Any Comic Book Collectors or Appraisers Here???

[A383Wing]

Found this at my Mom's house while cleaning out one of the rooms...guess it was mine, but I don't remember it. Perfect condition, no marks at all, first pic is front cover, second pic is main cover of comic, last pic is rear cover.....

Main front cover marked No. 1, dated June, 1938

I'm speechless right now....

Bryan

[charger Downunder]

Wow just googled it well over $1 million dollars depending on condition could sell for over $2 mil. Good find lucky it wasnt thrown out.

[Drache]

Sadly not the real one  

It was printed in 1974 by DC comics. In that shape, worth about $20

[A383Wing]

Sadly not the real one  

It was printed in 1974 by DC comics. In that shape, worth about $20

how can you tell? I can't find any reprint date on it anywhere?

[A383Wing]

yup, found it, reprint date of 1965 & 1974....

shit....(sigh)

[ws23rt]

yup, found it, reprint date of 1965 & 1974....

shit....(sigh)

Sigh is right---You almost rose a few notches on my best buddy list ---But I'm thinking 20 bucks might be low.
We always should be mindful  of old stuff we are about to toss.

[Drache]

Sadly not the real one  

It was printed in 1974 by DC comics. In that shape, worth about $20

how can you tell? I can't find any reprint date on it anywhere?

Used to work a comic book store  

Sigh is right---You almost rose a few notches on my best buddy list ---But I'm thinking 20 bucks might be low.
We always should be mindful  of old stuff we are about to toss.

Back when comics were at their boon, it was worth about $100. Comics have really dropped in the most part, except for the really rare pieces like the original Superman #1.

Easiest way now is look on what they SOLD for on Ebay (not what they are listed as). Average price for one is about $20 as I quoted.

[ws23rt]

Sadly not the real one  

It was printed in 1974 by DC comics. In that shape, worth about $20

how can you tell? I can't find any reprint date on it anywhere?

Used to work a comic book store  

Sigh is right---You almost rose a few notches on my best buddy list ---But I'm thinking 20 bucks might be low.
We always should be mindful  of old stuff we are about to toss.

Back when comics were at their boon, it was worth about $100. Comics have really dropped in the most part, except for the really rare pieces like the original Superman #1.

Easiest way now is look on what they SOLD for on Ebay (not what they are listed as). Average price for one is about $20 as I quoted.

[stripedelete]

There are a couple of other very subtle  clues that it is not the real deal

1.   Limited Collectors Series .......   Printed across the front cover.

2.  The only kid that could pay $1 for a comic book in 1938 would have been the son of God.



It's still kind of like finding a $20 in your winter coat, right?

[Drache]

There are a couple of other very subtle  clues that it is not the real deal

1.   Limited Collectors Series .......   Printed across the front cover.

2.  The only kid that could pay $1 for a comic book in 1938 would have been the son of God.



It's still kind of like finding a $20 in your winter coat, right?

3. The fact that it says FAMOUS First Editions. At the time Superman wasn't famous at all. 

[69CoronetRT]

Here's the description of the book from Overstreet guide.
Appears Vg. Value ~$10

[greenpigs]

Most of my comics are worth about $1 the rare ones $5.

I spent $20 on a PUNISHER #1 25 years ago and just checked on evil bay and that is about what it still goes for.

Should have bought silver, I didn't have the money back when I was a kid for gold.

[Chad L. Magee]

Yes, I finally started collecting old comics a few years ago.  The ones that I am after are even older than 1938, called the platinum era of comics.  Most of the readers who remember these died off long ago.  When they call these "comic books", they literally mean comic books due to their large sizes (two regular comics would easily fit side by side on them).  They are very hard to find in any condition, even incomplete ones, due to age.  The golden era (1938-1950s) are worth the most though due to the superheros that came from that age.  Keep looking around as you never quite know what you can find.  Last year I bought a mini collection of 200 comics that ranged from the mid 1940s to the early 1970s, with most being mid 1960s, at a garage sale.  They were not mint by any means, but not torn up either.  I paid 12.5 cents a piece for them, as they just wanted them gone.  They are now resting comfortably in a large bank deposit box.  It pays to hit the garage sales early sometimes.

A few comics from my platinum age collection:

1907 Frisky Grampa (my oldest so far, bought for $15 at a garage sale, complete with cracks in front and back covers)
1908 Peck's "Bad Boy and His Chumbs" (this comic started the Our Gang films, missing first page and a corner of the front cover, bought at a local auction amongst old catalogs and papers for $5 for the box, there may be 10 to 15 copies of these left in the world)
1918 Katzenjammer Kids Coloring Book (covering transportation: autos, airplanes, trains, etc. from that era, bought at the same auction in the same box of papers)


Here is something to wet your appetite on finding old comic books:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329179/Workman-finds-100-000-edition-Superman-comic-book-renovating-Minnesota-home.html

[69CoronetRT]

A few comics from my platinum age collection:

1907 Frisky Grampa (my oldest so far, bought for $15 at a garage sale, complete with cracks in front and back covers)
1908 Peck's "Bad Boy and His Chumbs" (this comic started the Our Gang films, missing first page and a corner of the front cover, bought at a local auction amongst old catalogs and papers for $5 for the box, there may be 10 to 15 copies of these left in the world)
1918 Katzenjammer Kids Coloring Book (covering transportation: autos, airplanes, trains, etc. from that era, bought at the same auction in the same box of papers)

Nice finds. None of those are easy to get in good shape.

I attended an estate auction last fall. Among the usual mismatched coffee cups, housewares and assorted knick knacks we all collect was a stack of comic books. I picked up a Marvel Mystery #3, a Superman #7 and some other golden age books for ' a good price'   Sorry, I was a flipper on those to feed my own collection.

I'm sure this is no surprise... I collect Mads and have been filling in the first 23 books, which were in the comic book style.

[Chad L. Magee]

Thanks.  It is fun to look for them at auctions and garage sales, so I know what you mean about finding them.  My best finds have been at estate auctions with no heirs left to bid on stuff.  People are strange on how they value things.  Some people think that they have gold when they have a group of well used "old" 1970s-2000s comic books, simply because they heard of someone having a valuable comic from that era (usually a Mint, never been read one).  Then there are those who really do not know what they have and simply do not care.  To them, grampa's really old comics (and other things) that they inherited are just dusty junk to them.  Sadly, some of the rarest comics end up in the trash each year from people like that...