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Panda2

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  1. Awful news - I haven't been on these boards for long, but Mike was always awesome and helpful. I will miss him for sure - all the best to you Mike.
  2. Ugh. Whiffed on the team up. Figured that crunch would be scored harsher. Went with 8.5. I wouldn’t want that on a 9.4. Otherwise within one of each of the others which I consider a score. Surprised the whole book stain didn’t hurt the Fight more. Thought it looked like a 5 and then the stain…
  3. 6 points. Swapped the grades on the showcase and FF and then one off on the others with a bullseye on the hi-ho…how in the world does one discern between 9.0 and 9.8?? Almost went 9.8 on the crow but hedged to 9.6. A bit of corner wear counts for how much?
  4. Yes please. Almost missed this. Love these contests and couldn’t even care less about the prizes…
  5. This was a tough round. Got a total of 5 which I am pretty happy with: War Victory #1 4.5 (1) I had no idea what to do with the heavy foxing so this was a ‘what does it look like’ grade Tim Holt #17 2.0 (1) thought this was way too beat up for a 2.5 Spidey #73 9.4 (!!) X-Men #97 8.5 (2) I dinged the corner crease too badly I suppose Crossfire #12 9.0 (1) the corners looked soft to me. all in all, a decent showing. Have a great weekend all!
  6. That ToS is about the worst looking 4 i have seen. I had it as a 3.0. Thought the weird was a 1.5. 6 points. I can live with it. Mikes emoji was a bee…guess I got an’B’?
  7. I thought the spine wear on the avengers was too much for a 9.4. Similarly thought the wear on the Archie’s was a little too pervasive. Almost gave the conan 9.6 but hedged my bets at the last minute.
  8. 3 points!!! Bullseyes on the first two and then one grade low on the last three. Will take it!😀
  9. That headline…geez…multiple tears - up to an inch on the right side, scuffs and colour loss front cover. Back cover staining, tears, colour loss. And a detached leaf. How does that make a 5?????
  10. I thought I was being generous at 7.5 for the supes book.. I also wanted to go to 9 on the FF but that colour breaking whatever it is at the top left front cover had me down to an 8.5. Which is still higher than som4 slabs I have with the same grade but lesser defects
  11. That cover tear and wear on the headline was way too severe for a 5. I was at 3.5. Ugh
  12. You should have mine now Mike! Wholly overthought and probably off by a country mile!
  13. Thanks @CGC Mike - The cheque arrived today - I guess sometimes you just have to manifest things out into the universe. All good now. Cheers
  14. Oh CGC - we were getting along so well... Curious as to whether anyone else is experiencing significant delays in compensation for a book caught up in the tampering scandal? I sent in a book on 'the list' in April, and CGC confirmed it had been tampered with. A little back and forth and we settled on a number on May 7. Documents were signed May 15. So far so good - they were super easy to deal with and, I felt, reasonable. I was told that I should receive the cheque within a month, and if not was told to circle back to them. June 15th came and no cheque, so I contacted them and they said they would look into it. June 24th they followed up to say they had emailed the claims team to look into it. July 2nd they emailed back to say they hadn't heard form their claims team but hadn't forgotten about me. July 8th I followed up via email and have had no response. So here we are two months later, and I don't think they have sent anything out. @CGC Mike is this something you could look into? Many thanks and Cheers, Panda2
  15. Thanks - this is super helpful - wasn't sure where to start. Much appreciated!
  16. Yeah I saw that - I guess they give the old EC books the benefit of the doubt - and the modern scans are so much brighter and high-res. Cheers and thanks!
  17. Watching the Heritage auction today and came across this which to me is clearly not a 9.2.. https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/humor/mad-8-gaines-file-pedigree-5-12-ec-1953-cgc-nm-92-white-pages/a/7374-95149.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515# Between the creased top left corner, the staple tears, spine wear, colour rub etc.. The scans match the cert lookup, but were they doing the gold custom labels in 2000? Has it been reholdered with the book being damaged? I’m a little confused.
  18. Hi everyone, I wanted to see how you would go about valuing slabbed comics that are unusual or rare for insurance purposes - where GPA isn't particularly useful due to lack of sales data etc, and there isn't much in the way of auction data via CLink or Heritage. I'm thinking of low census higher grade GA books, Gaines File copies and the like. Appreciate any and all thoughts, Panda2
  19. Ah - sorry - I meant for higher grade comics - silver age keys and such. I was mostly wondering about how their audience and reach compares to CLink or Heritage.
  20. Hi All, Anyone have any experience selling though Goldin? They seem to have some pretty attractive sellers premiums rates. Many thanks, Panda2
  21. I also have received what I think is a fair offer to replace the comic in the grade it was supposed to be in - plus a bit of a top up to cover things like customs, etc. Still waiting on the forms to sign off, but have found them to be very reasonable (aside from the delay) - once they came back with an offer, communication has been very solid.
  22. Interesting - For some reason it wouldn't have bothered me - personal preferences I think - still seems like a deep discount. Thanks for the insight!
  23. Meanwhile, in yesterday's heritage auction, ASM 1 in 5.0 went for about 4K less than the two previous sales this year (11.7K vs 15K, 15.6K) - that seems like an anomaly? Or people sleeping on this auction? Or is it really slipping that badly?