Independent·Dark Tower·The Gunslinger Born·#5·Independent·ID-2415272
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 88 of 101 slabs (87.1%) | 88 | SOV | $52.50 | 6 | $4,620 | (16.1x) |
| 9.6 | 5 of 101 slabs (5.0%) | 5 | — | — | — | (5.0%) | |
| 9.4 | 2 of 101 slabs (2.0%) | 2 | — | — | — | (2.0%) | |
| 9.2 | 2 of 101 slabs (2.0%) | 2 | $18.12 | 1 | $36.24 | (5.5x) | |
| 9.0 | 2 of 101 slabs (2.0%) | 2 | $2.96 | 1 | $5.92 | (0.9x) | |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $3.27 | 17 | — | (1.0x Base) |
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Empirical step multipliers between adjacent condition tiers. Pinpoints the exponential premium transition and capital efficiency frontier.
Realized turnover cadence and capital absorption depth across certified auction comps.
Autonomous institutional strategies, financial equilibrium, scarcity modeling, and algorithmic risk profiling.
Market operates purely on organic buyer and seller auction discovery. Zero artificial price interventions or emergency liquidity halts on record.
Verified historical transaction line with quarterly equilibrium baseline anchor.
Understand how physical sales, invested dollars, and liquidity friction divide across grades.
Completed market sales by grade
Relative market value allocation
Estimated execution friction
Bibliographic provenance, creator credits, historical significance, and multimedia documentation.
Robin Furth
Jae Lee
Richard Isanove
Richard Isanove
John Barber, Nicole Boose, Ralph Macchio
Publisher profile coming soon
Outside the Marvel/DC duopoly. Often creator-owned with outsized cultural impact and far greater natural scarcity.
No returnable copies, no overprint buffer. True scarcity with potential for explosive growth on media adaptation news.









Independent publisher — outside the Marvel/DC duopoly. These issues often carry outsized cultural impact with far greater natural scarcity. No returnable copies, no overprint buffer.
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Just outside Hambry, Roland makes a monstrous discovery: The evil Farson and his Coffin Riders have stolen the awesome weapons of the Old Ones and now have the oil to power them and launch an attack against the Affiliation-a group which counts among its members Roland's father, Stephen Deschain! And, at just the wrong time, the young gunslinger's ka-tet may be splintering, when Cuthbert accuses Roland of cowardice and rides off on his own.
Each cover variant, retailer incentive, and subsequent printing represents an independent atomic tradeable instrument with unique supply elasticity, barcode registration, and secondary market demand.
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