Antillia Island

I'm trying to send books for this signing. I want to send one book for each artist, I don't see the check box within the following instructions. It appears I need to create a separate order for each one, but this would create separate handling and shipping charge multiplied x5. Will I have to create and pay for 5 separate handling and shipping or is there a way to have it combined for this signature event. Under Services, select Grading and, if you would like it, Pressing. Then hit Next in the top right section of the form. Enter the information requested for your comic, and make sure to check the box next to ARTGERM/DERRICK CHEW/KUNKKA/EJIKURE/LEIRIX under Private Signing Details. On the next screen, you can add one of CGC’s custom Marvel labels to your submission for qualifying books.

Totally agree, I don't trust centralized systems (centralized = basically backroom people coming up with prices, like the Wall Street stockmarket manipulators, people that play with prices of products including comic prices on E-bay, or gov currency printing, etc.) I have a spread sheet designed to figure it out risk vs reward and try, but usually don't buy SS books over $60, unless I study the original book very closley, this one was an exception I "had" to run epic. I like the pricecharting.com It still has a lot of work to prefect its formulas but ever since they released their phone app (like last month) I got really interested. They appear to be a good project team, they are coming from video game tracking/collecting, I'm sure everyone is aware of them. Thank you for the advice.

Haha DougC I'm going to put a lot of trust in everyone since I've been watching CGCSS books coming out of China with questionable shop profiles. I know, I was going to stop getting SS books but I had to get this one since it did check all my requirements. CGCSS (9.8 preferred) (no other grading companies or raw signatures) Marvel or DC (only) E-bay costs of raw book near the CGCSS price (I like about ~ $40 or less) Signature of cover artist. (highly preferred) Virgin (sketch preferred) Last of course popular character (Wolverine my preferred preference) Wolverine & All-new Wolverine #1 CGC 9.8 Virgin Sketch CVR signed by Stanley Lau https://www.ebay.com/itm/186135578303 I haven't seen a book score so high on my spread sheet so couldn't pass this one up. (I epic bid on the 8 sec. timer) But it's coming out of China. Back to US, I checked shipping to Taiwan haha, is sooo much more expensive. (that whole China is a "developing country" with cheep shipping to US) E-bay has one reg CGC that is unsigned for $199, people say they prefer non-signed, (I guess maybe that is why SS are lower) but all of the books I got that are CGC Signature Series cost me less than the regular CGC. Most of the time much more less then if I bought the book raw and sent it into a signature event. IDK oh well, I'll trust everyone that there is no trickery. Thank you though... haha this new one might be my new favorite book.

Just note: a crypto wallet is un-hackable. Millions of people have tried, the only crypto wallet hack is when someone hacks the persons computer and finds the recovery phrase. Run a Ledger for all transactions, it is a un-hackable system. Never leave you recovery phrase on your computer, or break it up in some childish encryption game like with in words of a novel. I like to keep one copy buried in a capsule (haha yes under a rock, two paces north of a tree type thing) and another in a safe. Even those are encrypted.

I understand, not trying to argue just provide a different perspective. I will be closing out of this becosue Celestia (TIA) just airdrop'ed fresh hope onto our ecosystem so we are having a bit of a cosmo crypto party over here. Unusually high amount of money into our cosmos wallets (a total of about $300 million USD worth). The Celestia team geo-locked the US mostly because of US-crypto pessimism and US SEC. I would love to click a few buttons and roll it into a nice high value book but the mechanisms are not there. I could walk it through Coinbase into my bank account, but it isn't worth the effort/fees. Anyway this isn't the place for crypto talk. I'm just giving an idea regarding what happens outside US boarders. I don't know, but my guess is the majority of online sales for comic dealers ships to a US address ... probably in the upwards of 90% but the US is like 4% of the global population. With that I really feel there is misconceptions regarding NFTs. I understand it mainly feels like digital art but it is not, way more than that, it's best described as a deed of ownership. Think of it like the deed of land you own, people can drive by it and even walk on it. The deed (piece of paper) gives you true ownership and happiness, you put the paper in a safe place, always know it there. NFTs sit next to my crypto in much the same fashion in my phone wallet, I feel I own in the modern world, it is secure, backed my un-hackable blockchain. I can physically hold my comics, look at their picture but do I really own them in the modern world. If someone stole them tomorrow they are gone. In an idea NFT world someone would not want to steel the books as having one without the digital NFT (deed) would make them both worthless. Like trying to live on land that you don't own. There are thousands of asset backed NFTs on the market that I can buy, mostly physical art work that you could get shipped or just held in gallery. In a comic vault could easily cover overhead expenses within the profits of token exchange, there is mechanisms already built into the code. The artists of most NFTs get at least 5% from the resale every time the ownership is exchanged. Anyway, I do understand there are a lot of different dynamics to collecting comics, I think you all are correct. I'm just telling you my perspective, on how I see the future, how I would like to collect. In the end it should be fun (easy to buy and easy to sale) As all good crypto investors think, it is worthless (just a bunch of zeros and ones.) It's the ride that is "fun" clicking buy and sale all day, all night 24/7. Waking up with a lot more money then you fell asleep with and finding new ways to spend it. Oh well, I guess I will just stake my new TIA coin But, it was nice hearing your thoughts and thank you everyone. I will dive back into my insane bubble of a fish tank and float around in blissful happiness.

