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On 3/2/2022 at 6:43 PM, allthingskryptonite said:

Avengers 48 CGC 3.0 as well.

   Nice snag, killer deal on both!

Avengers 7 CGC 3.5 Early Baron Zemo, Odin, Loki, Enchantress $145 (Most recent GPA $158 & $168)

Avengers 48 VF- 7.0/7.5 range attractive, tight staples/spine, just minor reading wear as expected for grade range, 1st Black Knight from the end credits of the Eternals movie leading into the upcoming Marvel movies.  7.5 GPA $860-$912  Board Price Just $675 $625 Satisfaction Guarantee!   For reference even the last 6.5 just sold for $755.

Sold Avengers 48 CGC 5.5 Last sale $575, last 5.0 sold even higher at $600, presents as a much higher grade but has several small tears at top back cover.  Board Price $525!  

Avengers 48 CGC 3.0 GPA is $243 but this one needs a clean and press badly and 3.5 is at $381!  Blow out Price just $195 (almost half the 3.5 price!)

Avengers 57 1st Vision.  I had a key graded almost exactly like this one that showed similar in approx VF range other than the one corner crease, had a similar size corner crease and was still given a 6.5, but it depends on your grader and the day +/- 1/2 grade or so etc.  $580 most recent sale, even 6.0 most recent was also $550!  Board Price $475 Just $425!  

Avengers # 141 CGC 9.6 1st George Perez, Featuring Squadron Supreme but also Immortus & Kang the Conquerer Story (the Next Thanos type bad guy for several upcoming Marvel movies)!  Last 2 sales $200 and $150 but this should be going up upon upcoming movie releases not to mention it is an investment grade 9.6.  Board Price just $150!

Marvel Super Heroes 12 1st Captain Marvel 7.5/7.0 $301 to $328 90 day GPA, Board price Just $235, $225! 

Marvel Super Heroes 13 1st Carol Danvers Ms Marvel, the most powerful super hero in the Avengers movies?  6.0/6.5 range, strong vivid colors, minor wear, light creases and light color rub expected in a strong Fine range.  GPA for both grades is $310-$350 but most recent sales for each is $329 and $375!  Board Price Just $245 $225!

Marvel Super Heroes 17 Origin of Black Knight Beautiful 9.0 range. Sharp, tight, glossy, only very slight wear allowed in the high grades. 9.0 GPA range $681 to $726, if you can press bump to just 9.2 the average is $1,304! Board price  $595! Only $550!

Marvel Super Heroes 18 1st Guardians of the Galaxy VF range, tight attractive only minimal wear.  Board Price $675.  About $200 below the 2021 8.0 GPA and about 1/2 of the $1,325 last 8.5 sale!

Hulk 182 VGVG+ 3rd Ever appearance Wolverine & completion of 1st Wolverine trilogy in Hulk.  Most recent sale GPA about $200 range for either grade.  board price Only $150, Note: even a restored 4.0 sold for $160 and 3.5 just sold for $195!  Marvel stamp of course is intact as the grade would indicate.  I also have a much higher grade if you PM me, but I don't have scans with me at work.

On 3/1/2022 at 7:50 PM, innocuous said:

On 3/1/2022 at 7:44 PM, Comicshows said:

Take Journey 86

i have owned this one for years! Avengers #55 CGC 8.5 Key 1st Ultron (from Avengers Movie) Signed by Stan Lee himself!   Last GPA sale for SS in this grade was $795 a full year ago, prices appear to be up about 15% since then.  Board Price Just $725, $695 A FULL $100 BELOW the year ago GPA which has gone up maybe 15% across the board since then, like Over $200 BELOW Market on a Stan Lee Sig!

First wins the prize, but I also accept PM.

No returns on CGC books, raw books are can be returned within 14 days Grading Satisfaction Guarantee for any reason, I accept paypal or money order/check.  I have been selling huge mega keys on the boards for many years, check my Kudos feedback below.  USPS boxed Priority Shipping with signature confirmation is a flat $15 on CGC books no matter how many books you buy ($7 for 1st class/raw in a box or envelope with boards with bubble wrap and signature confirmation), Canadian shipping will be actual shipping costs.  Anything in the ball park of $2-$3K and up give or take and I prefer registered/Insured mail for your and my protection, so an extra $15 to help split those costs are appreciated.  All books are priced well below GPA to give my fellow board members a great deal below market, but I will accept PM's.

All purchases above $400 are also given optional payment terms up to 3 months+/- (with a 10% or more deposit) to help you out with timing of funds, getting your next bonus/pay check/tax return/big sale etc.   Please PM me with any questions or requests/additional scans etc.

Check out my extensive major Key Kudos/Feedback! (Many Keys Bigger than these!)

A few Key raws from a recent original owner collection I acquired plus some Key CGC's I have had for a while offered exclusively to our board community.

Sold Fantastic Four #48 1st Silver Surfer start of Galactus trilogy.  Solid VG/VG+, well attached, nice pages, all around solid VG range with typical wear no major defects not easily seen in scan except a minor 1/2" spine split at bottom.   Most recent 4.0 GPA is $2,660 and 4.5 had a recent sale of $2,500.  Board price just $2,050 with satisfaction guarantee.  

