Can We Make This Comic Book the Highest-Graded in the CGC Census?
Today we’re opening a very cool variant comic published by Marvel Comics in the Silver Age: The UK Price Variant of Marvel Tales Annual 2. It’s exceedingly rare, with only one singular low-grade copy in the CGC Census. My plan is to evaluate this copy and potentially submit it to CGC in hopes of having the highest copy in the Census! Having the highest copy in the CGC Census of a Silver Age Marvel comic is usually a feat reserved for the very wealthy or very lucky. I want to see if we can accomplish this goal on a budget with some good old-fashioned diligence and hard work.
In this video i discuss historical significance of Marvel Tales as the first reprint series for most of the key issues of the Marvel Silver Age, UK Price Variants, and the CGC Census report for Marvel Tales Annual 2 as well as the fair market value and our strategy for securing the highest-graded copy in the CGC Census.
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What I love about this channel is that every project seems like a quest or a mission we get to partake in.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Glad to have you along on the quest Starman!
@upnorthcomics
5 ай бұрын
Agree 100% but also the intro rips! WOOOOOOOMP!
Loved the video!💕 Just started my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They offer a huge variety of digital comics for every genre, and lifetime updates too!😍
@DrPaulKosnik
28 күн бұрын
Cool! Welcome to the channel. 👍🏽
Can't wait for the pressing portion of this process. I've shied completely away from pressing square-bound comics for fear of collapsing the spines so I look forward to seeing how you do it.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
It’s a completely different process from regular comics but really not that difficult. Stay tuned!
Thanks for sharing this, truly excellent content!
@DrPaulKosnik
28 күн бұрын
Thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, appreciate you sharing it!
@DrPaulKosnik
28 күн бұрын
I’m just happy to create content that is finding an audience. 👍🏽
It’s a nice looking book, Dr Paul. The gloss is striking in the video. A clean and a press will do wonders to it. A shame that there’s a peel at the bottom and the few rips also. Congrats on acquiring it and definitely mid-grade and will be highest on the census.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Peter wish me luck!
@peteralachi3888
5 ай бұрын
@@DrPaulKosnik good luck, Dr Paul!
Great show guys, thank you
@DrPaulKosnik
25 күн бұрын
We have a lot of fun on the show, happy to see others enjoying it!
Looks like a fun project to get a top of census book. Those UK price variants are so undervalues, especially when you consider what happens with copper Canadian price variants.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Once again we are exactly the same page Bronzeville! Appreciate the feedback. 👍🏽
very helpful, worth the watch
@DrPaulKosnik
25 күн бұрын
Thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks a ton, this was super helpful!
@DrPaulKosnik
28 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic vid!!! Thanks a lot!
@DrPaulKosnik
28 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
GROOVY!! I can hear that comic saying HHHEELLLPPPP MMMMMEEEE!!!! HHHHHEEELLLPPPPP MMMMMMMEEEEE!!!!
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Will do what we can!
Love the history lesson. Good luck! I'll check back later.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it David! If you like that sort of content, I have a huge back catalog of unboxing videos in which I go into the historical detail, story summary, and market report (usually even more than this one). Check out my Mail Call! Playlist if you are interested in watching more. 👍🏽
@DavidClark-vu3dw
5 ай бұрын
@@DrPaulKosnik 👍
wow, great video. thanks so much
@DrPaulKosnik
25 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another informative video, Dr. Paul. I am not too keen on reprints but have some of their variants (mark jewelers) so I have no room to be hypocritical. The history on pence variants it’s always interesting to learn about and I will enjoy watching this series. Here’s hoping to you striking luck on a VG+ grade (moonshot at a 5.0)
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Up North, we are on exactly the same page! 🤣
@upnorthcomics
5 ай бұрын
@@DrPaulKosnik great minds think alike 👍
Very interesting!
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Thanks David!
ill definitely try that, thanks!
@DrPaulKosnik
25 күн бұрын
Good luck and let us know how it works out!
Can't wait to start my collection
@DrPaulKosnik
28 күн бұрын
It’s a very rewarding hobby. 👍🏽
Well, no one used to care about newsstand editions, Mark Jewelers, Marvel Age, or Previews, so there's hope yet for UK price variants...
