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On 5/29/2024 at 2:54 PM, october said:
From the dawn of CGC until a month ago: 28 total CGC 9.9 Wolverine 1 minis out of 28,000 subs. So basically 1/1000.
Last month to this month: 10 newly slabbed 9.9 Wolverine 1 minis.
That's esentially statistically impossible without a change in grading standards and a conscious push to move the effective top of the scale from 9.8 to 9.9.
Good luck to the guys collecting top census common books.
Will be interesting to see how many 9.9 wolvies this recent auction will draw out now.
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On 5/6/2024 at 6:18 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:
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On 5/4/2024 at 9:26 PM, Jayman said:
Pfffttt! Another bonfire?
Have fun and keep those SW collectibles away from the fire!
Calling it @ a little past 2AM EST
. This is the earliest I can recall that we've shut down. Rain and cold is such a drag. Oh well, I guess the upside is I will get some sleep. 
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Nearly 44 years ago I waited in the longest line imaginable on a hot day for the most anticipated sequel in cinema history aka ESB.
Back then you didn't have 5 showings of the film simultaneously. It was shown once in a very large theatre. The two afternoon shows ended up being sold out by the time we got up to the ticket booth but we still managed to score tickets for the dinner time showing
Movies were a significant part of my experiences growing up as we would go to the every weekend. I can honestly the big "Luke I am your father" reveal at the end of ESB was one of the top three audience reactions I have ever witnessed first hand. The place absolutely went ballistic as back in those days, no internet, so no spoilers, hence no kids really knew or saw that one coming. A few kids even started crying.
This was 1980 which also kicked off one of the most incredible decades with respect to the synergy of comics, movies, TV shows, cartoons, nonsports cards, video games and all kinds of other merchandising you think of from lunch boxes to merch to drinking glasses, etc. It was a glorious time indeed.
I was going to post some of my OO SW comics and cards but we have to move up a bonfire by a few hours to right now because it's looking as if we are getting rain later and we have over 100 lbs of wood. So
for now and May the 4th be with you all!!
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On 5/1/2024 at 9:58 AM, 1950's war comics said:my first purchase off the rack was Spider-Man #102, with paper route money
(you only had to be age 11 or older to have a paper route back then)
Here is mine. Still have it. The toploader, far away angle and lighting make the condition look allot nicer but I have always been OCD with my comics, toys, LPs and video games as far back as I can remember. I could have a two hour podcast on the significance of this comic.
Regardless of what your particular collecting goals are, I really think us older folks are truly lucky. When you experienced something in real-time say 60s, 70s or 80s as a kid and now you have the means and ability to chase these collectible artifacts down again in the present day; this is truly next level emotional experience.
There is also nothing better than walking through a vintage comic/toy show and finding something that you weren't even looking for because you completely forgot it about back in the day and a flood of forgotten memories comes rushing back. The power of nostalgia is really incredible because you can relive those lost moments in time once again.
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I believe this is an all-time high. Seems as if it was yesterday when I bought this same slabbed grade for $1300
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On 10/6/2023 at 3:34 PM, Hamlet said:
I’ve never really collected slabbed books for the sake of the slab itself, which is really what this is at the core. I was at a comic drek sale today ( 50 cents each or a long box for $100 ), and I noticed they had about 40 copies of X-men 281. They were all nice copies, so I picked out a few and thru them in my box for old times sake, since it was one of the first books I speculated on right before the 90s crash.
People will buy that book in 9.8 for say $60, but no one is interested in it unslabbed for 3/$1. I imagine that someone with a good eye could pick a 9.8 candidate out of a stack like that and make a little money.
Me, I’m going to stack the ones I bought in my comic book room until I retire. Then I will start selling at local conventions and someone will hopefully pull them out of my dollar box.
Agreed. I do find tremendous value in 9.6 slabs specifically from 80s and 90s genre as they can be had for a pittance especially if you can get them in bulk. I have a ton of Supes 9.6 slabs that I got on the cheap purchasing in a couple of large lots. Anything I have in BA is mostly NM raw; anything SA or older mid grade raw.
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On 8/11/2023 at 9:16 PM, Lady Death Footstool said:
Is there a list of the comics that the current labels are taken from? Trying to track down some comics to match the current labels.
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On 9/19/2023 at 7:33 PM, Jayman said:
Pretty good! How do you like the Gold? I still have a reserve bottle of Blantons that I have not cracked yet. I’ve been enjoying my current favorite bourbon drink: The Hunter. Using a cheaper but pretty nice Woodford Reserve. Makes a tasty drink!
That looks absolutely splendid. I had to cut myself off as it's only Tuesday
I actually just recommended Woodford in a Water Cooler thread last week. Really really great. I have this vanilla bean that I"ll add a smidge of along with a pinch of cinnamon and hands down will beat any Old Fashioned. I'll have to PM you as I recall you have a super stacked bar
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On 9/19/2023 at 9:16 PM, Readcomix said:
There’s a market for stubs too? I’m not surprised, just didn’t realize. The project will be too much fun to pass up. And a conversation piece. Of course, I’ve been talking about doing it for so long now that I can’t back out now. I have to keep saying I’ll do it, then continue to never get around to it!
