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If you think that Spidey 300 sitting at close to $5K is a long way off, I can't imagine how you would feel if you was the consignor of some of those GA, SA, and BA books on the CC auction site that's still sitting with single digit dollar bids or still awaiting their first bid with less than a week left in their big Event Auction. And yet, if you are patient everything usually turns out alright by the time it's all said and done.

Ummmm....................................It's just a matter of being patient as I am 100% sure you will be receiving a message in your email box announcing this big sale much sooner, rather than later and then you'll be sorry that you had asked.

I guess we should really never say never, and being the astute buyer that you are, it never hurts to buy things when they are out of favor because this strategy will definitely do a lot less damage to your bank account. Especially if we think back a bit, I believe it was not really that long ago that Romance comics and the other so-called "girlie" books were out of favor, and if you take a look at them nowadays, it will cost you a pretty bundle to pick them up even in mid-grade condition. That's assuming that you are lucky enough to even be able to find any with the more desirable covers.

If I remember correctly, this would be the copy that was originally owned by Danny Kramer since it's the one with the rusted staples? Not sure why the serial number would indicate a grade date of December 28, 2017 since it clearly has one of the first generation labels from way back in 2000 when CGC first opened their doors? I thought if it was a straight reholder into a new slab, it should retain the original grade date. If it was regraded in 2017 for its subsequent resale in advance of its June 2018 auction sale for $2,052,000; should it not have a brand new serial number in that case?

Well, since you are the one that posted this, do you have a link to it if you want us to take a closer look at it and to check it out to give you our feedback on it?

Had a eerily sleepless night last night and I couldn't quite figure out why until I woke up this morning to find a rather surprising and significant disturbance in the Force within the comic book universe. It would appear that @tth2 who had lost his trademark scarasm for the love of this hobby just last week based upon his post a couple pages ago may at long last be moving from the side of light towards the side of darkness. Especially since tiny miniscule upgrades of only 1 or 2 grade increments based upon only comic book scans used to upset his love for this hobby of ours, it would now seem that far larger upgrades of 3 or 4 grade increments is much less of an issue today as we now need to have the actual book in hand before we can really comment on the grade of a book. Seriously though, in full agreement with the fact that you cannot grade a book on its own from just a scan as you really need to have the book in hand to grade it properly. The situation here though is that we are talking about the exact same book with what are obviously widely different grades since the first grade is CGC 9.0 and the final grade which we do not have a scan of is CGC 9.8. Since the exterior covers appear pretty much the same to me at least, I am also in full agreement that the reason for the 4-step incrmental upgrade could be due to defects in the interior of the book. Which then presents the question if interior defects are being "fixed" to this extent inside the book, wouldn't this type of work normally (depending upon the type of work) be considered to be either restoration or conservation at a minimum. Being a Dell File Copy from the late 30's and early 40's, I am quite confident that the interiors of these book are pretty much immaculate as they were properly stored, as opposed to those much later Harvey File Copies which were all just stored in a massive warehouse. All I know is that the Dell File Copies from the 30's/40's which I have along with the Curch Mile Highs and the Allentowns will definitely be the last books to leave my personal collection when that sad day eventually comes long long in the future hopefully. Now, Darth Tim here is making me real curious as to the grading differences between the submissions of this exact same book here. If I was placing a bet here since this is a Dell File Copy, my bet would be that any defects would most probably be limited to the exterior covers, as opposed to the interiors of the book. Then again, it might just be changes to their undisclosed grading standards, loose grading vs. tight grading time periods, or dare we hopefully not say that a CGC 9.0 versus a CGC 9.8 is simply within CGC's acceptable grading margin of error when it comes to the grading of GA books. Hmmmmm..................maybe I need to set me self up a GoFund Me page to front this 5 bucks that it's going to take to access the Graders' Notes just to satisfy my own curiosity here now.

Heck, with this no name Night Nurse being able to fetch over $20K and the Godzilla vs. Kong movie apparently setting global pandemic box office records this past weekend, I am going to get Godzilla himself to stomp on my copy of Marvel's BA Godzilla #1 until it gets flattened into a CGC 11.0 graded copy and then I'll flip it to one of these newbie crypto billionaires for a cool million dollars.

Sure, it's definitely a purty copy, but if a BA Marvel like this one here can fetch $21,600 even though there's already 349 copies slabbed to date, it makes me wonder why a beauty like that Prize Comics Western 88 with still zero copies slabbed to date would surely end up nowhere even anywhere close to what this Night Nurse 1 managed to fetched last week: https://comics.ha.com/itm/bronze-age-1970-1979-/night-nurse-1-marvel-1972-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7242-96194.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 , the Prize Comics Western 88, that is!!!

Really much more interested in the visual or technical reasons for such a huge bump in grade from CGC 9.0 all the way up to CGC 9.8, as the increase in the price realized makes perfect sense due to the grade increase.

