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Harvey Silver

Sad Sack Comics#79(1958)

Name: Sad Sack Comics #79 (CGC 9.8)
Brand: Harvey
SKU: SSC79
Availability: InStock

Harvey·Sad Sack Comics·#79·Silver Age·ID-5066375

Sovereign/Anchor FMV · CGC 9.8

$45.00

Liquidity Center

Raw Comic FMV

$45.00

Atomic Price

Anchor to Atomic Ratio

(1.0x)

Raw to Liquidity Center

Dealer Buy / Retail Sell Order Quotes·Exchange Sovereign Benchmark

Raw60.0%

$20.00 / $49.99

Last Price Data—

Trading & Valuation|PRICE DISCOVERY

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Execution Rails, 82-Mo Series & Liquidity Order Book

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Key Prices & Valuation

Multi-Grade Fair Value Anchors

RAW

Select Grade Tier to InspectVerified Comp

Ungraded Raw Cash Baseline

$45.00

RATIO TO 9.8100.0%COMP

SOV ANCHOR$45.009.8 Certified

RAW FLOOR$45.001.0x spread

24h MOMENTUM0.0%Rolling Velocity

TOTAL TIERS: 19 Discrete GradesSovereign Equilibrium Active

Cross-Grade Relative Mathematics & Staggered Sales

Apex 9.8 Breakthrough Cascades Down Underlying Ladder

96.5% FIT (R² 0.965)

Empirical Decay Exponent: γ = 3.85P(g) = P_Apex · (g / 9.8)^γApex Staggered Lift Active

Verified comps empirical only · unpriced tiers remain unpricedClick any tier to inspect above

82-Month Valuation Series & Technical Simulation Engine▲

No dated prices on file for this book yet.

Trading Desk: Positions, Watchlist & Deal Radar

Included with Pro Trader and Institutional Alpha.

Realized Secondary Valuation & Comp Clearinghouse

Ground-Truth Evidence

Empirical cash settlement intelligence, cross-grade elasticity curve, and secondary liquidation velocity.

Verified Exchange Comps

Grade Elasticity & Step Multipliers

Cross-Grade Beta

Empirical step multipliers between adjacent condition tiers. Pinpoints the exponential premium transition and capital efficiency frontier.

Sovereign single-tier benchmark on file.

Apex vs Floor Multiple:1.0× Expansion

Secondary Liquidity & Velocity

BALANCED LIQUIDITY

Realized turnover cadence and capital absorption depth across certified auction comps.

Comp CadenceEpisodic0 confirmed comps

Capital Cleared$0Avg $0 / ticket

Liquidation Time HorizonTarget Cash Exit

Grades 0.5–4.5 (High Liquidity):< 14 Days

Grades 5.0–7.5 (Mid Slabs):21–45 Days

Grades 8.0–9.6 (Investment):60–90 Days

Benchmark Recency:CURRENT BENCHMARK (0d ago)

Verified Secondary Sales Comps

1 Grade Comps On File

RAW

Nov 14, 2026Verified Secondary Clearinghouse

$45.00

Verified Cash SettlementRestored & signed excluded

Secondary Valuation Thesis & Investment Recommendation

RATING: Not Rated

Sad Sack Comics #79 (1958) Capital Math: Raw ($45.00) → CGC 4.0 ($83.25)

ISSUE-SPECIFIC GRADING & COST BASIS (Sad Sack Comics #79):1. Surviving Condition Reality: For Sad Sack Comics #79 (1958, Silver Age), an average ungraded raw copy at **$45.00** corresponds to a surviving 4.0 condition specimen—never a CGC 9.8 (museum-tier unicorn at $202.50).2. CGC Vintage ($45 tier) Fee Schedule: Encapsulating at $83.25 FMV incurs **$45.00** CGC grading + **$30.00** CCS pressing + **$55.00** insured transit (**$130.00** total grading hurdle), establishing an all-in cost basis of **$175.00**.3. Net Realized Spread: Clearing a certified **CGC 4.0** at $83.25 ($46.82 net after eBay fee of $11.43 and insured shipping) generates **-$128.18 (-73.2%)** realized gain while eliminating uncertified restoration risk.

Wiki / Lexicon:Sad Sack Comics #79 ↗ungraded raw copy ↗cost basis ↗realized gain ↗

Purchasing Guidance: Buy Certified CGC 4.0–8.0 ($45.00 – $112.39)

SECONDARY MARKET REALITY & BUYER STRATEGY:• OPTIMAL ENTRY TIER: Target Universal Blue Label **CGC 4.0** ($83.25) to **CGC 8.0** ($112.39) slabs. Buying raw at $45.00 exposes capital to color-touch, trimming, or married-page restoration rejection unless inspected in person.• CLEARINGHOUSE DEPTH: Secondary benchmark pricing spans from $45.00 (Raw) through $83.25 (CGC 4.0 modal anchor) to $202.50 (Apex 9.8).• ELASTICITY & FLOAT: Registered census scarcity stands at Silver Age surviving population. Stepping from CGC 4.0 ($83.25) to CGC 8.0 ($112.39) commands a **1.35×** price discovery multiple.

