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glorkar Posts: 578
3/21/2022
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Neat story about a copy of Marvel Comics #1 with notes written on it about how much was owed to each creator.
Rare Copy of First Marvel Comic Sells for $2.4 Million - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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glarimer Posts: 54
3/21/2022
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How did it get a 9.2 from CGC with writing all over it? 😀
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Xvipah73 Posts: 273
3/21/2022
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A lot of that kind of stuff is forgiven for Golden Age books. They are "graded to a different standard" the writing is considered part of the charm. As long as the corners, cover, pages, etc... are good, most of the grading houses ignore writing.
It's similar for Silver Age with Comic Shop markings on the front or back as well.
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kds_comics Posts: 652
3/22/2022
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glorkar wrote:
Neat story about a copy of Marvel Comics #1 with notes written on it about how much was owed to each creator.
Rare Copy of First Marvel Comic Sells for $2.4 Million - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Is there another link to the story other than NYT? They make you subscribe before you get to read anything.
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glorkar Posts: 578
3/22/2022
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Odd. I don't subscribe and didn't have to log in or anything.
If you just do a web search for marvel comic 2.4 million there are a ton of articles that come up.
Most of the articles are pretty short and don't include everything in the NYT article.
The big bit missing is:
"The copy sold last week is in remarkable condition for a book that is more than 80 years old, perhaps because it had been hidden in a file cabinet until it was discovered in 1993 or 1994, Mr. Fishler said. The cabinet had belonged to Lloyd Jacquet, who started a company, Funnies Inc., which sold comic book stories and artwork to publishers. Mr. Jacquet died in 1970.
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It was a freak of nature that this book was saved,” Mr. Fishler said.
On the cover and seven of the pages, Mr. Jacquet wrote how much his company owed artists including Frank R. Paul, who was paid $25 to illustrate the cover, Mr. Fishler said.
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The copy passed through several hands from the time it was discovered in the file cabinet, the location of which was unclear. In 2003, the copy fetched as much as $350,000"
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
3/26/2022
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glarimer wrote:
How did it get a 9.2 from CGC with writing all over it? 😀
IMHO it shouldn't have ever gotten that grade. Because the writing is historically important and it has provenance it carries very low weight. Beneath that writing, though, it is supposedly one of if not the highest grade copies known.
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