I understand. Not really trying to tell anyone how they should operate or collect. Let me tell you my perspective. I currently sit in a Starbucks Reserve (its an upscale Starbucks) surround by people my age with very expensive machines clicking away doing work somewhere around the globe. Most are like me, small furnished apartment for a couple months, hop/migrate around, because our tourist visa's expire at 90 days. We work remote and don't need "work permits" and the money is coming in from our versus endeavors. Stay amongst the safe Asia megacities, where we are comfortable using the bathroom with a $5k laptop on the table. Take the occasional adventure trip to developing countries. But that lifestyle doesn't mean we have to be devoid of "stuff" and not collect anything. I'm lucky for my mother was taking in my collection, but the piles of comics are bothering her, so I need to stop. Sad. If I want to sale the books, I have no method to sale them. I could remotely put them on E-bay but will still need someone to pack them up for shipping. I don't want to inconvenience my mother for such a task. Her packing comic for CGC is already enough. Yes CGC she is the one wrapping like 20 layers of bubble wrap around them So in my dream world: I would like to collect comic books that are asset backed NFTs and drop in my wallet. They are stored in ... maybe GameStop Vaults were they could cheaply ship collectibles between physical local GameStop vaults. I ask to get the book "check it out" for a day, week or year, of course I have to give prior notice. But I can get it in China, Japan, US, or France wherever they have a local vault. When I'm done I return it to the vault, they verify it is org/correct. If I want to sale, I don't need to spend time writing an E-bay auction (even bother with shipping) I just click. Someone buys the comic and the ownership instantly transfers to the new owner, (into their phone wallet, that is how NFT's work already), the new owner could ask to ship it to their local vault or just keep it where it sits in the world. On the mystery box I looked at some photos of the books being sent, they are in amazing condition easy above 7.0 but maybe 9.0. I won't open the boxes for who knows how long, so I really can't tell. Yes, I want to press and send them to the CGC, (I don't understand the logic of not pressing them, I just wonder about old ones). When I do need to get my collection into a vault, I don't think comic vaults will accept loose books, I don't want to own them on some shelf at my mothers house or storage unit. I want them to feel like they are with me in my phone wallet. Most of the 40 years of experience is dealing in a market where people brought the book home and had a place to store them. Everyone should collect how they want. But, I could tell so many people don't have a clue that I'm talking about, haha, almost a polite mocking. But it is ok, I understand clearly. I might be dreaming about the future of asset collecting. There is dozens of people around me upon dozens of coffee shops full, I don't think anyone here has a place to store collectibles. But I see two Chanel bags and a lot of expensive computers so I believe there is disposable income amongst us. We are almost talking about two realities people that have a large amount (or any amount) of storage space for their collection and those that have none. I'm unsure if space settled perspective relates to a growing class of people that are migrational. In a posable futrue our collectible asset backed NFT storage could be a massive warehouse of physical stuff, yet we only carry a computer bag. Collecting not just "key" comics but whole runs is possible when storing the books is not a factor. it might change the whole dynamic, who knows time will tell.

