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Well I just feel tremendously confident sending my books in after this thread! On my recent submission they sent my Cap 1 through CCS without me requesting that they do so. Thank God they didn't screw with it.

My first line was directed to you, the second was not.

Science 2-4 is an incredible run of covers that do a good job of representing the early GA. As far as runs of books go, it's about as cool as it gets. 4 is very hard to find in general and all 3 are extremely difficult over 5.0 or so. Issue 5 being cold? A 7.5 brought $3600 last February and I suspect that same copy would bring even more today. Hard for me to call that book cold.

CGC has a massive interest in undergrading books, particularly those with "improvable" defects. If you owned a business, would you rather have 2800 transactions or 2800 transactions with another 4-500 repeat transactions that use your sister service for even more transactions? The "point" of CGC varies depending on your perspective. For a collector it's an objective assessment. For an employee or owner/investor, the point is to make money.

Good thing you don't ever buy books for resale. But I've had things work out nicely for me when I maxed out my bids early in an auction and missed an item that a dealer snatched up and I was able to get on time payments for a price within my expected range from them. Win-win for everyone.

I don't recall there ever being an auction where dealers didn't buy books for resale. Ever. I don't understand the animus here.

Picking between Venus 17, 18, & 19 is like choosing a favorite child.

I've always wondered how the Zip run finished out after #35. MLJs from that era can be pretty spotty interior wise. Do you have any others from 36 on?

Dr. Strange in hot pants. Maybe he's headed for a dip in the pool?

I'll take what's left

Man, his catalogs were a crapshoot. "pc off cvr, tear fc, stain bc, creasing, o/w FN+/NM" -- what?!?

Exceptionally presenting copy.

Most Timely & DC. Like SA Marvels, I'd be better off financiallybuying them, but their availability makes me prioritize other books.

Here's a list West made a while back that includes the F8 and another book or two. Not sure if the Wonder 1 is the Fox or Nedor.

I may be mis-recalling the Fantastic 8. But I'm pretty sure that one has made the rounds somewhere.

Some of us have made smarter choices than others when it comes to the opportunities to buy one of those

HA also has Weird 4 & Wonderworld 13

You should share that joy with others...

Fantastic 5, 6, and 8 have all been sold publicly IIRC.

Tomb of Terror 13 has 2 logo variations.

That was a crazy price, but there's only one Church copy of that book. If you want the best at auction, you will have to pay for it. I suspect the winning bidder isn't substituting that book for a mortgage payment.

Try an early Jungle. Those should be cheaper than just about any other title and the Fantomah stories can really knock it out of the park. The Big Red McLane stories in Fight are generally not up to snuff with the jungle/sci-fi stories.

I'll take this & the War 16

Wow!