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If they still continue to turn that down, offer them 9 of your 11 zeros as I guarantee you that save for possibly a very few people in this world, most anybody else including the Verzyl's would not turn down the chance to become instant billionaires, even at the cost of giving up an Allentown CGC 9.6 graded copy of Cap 1 that's now had its potential maximized up to a CGC 9.8 graded copy.

Which one would you be referring to as the old TV show used to say................there are eight million stories in The Naked City?

Much respect to you. You obviously got an A+ in Advanced Spamming. Or maybe he's just concerned about the well-being of his fellow boardies here and want them to avoid much more riskier equity markets where we have seen former red hot flyers like Peleton, Roku, Affirm, and the likes cratered by something like 80% from their recent highs. Then again, maybe it just might be a good time to buy into some of these names if they do drop a bit more.

Zero percent. If you are referring to less collectors buying complete comic books going forward, then I would totally agree with you here? If you are referring to this new concept of buying not affecting prices for these underlying books going forward, then I would have to say there is zero percent chance that you would be correct here.

Can I afford the Larson copy? Most definitely not. EXACTLY, and that's why if you want to participate in the potential upside for this Larson copy of Batman 1 or any of the other uber high dollar value books that Rally Road might have, the only feasible way for ordinary lower budget collectors like you and me might just be through this much more affordable fractional ownership concept.

The question then being can you actually afford to purchase the Larson copy of Batman 1 all on your own and be the sole owner of it?

Do you own any equity shares for a publicly traded company like Apple or Microsoft since it is pretty much the same kind of concept? Especially since I don't believe you would ever be able to be the sole owners of any of these companies.

Unfortunately, I don't believe this would be quite up to @tth2's high standards as there's an even higher graded copy plus another equivalent graded CGC 9.4 copy already slabbed out there.

I don't believe this would be an issue here if the book was submitted for a stright reholder into one of those new pedigree label cases as the original grade should still be valid, as you are not sending in the book for a regrade. I believe the only exception to this would be if there are significant and clearly obvious visual defects such as SCS damage or something similar which would then preclude CGC from encasing the book in a new slab with the same grade.

Yes, the old-old label books were supposedly graded more strictly according to the old school grading of defects, as compared to now. Then again, this doesn't necessariy mean that these would receive the same CGC 9.9 grades today, especially with the subtle but huge emphasis which CGC with their current grading team has placed on additional revenue generating defects to ensure not only maximization of potential for the books, but also maximization of the top and bottom lines for their CCG ownership. I guess this explains why there is supposedly a 10+ months turnaround time now in order to shall we say "prep" the books for grading even before they get sent over to CGC for grading and slabbing.

I would much rather prefer my Church books if I am lucky enough to have any, to have the signature Church coding on it as opposed to no code.

Have you already covered your short on Marvel Super-Heroes 13 which used to sell at multiples to condition guide, but now only able to move at pretty much half of condition guide or thereabouts. Wonder where the Eternals comic book series will bottom out at? Starting to look a lot like some of those oh so red hot popular growth tech stocks on the Nasdaq where many of them have cratered by 70% to 80% from their recent all-time highs.

Wow, congrats as it sounds like you must be coming into quite a bit of money if you are referring to the Allentown CGC 9.8 copy of Cap 1. Needless to say, it would cost you quite a few million dollars if you hope to acquire that copy which is highly unlikely because I doubt the kids or the family have any plans on selling the book. Looks like you also got the wrong state as they are located in Texas and not Wisconsin.

Well, absolutely nothing at all wrong with either an Action 1 or a 'Tec 27. Seriously though, haven't we always been told the best time to buy is when something is out of favor and sell when it hopefully goes higher. Or the other strategy is to buy the red hot MCU related books at top of market or close to it and sell them when they come crashing back down to Earth after the movie comes out.

All good questions and exactly why I said you have to conduct your own due diligence before putting any money in, although I do believe a few of them were already answered or alluded to in the other threads on this same topic.

Just trying to put you and your books in practice mode for the year long wait at CGC, as you'll find that CGC moves at a snail-like pace in comparison to the cheetal-like pace of the Post Office when you compare the two operations.

That's where I saw this Larson copy of batman 1 as I knew I saw it somewhere quite recently.

If anything at all, it should result in higher prices because with this new avenue of purchasing, it basically just means more buyers or demand for books that's already in limited supply. Especially since the breakup of the book into more affordable share units means that the owner through Rally Road can most probably ask and receive a higher price on the whole book, as opposed to selling it as just one complete high dollar value book. Perfect case in point, with CC selling the last CGC 8.0 graded copy of Batman 1 for a shade over $1.2M just last year and now this copy here is selling for $1.8M. Of course, it's now 10 months later and the Larson pedigree should in theory account for some of this $600K increase here. My bet is that the purchasers whio brought into the CGC 9.8 graded copy of TMNT 1 at something like $65K either last year or late the year before that are not complaining now that other copies in this same grade are reselling in the $200K to $250K price range.

Yep, been talked about quite a bit on the boards here with most boardies giving a big to this idea. I guess it's really geared much more towards the investor side of the comic book marketplace, and as such, I personally don't see much of a problem with it as long as everything's registered properly. Certainly also a need for buyers going in and doing their own due diligence to ensure they have a full understanding of the product, especially when it comes to controlling rights and the ins and outs of reselling your shares. Not sure why he would equate it to a timeshare though, as I see it much more like equity investing where you own a tiny fractional share of a publically traded company like Apple or dare we say Enron because as an individual investor, you simply can't afford to buy the whole company for yourself.

I would definitely not be able to keep up with how fast the bids tends to come in on the Heritage Auctions with their bidding format. With the CC 3-minute extended bidding format, there's more than enough time to do a quick calculation along with other anlaysis on a particualr book. Totally agree with you though that this should be a simple fix, but with the crack website design team which they hired to revamp their website, maybe it's a brige too far for them.

No, definitely not a bad thing for the exact reason that you pointed out as it's always good to diversify your retirement funds. Especially when the equity markets have taken a big tumble in the past few months with many of the once red hot popular growth stocks being pummeled and crushed by a 60% to 80% hit from their recent highs. Always good to slab if you are selling your vintage collectible comic books, but since this thread was asking about books for your own personal collection, I much prefer my books to be encased in clear glossy mylar sleeves. Especially since they also take up a lot less room in terms of your storage space, particularly when it comes to your expensive high end books in a safety deposit box.

Pretty much the same reason why Marvel Spotlight 5 with only 4 copies graded and slabbed in CGC 9.8 sells for much more money than Hulk 181 with its over 140 copies in CGC 9.8, even though we clearly know that Wolverine is a much more popular and well known character as compared to Ghost Rider.

Unfortunately, once you open the door a just a crack to let somebody in, there'll be other people (i.e. consignors) that will also want to be let in just to squeeze out that extra 0.35% or whatever it was. You do realize that Heritage has a 20% buyers premium, so I guess you are a lot more comfortable with paying 20% as opposed to only 15%.

Clearly a case of to each their own, as I find the big bulky slabs to be more industrial looking as opposed to simply a clear mylar sleeve where the gloss and beauty of the books really stands out all on its own with nothing else to get in the way.

Not really if you consider the fact that DD 168 has something like 266 copies already graded and slabbed in CGC highest 9.8 condition, while there's only a meagre 4 copies of Captain Marvel 28 in this same CGC 9.8 highest graded condition level.