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Pawn Stars: RARE MARVEL COMIC BOOK - "This Book Has EXPLODED in Value!" (Season 18) - YouTube
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- Hey, how's it going?
- Good.
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How about yourself?
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I'm good.
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So what do we have here?
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We have a graded "Werewolf
By Night" comic book.
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OK.
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"Werewolf By Night," I mean,
what would really scare me
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is a werewolf by day.
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[laughs] I'm at
the pawn shop today
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to try to sell my "Werewolf
By Night" comic book.
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This is a 9.8 graded
comic book of issue
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32, which is the first
appearance of Moon Knight.
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If I make the sale today,
I'm hoping to use the money
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to help me pay for college.
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This is interesting.
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Where in the world
did you get this?
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Uh, I went garage
sale shopping
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and there was a whole entire bin
of comic books and I got them.
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I love Marvel comics.
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And that was in there.
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I saw that it was
pretty pristine and went
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and got it graded,
and surprisingly it
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came out at 9.8.
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OK.
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I mean, that's a great rating.
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I've never seen it 9.8
grade comic book in my life.
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But here's what I'll tell
you right off the bat,
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I've never heard
of this comic book
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character in my entire life.
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So what can you tell me
about "Werewolf By Night?"
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Well, the werewolf
comic started in 1972.
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This one came out
August 1975, and is
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the premiere of Moon Knight,
who is the enemy of werewolf.
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OK, um, so what are
you asking for this?
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I'm asking for $60,000.
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$60,000.
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Yes, sir.
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OK, um, normally
I would just say,
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no but you have this
9.8 grading on this.
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And realistically,
I feel like this
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might be worth a lot of money
and I don't know about it.
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Mm-hmm.
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Do you mind if I have
a buddy of mine come down
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and take a look at it?
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Sure.
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OK, I'll be back
as soon as I can.
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All right.
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I know my asking price is
kind of high for most people,
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but I know how
much this is worth
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and I'm ready to negotiate.
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So Steve, I'm going
to just let you know
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I have no idea who Werewolf is.
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I don't know who Moon Knight is.
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But I feel like
this is important,
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and I don't really know why.
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This is a massive
book right now.
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"Werewolf By Night" is part
of Marvel's horror line
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that they began in
the early 1970s.
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Just by chance the writer
creates Moon Knight,
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character gets put in
there, everyone forgets.
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The series gets
canceled, the issue 42,
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all the monsters go away.
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Years later someone
says, hey, that Moon
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Knight guy was pretty good,
why don't we use him again?
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And so Moon Knight was used in
various comics over the years
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and his fan base began to grow.
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The issue 32 is actually
quite hard to find.
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There's more issues of
number 1 than issue 32,
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so it's a perfect storm.
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You have a first
appearance of what
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now is a major
character in a book
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that was dying at the time.
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And with news that Moon Knight
is getting his own streaming
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series, the fan base
has just gone crazy
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and this book has
exploded in value.
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I actually have this book
in my personal collection,
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but my book is only a 6.0.
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I could never even
dream of having a 9.8.
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You know, for working
out as much as you do,
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man, you're kind of a nerd.
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[laughs]
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So here's the deal, right?
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Like, she's asking for $60,000.
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So give me an idea of
what this is worth,
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because it kind of
seems like you're
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telling me about a bubble.
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Well, I think $60,000
is a bit strong.
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It's not like she's way off
base here, but not quite yet.
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However, for you, the
maximum value of this book
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would be $50,000.
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Damn.
[laughs]
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I know.
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It sounds amazing.
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Thank you very
much for coming down.
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Um, me and her have
some business to do.
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All right.
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It's a beautiful book.
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Thank you.
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It was a pleasure seeing it.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I got to say it's very rare
that I'm in this position.
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What would you
realistically take for it?
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Honestly I wouldn't
go lower than $52,000.
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OK, um, do yourself a favor
and sell it somewhere else.
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It's too rich for my blood
and I'm not going to be
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able to take the risk on it.
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No problem.
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I understand.
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OK.
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Well, thank you very much.
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I mean, this was a huge
learning experience for me.
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Let's put it that way.
Thank you.
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Have a good day.
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Thank you.
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You as well.
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I'm not disappointed at all
that didn't make the sale.
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$50,000 is music to my ears,
because I only paid $15
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for that box of comic books.
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