Mayor006

Ok, I asked questions about this same book in the restoration thread because I had no idea what happened to the back. Now that I get the feeling there is very little I can do about the back, how much does it bring the grade down? The front looks 9.6 - 9.8 but how much does the back drop it? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Overall I've had rotten luck with Whitman covers. I bought a bunch of them over the years inexpensively because of condition or in the case of several I bought at one time, they all had the same problem. Someone was not happy with the fact the issue number wasn't on the cover so they wrote them all in ink randomly so we wouldn't have to wonder what issue they were.

I've actually experienced faster than normal times with registered and heavily insured packages. Almost as if the USPS wanted it out of their hands as quick as possible to avoid any issues. Goes both ways sometimes!

check sales of other books that you can find in 10 grade that have sold and compare the increase to that of the same book in 9.8. Don't go just on that though. You have to factor in how hot the book is, how hard it is to get a 10 in that particular book (which you can look in the census and see how many there are), and other things like if it is a first appearance, will it be turned into a movie, etc.

So based on your original post we are talking about category 3 the rest. If this is a huge piece of your collection and what you want to cull the most you have lots of options. Typically I look at sold lots on Ebay to find what something sold for in any given grade. I take that amount and figure that Ebay is taking 15-20% of that amount. It may not be necessarily true, but it gives me a starting point. If you see that the bulk of your books are falling on the slightly lower side and don't seem to be worth it, take category 1 and 3 and see what your local shop or a vendor at a show will give you just to get them out of your way so you can concentrate on the nice books. Cash value will be pennies on the dollar, but most shops or vendors will give you more in trade. If you take the trade value and turn it into a lot less category 2 books and you've still left meat on the bone for the vendor and you didn't have to spend all that time on figuring out what to do with a large portion of books. If you need something to do in retirement to keep busy looking through and selling books a few at a time isn't the worst way to stay active. Basically just do what feels right and enjoy.

Nice copy of the variant/second-print/missing-price&title or whatever it's called.

There has to be 30 different books if not more from this signing on Ebay with prices all over the place. It will be interesting to see where the price settles in after say six months. Still waiting on my Celebrity Authentics copy to come in. Personally, just glad to have one.

Picked this Planet Comics #1 from Blackthorne years ago and now with Stevens books being so hot I thought I would ask for advice on what to do with this one. Front can be a 9.8 with a press but no idea how to fix the back. Let me know what you think!

I've seen a lot of artists do this. Take a look back and you can find Mark Brooks examples on Spider-Gwen for sure. It looks like they paint a splotch and then go over it with the art work.

It's already the 11th of April. Do we have any idea when this announcement will be made? Something tells me they are reading through these threads to make sure they have all the t's crossed and i's dotted.

I would almost take that Phoenix to a show and ask him what it would cost to have him do waist to collar bone and make it a half-body sketch. Looks great either way!

Hoping that at some point I might be able to add the rest, but if not I can live with mine. Funny enough I just realized the label on mine is wrong, but I'll leave it alone. Frakes signed on 5/13 and Spiner and McFadden signed on 4/21. Congrats on a complete book!

No one particular vendor, you just need to keep an eye out for what's coming out in previews or keep up with what is coming out and grab the ones that you want. A lot of online and brick and mortar places will order more and give a better price if they have the money up front. Otherwise you take the risk that someone walks in and grabs the one or two copies they probably ordered. Blanks from the beginning of the sketch cover era are hit and miss. Avengers #1 was great quality but Gen 13 #1 was pretty horrible. Most of the manufacturers have heard from enough people to know to do better these days than a glossy blank.

Anyone know how this will work for those of us that ordered through Celebrity Authentics? I looked up my 9.8 pre-order and it hasn't been fulfilled yet, which isn't unexpected. I was just wondering if they would be behind all the ones sent in on other accounts.

Well check mine off the list as well. I got a call from the shop and drove straight there during my lunch break. For all the wait time these really were worth it. Every bit. Thanks @CGC Mike for the updates along the way and a big thank you to Arthur Adams. Hope I can catch you at a convention soon and tell you how much I love these.