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Very true! I’m actually hoping they stay cheap a little while longer so I can buy a few more keys at these discounted prices! 🤣
Not sure I've see you tackle a square bound book on the channel. Regardless, we don't see many so I'm looking forward to the approach you're going to take.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Daus, it does take a modified method from traditional comic books but not that difficult. We did demonstrate it once earlier on the channel, in this video series: kzread.info/head/PLnTTMDh2v7WEqPui9KzqUC77XITkloyQ2
I think you have a good shot at VG/FN after you work on it! With only 1 on the census and no sales data on pence variants what are the chances that is due to no record keeping in the past? Though I’m not sure when they started to separate those variant distinctions in the records. We are rooting for you, Dr. Paul!
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Dan, it’s entirely possible that the single copy traded hands on a public platform in the past but the data were lumped in with those of the regular US print. If it happened more than two years ago I’d argue it is moot anyway as the sale point is not really relevant to current fair market value. But I think it more likely that it has never sold. Thank you for the well-wishes, hope you enjoy the series!
Looking forward to seeing how you treat a square bound comic.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
I have this planned as a three-parter. Next episode i'll do the dry clean, episode 3 i'll show how i press them and we'll review final before and after pics.
@skypatrol716
5 ай бұрын
@@DrPaulKosnik Well i'll be here for sure. Hope to learn 👍
I'm in the UK and have this book in uk price, I'll wait and see what grade you get before i submit mine 😂
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Oh no! Fair enough, if we get highest grade in CGC Census we'll definitely still be vulnerable to sniping. 🤣 At least if you wait to see what grade i get, i can have the distinction for at least a month.
@johnmoran6418
5 ай бұрын
@@DrPaulKosnik In fairness Paul you’ve gone to the effort the glory shall be yours, I quite like mine raw
Greetings from Georgetown. Do I think you're starting out underwater on this book? Heck no. UK price variants are, in my opinion, way undervalued. The comic market has already placed a premium on more modern Price variants (Canadian, .20 vs .25, etc). I purchased some early bronze age keys from Vectis auctions in the UK in NM/M condition knowing they are much rarer than their counterparts from the US for less than half the price. How many people get to say they have the highest graded copy on the census? Sounds cool to me.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Michael it sounds like we are aligned in our belief in the long-term appreciation potential of UK Price Variants. Hopefully it takes everyone else a while to catch on so we can buy more of them at these discounted prices! 🤣 Are you sending greetings from Georgetown, Texas by any chance?
@michaelsaia997
5 ай бұрын
Yes, I'm here in Georgetown Texas at Berry Creek.@@DrPaulKosnik
You're looking for a hardcover 'Origins of Marvel Comics' ? I have the paperback from 1973. Didn't know they had a hardcover version. Or did I miss something?
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
I’m sorta obsessed with those fireside books. I already own a few copies, including a first edition hardcover of Origins. I also have a hardcover of Son or Origins, but I’m still hunting for hardcover copies of Bring on the Bad Guys and The Women of Marvel Comics. They come up from time to time, but sellers usually want crazy money (not that I blame them) and I’m enjoying the hunt looking for a bargain.
@skypatrol716
5 ай бұрын
@@DrPaulKosnik oh, well I wish you happy hunting and much luck.
I would want to seal those tears, but are you going to let them be to avoid the PLOD?
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
JCP I’m sure we could get Conserved grade, not Restored if we went the test seal route. But you are correct-I’m aiming for the highest Universal copy in the census.
It's got more wrinkles than an elephants armpit 😮
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Johnny i have my work cut out for me!
@DavidClark-vu3dw
5 ай бұрын
I worked at a zoo once and an elephant's arm pit are pretty smoothe. I had to speed stick them once a week.
very helpful, worth the watch
@DrPaulKosnik
25 күн бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Loved the video!💕 Just started my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They offer a huge variety of digital comics for every genre, and lifetime updates too!😍
@DrPaulKosnik
25 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks a ton, this was super helpful!
@DrPaulKosnik
25 күн бұрын
Thanks, glad to hear it!
wow, great video. thanks so much
@DrPaulKosnik
25 күн бұрын
You are welcome, glad you enjoyed it!