Now, this is a definite keeper for any collection as I absolutely love the variation of colors on this book here.

possibly as 9.6 to me it is a serious upgrade from 9.4 Well, since we are doing comparisons here and the two of you certainly have a lot more experience in this hobby than me, can you point out the differences for this File Copy of Crackajack Funnies that warrants not a tiny bump of 0.2, but a more serious upgrade of 3 grade increments, https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/crackajack-funnies-9-file-copy-dell-1939-cgc-vf-nm-90-off-white-pages/a/830-91039.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 Or is this 3 incremental step upgrade due to a press job done properly since it was most likely done when Matt was still at CCS: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/crackajack-funnies-9-file-copy-dell-1939-cgc-nm-96-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7169-92033.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515# My bad as this is really more of an increase of 4 grade increments as the 9.6 is no longer in the census and has been replace by a CGC 9.8 graded copy instead. I guess my eyes must really be going since I just don't see enough diffferences between these 2 scans to warrant such a big difference in grading to go from a CGC 9.0 all the way up to a CGC 9.8, or was the initial grade incorrect in the first place?

I'll let you do the heavy lifting on that one. Just worried my HG copy of GSX 1 gets the proper treatment when I send it in for it's inevitable clean and press before I cash out. Soon. No problem at all............just PM me your unlimited Amex credit card or bank account details and I'll contact Josh for you first thing in the morning. Seriously though, I hope you are getting your clean and press done through CCS because if they do mess up which is quite possible, it's all in the family and they'll squint their eyes and give you your grade because you've already paid your dues in full.

Well, in theory at least, CCS is supposed to be working independently from CGC and one should not know what the other is doing. In the real world though, I am aware of certain situations whereby certain customers tend to get preferential overlapping treatment when it comes to resubs, pressing, regrading, and reholdering in order to lower the risk and thereby make it a more sure thing for the submittor. Especially if you've got a large quantity of books and they also happen to be of pedigree status.

Not bad writing, not sure it justifies the price . . . I guess the writing must have been pretty darn good in the end then since it managed to fetched $21,600 by the time it was all said and done.

Have you been spending more time than normal in front of your mirror?

possibly as 9.6 to me it is a serious upgrade from 9.4 Not so much if it's a HTF GA book that's already the highest graded copy by a wide margin, as opposed to a much more recent book with hundreds if not thousands in the same grade range where a tiny bump of 0.2 would make a difference of multiples. Especially, in this particular case here where the upgrade was probably done by some incompetent newbie who ended up "damaging" the book, instead of actually improving it. As long time GA comic book collectors, should we not be more focused on "buying the book, as opposed to buying the label" which is clearly the exact opposite of the mantra that's adherred to by the day traders and speculators in today's marketplace where the grade is everything.

Those 2009 buyers are doing just fine today. Moral is, don't plan to flip it within 5 years. That's pure speculation, as far as I'm concerned. Buy and hold and you don't have to worry about it. Yes indeed, as a long time comic book collector, it's really all about spending time in the market, as opposed to trying to time the market. Especially when time can heal and make up for a lot of things, including bad purchasing decisions. So, I guess if Boston Corbett had been patient enough, his economic analysis on the purchase of his NM 98 would have proven to be correct in the end. And then he would at long last be rightfully correct to say to all of us here, "Thus Endth The Lesson".

Thanks for the right hand side-by-side comparison here. Thought that I was seeing some kind of slight dust shadow or sun shadow on the 9.6 copy which was not as apparent on the 9.4 copy. I assume this must be due to a color scanning issue since I don't believe that it could be due to improper storage over such a short period of time.

Ummmm........................didn't you just pretty much contradicted yourself in your above post here, unless you want to be dead that is?

From your above post here, it is quite clear that you are showing your age here and approaching this from the point of view of a long time comic book collector whose place is relagated more towards the back seat of this current red hot and sexy in vogue marketplace of ours. Clearly, what you are seeing as now-damaged books are in fact actually books which have been flattened and now maximized to their full potential. It's best that you check your calendar because it's now 2021 whereby vintage collectible comic books are best treated as vehicles to be used by their owners for the purposes of acquiring more money. After all, hasn't it always been all about the money, and as long as all parties involved are getting more of it, shouldn't we all be good to go.

Nice left hand side-by-side before and after comparison of the changes to the spine. Can you also do one on the right hand side for us here since I can't figure out why they look so different, or is that just a color scanning issue between the 2 companies?

holy at that price... Well, not quite as holy as that CGC 9.8 graded copy with the possible squashed bottom staple area that sold for $67,900 the previous week: https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3DGIANT-SIZE%2BX-MEN%2B1%26GO%3DGO%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1468605&id=1468605&itemType=0 Can't wait to see where the CGC 9.8 graded copy finishes up at in the CC Event Auction in about 10 short days from now.

Yes, I clearly remembered when Spidey 129 was a real hot book back then before falling like a rock and something that nobody seemingly wanted. And yet, now it's been one of the hottest Spidey books out there for the past several years. I guess if you've been collecting long enough, books tend to cycle through in terms of popularity and demand, as long as you don't mind the roller coaster ride and able to enjoy the ups along with the downs.

Wow! There are Cerebus fans abroad? On the other hand, with the variant market being so very hot right now, maybe the counterfeits are just being viewed as another possible variant.

I guess the only way to tell for sure is for you to contact CL so that they can let the winner know you are willing to buy the book from them (at a higher price point of course ) so that you can crack it out of the slab and check it out for yourself.