Luxury Slabs

Graded Silver and Bronze Age keys, Denver

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• Featured: Amazing Spider-Man #62 CGC 9.8 affiliate linkThe book from this week's post. 1968, Medusa of the Inhumans vs. Spider-Man, John Romita cover, CGC 9.8.

Hunt

• Key Hunt: curated CGC searches19 eBay searches we run ourselves. Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Detective, Bronze horror, budget 9.8s, live auctions.
• Card Hunt: graded Pokemon, sports, games19 eBay searches for PSA and CGC slabs beyond comics: Base Set Charizard, 1986 Fleer Jordan, WATA sealed games, AFA Star Wars, plus a buyer checklist.
• Amazing Spider-Man key issues guideThirty keys from #1 to #300 in tiers, with why each matters, a CGC search on eBay and a price-history lookup per issue.
• Fantastic Four key issues guide43 keys from #1 to #286 in tiers: first appearances, Kirby landmarks and the Byrne start, with a CGC search on eBay and a price-history lookup per issue.
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Know what it's worth

• GoCollect price guide affiliate linkThe sales data we check before we buy or price a slab: graded sales by grade, CGC census trends, want lists. Code NICHOLAS takes $9 off your first payment.

Protect and store

• Silver Age bags and boards (BCW, 100 each) affiliate linkThe size that actually fits 1960s and 70s books. Thick resealable bags plus acid-free boards; the first thing we do to any raw key.
• Silver Age backing boards (BCW, 200 ct) affiliate link24 pt acid-free boards, 7 x 10.5 in. Swap boards every few years; it is the cheapest insurance a raw collection gets.
• Current size bags and boards (BCW, 100 each) affiliate linkFor modern and Copper Age books. Resealable, acid-free, same combo we use for anything printed after 1990.
• Short comic box (BCW) affiliate linkHolds 150 to 175 bagged books, stacks, keeps light and dust off. Buy two; you will fill the first faster than you think.
• Graded slab bin with partitions (BCW, holds 30) affiliate linkWhere our CGC slabs live when they are not photographed or listed. Partitions stop case-on-case scuffing.
• Acrylic slab display stands (6 pack) affiliate linkClear easels that fit CGC and CBCS cases. Keep slabs out of direct sun; UV still reaches the book through the case.

Read up

• Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, Vol. 55 affiliate linkThe annual reference for grading standards, key issue notes and baseline values. We still check it alongside live sales data.
• Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man 1962 to 1964 (Taschen) affiliate linkOversized facsimile of the first Ditko issues, shot from original copies. The closest thing to holding a Silver Age run without buying one.

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• We buy keysGraded or raw Silver and Bronze Age keys. Send cert numbers or clear photos; we pay fast and we pay fair.
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