40 years ago at a NY comiccon, a guy was trying to sell a Batman #2 for $250
he went to every dealer in the room and they would offer $75, $100, $150.
no one would pay the $250 for a book that was well worth the buy.
so he walked over by the entrance held up the book and said, loudly "is there any one of you that will give me $250 for this book?"
"any of you jackals?"
no answers.
so he takes the book out of the bag, grabs it with both hands and rips it in half, throwing each half up the air, says "fuck you assholes" and leaves
you should have seen how fast some dealers descended on that ripped book...