I scored a MONSTER deal a couple of weeks ago. Not quite as good as my score of my lifetime when I was a young teen and got tons of Uncanny X-Men, Daredevil, and Amazing Spiderman in Very Fine or better condition for a dime apiece, but pretty damn good anyway.
A gentlman wanted $1000 for the following comics:
Giant Size X-Men #1 (first appearance of the second team of X-Men, second full appearance of Wolverine, 1975) - listed as Very Fine Plus
Uncanny X-Men #94 (second team starts in the regular line) Very Fine Plus
Uncanny X-Men #95 (death of Thunderbird) Very Fine Plus
Uncanny X-Men #96 Very Fine Plus
Uncanny X-Men #97 Very Fine Plus
Uncanny X-Men #24 (first Locust) - listed as Very Good condition
Uncanny X-Men #67 - listed as Good condition
King Size X-Men #1 (reprints issues 9-11) - listed as Good condition
I arrange to meet up, feign disappointment with the condition on them, and cash in face him with 500. He doesn't want to accept, we settle on 550.
Best part? I review each of the issues - he was EXTREMELY conservative in his grading. Giant Size #1? It's a solid Near Mint Minus, 9.2/10 EASY. Value? No less than a grand, probably an easy $1400 or more. This one is going in the vault.
Issues 94-97? They are in excellent condition, each is a solid Near Mint or better. Value for the four is around $1500 easily. Each of them is better than the copies I already have of each, so they are going into my vault. The extras are on the list for trade.
The copy of 24 is actually in Fine to Very Fine condition, the 67 is Good to Very Good, and the King Size is a solid Fine. On the list for trade.
I definitely made out, and the best part? He as a BUTTLOAD of more comics from the 60's and 70's...this morning I picked up a Very Fine Minus copy of Marvel Spotlight #5 (first appearance of Ghost Rider) and SUPER MINT Superman vs. Spiderman large size first print for $50, and also paid another $50 for his last 2 copies of Superman Versus Spiderman, one is SUPER GEM MINT the other is Near Mint 9.2-9.4. Extras are on the list for trade.
Here are some pics. I have a bunch of them on my tradelist/for sale, if anyone is interested.
The 5 beauties I purchased:
Original copies next to new ones:
A pic of one of the Supes vs. Spidey:
My new 94 next to the old (with my copies of Incredible Hulk 180 and 181):
The other issues in the deal (with my copy of Uncanny X-Men #1...excuse the horrible flash):