Amazing Fantasy #15 Graded CGC 8.5 Sells for Over $500,000 — a New Record for the Grade
Posted on 12/2/2022
An Amazing Fantasy #15 graded by Certified Guaranty Company® (CGC®) set a new record for its grade when it realized more than half a million dollars in a Heritage Auctions sale. The book, which includes the first appearance of Spider-Man, was one of 13 CGC-certified comics that sold for over $100,000 in the Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction November 17-20, 2022.
The $552,000 price realized for the Amazing Fantasy #15 graded CGC 8.5 (lot 92002) was the most a CGC 8.5 copy has ever achieved. Published in 1962 by Marvel Comics, Amazing Fantasy #15 is the first appearance of Spider-Man, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The CGC Census has 13 examples in this Universal grade, with only 26 recorded in higher Universal grades.
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Swinging behind that was an Amazing Spider-Man #1 graded CGC 9.6 (lot 92003) that sold for $336,000. This also beats the previous 9.6 sales record of $262,900 for this issue. After the immediate success of Spider-Man’s debut in Amazing Fantasy #15, Marvel Comics rushed the hero into his own monthly series in 1963.
Other CGC-certified six-figure highlights from this auction include:
- a Detective Comics #168 graded CGC 9.4 (lot 91052) that realized $324,000
- a Superman #1 graded CGC 1.8 (lot 91060) that realized $288,000
- a Captain America Comics #1 with Larson Pedigree graded CGC 9.2 (lot 91043) that realized $276,000
- a Fantastic Four #1 graded CGC 9.0 (lot 92025) that realized $234,000
- a Marvel Comics #1 graded CGC 3.0 (lot 91058) that realized $223,200
- a Fantastic Four #49 graded CGC 9.8 (lot 91055) that realized $192,000
- a Tales of Suspense #39 graded CGC 9.2 (lot 92047) that realized $168,000
- a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 graded CGC 9.8 (lot 91062) that realized $156,000
- an Amazing Spider-Man #1 with Bethlehem Pedigree graded CGC 9.0 (lot 91037) that realized $120,000
- a Fantastic Four #1 graded CGC 8.0 (lot 91053) that realized $120,000
- an X-Men #1 graded CGC 9.0 (lot 91065) that realized $114,000
Prices realized include buyer’s premium.
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