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