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+1 Especially since Detective 411 has by far the worst cover out of the three books in question. I would definitely say that Detective 405 is the most undervalued out of these 3 books. Normally, it would have been Batman 232, but this book is just so common with far too many issues out there.

What happened to the scan of the CGC 7.5 graded copy of AF 15 that was posted here last night? I guess the original poster must have deleted it if it's not here anymore.

Which Fantastic books are you referring to and are you talking about John Veryzl here?

I bought the book raw thinking it was in the 2.0 range and sent it to CGC and was "pleasantly surprised" at grade Yeah, looks like a 2.5 (at best). Well, here's another CGC 3.5 graded copy of another key GA book coming up in this exact same auction, for comparison purposes: http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=697754 Like they say, regardless of the actual condition of the book itself, sometimes you also need a bit of luck in terms of whether your book is going across the grading desk during a soft grading time period or a tight grading time period. Doesn't take me any time at all to figure out which of these two 3.5 graded book looks much better to me, even with my aging eyesight. my bad, grader notes do indicate the bug chews: Interior Centerfold Detached Whole Book Foxing Top Spine Medium Spine Split Front Cover Multiple Chews Back Cover Multiple Chews Not sure what you guys are complaining about as it should be obvious to everybody that multiple bug chews are simply not considered to be much of a defect for grading purposes. Just take a look at this similarly CGC 3.5 graded copy of another GA key from the upcoming HA Auction: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/batman-1-dc-1940-cgc-vg-35-off-white-pages/a/7158-91008.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 No bug chews on either of the Detective 1 or the Batman 1, but the exact same 3.5 assigned grade. Interesting to note that both of these books were graded in the latter part of 2016, while the GL 1 clearly was not. As I have stated already, it certainly looks like we will be seeing a lot of beautiful GA books relative to their assigned grade in upcoming auctions that was graded in this part of 2016. Especially when compared to previous equivalent graded books from CGC prior to this 2016 time period.

It's the life cycle of movie or TV related over hyped books which are actually common in all grades across the board. And it's a life cycle that we have seen rinsed and repeated on a countless number of these types of books, without any notable exceptions at all. The real question is, why do you believe it will be any different for IM 55?

There's already been a live movie made based upon the Spawn character. Didn't seem to help the comic book at all, if I remember correctly.

You dolt....you were NOT supposed to keep an eye on these books for him. Since he's probably had them for the longest while without being able to sell them, he most likely WANTS somebody to steal them so that he can finally recover his money by filing an insurance claim.

My understanding is that Greg had them all pressed by Susan before offering them for sale. Interesting, as that wouldn't cause the PLOD's we've seen on some of the books. Makes one even more curious what Anderson did with them afterwards, but as noted previously we'll never know for sure. I believe your initial thinking might be correct here. I would assume that for any books that were really in terrible enough shape that a simple press would not do the job, Dave probably got Susan to do a aqueous clean and press on the book in order to improve it. If Dave had done the work himself, then the books should have received an amateur resto designation as opposed to the professional one which they all seems to have received. An interesting question here: With CGC's new Restoration Grading Scale now in place, would these Professionally Clean and Pressed books now be receiving the new quasi-stigmatized Conserved labels or would they continue to receive the old fully stigmatized PLOD labels?

Well, according to the post from up above, it sounds as though some of them did not have his name on the books at all: Not sure though if those would then be the ones with the mid "c's" on them?

Now that we've got Bradly here with us, I have a question to ask with respect to clipped coupons. Are GA books with a clipped coupon out that affects the storyline simply given a Blue Universal grade of 0.5 for Incomplete or can they also be given a Green Qualified label denoting the actual grade of the book? If there is a choice, is it up to the submittor of the book or is it at the discretion of CGC as to the type of label to be used? Any book (regardless of year) that is missing an entire page (or more) will be a 0.5, unless it is Qualified. A book that has a coupon (or some portion of a page) clipped/cut out is a serious defect, but could still be in the G/VG to VG- range depending on the size of the portion missing, and of course the condition of the book otherwise. CGC will usually Qualify such a book if it is otherwise above the G/VG range. A book that would normally be Qualified by CGC can be given a lower Blue Universal label, if the submitter specifically requests it. In either case, the defect in question will still be noted on the label, either in all caps if it is Qualified, or lower case if it is factored into the grade for a Blue Universal label. Also in either instance, the label will state "INCOMPLETE" in all caps. Bradley; Greatly appreciate your response to my enquiry here. Was asking since I have a HG Larson copy of a semi-key GA DC and wondering how it would be labelled if sent in for grading. A Qualified grade with the actual grade would seem to make a lot more sense and more informative to a potential buyer than an artificially lower grade, since the defect in question (i.e. clipped coupon) would be noted on the label in either case. At least that's my thinking here.