Big market for concerts and movie stubs. Not long ago I sold a pair of Zeppelin and Beatles stubs for $1000.
I still have KISS, an entire case of other concerts and pretty much any movie you can think of from the late 70s and 80s. I was offered stupid money for my original SW IV, V and VI stubs but keeping those for sure.
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On 9/19/2023 at 5:59 PM, valiantman said:
Each generation's "this is neat but I'm going to throw it away when I'm done with it" becomes the next generation's collectibles.
That's a great point. I think I got on eBay in 2003. I was loaded to the gills with non-sports trading cards. I had pallets of sealed boxes of Marvel series 1,2,3 and X-Men, tins and more. I just didn't have the space or the patience. So I basically sold all of this within a span of a few years. And now two decades later, the multiples of which these are selling is just mind boggling. You're talking 50X returns on some of these sealed boxes.
I think 10 years ago I dumped a bunch of sealed 70s SW wax pack boxes and these were recently fetching four figures. It's just absolutely flabbergasting.
Pivoting to sports cards; think it was 2005ish I sold a rookie Wayne Gretzky rookie solid C9, perfect centering for $800. That card now will fetch $20K all day long. I don't even think IH 181 has anywhere near that kind of multiple.
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On 9/19/2023 at 3:28 PM, Dr. Balls said:
I attempted to collect band shirts when I picked up two for pretty cheap. After about two weeks of looking at them, I decided it wasn’t for me, so I gave them away.
I will not understand the collectibility of tshirts or shoes for that matter, but to each their own.
Shoes is a different galaxy all together. I think ultimately the genesis of what drives all of this is nostalgia.
I didn't really think about it until your comment but I vividly remember in very late 80s going to store and seeing Air Jordans. That red and black combo was killer. You could argue this is no different than one of my core memories of having a great pizza dinner and hitting a department store only to miraculously find a battle armor He-Man still left on the peg that was put out in the afternoon. I kept that sealed for weeks. It was awesome. I think we are all connected in this matter.
When I lived in Battery Park and trade prop, we had this one guy who just printed money. It was insane. His shoe collection was just ridiculous. He had practically an entire room dedicated to his pure obsession. I can relate to this.
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On 9/18/2023 at 11:13 PM, greggy said:
When I realized you posted that in 48 threads, I thought your account was cracked. Hope you are OK.
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On 9/19/2023 at 8:41 AM, F For Fake said:
When I found out about these sales a couple of years ago, I dug out an old Nirvana shirt I'd had since high school, the popular "Sliver" shirt. I remember buying it at Spencer Gifts when I was about 16 or so. I'd worn it so much it was no longer black, it was just kind of GRAY, and it has several small holes as well as the image being cracked. The neck was stretched out as well. This was a WORN shirt.
It sold for about $400.
Good stuff!
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On 9/19/2023 at 8:32 AM, Jayman said:
I probably shouldn’t have drank this…
How did your summer wind down? I finally cracked open a bottle of Blanton's gold. Very tasty. Having some dark golden rum right now as I type
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On 9/19/2023 at 1:03 AM, Ken Aldred said:
This has been going on for a long time.
Metallica shirts are a great example.
Indeed. What I find really interesting is that current prices today are not correlating to the recent down trend we've seen in comics vs. mani peak say last two years. For instance an ASM 300 CGC 9.8 was fetching $6500 at the peak but now a bunch recently have been getting $3900. These T-shirts are completely on a different planet and from what I'm hearing from some folks is the market for mint new tagged is completely next level.
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On 9/18/2023 at 11:13 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:
I remember being young and wanting band shirts! Not going to spring for them now though.
Happy somebody out there is having fun.
If memory serves, even in real-time those concert t-shirts were not cheap. For a reference point, I think for the price of one t-shirt, you could get four MOTU 8 backs or a G1 Optimus Prime.
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Move over VHS slabs. Anyone following this latest craze? Imagine what this merch would sell for new mint with tags.
(FYI the Wolverine etc. and Venom etc. shirts sold for at least $1900 each as those best offers accepted were still populating well over the vintage IM BIN shirt in the sold search results)
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Might have been 2009ish on CL but in the span of two auctions/2 months, there were two ASM 300 9.9s that sold between $3K-3.5K. I was a sissy on my bids and knew one day I would regret it.
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On 8/26/2023 at 7:34 AM, ThothAmon said:
This. While not a defect the 6.5 wrap with the interior pages protruding past from cover is not everyone’s cup of tea. The grade difference is nominal and with a slight bump for white pages the final hammer should be close.
That perfect page alignment is very significant especially with thicker books from SA/BA eras. And the 5.5 has white pages. There is a legit pool of bidders who will pass on anything less than this.
Lastly in this price range on CL, I believe the bid increments are now $50 for a single bid.
. This is the earliest I can recall that we've shut down. Rain and cold is such a drag. Oh well, I guess the upside is I will get some sleep. 
Giant Size X-Men #1 Just Graded 9.9. It Begins.....
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Nearly twenty years ago, neatstuff sold me two of these 10.0 slabs for definitely well under $1K each. These TM covers have come quite along way now.
(I added a couple other X-Men as well as it seems 9.9s are falling from the sky these days.)