DETECTIVE COMICS #33 7.0 OW 1973264001
$75,000.00 USD
DETECTIVE COMICS #33 7.0 OW 1973264001
$ 75,000.00
The Cover is 100% original and untouched, not conserved
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Product description
**THE ORIGIN OF BATMAN!**
* Batman's 4th cover appearance.
* Batman's 1st use of a gun and image with a gun.
This issue is one of the three most valuable in the entire run of this distinguished title, ranking number three, behind only issues #1 and #27. It is currently listed at #16 on Overstreet's Top 100 Golden Age Comics.
The most recent sale of this issue near this grade
CGC 6.5 OW Pages "Glue on Spine of COVER" Sold for $288,000 Mar 2023
This Copy CGC
CGC 7.0 OW Pages "Interior Page only Conservation" $75,000 A virtual bargain by comparison.
Blue Label (Can include minor enhancements such as tape or glue on cover)
Conserved (Blue lable with grey top) Blue lable universal copies can contain tape inside to mend tears yet
still maintain it's universal status, however when leaf casting is done to the tears of interior pages it is
considered conservation, or the conserving of the page. The distinguishing difference can be very slight.
Conserving can also include, as in the case of this copy, adding Original Unrestored pages into an Original
book.
Qualified (green label) books, which sell for considerably more than restored copies and less than concerved copies, often include a coupon Cut from the issues that affect the story.
Restored (purple label) copies generally include serious alterations to the cover, such as pieces added, color
touch, trimming, including recreations of the entire cover in paint. "Purple Labels," as many simply refer to them, sell for significantly less than Qualified, Conserved, and Blue label copies.
The conservation for this particular issue involves the insertion of original pages 7-12 from a 2nd copy, an act of conservation that does not constitute restoration, as well as light leaf casting of interior pages rather than the use of tape, which is permitted on universal blue label copies.
still maintain it's universal status, however when leaf casting is done to the tears of interior pages it is
considered conservation, or the conserving of the page. The distinguishing difference can be very slight.
Conserving can also include, as in the case of this copy, adding Original Unrestored pages into an Original
book.
Qualified (green label) books, which sell for considerably more than restored copies and less than concerved copies, often include a coupon Cut from the issues that affect the story.
Restored (purple label) copies generally include serious alterations to the cover, such as pieces added, color
touch, trimming, including recreations of the entire cover in paint. "Purple Labels," as many simply refer to them, sell for significantly less than Qualified, Conserved, and Blue label copies.
The conservation for this particular issue involves the insertion of original pages 7-12 from a 2nd copy, an act of conservation that does not constitute restoration, as well as light leaf casting of interior pages rather than the use of tape, which is permitted on universal blue label copies.
The cover remains untouched and original, as CGC notes no conservation work on it!
The Cover of this copy issue remains untouched, the same as any universal blue label. -- This is very significant as only a handful of copies exist with the grade of 7.0 or higher.
Seventy-one (71) CGC universal graded copies have been graded, with only four at the lofty level of CGC 7.0.
One (1) This copy of Detective Comics #33 represents the only copy ever given "Conservation Status" by CGC.
This conserved copy should rightfully price out closer to that of a universal copy rather than that of a restored copy with both universal and conserved valued at multiple times that of a restored copy.
A very scarce book
CGC Census: 71 Blue label universal copies
1 Conserved Copy
3 Qualified
CGC Census: 71 Blue label universal copies
1 Conserved Copy
3 Qualified
40 Restored Copies
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