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Prices seem to have gone up on speculation more than they would have with certification. Doesn't seem like a bad time to sell.

And collectibles don't have an assigned value until they sell.

Works 100% of the time.

I got around this problem by not winning anything

You could get 3 Secret Wars 8 pages for that money.

Looks right in the 6.0 range. If you can get the wear on the lower back spine cleaned up, it has good potential for an upgrade, but I don't think any of that is going to go away completely. You can probably lessen it, but not eliminate it.

Thank you. That's about exactly what I'd expect.

Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear. I'm curious if there are whole years where you see a deviation. Paper quality really declined in the 1950s, so presumably books as a whole from that era might not be as well-preserved.

Interesting. Are there years that drop off of the curve? I could see the 1950s having some outliers.

My bad.

Not to mention the fine art market is a completely different animal than comic OA despite people trying to equate the two.

Keep telling yourself that buddy. Keep throwing out inaccurate comparisons as a straw man and thinking that you've made a point. Keep digging that hole.

I'd explain it to you, but you wouldn't understand.

Lordy!

You should check out the emerging market for AI.

*sigh*

How much has Disney made off of streaming? They're down billions and they should throw more money into a fixed cost which isn't paying off? Yes people are spending on streaming, but that doesn't mean it's easy to make money. How many streaming services have turned a profit? They're all pruning. So again, you're creating a straw man by saying that people spending money on streaming is equal to profit by streaming services. There's your analysis.

I'd like to thank you guys for making me feel not so old.

That's a bit of a straw man comparison. One is an investment that will lead to revenue growth. The other is adding cost to a dwindling revenue stream.

The 8.0 was pretty nice, the 8.5 had tanning that put me off. This most recent one was a pretty exceptional 8.5.

I was the underbidder. I was on a flight when it ended, and knew I wouldn't be available so I just threw in a stupid bid. I don't know if someone chased it up that high, or threw in a similarly stupid bid. It's a very difficult book in that grade that actually presents well as the colors are often off. That being said, at that price I'm not crying that I didn't win.

Not really. The telltale signs of a cleaning aren't typically seen. Most people are getting blue labels. Some people are taking it too far and ending up with purple labels, but those are pretty egregious examples where the books don't look natural. It's not an aqueous/solvent bath like cleaning has been historically. You'd be really surprised by what people are doing. That being said, it's out there in the wide open for anyone to find or see.

Peroxide, distilled water, or blue LED. There are at least 2 proprietary cleaning mixes also.

He said GA/SA/BA and TMNT is copper.

There is a fairly large cadre of people out there experimenting with stain removal. There's even a book you can get. From what I understand it doesn't work nearly as well on older books (especially big GA books), so if someone was trying it on a book like this you could see how you might end up worse off. But if you're buying bronze/copper stuff...