Remembering Bill Alexander
Heaven has a new super hero. Goodbye for now ol' friend ...
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Bill Alexander
Past Advisor
Guide Co-Founder
Years Active: 2018-2024
Overstreet Advisor, U.S.-published comic book cover price variant specialist and historian.
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Articles by Bill Alexander
Bill Alexander'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.
From Pandemic Boom to Bust in Comics
In reality all sales prices appear to be returning to what they once were in January of 2020 right before sales prices went nuts ...
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Newsstand (And in Turn Canadian Price Variant) Awareness Is Exploding
Now is a great time to buy key CPV books in high certified grade at incredibly low bargain prices ...
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CPV Market Report: Year In Review
The gap between certified 9.6 and 9.8 books in what they sell for, is still continuing to grow wider and wider. At comic book auction houses, I have noticed that some certified 9.8 graded copies of popular key books are sometimes ...
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Market Report + Dell and Archie CPVs 1951-1959
It appears there has been a big noticeable increase in demand for newsstand edition comics versus direct edition comics especially with certified 9.8 grade comics published from 1979 on ...
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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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Notable Sales, Archie "Phase 1" CPVs, and Widening 9.8 Premiums
CPVs, and Widening 9.8 Premiums By Bill Alexander — ...
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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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Record-Breaking 2018 Sales for Canadian Price Variants
2018 saw many record breaking and high end sales for Canadian price variants in the hobby ...
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