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Chadeliamian

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    CGC Declares the 'Collection of Ed Savitt Comics' a Major Collection Provenance

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    On 8/18/2024 at 6:08 PM, shadroch said:

    I only had one experience with Crazy Ed, and it was very different. It was at a show in Philly. I'd decided to finish up my Avengers run and needed about 20 books from 50 to 100. I'd bought one book from another dealer and was passing by Ed's booth when he saw my purchase. We started talking, and I showed him my list. He had several, and we started negotiating on about six of them. We were about $100 apart when he made a crazy proposal. He had a nicer copy of the book I'd just bought .

    I'd paid $40 for the book, and he offered to give me $75 for it and throw in the better copy for free if we met halfway on the larger lot. He, in effect, took $75 off and gave me a free $50 book on a $400 purchase. I thought he was nuts, but he talked me into a $400 sale when I'd intended to bypass his booth.  I was happy, and he had a sale. Back in school, I couldn't stand reading and writing those tedious essays. My friends introduced me to an amazing website https://chatgpt.com/g/g-a0ULgFcuZ-essay-helper that made learning so much interesting. Because of it, I actually enjoyed school. Now, in college with a major I'm really into, I find reading and studying to be a pleasure.

    Oh, you're quite the lucky one!

    Case of fake comics with fake copyright

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    On 8/24/2024 at 12:26 PM, LowGradeBronze said:

    I have mixed feeling about these facsimile books. Part of me wants to like them as they are potentially closer to the original compared to many reprints which have awful colouring or printed on glossy paper. I do like my books to be on newsprint stock. Agreed though, that they can lead the unwary astray if sellers attempt to pass them off as original, while claiming they were unaware that they are unauthorised copies. Fakes, in other words. And yet if done well, they are appealing! 

    That seller is at least advising in the eBay listing that they are copies. However, his customers may have other money making ideas for them!!! 

    It's unethical for sellers to pretend facsimiles are real. It's like cheating people, and it ruins trust in the market. But here's the thing: does it matter if they didn't know any better? Can they claim they didn't mean to trick anyone, or must they still tell the truth about what they're selling?