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Showcase #4

Maker
DC Comics
Year
1956
Rank
25 of 100

Showcase #4

Showcase #4 by DC Comics (1956) is ranked 25 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It sold for $900,000 in January 2024. First Silver Age Flash (Barry Allen); the comic widely credited with starting the Silver Age.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

First Silver Age Flash (Barry Allen); the comic widely credited with starting the Silver Age.

Showcase #4, CGC 9.6

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$900,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
January 2024

CGC 9.6 white pages realized $900,000 at Heritage Jan 11 2024 — highest price ever for a Silver Age DC comic. The same copy sold $179,250 in 2009.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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