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Those are just excellent. Great story! The old timers around here have heard most of my sig stories, but I will try to tee up a couple this weekend.

Probably! That makes a lot more sense. LOL I haven't read it since I was 11.

Which is infinitely better than some outfit that will "authenticate" anything for money. We haven't seen any problems with that in the past. This is Fine!!!

The most amazing thing about that is that the experience shaved his mutton chops!! So the scene starts with Jason Wyngarde, and it ends with Mastermind. I've always though that was one of the biggest flubs in comics.

Pro tip: It also will be a comic book with paper pages not a wood/plastic composite rectangle with a wall hanger on the back.

I'd go ahead and be flattered. At least the story will have a happy ending!

I'm not telling you this to antagonize you - more to get you ready. CGC mislabeled items for me 10-15 times over the years when I submit on my own account and could track it. I always called or emailed them and clearly described what needed to be corrected. About 25% of the time it actually got corrected. I would hold onto them and give them back at WWChicago when a good chunk of the grading team was onsite and i could talk to them.

I would be a hard "NO!" Very interested to see if Joe thinks he could improve appearance, grade, or both.

The correct answer is Blade Runner #1

I think if you are putting together a book that has an entire creative team, and Roy was the editor or the editor in chief at the time, it is cool. I don't know if adds anything price wise - I kind of doubt it. But if it is a random Marvel, like the way Stan used sign anything marvel, it will be a losing proposition.

RICK STARR is free to not complete this transaction, but based upon the rules, if the OP wants him added to the PL, he should be added to the PL. You can do what you want with your stuff, but you can't avoid responsibility for backing out of a deal on the Boards by ginning up a "payment not received" excuse.

Also, if you do a sales thread, you can put terms on there that says "no sales to PL/HOF" or even "I reserve the right to not sell to people I don't want to sell to." But none of that applies to a situation where deal was consummated without invoking those clauses prior thereto.

The "No returns on slabs" is a pretty ironic in light of this situation.

For Silver Age and older, assuming the rest of the book is comfortably higher absent the spine split - 6.5. I have had a 50's book and a mid 60's book where they both looked 8.0-8.5 ish and the spine split took them to 6.5. Both splits were extremely clean splits and they knit back together almost imperceptibly when the book was closed. I would think for gaping splits the downgrade could be more severe.

Please do - you are most likely in need of a serious education as it relates to grading standards. I had been collecting continuously since 1984 when I got my first books graded in 2004-2005. It took me years to consistently grade to CGCs standards, and I had been an active hobbyist for 20 years. I don't say this to discourage you, but merely to inject some realism into your journey. For example, most 70's books that you find at stores/shows will top out in the 8.0-9.0 range. 9.0 books to the naked eye, or more accurately the untrained eye, look absolutely fantastic. Typically good gloss, seemingly sharp corners, white whites etc. Only when you have reviewed dozens and dozens of 9.2-9.4 and 9.6-9.8 will the microscopic defects start to jump out at you, and you can tell them apart.

Does it have that foxing effect?

That was excellent. And quite a trip down memory lane!

First, look at it from the inside of the cover and see if something is causing it there. Second, look at other copies of that book. See if they all have that mottled coloration (it looks like foxing to me, but that is a modern, so it may be the pattern on the paper.) At that time you can also see if the mark is on the other books as well. It could be part of the vision of the artist, to have the paper look old, weathered damaged, etc.

It’s a great plan if you want to spend all the money it takes to create a yellow label book, and never be able to get it back. This has been discussed many times. No one who would normally be in the market for an SS book will want it, and neither will blue label collectors. You would have to find a unicorn who feels exactly the same way you do about that exact same book, or a Registry zombie who wants the points. The only time to get back covers signed is when there is artwork there, or maybe in the example above if the person has a connection to the Frogger game.

Don't give it to Hector for free. Make him post a video of an interpretive Spider-Man dance or a Harlem Shake or something. Get something out of him for the Boardies who have suffered him so long.

I command you to WANK.

90 day GPA is $512 and NM 98 is $306 in 9.2. So that is $818 in value. NM 98 is one of, if not the most, liquid of the Copper Age books. It's value is very tightly and easily measured. 90 day is $928. So this trade is for $110 less in value, much lower liquidity, and two books instead of one. Add in the Cap (maybe worth $40) and it is still under water. This is literally why trading never has and never will be a viable part of this Board.

I really love it when the A-holes get their comeuppance. I can only imagine this guy rubbing his fingers together like Snidely Whiplash - "They'll never be able to prove that he sent me anything - Mwahahahaha." Mere hours later, he is irrefutably outed as a scammer by the Boardie sleuths. It's just the best. Kudos to all the sleuths.

If memory serves, they need to be pre-approved. This allows CGC to do whatever vetting they deem appropriate, and they are not dealing with someone sending in a book and an agreement that they have no knowledge of. That's where I would start - see whether they need to be pre-approved. If they do, then there is your answer.