Thank you 🙏, You have very clear understand and responses. Today we should identify it as a big potential problem, and start mitigating. Vertcoin (VTC), a beautiful project coin that could have easily rivaled BTC, but the only crypto that got a 51 hack, they patched the problem but sadly it was too late and lost all consumer/investor trust. Can't even make it past a dime today. I personally haven't held a CGC case as I only see photos of my stuff. But, I'm out here and everyone has the machines to do anything, the literal horrors I've seen just to scratch a penny profit. It isn't people don't see it as a mass market or profit is too slim. It's they are not aware of it is a target. But again thank you DougC, for the clear response. I get tooo passionate about stuff, at times.

haha, Have zero clue what you guys are talking about not entirely sure you do also. But, yes I'm an new collector. I'm mostly going off internal discord discussions with my friends in which we honestly wonder how the CGC prevent fakes. It appears an easy market to fake, we live next to China and they are really good at faking everything. We live in a world of hackers and fakes, we have to be careful ... haha even you all think I'm fake. I'm a cosmonaut, Cosmo (ATOM) coin developer, in short it's an alt-coin ""struggling .. yes I'll admit"" ... crypto ecosystem, but we have a lot passion, and we will build. I don't like to reveal my exact location because of other reasons, just a habit. I'm currently in Taiwan right now, I usually migrate Asia between Singapore, Taiwan and Japan. Been living here in Asia for almost 8 years now. Antillia Island is my new business venture that might encompass comics and publishing, it's small and fresh about a month old (you can .com it haha, but this isn't the area to develop marketing pitches. like less then a few dozen impressions) I'm just asking questions, testing the water temperature, getting a feel for the overall attitude of the people in the industry, (are they pro or con technology and development) plus I'm happy with my prizes and luck. I've never stepped foot in a comic shop or a comic con. I do think, that what turns off so many fresh young investors is lack of transparency in collecting. Like the stock market it feel like an old men in a room coming up with tricks and pitches to adjust prices. We need transparency and decentralization for it to be appealing, young investors are much more savvy. Ohh well, and yes I do think my $20 has Zindar the potential for get up to $2,000, in my mind it is priceless. I love it, it has a great story to tell (both in its pages and in its development), plus it inspired me to work on something "interesting." haha, my new project is feeding off Zindars inspiration so I will never sale it. Yes I'm weird. I always speak like I'm trying to sale something it is just my charisma, I just don't want you to think I'm this other guy, but anyway it is pointless, I won't bug you all. In my world the amount of FUDders is directly related to success. haha re-reading what I just wrote I'm pretty sure you all will think it's some fiction BS story. That oddly amusing to me, kind of nice to think that my life is like a fiction story. Thank you.

Haha, I will throw it out there, if anyone has a Stan Lee signature (CGC SS) on any book. I will give $300 for it. Everyone knows Stan Lee, there might be a lot of supply but demand is just as high. Stan Lee starts at $600 (even that is hard to find) on any book, like Elizabeth Olsen starts at $400 on any book. Yes there is plenty of collectors that prefer books unsigned. But there are a lot of non comic collectors that will think a Stan Lee signature or Elizabeth Olson signature is cool. Drop a modern $2 trade copy Scarlet Witch signed by Elizabeth Olson in front of almost anybody on the planet and they will immediately know there is value in the book, might not know how much but will know it is worth something. Drop a perfect CGC 9.8 Wolverine #1 (1982) and you would need at least 3 min to explain why the book has the same value. Most people will just go "oh ok, I guess Wolverine is cool, but same price ... give me the Elizabeth Olson signed book" In short even non-collector will automatically know a CGC SS book is "different." So people can collect unsigned but I will collect CGC SS books.

Haha the world. Where I live in Asia these books are cheep. I mean when I show people, they can't believe I can get them under $100, they always say why do they so cheep in US, I shrug my shoulders. Ha I've already thought about selling people a token to books I own, but I just want to collect, and don't need more projects. Shipping sucks, like my mother is cooked, and has expressed more and more frustration with the stacks filling her house. For example, I would love to click every Wolverine to buy the whole run, it drop into my wallet and I sleep cozy. Maybe tomorrow I wake up and sale it. IDK but that is the freedom of NFT collecting, part of the fun of collecting is also "trading" so it isn't practical to ship a book back and forth. Decentralized comic pricing, non-fungiable tokens, and comic vaults are the future in my opinion. Slabbing is part of that future, so yes I have already started a steady goal of 10 books a month going to the CGC. Call it silly but that is how I want to collect.

