN 2 CGC 96 VARIANT JAE LEE COVER PERFECT AND RARE US $150.00
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 ULTIMATE SPIDER MAN 5 CGC 98 RARE LOW PRINT RUN PERFECT US $119.00
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 AMAZING SPIDERMAN 539 Comic Oasis Vegas VARIANT NM rare CGC 92 US $29.99
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 Grimm Fairy Tales 61 Steampunk Comic Shop variant CGC 98 NM MT Rare US $79.99
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 PLANET COMICS 67 CGC 30 WOW RARE GOLDEN AGE HTF HEADLIGHTS FANTASY US $99.99
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 Amazing Spider Man 301 CGC 98 White Pages Highest Graded VERY RARE US $340.00
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 X Men 127 1979 CGC 90 The Power of Proteus Rare in this Condition US $90.00
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 New Mutants 87 CGC Signature Series 98 Mcfarlane Liefeld 1st Cable RARE BOOK US $499.95
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 WOLVERINE ORGINS 6 CGC 98 WIZARD WORLD TEXAS 2006 ED VIP RARE US $74.99
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 The UNCANNY X MEN LOT CGC or PGX them First Roma Wolverine Xmen run very rare US $25.99
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 THE WALKING DEAD 52 SLABBED CGC 98 SIGNED 3 X SS 1ST PRINTING SIGNATURE RARE US $399.00
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