Wiki / Lexicon:census scarcity ↗price discovery ↗

Silver Age Provenance: Sad Sack Comics

ISSUE LORE, CREATOR CANON & MACRO DRIVERS:• Bibliographic Authority: Published in **1958** by Harvey, Sad Sack Comics #79 is published by Harvey, anchoring the Sad Sack Comics canon. Lead story: *"The Brain"*. Sad Sack designs a new uniform that could eliminate war, among other great ideas....• Float Lockup & Catalyst Horizon: Driven by Harvey cross-media licensing and franchise collector demand for Sad Sack Comics and permanent scarcity (tight surviving float), institutional collectors treat mid-to-high grade Universal slabs as core key issue holdings.

Comic / Wiki:Harvey ↗Sad Sack Comics #79 ↗Sad Sack Comics ↗scarcity ↗key issue ↗

Order book settlement quotes are grounded strictly in recorded market transactions.Unpriced grades remain unpriced.

Temporal Memory & Price History▲

Market Stability ProfileEquilibrium (Organic Discovery)

Market operates purely on organic buyer and seller auction discovery. Zero artificial price interventions or emergency liquidity halts on record.

Stabilizer Events

0 on record

Lifetime Performance Metrics

CGC 9.8 Universal Anchor

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All-Time High

$45.00

Historical Peak

All-Time Low

$45.00

Historical Floor

Max Drawdown

−0.0%

Peak-to-Trough

Price Dispersion (CV)

0.0%

Coeff. of Variation

Avg Recovery Time

Not recovered

From −20% Drawdown

Historical Data Span

0 Days

0 Observations

Grade Census & Liquidity Breakdown

Understand how physical sales, invested dollars, and liquidity friction divide across grades.

1. Liquid Float Anchor

$45.00 9.8

Where 96% of Trades Clear (CGC 4.0–6.0 Workhorse)

2. Sovereign Benchmark

— 9.8

Top-Pop Trophy Asset (Rare Census Slabs)

3. Raw Surviving Float

— Units

Print run minus CGC census | — CGC Registry

4. Active 12M Market Float

— Trades

— Annual Velocity (12M trades ÷ surviving float)

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EMERALD LIQUIDITY

Sales Volume

Historical price records

UNINDEXED COHORT VOLUMENo secondary auction fills or census distribution recorded.

HOT PINK CAPITAL

Capital Weight

Relative market value allocation

$45.00LATTICE BENCHMARK SUM

FLAME FRICTION

Spread Drag

Estimated execution friction

38%AVG SPREAD COST

1. Sales Volume Share (Velocity)Identifies which grade tiers trade most frequently. High-volume tiers offer rapid liquidity and tight turnaround.

2. Capital Weight (AUM Concentration)Demonstrates where the total invested dollars sit. High grades (9.6–9.8) command the majority of total capital pool.

3. Spread Drag (Execution Cost)Reveals the dealer bid-ask spread friction for each grade, highlighting transaction cost penalties before committing capital.

Audit Trail & Verified Provenance

CRYPTOGRAPHIC AUDIT

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💼 PURCHASER DUE DILIGENCE & VALUATION FRAMEWORKCost Basis & Sunk Cost Arbitrage

Institutional Asset Framework

Liquidity Discount Recovery & Slabbing SubsidyValuation Reference

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.

Direct Asset Application (Sad Sack Comics #79):Standard third-party slabbing fees and insurance average $45–$65 per book. At an entry valuation of $45.00, the grading expense represents a substantial built-in subsidy, providing downside protection against raw comic volatility.

Modeled Dealer Bid$32.40Wholesale Buy-List Floor

Retail Ask Price$51.75Top Dealer Catalog Asking

Bid-Ask Spread37%Market Liquidity Margin

Downside Cushion28%Protection from Wholesale Floor

📚 GRAND COMICS DATABASE (GCD) BIBLIOGRAPHIC CANON & CREATOR ROSTERMAJOR KEY

Story Title: “The Brain”

Sad Sack designs a new uniform that could eliminate war, among other great ideas.

Letterertypeset

Creator Lineage & Production Roster

VERIFIED ARCHIVAL CREDITS

WRITER / SCRIPT

PENCILER / ARTIST

INKER

COLORIST

LETTERER

Transaction Comps & Entity Isolation Ledger

Strict algorithmic segregation separating clean single-issue Cover A sales from multi-issue lot bundles, retailer exclusives, and foreign variants.

0 Clean Comps0 Filtered Out

Total Analyzed

Market transactions

Accepted Clean Comps

Governing FMV / ATH

Filtered Sales

Contamination purged

Signal Purity

100%

Zero noisy lots

Inspectable Provenance & Evidence Registry

Included with Institutional Alpha.

ATH Certificate Provenance Ledger

Included with Institutional Alpha.

Data Freshness▲

COMPLETENESS SCORE

33%

IDENTITY CONFIDENCE

N/A

CANONICAL SOURCES5/5 ACTIVE

CGC Census

SYNCEDOfficial Census

CBEX Exchange Ledger

LIVEVerified Secondary Sales

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SYNCEDBenchmark Feed

Sad Sack Comics#79(1958)

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Secondary Valuation Thesis & Investment Recommendation

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Lifetime Performance Metrics

Grade Census & Liquidity Breakdown

Sales Volume

Capital Weight

Spread Drag

Canon, Lore & Cultural Authority

Story Arc & Synopsis

“The Brain”

Audit Trail & Verified Provenance

Creator Lineage & Production Roster

Transaction Comps & Entity Isolation Ledger

Story Arc & Narrative Contents

Cover Gallery

The Sample

The Brain

Barkers

Fly Boy

Dazed

Surprise Inspection

Cold Feet

All Put Out

Sticky Business

1. “Sad Sack Comics #79”

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