For This Is the Day… That a Superman Died
Adventures of Superman 499 Third Printing

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Adventures of Superman #499 Universal
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 2046450006
Owner: Iconic1s

SET DETAILS

Winning Set:

For This Is the Day… That a Superman Died
Date Added: 12/29/2019
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

I bought this book off of eBay when I already had a 9.4. It had been listed for a couple months, the price dropped, but it did not have a make an offer option. Over the course of the listing I sent the seller a couple messages asking if they would accept a lower price. I also asked if it had been pressed and the response was that it had not. To me, this left open the option of attempting CPR on the book later. The price never did come down to where I really wanted it to be but they did end up meeting me half way at $225.00. At the time there were three of these in the census, one each 9.8, 9.6, and 9.4. I now have the 9.6 and 9.4 and don’t intend on looking for raw copies. Solid raw copies are just too hard to come by so I might as well wait for a 9.8 and then make a decision as to how bad I want it.

The 9.4 that I originally had in this slot was the first book that I purchased for this set that was already graded and not a 9.8. I had decided that if I submitted a book and it came back less than 9.8 I could put it in the set while looking for a better copy, but that I wouldn’t buy a graded book that wasn't a 9.8. I ended up abandoning that idea in order to have some of the harder to find books like this one in the set until I got a 9.8 copy.

I had gotten the 9.4 from a fellow board member and collector. I bought that book knowing that there was a hair in the slab, up against the book.

When I received the 9.4 I prepared to get it reholdered. I had already created an order and mailed the book before I was advised by another board member to contact Brittany at CGC. Once I contacted Brittany everything was taken care of. The book was reholdered and back on it's way to me within a week. The order was changed from a reholder to MECHANICAL ERROR and I did not pay anything for the service, not even return shipping. I did pay to ship the book to CGC but that's okay because I sent it in with another order. Great customer service from CGC and I appreciate fellow board member's pointing me in the right direction!

Now that I have a 9.4 and 9.6, hopefully I’ll be able to add to this description how I came upon a 9.8 at some point.
  
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