I know, I can create digital tokens for anything, and they don't have to be graded. (ha you gave me a wonderful idea, I was discussing with my friend this morning ... but that is a different subject, not a all comic related) I just think graded books are more proper since the digital token would have to relay on objective grading when it isn't slabbed. eBay has already started giving digital tokens for graded cards in their vault. I haven't played with it but do hope they are using blockchain technology so someone can't hack ownership. I'm pretty sure they are, but they are using the same NFT concepts under the hood and just painting it in a way that doesn't trigger old collectors. Just a matter of time before they start a comic vault. I'm more interested in the formulas for signed comics, since we know a $2 book signed by Stan Lee can value at over $600. But, it isn't as straight forward as just adding $600 to a book with his signature. Signed books are more challenging since their numbers are low and our end goal of creating trackable candle graphs for comics. iIt will be hard since there isn't enough buy and sale records to establish a pattern with signature books.. So there has to be a type of formula, depending on the person who signed it, how many books they sign, and the book they sign (haha plus if it's a remarque.) I already have a massive excel doc tracking everything as I work on testing my formulas. Build during the bear market and prosper during the bull market is my attitude. Cross our fingers, crypto might be out of its bear market, only a couple more months of watching the candle patterns and we will see.

@shadrochshadroch Because it's the only real method to make them into non-fungiable tokens. With them "lose" non-slabbed, we can't verfiy condition or acountablity to establish an exchanable token. From what I can tell all their reading material are easily found online and downloadable. It's the token, physical assist exchange, and holding (vault) that needs work, and we are working on. Right now collectibles are exchanged like stocks in the 1920s, when the stupid paper (stock certificate) had to be mailed back and fourth. I have a feeling that will change.

I'm still unsure how we keep people from making fake books. There should be a chip in them or something. But, this is my favorite (I know Zindan was my favorite, it still is) But I like how Spider Gwen popped up because I just watched her movie on my flight last week. I love it. I should start a different feed. But I'm wondering, on the 10 cent comic books do I press them when I get them graded? My friend got me in contact with a guy who had cleaned out his mothers house and she had a box of old 10 cent comics from I guess the fifties. The old man was wanting to toss most of them because "there is only a few dozen books boy books" haha I guess that means Superman or something. Luckily I convinced him not toss such old books, and send them to me, he had no clue. said he sent a little less then 200 books, might be good ones or cheap romance books, IDK it's the fun of collecting. I figure $2.20 per book (inc. shipping) it is worth the risk, (not to rip off an old men, I did offer $5 per book but he said nahh it's too much). But I was looking it might cost roughly around $10k to get them pressed and graded. I will ask more questions when I open the boxes ... but won't be back to US in at least 6 months (maybe more) so I will open a new feed. I just wonder when people send in those old books do they get them pressed? I think every book should get pressed but IDK about such old ones.

I paid just under $60, it said it was just a signature of Jeehyung Lee. I didn't get it from Jeehyung but from a big box type distributor. They said they try to label/describe them correctly and I could return it if not happy.... Haha... nooo I'm very happy with it. Anyway, I was browsing his site and he has the same book for $200 with the same serial number in photo, it says it is in stock, the sketch looks exactly the same. https://jeehyung.com/products/marvel-star-1-1-200-variant-jeehyung-lee-cgc-ss-remark-ghost-spider-9-6?_pos=4&_sid=21a534b84&_ss=r https://www.ebay.com/itm/166336939296 Like how can I really tell if it isn't a fake, $60 feels way too cheep for what I got. (even Jeehyung site at $200 it feels a "fair" value. but what is the one on his site? There is only 5 in census, + is he selling a same sketch with different SS#? Since I have the book in the picture? I'm confused.

Haha, Crypto is far from casino type gambling when you get into the mechanics (tokenomics) it's very different. Sadly US is soooo behind, why I stay abroad, out of the US IP address with my coin. A lot of alt-coins exclude US IPs for their airdrops and even smart enough to see though VPNs. Probably a good comic vault will need to be located somewhere outside the US ecosystem. But like I said this is a whole different subject, haha. In the last 2 years I've lost over 50% of my crypto portfolio, but that portfolio had gained ~1100% from my original investment. Have I lost money or gained money? It isn't the fact if people "lost" money it's based on their original investment. People that bought into BTC at a few hundred dollars. That investment turned into millions. They turned a portion of it into NFTs during the 2021 bull market, and lost that value today. Simply you can say they gained house money "crypto" and lost house money in "NFT," I really suggest not to try and rationalize it in that method. It's was more of an excess supply of crypto without a way to truly use the money, piggy backed with the ability to create hype and trade NFTs on the fly that drove demand. It was a unique situation, but now crypto has more outlets (across the globe) to use the coin, I don't see the NFT craze ever happing again. But, in next decade, I personally feel we are embarking on an asset driven non-fungible token.