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Vibranium

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  1. On 9/12/2022 at 9:27 AM, Earthshaker01 said:

    I do plan to likely go through Heritage with whole collection. Its a time in my life to start selling this collection and move on. The Dell are a small portion of my collection. I thought if I could I contact the person buying the four colors directly I could sell them in one deal. The rest of my collection are higher grade obscure esoteric GA and SA #1's, #nn's, promos, giveaways and then of course the Dell. 

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    Until we get reholdered, Honey

  2. On 3/15/2022 at 5:39 PM, JollyComics said:

    Went to Barnes and Noble few times with my kids.  Three long rows filled with manga books.  More than any TPBs everywhere.

    Sometimes, I have back orders for them.

    Stopped in to browse the graphic novels. Three long rows are now an entire room that wouldn't fit in the picture. Read them all and went home.

     

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  3. On 8/29/2022 at 3:07 AM, Djangology said:

    My understanding is that all of the high grade Mantles out there are supposed to be from the find referenced in the article. That Mr. Mint character identified this one as the "finest" of the bunch in a letter to the buyer after he had sold it in that 1991 transaction. PSA's grades have the same sort of uncertainty as CGC's grades, particularly when it comes to vintage.

    As an aside, there are/were detailed scans of the card on Heritage's site and I think SGC overgraded it. Modern cards do not receive that much leeway. It's in amazing condition and I have no reason to doubt it's the best one, but it has a number of flaws.

    I submitted a bunch of 1950's last year to SGC. Mostly Mantle, Aaron, Mays, Clemente and Banks. Their inconsistency makes CGC and PSA graders look like grading gods. I wouldn't let SGC grade a 5th-grader's spelling test. I sold a 1953 SGC 1.5 Mantle for $1,950 afterwards when the market was still relatively hot. It appears that the 1952 12.6M sale is already having an effect on the 1953 asking prices. I know it's apples and oranges, but I find it interesting that most 1.5 cards look much better than most complete 1.5 comics.

  4. Odda... I understand your concern. There is quite a difference in value between a 9.6 and 9.8. Since you can't see the flaw(s) I'm sure you would like to know what it is. It would most likely be only one line in the grader notes compared to three and more for lower grades.