MatterEaterLad

All the blue labels in my collection suddenly turned purple.

I'm glad you brought this up. I had the same thing happen with a book that was purchased off a newsstand. Looks like a weird miscut instead or trimming. I've been meaning to send it back.

Looks much better than a 7.0

Only two, but I love them.

To downsize my collection quite a bit and also to upgrade my FF1.

I have 800+ slabs. I'm slowly selling, but will keep a few keys and a few books for sentimental reasons. Will save a few for my kids and explain why I chose which books to save for them. But if I get hit by a bus tomorrow, my wife knows to contact a collector friend who would help her get them to Vin at Comic Connect to sell. Either that of I'll be buried with my entire collection like the pharaohs.

Somewhere around 1995. I felt great about the deal because of the price and also because I sold it to a young kid in high school who had saved his money, and just like me, it was his first major key.

My first major key was a raw JIM 83. I was in the 8th grade and saved up and bought it for $80. Sold it five years later for $500, and felt great about it. Now that book is worth around $10k.

Legion of Super-Heroes 287. In the 80s there was a brief moment when this comic spiked because Keith Giffen was growing in popularity and this was his first work on the Legion. I paid $25 for a nice copy. Then shortly after, it was discovered that Giffen had been swiping the work of Argentinian artist, Jose Antonio Munoz, and all of Giffen's work took a hit. It's probably worth less now than what I paid for it.

First comic I bought with my own money.

I've gone through cycles. Sold my X-men to pay for a nice vacation for the family, when the kids were little. Rebuilt my collection until I had most of the Silver Age books I wanted. Built the #1 Miller DD collection (which lasted for a year, then sold some of the books to the collector who was #2). I tried to build an FF run 1-100 comprised of different pedigrees, but I wasn't sure if I'd ever have the wallet for the single digit books. I did manage 27 pedigree slabs, before I waved the white flag and sold them. Every time I've finally collected something to my satisfaction, there's a bit of malaise. Sometimes I'll take a year off. In those moments, I do think about how these books mean little to my kids. They like the books, but don't have the nostalgic connection. So, if I drop dead, my wife knows to have a collector friend help her get them to Vin at Comic Connect to sell. The kids can take a few books so they have a part of dad's collection, but the rest will be sold. I also worry that the long term value of mid-grade comics will flatline as people like us pass away and the next generation is less interested. I worry that only high grade keys will continue to climb in value. (Though whenever I think this I usually sell a few books overseas and realize this game is MUCH bigger than just us). Now that I'm slowly selling my collection, I'm enjoying seeing those books that meant so much to me end up in the hands of a someone who wants the book the way I once wanted it. And now the books that I buy, I know I'll sell, probably sooner rather than later. So I try and enjoy the book, knowing in a weird way that my ownership is part of its history as it travels on.

I love that writing. I'd leave it.

I have some of my high value books on display, sort of, as they're color copies and the real books are locked away. The copies look great.

I feel this post so much. My kids like comics, but they don't have nostalgia and memories connected to the books the way I do and never will.

I didn't at first, then after a few slabs got horribly scratched I learned my lesson.

I've had comics "bagged" in Saran Wrap. No boards.

Wow. That might press out. If you're planning to sell it or have it slabbed (or both) I'd definitely have it pressed. Just make sure it's someone reliable who will NOT press it if they think it'll hurt the spine, pop a staple, etc.

Great looking book! Does that crease break color? I'm guessing it does, but a little hard to tell from the scan.

I had a PGX 9.9 that I sent to an auction house. They took a look at it and felt that it really was a 9.9. So they suggested the CVA sticker. I said, sure, why not. It didn't matter in the end, the book sold for about as well as a PGX book could. My only experience with the CVA thing.

Very sad. I used Desert Wind a few times for SS books. They were great to work with. RIP.

I remember an ad for a used Maserati. It was selling for $2700. I called and asked what was wrong with the vehicle and the seller immediately said, "Nothing." I was curious so I went to check it out and it had rust, body damage, and half the gears were stripped. That's how it feels every time Dylan sells a book that is ridiculously overgraded.

Definite yes. If they really wanted to get weird they could create a registry set of all the books in SOTI.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks, Joey.

So was the color touch just a line that someone drew across the cover? It doesn't seem like that would be CT since it's not there as a form or restoration, more like when someone scribbles on a cover or writes their name.