Sheldon Cooper’s Precious
Flash 199
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Flash 199 Universal
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Pedigree:
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John G. Fantucchio
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Certification #:
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1286088004
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #199 features a JLA cameo. We long owned the single highest graded 9.8 of this issue and also owned the second one, which we sold to a friend in SE Asia. Both books were pedigrees with WP. I just checked the census in February 2024 and see there is now a third 9.8.
We acquired this book from Pedigree Comics right after the Fantucchios came to the market. Fantucchio was a well-known artist in '60s fandom, drawing covers for RBCC and the Comic Buyers Guide (including the #1 cover), and even worked as an illustrator for the CIA from 1963 to 1988. During this time he amassed full runs of Marvel, DC, Gold Key, Charlton, ACG and Dell, among others, keeping them locked away and untouched, which resulted in uniformly high grades and near perfect cover inks. After his passing in 2016, the family auctioned the collection through Comiclink. Even though the books have no distinctive markings, many were CGC graded.
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