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I'm not sure he wants the books back once stuffed down someone's pants. :-)
I'm sure this thief is sunk given that photo. Just a matter of time.
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On 5/6/2017 at 11:18 AM, letsgrumble said:
Recent purchase:
Looks nice, right?
Good from afar, but far from good.
Here's a closer look:
A book graded 9.8 with a spine tick or two is acceptable. However, there's 10+ spine ticks here; some with tiny colour breaks.
If this is a 9.8, then I have plenty of 9.9/10 books in 9.8 cases.
While I take it as an outlier, it shows that you can't make any assumptions about a graded book - especially those in the higher grades.
I have to say I am good with this grade on a book from 1976. It's all speculation but many of us feel that there is a sliding scale at CGC for age, and you are allowed more defects in-grade based on the age of a book. If you further consider how this book was bundled when distributed and the paper stock used, it's not a unreasonable idea. Would I rather have a copy of this in 9.8 with an accumulation of defects that were better hidden inside the slab - of course!
If this was a modern I would certainly agree with you, though.
In all cases "buy the book not the label" applies.
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11 hours ago, cheta42 said:
As soon as I asked for references they disappeared....
Shocking.
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You want the Collected Edition of Spidey Super stories for a 7 year old.
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Send in all 65 and prescreen at 9.8. What's the worst that can happen? Seriously, why not?
$21 per book seems low if you have $4k worth of books coming back. Are you properly insuring them?
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Ah, more info here. It was news to me.
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Not sure where the 2) comes from in your post.
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North central Massachusetts here... don't remember conditions like this since Jersey in 1978. A "real" blizzard for sure. I'll have some pictures later when they wont be a big white blur.
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On 3/5/2017 at 8:45 PM, JollyComics said:
I never used Pre-screens because it costs $5 per book EVEN if the book is only worth $1-5. IF one book is failed to meet YOUR exception, you just bought other worthless copy.
It's much cheaper to send them straight to the ANY tier rather than the pre-screen. MY OWN HUMBLE OPINION and 2 cents.
I'll pay the $5 all day long and take the loss rather than pay the $25 for the unsellable modern in 9.2 or 9.4 or 9.6.
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1 hour ago, scooter99 said:
Thank you for the replies, everyone.
I have been negotiating for a slabbed book, but they want paypal personal for a down payment. Since I haven't purchased a book from them before, I'm a bit weary.
You should be wary as well.
- jimbo_7071 and october
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Rich is right, if you break two pounds you may as well go flat-rate price wise. Some times a single slab package can break that barrier, depending on packing. I really hate trying to measure how much packing I can use by weight. It tends to push you to bad decisions.
And I also say the medium flat rate boxes are too short. I have had bad luck with them, and my attempts to fold the end flaps to make a little more room in the box has met with finger wagging by the USPS employees. For the record, bad luck to me is one incident in 1000 tries, so others use them all the time with no problem. Yet.
The 1092+1095 is the only way I roll.... Except... if I need to ship 4-6 slabs out of zone, I use the "Board Game Large Flat Rate Box". I have a supply of these since I though the USPS would stop making them. The are sized for a board game, so there is plenty of room. I originally thought they were too long and would get mangled in the system, but I've found they are such an odd shape they get handled specially and are very safe.
Hope that helps.
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I don't think this setting will change the density of the information, only the length.
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It can go either way. Sometimes a check shows up in 3 days, sometimes you are strung out by the process. In my experience it has nothing at all to do with the strength of the claim.
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All we have is this Ted Geisel drawing done for my daughter of a bazillion identical characters lined up to get their diplomas, all in cap and gown.
That guy is a hack.
It would be cool if you could post a picture of that drawing he did for your daughter
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It's a big drawing, 20x30 and would have to be scanned or photographed. It's on a wall in Canada right now and on its way to Cyprus in the Spring. My daughter's with the State Dept. I knew Geisel when he lived in Southern California, although he spent time with my dad. I was a kid way back when. He did the particular drawing around 1976 as I recall, before his death.Initially it was for a charity auction but it fit right in.
If he had done the drawing after his death it would be worth more.
