Why the resistance?
I recently took a trip to Connecticut from North Carolina to visit my sister. I made sure to plan spare time to visit the many comic book stores in the area during my trip. I was in THE HUNT for several items. One book was Infinite Crisis #3 which seemed to have a common defect of a ripped or wrinkled page. This defect was in every copy of every store I went to in North Carolina and every store except for one in Connecticut. While in THE HUNT, I also have been actively
Are anymore surprises still out there?
As the advent of CGC has caused me to reevaluate my collection and reaquire higher graded books or submit my own high grade copies, I wonder if it is still possible to find high grades in a yard sale, flea market or some other venue. I remember coming across a run of Tales of Suspense from issues 47-70. This was 1987 and the store was named Bayshore Comics and Cards in West Haven, Ct. Sadly, the store is no longer there. The gentlemen who owned it was p
20% vs 10%-Awesome! Not being able to check status-Ugh!
Heritage Auctions (as well as various other CGC submission affiliates) offers a great 20% discount on submissions entered through their website and enters their own customer/dealer # on the form. I sent off a shipment of 28 books and received an $84 discount (the price of grading almost 6 modern books). Had I sent off my shipment through the Collectors' Society, I would have received a 10% discount which would have equaled $42 (Almost 3
