Star Wars #1 35 Cent Variant CGC 9.0 White Pages New Movie Hot Book


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Star Wars 1 35 Cent Variant  CGC  90  White Pages New Movie Hot Book
Auction Details:
Code ID
#6810
Ebay Item #
171907346217
Sold Price
$13540.80
Bids
1
Auction End date
21 Sep 2015
Seller Location
Aylesbury

Item Description

Star Wars Cent Varient CGC .0 a.imagelink color: a:hover.imagelink color: a:visited.imagelink color: B B B a.imagelink img.auctionimage border: px solid a:visited.imagelink img.auctionimage border: px solid B B B



STAR WARS This is a stunning example of the cent variant CGC .0 only copies in the world are higher than this.. A bit of HistoryThe Star Wars first printing comic is a must-have for collectors. As with most issues Star Wars has the bulk of the value in this series. Released before the movie came out the book didn t reveal the whole story it merely served as an introduction. nbsp It nbsp is the comic that has always appealed to Star Wars collectors and comic collectors alike. nbsp Star Wars rsquo s nbsp classic cover by Howard Chaykin and Tom Palmer is striking in this grade and are very hard to come by as having been released in it is now almost forty years old. nbsp Demand has always been high for this book from collectors and the announcement of a new movie has only increased interest. nbsp nbsp The Cent Variant The Star Wars cent variant has been one of the most valuable and sought after comic books of the Bronze Age for several years. The cent variant of Star Wars had very limited distribution, and although the exact numbers aren rsquo t known, the Overstreet estimate is about 00 copies. The most important piece of information you must know about the Star Wars cent variant is the true variant has a bar code in the UPC square. There are copies that were distributed in packs with the cent price tag but the square where the UPC code should be is blank. Why is there a variant nbsp Marvel typically tested price increases on a limited basis before rolling out the increase over all their comic titles. From mid to early , single issues of Marvel comics were priced at 0 cents each, but the company wanted to gauge the resistance to a proposed price increase, and thus began pricing their comics at cents instead of 0 cents, but only in very limited markets. The first four issues of Star Wars comics fell within this five month test market window.

The ldquo cent rdquo test marketed books saw limited distribution in only four U.S. cities:
Distribution markings on the top edge of each book indicate its origin city

Memphis, TN
Toledo, OH
Tuscaloosa, AL
Wilmington, NC

Supposedly, all of the cent variants were only sold in these four cities there rsquo s a rumor of possibly a fifth city, but it rsquo s still a matter of speculation .

Every Marvel book published in the months of June through October, , had a cent version distributed to one of the above four cities, while the 0 cent books were distributed everywhere else. The test marketing was successful beginning in November , all Marvel books were sold with the ldquo new rdquo cent cover price coinciding with Star Wars .This Comic:
To say that cent price variants are elusive is an understatement. To top that there are only comics graded higher than this in the world - just
As of March 0 CGC has only graded of the cent price variant in all grades. nbsp There are only books graded higher than this copy ndash that rsquo s in the entire world. nbsp You can t go wrong with this incredible investment grade example. Sources: http://forum.rebelscum.com/t 0 / nbsp nbsp http://www.comicbooksecrets.com/theblog/uncategorized/star-wars- - -cent-edition-investment-review/ nbsp It is the ultimate bronze-age comic and is as nice a copy as you will ever come across. nbsp Trades are welcome - tell me what you got - sensible offers only please nbsp





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