Wow

[SHAMSKI]

Was this a Dojo member ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Albedo-2-CGC-9-8-WH ... 35a44e3777

[Stan Sakai]

I sold a copy of Albedo #2 at 2008's San Diego Con. The buyer arranged for the CGC guy to come over and witness me signing it. That is the only copy I ever signed that way. It was graded at 9.8. I wonder what that would go for.

[Gallennon]

I hate the graded stuff, cause knowing myself if I bought something like this, I want to break it open and look at it. lol still cool to see these.

[Mayhem]

I've only bought one graded item in the past because it was the first time in a LONG time that I'd seen it appear. So it was a little premium but worth it to get it. And yes, I did bust open the casing so I could read it. I'll never grade and solid encase any of my comics... even the TMNT #1 first printing...

[Jet_Jaguar]

IIRC, didn't Stan say that when UY first started, he wasn't able to give away copies of Albedo #2? Seems rather ironic now.

[estee]

I bought a graded copy of Albedo #2 (8.5 or something).

But you can still break it open to read it. It will cost you like thirty bucks to get it re-graded, maybe even at a higher rating.

[rs2]

I've only bought one graded item in the past because it was the first time in a LONG time that I'd seen it appear. So it was a little premium but worth it to get it.

see, that makes sense, particularly once you start getting into silly money for comics.
slabbing something that was just released? I really don't get at all...

[Wily Pueo]

Dang! 5K+ for a mid 80s comic is pretty amazing (I don't follow the comic market much, but, off hand, I cannot think of another title/issue of that era that would fetch that kind of price). Me, I'd rather spend the money on original artwork.