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Beautiful copy and screamin deal. Congrats!

I disagree.

Absolutely. And if you're reporting it as income, then you can write off the costs associated with the acquisition of any books -- shipping, travel, etc. Keep receipts.

Yeah, this is another struggle. I often buy books for the art inside, and without cracking it I'm not getting the full enjoyment. And to add a bit to Tim's comment, I have detailed instructions left for my heirs about what to do with my collection and how to do it. With the value associated with comics, you'd be a fool not to do that.

Yes I do Tim. Where do you plan on setting the goalposts down?

I was a serial cracker until I had to liquidate a bunch of stuff last year. The cost associated with recertification, not to mention the risk sending them to CGC (which is my greater concern at current given that I'm not planning to sell for a long while) was pretty substantial. Overall it added 10-15% to the tally. I suppose another factor is that I think CGCs grades on the stuff I like have really improved in terms of the accuracy. Since Matt has taken over I find that I'm much more agreeable to the grades. But the room required for storage is so much more!

Much love to you Sharon. I'm still on board with cracking it out... the smell!

I've not bothered to dig into this, but with all the hennyclucking going on I decided to look at the scan on HA, and the scratch is blatantly obvious, even before I magnified the image. Immediately my eye was drawn to something wonky in the corner, and sure enough it's the scratch. When I buy a pricey book on HA, I always magnify it and frankly I don't know how you could miss the scratch. I don't think anyone said "suck it up". Richard's question was specifically, what outcome are you looking for? Let's not add fuel to the fire here. People are already hot here, and with no good reason. Is HA obligated to reholder the book? Do they make any claim about damage to cases? My guess is there's some 'buyer beware' clause in their bidder contract, I know there is for framed art. If they reholdered every book with a scratch it would be a huge headache and cost. That cost would likely be passed on to the seller, not to mention the delay in listing. Who would put up with that? Not a good business model, and not a no-brainer. Is the buyer obligated to do their due diligence? If the defect is visible then I don't see what recourse one would have. If this is Clink and there's a back cover defect, that's a different story. But even then, if you're bidding on pricey stuff, probably worth a call first. Bare minimum, magnify the scan.

This is going to look like a steal in a year or two.

Does it work?

Just crack it out. Problem solved.

Unreal copy. Congrats!

C-1 and from the looks of it it's possible you're looking at bleedthrough. That's not removable without carving through the full thickness of the cover.

I understand that feeling!

This should be long gone.

Can I convince you to put a unicorn claw on Wolvie... just once?

It's a great book!

Why are Wolverine's arms always reared back in anticipation of striking? I just googled "jim lee wolverine" and virtually every image has him reared back, often leading with his head/face. He'd be better served with a claw on his nose instead of his hands.

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Common defect on this issue

Because 1990s.