Corvonie

Here’s something interesting - I found this copy on eBay with the exact same defect which is now making me think I should take a second look to make sure that “scuffing” isn’t part of the artwork

This is a beauty! > 9.0

Definitely my favorite key

My number 1 is a GRR too

OMG my dream copy

A fantasticar!!! Thanks!

Yes. This is the only email from a Nigerian prince asking for a wealth transfer fee that I would answer

I'm leaning that way. Have already reached out to Heritage and they responded. It's scary with the no reserve thing, but also sounds like a really interesting and fun experience. Thank you for the advice! Have you ever auctioned through them?

Ha yes I joked with my friends that this one might be on the heritage auction with the live person . It is hard to value, and so also hard to decide whether to go the auction vs sale route. Thank you for the compliment! I'm truly beside myself.

keep your hands to yourself, droopy. That's why it's in a slab!

It was a win!

Rejected at an 8.5 during pre-screening, so this lovely mid-high-grade copy gets to stay unslabbed for me to enjoy. Thanks everyone! Grader's notes were: crease right bottom of front cover spine stress lines

YOU GUYS, I knew I was holding something extremely special in my hands when this book arrived, but I wasn't expecting this! I don't even know what to say because I'm freaking out, so I won't say anymore until I've fully digested this. I had some idea when two days ago CGC was like "Oh we just charged you an extra $xxxx in high value fees", but really am beside myself. I feel like this is a once-in-a-lifetime privilege, to have held a silver age 9.8 like this in my hands raw, as well as to be its owner. I'm just so grateful. Thanks, everyone! full

"Where am I from? A little place called none of your g-d d--n business. Let's trade some comics."

Oh man, I love these. I had a British friend when I was a kid and always marveled (GET IT?) at how nice these were compared to our floppies.

I’ve always identified most with Leonard Washington, myself

can't get better signature placement than that!

Great pickup!

you're not kidding!

Yes, this is basically it. I would say to people here: if you feel badly about what happened to Ed and your reaction to that is to point the same pressure and unfounded accusations at someone else personally involved in this, maybe do that math in your head one more time.

Totally understandable, thank you! And really, more of a comment for the people participating in the thread then you. I didn’t expect to get an actual reply, so apologies if I disturbed you.

Oh hey, I don’t know who the moderator is on this forum, but if I had JUST ONE suggestion to make after all this, it would be to try to curb further hearsay and recriminations of anyone involved in this tragedy and keep the discourse about our feelings rather than accusing people of things that we will never have enough information to even reasonably guess about. I haven’t read nearly all of this thread, but I have seen enough speculating about and calling out of people’s motivations in accusing Ed to make me think “isn’t this the exact same ignorant, unfair pressure Ed was talking about in his letter?” That’s one benefit of a moderated forum.