My first slabs were bought as a pair from EBay .. 'The Ultimates' Vol.1, #1 & #2. Both 9.8's. Long gone now.
I've "still" got to submit some raws, which will either be my Modern 'Captain America' variants, or (save up a bit more money) my Silver Age 'Avengers', starting from #1.
I bought my first one on eBay -- Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders 14 in 8.0. Great bondage cover BTW.
Then decided I liked the way the slab presented the book, and now I'm poverty stricken!
gozer --------- This is his fife, upon which he sounded the sweet note of freedom. And his hatchet, with which he hacked at the chains of oppressions. And his ... chamber pot.
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Looking for slabbed Gold Key Magnus, issues 1 to 10.
It's been a while, but I believe my first CGC book was Wolverine v1 (Limited Series) #1, 9.4, Off-White pages, from Ebay. That was before I knew that Off-White pages on a Copper book were not desirable.
The first slabs I bought were Incredible Hulk #161 CGC 6.0, and Rai #0 CGC 8.5. Both junky slabs and I accidentally cracked them both, but I loved them. Both are now raw in my collection.
First slab purchase: Daredevil #158 (9.0) off eBay. he best thing about that purchase is it lead me to these boards.
First submission (with 3 express coupons from CS membership): Hulk #181 Silver Surfer #14 ASM #238
The thing I would've changed back them (and this is just a general comment, not just about slabs), is I should've focused more on quality and less on quantity. I was buying everything that caught my eye. I had some cool books, but I wish I had spent that money exclusively on Keys.
My first B'more Con was great. I probably spent close to $1000 or so. I got a bunch of nice books (Fury's, Xmen, Spideys, Cap, etc..). If I were doing it today, I probably would walk out of the show with one or two books instead of 20.
he best thing about that purchase is it lead me to these boards.
