Please put the crosses and pentagrams away.

Sometimes I have an affinity for numbers, especially milestones. I just recently passed my 225th journal and my CGC Vs. PGX journal is approaching 1000 views but why in the hell did I entitle this journal 666? Throughout my life in collecting comic books I have placed more worth on a book simply because of what it means to me. In this case that book would have to be Sub-Mariner #38. ComicConnect had an issue up for bid. It was labeled a 9.6 but had a 9.8 on the universal blue label. It was also a double cover and a pedigree. It was the book I was clamoring for. I placed my bid and kept the number one spot until 2 am Friday morning with 17 and half hours to go in the bidding. I did not care that I was first the whole time, just that I was first the last time.

I already knew the highest I was going to bid and I swore I would not bid over my $300 dollar limit, which change to $410 and then as the bidding was going on in the final throws of passion I hit $500. I was not going to allow this upstart take this book away from me.....and when I said I was quitting at $625 I couldn't resist bidding one more time and my losing bid was $666. Why that number, that jinx of a number. As it would happen, my books, the ones I have to budget at that time I had $666.45 allotted inside my bank account that I could play with. If I had another .55 I would have made the bid $667. That still would not have been enough. By the way, i didn't realize this until after the bidding was over.

Whoever won I hope you are reading this. Enjoy the book, I applaud you. Although I wanted it and I might have gone a little higher if I were at home bidding and instead of sneaking it off at work you fought and won your prize. I hope you are so inclined to add it to a registry set because I would hate to think that you won this book only to put it in a box and not brag about it because you so deserve to brag about it. One day you might tire of it and if you do, you know where to find me.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb