Thought the guy at the con in Atlanta was just being a snob about grading. Then I saw his 9.8 copy of Amazing Fantasy #15.

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Okay but a 9.8 grade on a comic from 1962 is basically a museum piece. That's not just being a snob, that's owning a tiny piece of history. I get being skeptical about modern grading, but for something that old and important, the condition is the whole point. The guy probably wasn't being a snob, he was just living in a totally different world of collecting. It's hard to even wrap your head around what that book is worth.

xena_anderson23d ago

Check the grade before you judge the collector. A 9.8 on that book changes the whole conversation, it's a different level of object. You're not talking about a reading copy anymore.