Low Pop for Value CPVs
I approached the question of CPV rarity as a value to population ratio among high valued CPVs and ranked our guide universe by this metric. Here's the resulting 50 lowest pop for value CPVs ...
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Benjamin Nobel
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Benjamin Nobel's credited CPV Price Guide articles cover CPV market reporting, CGC census and certified-market trends, Archie and related publisher CPVs, and publisher mini-guides and guide values.
Archie Phase Three CPVs: Eric Rom Cracks the Case
For years, the post-1997 Archie CPV trail looked like a handful of stray Sonic examples. Eric Rom followed the clues to a pattern much bigger than a few random books ...
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Top CGC Grades For Top Canadian Price Variants
After all these years, it finally happened: Saga of the Swamp Thing #37 now has a CGC 9.8 on record, leaving only three of the top ten CPVs lacking 9.8s — Batman #423, Blip #1, and Vampirella #113 ...
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CGC Signature Series: Astonishing Cover Price Variant Rarity
A collecting angle which can add absolutely astonishing levels of rarity to a cover price variant and is activated by the collector themselves: the addition of CGC Signature Series ...
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ChatGPT Explains Why You Should Collect Canadian Price Variants (CPVs)
Marrying these two worlds together — the generative AI world and the actual human expert world — perhaps will amplify the message, making even clearer the collectible appeal of CPVs ...
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Newly Added CGC First Appearance Label Credits
Five important issues CGC changed, plus three they should ...
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X-Factor #38 $1.00 Cover Price Variant
Even though this is a Type 1B price variant, "thinking Type 1A" is how I actually found one myself ...
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Jon's Views Prevailing (Again)
Long-time readers may already be familiar with Jon McClure's once-"controversial" stance on the Tattooz inside of Amazing Spider-Man #238, with Jon advocating that their absence should not cause an "INCOMPLETE" label ...
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CPVs: The Even Rarer Newsstand Choice
I attribute a lot of the growth in our guide's website usage to one of the ...
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Welcome to CPV Price Guide #4!
In today's age of an endless supply of 'manufactured-rarity' retailer incentive variants we could choose to take home, many of which collectors are asked to shell out $25-$50+ to own, it is so nice by contrast to have a universe of 'naturally-occurring' Type 1A price variants within the world of 1980's (and 1990's) newsstand comics ...
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Whitman 1984 Canadian Price Variants
These are Quite Rare in High Grade, with 9.2 copies worth $75.00 or more each ...
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Harvey Canadian Price Variants
Everyone knows about Marvel's 35¢ cover price variants from 1977 (Type 1), but few know that Harvey published 35¢ Type 1A cover price variants in 1974 ...
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CPV Census: Most Actives Table
A lot of the big DC Canadian Price Variant comics are shockingly hard to find compared against Marvel ...
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The "Quebec Effect" on the Supply of CPVs
The Quebec Effect definitely would have had some noteworthy directional impact on the "big picture" rarity characteristics for Canadian Price Variant comics ...
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Australian Price Variants ("APVs")
Marvel published these awesome Australian Price Variants in the 1990's, encompassing keys like New Mutants #98 & ASM #361.
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CPV Discussions In Overstreet #49 Market Reports
Excerpts of OPG reports from Conan Saunders, Jay Halstead, Marc Sims, Jim McCallum, Dr. Steven Kahn, Steve Ricketts, Ben Nabonog, Joseph Fiore, Tim Bildhauser, Brock Dickinson, Jon McClure, Paul Clairmont, and Doug Sulipa.
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Archie Canadian Price Variants
Sharing Sal's research into Archie Canadian Price Variants of the 1980's and 1990's.
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Applause to CGC Now Labeling Type 1A's as "Canadian Price Variant", "Australian Price Variant", and "UK Price Variant"
Starting May 2019, CGC now dignifies our Type 1A's with price variant labels!
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ThunderCats #1 True Canadian Price Variant vs. 75¢ "Logo" Copies
Angelo and I investigate the ThunderCats #1 situation.
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Top Comics Published By Month
A month by month exploration of issues published during the CPV window.
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Archie Canadian/Pence Price Variants and the Betty's Diary #36 Mystery
We're all used to single-price Type 1A's, but Archie published these cool dual-priced Candian/Pence copies!
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Gladstone Canadian Price Variants
Sharing Sal's research into Gladstone Canadian Price Variants of the 1980's and 1990's.
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Pence Price Variant Issue Guide (Marvel & DC)
An introduction and issue guide to U.K. Price Variants published by Marvel & DC.
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Two Ways to Win Update
When collecting any given key comic book issue, it is better to have two ways to win, than just one ...
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Applause To CBCS's New "75¢ Canadian Price Variant" Labeling
CBCS beats CGC to the punch, changing their treatment of Type 1A price variants to now carry price variant labels!
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CGC 9.8 Census Comparison: 1970's Keys vs. 1980's Keys
A fascinating comparison, looking into the CGC census data.
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"Canadian Edition" vs. "Canadian Price Variant"
2017 article laying out the case for why grading companies needed to change their labeling to "Canadian Price Variant".
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95¢ and $1.00 DC Price Variants: How Do We Know What They Are?
A fascinating phenomenon inside the indicia pages of these DC price variants!
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