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A very cool misprint, never seen one like it. Quality Control naptime I'm sure.
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There are only 3 9.8s and I have two of them, so you know where most of them are.
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As a Videogame collector I would say that most copies are owned by other Videogame collectors. This is not a rare book. In the late 90s-early 2000s I saw the book offered often and once in bulk at Videogame conventions. Of course you guys won't see that. Those collectors don't grade comics and most don't cross over into comic collecting. DC Swordquest Waterworld comic is harder to find than blip.
If you needed to find a copy of either of those the best place to ask would be on a vintage or Atari collecting website like atariage.
(Finding a copy of Blip 1) != (Finding a 9.8 candidate copy of Blip 1)
While its not uncommon to find these unread, time and apathy usually have taken their toll on them.
Now if my mother hadn't trashed my full run of Antic, then I'd have something...
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Not sure why, but I have always wondered why cgc doesn't label Solar 10 as eternal warriors first appearance? Was their some controversy over it?
No controversy, Solar #10 is definitely the Eternal Warrior's first appearance.
I think there just wasn't enough space on the label.
Here's what it says instead:
16 page Solar insert by Jim Shooter,
Barry Windsor-Smith & Bob Layton.
Black embossed cover.
Those things are all true.
Wow I never noticed that before. Thought it was there.
EW1 says "Origin".
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Maybe those were the result of years of hunting? Anyway, there are 6 raw copies on ebay right now, it's not like it doesn't exist.
I looked at one yesterday at a shop on a buying trip. They wanted $40 for it and called it a variant. I passed.(It wasn't a newsstand either.)
$40, if it was in nice shape, is actually a pretty good price based on recent ebay sales.
I agree. 9.6+ is not easy. But if it was 9.0ish like most, I may have passed as well.
$250 each for 3 9.8s was pretty darn good.
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I have used printouts of GPA data, Overstreet photocopies, and CGC declared value on submission forms as "proof of value" for USPS insurance claims.
Did they work?
CGC declared value is the same as what you the customer put on the form. I don't know if the PO is privy to that but clearly not proof.
On two occasions, I used all three and it "worked". Can't say which or if all in combination did the trick.
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I have used printouts of GPA data, Overstreet photocopies, and CGC declared value on submission forms as "proof of value" for USPS insurance claims.
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Another book I haven't ever found till Friday. Valiant fans can tell me how tough this book is. I don't believe its extremely hard to find because it was during the period where Valiant was ramping up production. Ive had several Gold copies, but this one was a first for me. Terrible scan too the gold doesn't show well in my scanner.
Hey, you lost me.. Do you think that's an Ivory?
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One of the Boston shows was at the Westin hotel, which is attached to the BCEC. But that may have been before the move to the Hines from the....there was another place downtown by the Berkeley school it was at for awhile too.
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Better pull these out of the $1 bin.
First appearance of Dr. Mirage (original character):
Someone popped the buy it now on 10 CGC 9.8 copies on ebay last night:
That was a good price for already-graded guaranteed 9.8s.
It was a good price already.
I hope the seller isn't a board member, because I am about to say how **unwise** it is to list your duplicate CGC books as a quantity like that. Maybe 2 or 3, maybe... but 10?? Ugh.
I must have 50 copies of that book, and unlike my many copies of Rai 0, many will be 9.8 candidates. So be careful if you are going to speculate on post unity high grade Valiants. I don't see this one turning into Eternal Warrior 4.
But hey, what the heck do I know?
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I never minded that he made money, but he was probably one of the biggest misusers of feedback. If you posted something negative or even remotely not positive, he'd go after you.
Personally, I didn't have that problem, but it was only because I "knew" someone he was friendly with.
I watched other people get trashed though.
I also returned way too much stuff, because the books were missing pages.
Yeah I held back in that thread and was just trying to be cordial. I had helped multiple local collectors send some of their books to CGC. Usually they contacted me after attempting this on their own and getting back a book or two missing a page. They were all books bought from SNE.
Are "acid-free" backing boards truly acid-free? Time to pH test & find out!
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Sounds like they might be thick ultra-pro polys or something. Those things are terrible. Take a quick picture.