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G.A.tor

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  1. Or maybe it's just some excellent photoshop work? you are a champ!
  2. can't believe anyone would fall for this
  3. One of the absolute coolest Fox covers. Great pickup! thats pretty. I owned one once but forgot how nice
  4. I agree. I own all my books, no debt involved. Higher chance of profit if you can hold the af15 for at least 6-12 months and then flip it. Well, if the book goes up, then that means your percentage profit would have been substantially higher if you funded the purchase with some debt. The power of leverage as you would benefited from the entire increase in value while only having to pay a portion of the cost. Of course, it only works if you sell the book as opposed to keeping it in your collection long-term. I think folks that debt finance for advantageous reasons are possibly ok (as in they could buy outright, but opp costs of existing cash exceeds the cost of the debt)... however, as a general rule, if the average person is trying to fund comic(s) with debt because they don't have the liquidity to purchase outright, imo, is generally a bad idea and potentially dangerous path to go down
  5. this is the "wrong" place to post this...BUT I am down to single digits in needs to complete the centaur publisher... need the bold: update to my needs/want list Amazing mystery funnies 2/1, 2/5 (need upgrade ) Funny picture stories 2/5, 3/5 (comic pages) Keen detective funnies 2/12 (pending deal) Keen Komics 2 Masked Marvel 2 (pending deal) Star Comics 6 (pending deal) 9 (pending deal) Star Comics 2/4 Star Ranger 7 (pending deal), 14 (cowboy comics-pending deal) Star Ranger Funnies 2/1 Star Ranger Funnies 2/4 (pending deal) Little giant 4
  6. I'm married with 4 kids and have owned 100s of af15 It's all relative. But it is generally a BAD idea to debt fund a comic purchase.
  7. this was my #1...it was stolen at NYCC in 2010...if anyone ever see's...
  8. # 2 is one of the last 9 I need to complete... PM incoming
  9. It's become evident that loose grading has led to significant discounts on their books. I know I refrain from buying them unless they are offered well below GPA prices. +1 The discount is real and it's widening. Regardless of how CGC copies performed in grade relative to GPA highs, Voldemort slabs performed significantly worse. -J. I bid 20% more than highest cgc sale for a particular book in a cbcs holder and got crushed
  10. I would have paid 25k on the sc4 (that's what i bid with juice)
  11. Them's some really cool funny books. Over the years, I've collected very few Centaurs. They have always been pretty rare and still seem to be. Most of the western and funny covers really don't do much for me but these are beginning to give me ideas...
  12. will you please send me my books back now...please
  13. Compared to the 50k sale last year for same grade I'd say sure. one outlier sale doesn't make a market...clearly this copy sold for approx. fmv based on multiple sales supporting level
  14. I would say it was a good result... weak? come on....
  15. Yes. The glue reattaching the cover. There is also tape but that is not considered resto. This can be undone and get blue right. 1.0 blue would outsell 2.5 purple. if c1, it probably has enough glue that to remove, would remove paper too...but likely would still end up 1.0...
  16. No I didn't. I will NOT buy CBCS. cause I'm shopping for a Tec 38. that copy won't affect the asking out there in the market for cgc copies, restored or ow...