Timeless icons

Arrived today. Posted in the Dell Otto appreciation thread as well. 

I don't believe it was an incentive but It was supposedly limited to only 50 copies printed though. 

On 9/19/2022 at 12:39 PM, AnnSteverson said:

nice

Thanks. Welcome to the boards. 

On 9/15/2022 at 1:28 PM, rexinnih said:

Beautiful copies. I submitted mine for the Roy Thomas sig series and look forward to getting back. Not 9.6 but hopefully a decent grade. 

Thanks. Good luck with the submission. 

On 8/31/2022 at 8:55 PM, Timeless icons said:

Probably hold on to them for a while. I bought most of them a while ago because I like Skaar quite a bit. See what happens. 

@Greggy

Meaning, I had no plans to but it wouldn't be the first time I've sold books that I had intentions of keeping. 

On 8/31/2022 at 6:49 PM, Kevin76 said:

Now is the time to dump your copies

Probably hold on to them for a while. I bought most of them a while ago because I like Skaar quite a bit. See what happens. 

Tough to find 10's in collections as there are so few. Maybe better traction with 9.9s and 10.0s ? Cool sketch btw. 

Good thread. Nice to see those high grade copies in one space. 

On 8/25/2022 at 3:25 PM, Frisco Larson said:

Always liked this cover. The OA of this cover is on offer in the Comiclink auction right now. 

9.8 copies of What if? Planet Hulk #NN have dried up on Ebay. 

On 8/8/2022 at 10:23 PM, mr_highgrade said:

Anything Silver heating up? 

Avengers 69 in most grades. Haven't looked in a while but GPA has definitely creeped up. 

On 7/1/2022 at 4:14 PM, KB81 said:

HP 8300 has arrived. 

I used these books due to the amount of color since that is a key factor for me. I must say, the scans look very close to the real thing. 
I have a Windows 10 PC and the computer picked it up right away. 
The scan out of the box was way off and needed tweaking. 

I installed Photoshop Express and just set these settings:
Contrast +50
White +50
Black -40
Vibrance +50

Big shoutout to @Timeless icons for giving me insight into what they use, the settings to tweak and overall contentment with the HP 8300 scanner. 
I appreciate you taking out the time to share your hobby knowledge with me. Many thanks! 

 

You're quite welcome and I'm glad it all worked well for you. I never messed with the viberance myself but if you're finding that it gets the scans as close as possible to the book itself, that's perfect. A light background on the scanner cover might also help, rather than the black background but that's just preference. Nice books by the way. If you want to get the most accurate scans possible and you don't mind the extra work, having your monitor calibrated to ISF (image science foundation) standards will make both your monitor content and your scan job the most accurate it can possibly be. You can look up ISF calibrations for your monitor/tv online and most likely, someone has already dumped their results online for others to use who have the same display. They are the ones who set the color standards for the most accurate images/movies in the industry. Happy scanning. 

On 6/27/2022 at 11:11 PM, KB81 said:

@Timeless icons Do you use a scanner for these images? if so, can you share the one you use? these images look great and I am also in the market for a scanner for my slabbed books. 

HP8300-.  

PM sent

On 6/27/2022 at 1:47 PM, Kevin76 said:

   Well we can't do business then  

Finally. 

On 6/26/2022 at 11:39 PM, Kevin76 said:

Is it gonna be all Valiant, Lobo and Strange Tales?   

Definitely not all Wonder Woman bolland covers. Several high grade Strange Tales 110 copies to be sure though. 

On 6/26/2022 at 3:41 PM, Motor City Rob said:

Do you have a link? Curious to see what those listings look like.

I didn't post a link but there is a Thor 12 variant, Defenders remastered 1, etc.. and several others listed as 9.9 but each book is pictured as a 9.8. Quick Ebay search for cgc 9.9 thor 12

I went looking on E-Bay for a few books and stumbled across a listing that noted the book was a 9.9 with no other description indicating otherwise. Some E-Bayers like to say things like 9.8 but looks 9.9 mint! to catch buyers attention. I get why someone would do that and at least they clearly list it as CGC 9.8. I see this book as I said, listed strictly as a 9.9 in the title and figured, ok, maybe it was just an error and moved on. I find yet another book, then another and another with the same exact scenario. Book pictured is clearly 9.8 but strictly listed as 9.9 and not just in title but also in the description as well. Is this a common thing that people see when on E-Bay? We've all seen some strange things on there but this is a first for me. 

Never even knew this existed until yesterday and I'm a Young Avengers fan. This book predates Young Avengers 1 and as far as I know, Its the first comic to host the Young Avengers (Previews 16 excluded since It's not a comic). The interior has sketches of the Young Avengers team and there are only 21 copies in total, graded on the census. Supposed print run is 14,701 according to comichron, which is considerably lower than the standard print Young Avengers 1. Pretty sure a lot of people are still unaware of this one.

On 6/13/2022 at 3:42 PM, LordRahl said:

Hulk 1 6.5

Tales of Suspense 52 Pac Coast 9.6

FF 1 5.0

X Men 12 Pac Coast 9.8

FF 48 9.4

The 2 Pac Coast books in particular I should have never sold, won't see those again even if I could afford the asking price (which I probably can't).

I was looking at the lists that members have posted and I must have gotten sidetracked at one point because I didn't see this list (and a couple of others). Looks like we had not just the X-12, but 3 of the same books that we regret selling. What are the chances?