Strongly doubt it will be happening anytime soon or even in the foreseeable future. Most of the long-term collectors who have these types of books just have absolutely no interest in slabbing their books, until it comes time to actually selling them.

I bought the book raw thinking it was in the 2.0 range and sent it to CGC and was "pleasantly surprised" at grade Yeah, looks like a 2.5 (at best). Well, here's another CGC 3.5 graded copy of another key GA book coming up in this exact same auction, for comparison purposes: http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=697754 Like they say, regardless of the actual condition of the book itself, sometimes you also need a bit of luck in terms of whether your book is going across the grading desk during a soft grading time period or a tight grading time period. Doesn't take me any time at all to figure out which of these two 3.5 graded book looks much better to me, even with my aging eyesight.

No, looks like it went for $69K in their big Event Auction just the other month back in December: http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=681997 Not yet over $11K a point, as this works out to just a shade under $10K per point. A very strong price, nonetheless, for a AS 3.

Now that's an absolutely beautiful looking copy! Any idea why it received a CGC grade of only 7.5 when the book seems to present a lot nicer than that as based upon the front cover?

Tell that to the collectors who are paying more than 6 figures for the improperly printed upside down Jenny stamp.

Great group shot! That's a shot across the bow of any collection Well then, Cap and his Foxy group of friends can jump onto my boat for safety anytime they want to.

I think that if you are looking for a book that's missing the red inks for sure, then you should be checking this copy of Cap 1 in the attached link: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=9779970#Post9779970 Seems as though nobody over there wants to touch this so-called "printing error variant" with a 10-foot pole, so you might just be able to pick it up for a steal of a deal.

Besides the large obvious stain on the front cover, is that also a rusty bottom staple on the spine along with a spine roll there? Now finally, that cover looks a lot more in line to its assigned grade.

And a contender for the most worthless 9.8 steps up..... Trouble #1 (2003) Last 9.8 sale on GPA: $3 Last 9.8 sale prior to that... $5 Last 9.6 sale on GPA: $2 OH! But wait! Atomik Mike comes back swinging hard! Last 9.8 sale on GPA: $1 And the part that completely baffles me is why in the world would anybody even think about getting any of these drek books graded at all in the first place.

Being able to buy an OO copy is always fun. Very nice looking 3.5. Yes, another one graded from the fall of 2016 that appears nice relative to its designated grade. I wonder what his 2.5 graded copy of Detective 18 looks like since it was also graded on the same day?

Perhaps too big of a statement if the sale of the GL#1 5.5 for $14,800 last Dec on CC was an outlier. Or it's indicator of levels that book will continue to realize, we'll see. All bets are off if Alan Scott appears in the Green Lantern Corps film but that's a ways away. I don't believe the sale price realized was an outlier. Personally from my point of view, If you take a closer look at the CGC 5.5 graded copy of GL 1, it would appear to me that the grading on this book is in reality the real outlier here: http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=682313 Another one of the way too many beautiful GA books that were caught in the CGC grading hissy fit time period of summer/early fall of 2016. My question is at what point does extreme tight grading becomes blatant undergrading? The answer is probably GA books graded by CGC during this time period and which will become evident in the coming months as they hit the auction block. Unless there is something really wrong within the interior of this GL 1, does this really look like a 5.5 F- copy based upon the front and back cover scans of the book to your eyes?

Because they look great in a slab and are much better protection than a mylar and bag and board. Perhaps you should go join one of the other comic forums where they talk about who can beat who in a fight with other comic readers. You'll fit in nicely with all the other high school and college kids. Pretty rude. +1 Books most definitely look a lot nicer and brighter in mylar as compared to being encased in a slab. Even more so, if you are talking about the old industrial looking CGC slabs prior to last summer which gave all of the books a relatively darker and dingier look.

Added in the prices based upon a Price Per Point basis since I thought that it would much more informative. Do you have the dates for these sales since that would be ideal if you are trying to figure out some kind of trend line for the AS 8?

I copied the image and got a working link for you; What makes you say that the book on the right is a Canadian version when both the pricing info and the Spidey logo is exactly the same as the US version on the left?

Now that we've got Bradly here with us, I have a question to ask with respect to clipped coupons. Are GA books with a clipped coupon out that affects the storyline simply given a Blue Universal grade of 0.5 for Incomplete or can they also be given a Green Qualified label denoting the actual grade of the book? If there is a choice, is it up to the submittor of the book or is it at the discretion of CGC as to the type of label to be used?