Avengers Issue #1
I went to a comic convention in Sheffield today and a dealer had a near mint copy of this in a glass case. He said it was amongst a batch of rare comics he had bought from someone and the collection that it was in had cost him £25K.
He had it sandwiched in perspex and under a glass case and he said he was going to get it slabbed and was hoping for a rating of 9.6. He took it from the case so I could have a closer look and it did appear to be in very good condition to me. The cover looked really vibrant and still had a sheen to it.
I asked him how much he reckoned it was worth and he said he had turned down £100K for it and was hoping for £300K!. He said because of the fact that it was priced at 7d old money ( from memory) rather than US currency made it rarer aswell.
The press were there taking photographs of it.
He had it sandwiched in perspex and under a glass case and he said he was going to get it slabbed and was hoping for a rating of 9.6. He took it from the case so I could have a closer look and it did appear to be in very good condition to me. The cover looked really vibrant and still had a sheen to it.
I asked him how much he reckoned it was worth and he said he had turned down £100K for it and was hoping for £300K!. He said because of the fact that it was priced at 7d old money ( from memory) rather than US currency made it rarer aswell.
The press were there taking photographs of it.
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The dealer is talking crap about the British price. Yes, it is rarer, but it's regarded as less desirable somehow - even though the UK price copies are from the exact same print run as the cents copies.
I imagine the Sheffield local press would turn out for a cat stuck up a tree, let alone a comic valued in the high thousands!