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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change... Whether it's someone arguing their perspective beyond exhaustion against experience in order to "be right" or someone who appears completely oblivious to their own confirmation bias and self-fulfilling prophecy, I need to accept this thread for what it has become.

Cool. Actual talk about Spiderman and wove it into AF15.

Thanks, Brannon!

It's ironic you point out 2008. I stopped collecting when I was a teen. I hauled around 2 long boxes of premiere stuff for years (Spawn #1, Death of Sup, Gen 13 #1, Wolvie Mini #1). In 2008, my buddy got me back into collecting. I was nearly 30 at the time. A few searches on eBay and my jaw dropped...not because my Gen 13 wasn't a $50 book anymore, but because comics were everywhere at astronomical prices (when compared to 15 years prior). And this crazy encapsulation, 3rd party grading system??? What was this all about? The bug hit me and I dove in head first. But being an E-6 in the military at the time and trying to support a family, ASM 300, Hulk 181, GSX 1, etc, were about the most I could afford. I fell in love with Spidey again, though. ASM 1 in about a 6.0 was a few grand. AF15 became my grail of grails, a 4.0 was about 4K if I remember correctly. Fast forwarding nearly 10 years, I'm making considerably more income, but the price equivalent of AF15 compared to the increase in my income has left me in about the same place. I was able to finally acquire my AF15, though (thanks Bob!). No point to my story. Just wanted to reminisce. Have a great day, Roy.

Nice tats, Bob. You should definitely go for a full sleeve, though.

Time machine, please...

I wonder what "whole book fixing" is. Realignment of the spine, maybe?

At this rate, removing the cover altogether and replacing with a color copy on loose leaf might be best.

That is a huge difference. I've never consciously noticed it before. Thanks for mentioning it!

Nicely done.

Thanks, but I'm not asking about price. I'm asking how to describe light vs. moderate vs. heavy chipping. For example, is a single, 1/4" chip or 1 or 2 pre-chips up to 10% of the edge considered "light", 10% to 1/3 considered moderate, and 1/3 to 100% considered heavy? I'm just using that as an example of what I'm trying to clarify.

I don't think so either. That was my point.

I'm curious how the pros describe degrees of chipping. I've often heard light, moderate, and heavy used, but haven't found a solid definition. The one SC22 mentioned that just sold on CL has chipping on roughly 50% (cumulative) of the edge. Is this "heavy" or "moderate"?

I was expecting it to go for around 30K. I was shocked it ended at 36K. It didn't appear to have room for improvement based on the pics.

Just kidding, bug.

Hulk 181 sold via PM.

Price Dropped!

X-Men 94 CGC 8.5 $555 OW/W. Very nice looking 8.5! I purchased it almost 10 years ago.

Sold. Hulk 181 CGC 7.5 $1,725 White Pages and nearly perfectly centered!

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I love this book.

Regardless of the resto, it presents very nice for the grade!

Thus, our hobby can actually be dangerous. We're kinda bad boys (and girls) who like to live dangerously.

The 4x .5 differences between the companies doesn't hurt my brain, but the fact that they all went up .5 when sub'd to CGC is interesting. The ASM 238 though... that's quite a difference from a NM- to a NM+.