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Independent · American Splendor · #3 · Postmodern Age · ID-3369062
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| Raw | $7.03 |
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Market-wide signal (top 4) · Issue-specific signal (bottom 2 · tagged ISSUE)
American Splendor #3 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
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Deconstructionist storytelling. Trade-first publishing. Creator prestige over character IP.
Value driven by creator reputation and adaptation potential rather than print scarcity.
News linked to this book, the Grand Comics Database record, variants and the source of each figure.
Harvey Pekar
Dean Haspiel
Dean Haspiel
Pat Brosseau
Mark Doyle
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)
Relative-value gravitational equilibrium anchored to the foundational genesis instruments of sequential art.
Rigorous options modeling requires empirical prices for both legs (raw acquisition and target slab FMV). One or both legs currently lack recorded market observations; synthetic assumptions are disabled.
| Grade | Dealer Buy (Bid) | Retail Sell (Ask) | Spread | Underwriting House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | $1.50 | $7.69 | 80.5% | Arnveld Capital |
Multi-tier analytical consensus distinguishing public truth, firm posture, desk urgency, and personal exposure
The recovery of third-party encapsulation and grading expenditures when an asset is acquired at a discount below the physical cost of replacement grading fees, shipping, and insurance.
A woman is thakful to Harvey for recommending she read Moby Dick.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for American Splendor #3.
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.
Harvey and Jimmy go to play out back.
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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.
Total graded population from the stored CGC census snapshot for this title and issue.
Some things Harvey's not done.
Harvey is depressed about life and his job.
Harvey interprets a dream as his being lonely, but comes to realise others have worse problems.
Harvey's weekly treat is emptying his P.O. Box, but there's no new mail.
A lecturer's article is heavily criticised by editors.
Leon goes through hell.
Harvey gives Bob Armstrong a joke.
Should the nickels be on the sheet?
A good customer is at the petrol station.
Mr. Boats tells Jack that people should escape their families and that people don't care about good music.
A frustrated poet wants the librarian to look at his work.
Harvey finds a pair of Stetson shoes in a thrift shop.
Freddy's been trying to pick up women at church.
Mr. Lopes describes life in Brazil and offers Harvey a gift.
Rollins answers the phone.
A review of Chicago's El Taco Loco restaurant with illustration of the front.
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) | $7.03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $1.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $7.69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 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.