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Independent · American Splendor · #16 · Copper Age · ID-3369052
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Market-wide signal (top 4) · Issue-specific signal (bottom 2 · tagged ISSUE)
American Splendor #16 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
News linked to this book, the Grand Comics Database record, variants and the source of each figure.
| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|
| 10.0 | $228.00 |
| 9.8 | $175.50 |
| 9.2 | $50.16 |
| 8.0 | $34.90 |
| 6.0 | $24.95 |
| 4.0 | $12.79 |
| 3.0 | $10.00 |
| 2.0 | $8.00 |
| Raw | $13.50 |
Single-source econometric valuation across 1 verified monthly observation epochs (0Y runway)
Hedonic age factor + census scarcity weighting.
80% Interval: Unmeasured (Insufficient Volatility Sample)
Wholesale realization (45% haircut · ILLIQUID_SPECIALTY)
| Grade | Dealer buy | Retail sell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $8.10 | $26.99 | 70.0% |
| 4.0 | $3.50 | $13.99 | 75.0% |
| Raw | $3.80 | $14.99 | 74.6% |
Multi-tier analytical consensus distinguishing public truth, firm posture, desk urgency, and personal exposure
Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
Publisher profile coming soon
The direct market matures. Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen redefine the medium. Speculator boom begins.
High print runs mean condition is the key differentiator. 9.8 census numbers matter more than total prints.
A pricing discrepancy between an auction listing and the prevailing cleared consensus value across organized exchanges, allowing rapid liquidity capture before market equilibrium reconverges.
A wrong turn causes Sarah and her friend Bob to wind up in a desolate place in New Mexico. They go to a mountain top in the Santa Fe State Forest to check out the majestic terrain. Having lost their sense of time, they stay at a motel where they feel fear, like they're being watched. Next, they go to a native corn dance event where Sarah converses with an elder who talks about his difficult life and helps her access her spirituality. She sends Harvey a letter asking why his name sounds familiar to her, causing him to remember their relationship from decades before.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for American Splendor #16.
CGC, CBCS, PSA Universal certified high-grade specimens (9.8 / 9.6 / 9.4). The gold standard for institutional alternative investment.
Official witnessed creator-signed slabs (Yellow label). Valued based on creator historical stature and inscription provenance.
Certified specimens from landmark historical collections (Edgar Church / Mile High, White Mountain, Kansas City, Pacific Coast).
Original newsstand barcode distribution copies. Extremely scarce in high grade due to newsstand rack wear and unsold return pulping.
Regional price test market copies (Canadian 75¢/95¢ variants, Marvel 30¢/35¢ test variants). Highly coveted micro-population rarities.
Exclusively allocated copies requiring retailer orders of 1:25, 1:50, 1:100, or 1:500 standard copies. Immediate manufactured scarcity.
Unslabbed collector copies inspected under standard Overstreet physical guidelines. The primary pool for grading arbitrage.
Alternative artistic interpretations, virgin covers, metal foil, and convention exclusives with dedicated collector followings.
Standard specialty comic shop printings sold through non-returnable distribution. The baseline circulation foundation.
Green label copies with significant manufacturing flaws, unwitnessed signatures, or missing coupons that do not affect the main story.
Purple label copies with professional or amateur color touch, tear seals, piece fill, or spine rebuilds.
Blue/Grey label copies treated exclusively with archival preservation techniques (leaf-casting, rice paper tear reinforcement, solvent wash).
Official second, third, or later printings released to satisfy secondary market sellouts. Distinct cover art and trade dress.
International editions licensed by La Prensa (Mexico), Editora Abril (Brazil), Panini (Europe), or Titan (UK).
Certified printing oddities (missing foil, inverted interior, double covers, foil color error). Unique curiosity pieces.
Advance promotional black-and-white booklets, ashcans created to secure trademark rights, and preview giveaways.
Each cover variant, retailer incentive, and subsequent printing represents an independent atomic tradeable instrument with unique supply elasticity, barcode registration, and secondary market demand.
Special black & white noir printings, facsimile editions, and anthology collections licensed or published domestically.
A stroll through the market.
An off-color anecdote punchline recurs.
Spain kids his Aunt on.
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All prices are current market price based on historic completed sales with a buyer and seller agreeing on price. Calculated via proprietary algorithm tracking end-of-month historical sales. Unsold items are excluded.
Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 3369052. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
Harvey's relationship with a divorced woman is falling apart, and there's a bat on the loose in the house.
A discussion about music acts with numbers in their names.
Harvey meets James "Izreal" Washington while walking on the way to work. James asks him why, in his opinion, Pekar portrays black people so negatively in his comics. Other topics touched upon are race reparations and Robert Crumb's more racially problematic works.
Robert nearly won a sweepstakes once with a prize offering two options: a million dollars or dinner with Joan Collins.
Harvey talks about the ethnic origin of Cleveland's polka bands with Johnny, a Serbian-American bar owner.
Harvey has written an article castigating lazy primetime news reporting by Diane Sawyer concerning Veterans Health Administration hospitals.
Harvey and Toby have a conversation inspired by a serial killer movie.
Harvey talks about jazz with Don over the phone, as he remembers being hustled by a old guy who promised to get him a rare 78 that Freddie Hubbard was on.
Christian, desperate to go to Europe for the Summer, also needs to get the money together for his living expenses during med school as he describes to Harvey how he got through his predicament.
A wrong turn causes Sarah and her friend Bob to wind up in a desolate place in New Mexico. They go to a mountain top in the Santa Fe State Forest to check out the majestic terrain. Having lost their sense of time, they stay at a motel where they feel fear, like they're being watched. Next, they go to a native corn dance event where Sarah converses with an elder who talks about his difficult life and helps her access her spirituality. She sends Harvey a letter asking why his name sounds familiar to her, causing him to remember their relationship from decades before.
Harvey is recognised at a street corner by a cyclist who almost ran into him.
Recorded price evidence by source and grade tier. Ungraded / RAW pricing represents loose physical copies; certified grading authorities record authenticated slabbed grades only. Unpriced grades remain unpriced.
| Authority Source / Metric | RAWUNGRADED | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.8ANCHOR | 10.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panel Profits(Exchange FMV) | $13.50 | — | $10.00 | $12.79 | — | $24.95 | — | $34.90 | — | $50.16 | $209.00 | $175.50 | $228.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $3.80 | — | — | $3.50 | — | $8.10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $14.99 | — | — | $13.99 | — | $26.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 sold | — |
Highest verified price observed. Non-9.8 books never receive a 9.8 price or synthetic valuation.
ComicBase catalog guide reference valuation. Evaluated independently from newsstand cover prices and certified slabs.
Historical cover price stamped on physical newsstand or direct copies at initial publication.
Panel Profits decodes auction transaction feeds into sovereign econometric market valuations and bid-ask spreads. CGC, CBCS, and PSA never carry RAW prices.