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I love the new additions... nice Clink wins!

I've always liked the cover to FF 2 and I wonder if we were bidding against each other on another particular restored LB Cole book.

I thought it was very good!

Much better than I thought it would be and I'm really looking forward to the next episode.

I really liked your Baltimore Con review... very nice 'Tec 48!

I bought a CGC Restored book on eBay...

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=158689&Number=3132108#Post3132108

and Arkham should mean we get a Batman villain too shouldn't it?

Solomon Grundy...

Looks very good and I'm pretty excited about the possibilities!

Or Slight/Poor restoration?

I think you're right.

I'm guessing that just may be the new 'Conservation' designation...

http://www.cgccomics.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=4030&

Nice wall books... thanks for the updates!

Dealing with Colin is an absolute pleasure... very personable and easy to deal!

A nice asset to the CGC boards community!

Thanks again, Colin!

Can't wait to see what you pick up there!

13:23 for TCFTBL...

A drawing for a project I am working on.

 

If you guys wouldn't mind, based on what you see here how old is she?

 

It could be a trick. Is she a vampire?

 

No

 

So come on Karl.... are you gonna tell us what your secret question and project are all about ?

 

She is supposed to be 15. Those who said 28, 30 ... thanks, I will need to revise her look. Guesses were 15-30.

The project is my own creator owned story/ comic book. My goal is to go through Image. Back in the 90's when I was trying to be a comic artist it was all work for hire and nothing creator owned. Times have changed.

Thanks for asking.

I was going to say around 19/20... I love the line work!

This was 2 years back. Did any come back better than 9.8?

No. 7 copies passed a Classics Incorporated 9.8 prescreen and were submitted to CGC. 5 copies came back 9.8 and 2 received 9.6 status.

 

You should read this whole thread. It's really great.

 

7?

 

Out of 1500 copies?

 

Or do I need to read the whole thread...?

I think you need to read the whole thread.

 

My "7 copies" reference is completely wrong.

 

I just skimmed the whole thread.

 

The problem that CGC has, and it's a very big one, is that they are extremely overprotective of the 9.9 and 10 grades, and way, way, wayyyy too liberal with the 9.8 grades.

 

I've subbed nearly 2,000 books at this point, and hit 9.8s with no problem, even without a safety net (prescreen.)

 

I have subbed, in six years, exactly 6 books that graded 10, and a single 9.9. I've got at least 4 books in 9.8 slabs that are no contest 9.9s. Yes, I know everyone says that, but I have dealt only in ultra high grade for 2+ decades. I take magnifying loupes to comics. I don't think anyone would disagree with me, especially in light of many of the books that get a 9.8. These "9.8s" are substantially, obviously, MEASURABLY better than the standard 9.8s, but they get put in 9.8 slabs.

 

It makes no sense to have a book that has an oxidized bottom staple from water damage grade a 9.8....and a book that has a single fleck, no bigger than the period at the end of this sentence, and THAT'S IT...also be a 9.8.

 

I suspect it is the culture of Borock and Haspel that has instilled this into everyone grading moderns. It's not so much that the ceiling is 9.8, is that to BREAK that ceiling, a book has to not just BE flawless...it has to IMPRESS the finalizer.

 

This isn't a bad thing, unless it's taken to the extreme, as CGC has.

 

So, I keep the ultra high grade stuff raw. Not worth the cost to get it in a 9.8 slab. I've got 3-4 long boxes of the stuff. I'm happy to keep them as is, until the culture changes.

Very good point!

Just went through it myself... very interesting read!!

Sounds like a lot of fun!!

...would love to see a GoT cast photo!

Sold Robert a small lot of books and he was an absolute pleasure to deal with... no hassles and very quick to pay!

Thank you once again!

I like that #42 a lot as well... reminiscent of another favorite of mine- Batman 14.

Now there's a theme... folded corner covers!

I wonder if anyone has done that one?

Phil bought a small lot of books from me and paid in 2 minutes!

A pleasure to deal with and thanks again!

Got this in the mail today: Spirit section from 9/28/47.

 

Overstreet says: "1st mention of Flying Saucers in comics - 3 months after 1st sighting in Idaho on 6/25/47."

Which isn't quite right - the sighting was actually in Washington state (by Kenneth Arnold, a pilot from Idaho) on 6/24/47.

 

Of course, Eisner not only taps the headlines for material, he also throws in a wicked Orson Welles parody for good measure.

 

 

THIS IS AWESOME!...thanks for sharing.

 

mm

 

That is very cool!

'Awesome Bells'...

And what a great idea for a thread!!

That Sensation 68 is a good issue with an amazing splash page!

And very nice looking Flash books, Marty!