Conan #1 Looks like a solid VF range, just light wear, sharp, great page quality, tight staples.  Signed by Roy Thomas on the interior cover/title page, the heir that ran Marvel right after Stan Lee.  I have verified the signature with other verified signatures readily found on a google search and it looks to be an exact match.   The last 8.0 signed by Roy Thomas just sold for $915 last month.  Just $700 $650 Board Price!

Sold Avengers #47 CGC 8.0 Sharp! 1st Dane Whitman, the Black Knight introduced at the end of the Eternals who is starring in the upcoming marvel cross over movies!  Last 7.5 GPA sale was $600 and everywhere you look on ebay and mycomicshop, this book in 8.0 is offered at $800-$900!  Board Price Just $445! A Full $300-$400 Below the next best online buy price I can find for this book!

Werewolf by Night #32 Extremely sharp, many VF/NM qualities, tiny bump lower right corner and a tick or two too many stress lines makes me want to call this about the nicest looking VF 7.5 range you will find, maybe 8.0 on a really good day given how nice it presents otherwise.  Excellent page quality.   90 day is $2,937 at 7.5 or $3,411 for 8.0.  Board Price $2,425 which is Over $500 below 7.5 GPA and even $155 below the lowly 7.0 GPA price making this a win win for anyone looking for a great deal no matter the CGC grade, but with substantial up side of about $1K for an 8.0.

Tales to Astonish 35 CGC 2.5 1st Ant Man!  Most recent GPA $850  Board Price $750 $725 Great entry level price on a monumental Key grail.

Tales of Suspense 40 2nd Iron Man, Solid VG range, attached, complete, typical VG wear with some minor tears at back cover spine area, but with a very nice presenting front cover that could easily pass for VG/FN 5.0 otherwise.   Most recent 4.0 GPA sale was $1,360 with average of $1,170 appears to be trending up.  Board Price just $1,060! $300 Below last GPA sale price!

Journey Into Mystery #86 4th Thor, Key 1st Odin!  Look at that front cover, presents VF 7.5/7.0, has some tanning at very slim portion of right edge and a bit more at lower edge, back edge corner has a bump with tiny pencil tip sized micro piece out so I will call this the best presenting FN 5.5/6.0 range you will find, maybe even 6.5 if the grader is less harsh on edge tanning that day.   GPA average is hard with not a ton of recent examples, so it's all over the place from a 5.5 $450 (a full year ago) to $845 6.0  in Nov 2021, but most recent from this year is a 6.5 this month for $1,200 and this one is trending up across the board.  I would say this is probably in the $800-$900 range in the current market, but I will let it go for $675 to the first boardie to jump on it. ($525 BELOW most recent 6.5 sale)

Thor #134 CGC 6.5 Key 1st High Evolutionary (Primary story line in upcoming Marvel Movies).  Not pressed and certainly not cleaned on the back, has bump potential along with heavy upward trajectory, especially if his appearances in the movies are favorable.  90 day GPA of $490 bet more recent 6.0 sale was $550 and 7.0 average is $633 with price increases starting to shoot way up across the board.  Offered at just $495 and that's about $100-$300 cheaper than any other similar to slightly lower graded copy I can find offered online.

X-Men 10 CGC VF 7.5 1st Kazar!  Sharp, cover looks 8.5, Looks to have just a bit of spine roll that could be fixable to experienced pressers?  Most recent GPA sale $1,625 and climbing fast! 8.5 was $2,160 for reference on how nice it presents.  Board Price $1,475 .

Hulk #180 Key 1st Wolverine, Nice VF range, sharp, excellent pages just minor VF reading wear.   $1,650 Board Price.  Avg 8.0 GPA $2,004.  Most recent 7.5 sale was even $1,825. 

Adventure Comics #260 CGC 6.0 1959 Key 1st SA Aquaman and 1st SA appearance that pre dates Showcase #30 by 2 full years!  Aquaman sequel movie due late This Year.   Last sale was June of last year for $456 and prices appear up across the board and likely much more early in the year of the upcoming movie, so hard to price, but just $435 snags it at well below today's rapidly rising market value.  

Aquaman #35 CGC 5.0 1st Black Manta 90 day $382.  Board Price $359  $335! 

Flash #112 CGC 6.0 Key 1st Elongated Man Average GPA $572 from prior year (kind of scarce, no recent sales).  Just $499 $475 (cheaper than the last 5.5 that recently sold for $500!)

Incredible Hulk #2, 1st Green Hulk, 2nd Hulk overall. 2nd Rick Jones, General Ross & Betty Ross, 1st Toad Men.  Raw, complete and unrestored.  Looks like it had a bit of tape removed from the spine at some point.  Mostly detached, but top staple somehow hanging on by a thread.  Rough, but perfectly respectable and complete entry complete level lower grade copy that is not missing any pages/coupons or huge cover sections etc.  I would say Fr/Gd 1.5 is the most accurate grade with a very recent 1.5 sale last month at $1,872 for comparison.  (this one is rising fast across the board).  BEST PRICE FOR A COMPLETE #2 YOU WILL FIND ANYWHERE! Board price just $1,350 a whopping $400 BELOW A VERY RECENT $1,750 GPA with a 14 day Grading Satisfaction Guarantee! (Even an incomplete Poor .5 just sold for $1,111!)

Star Spangled #69 1947 Early Solo Golden Age Robin!  Solid VG/VG+,  Just typical VG range wear and tear, attached well at both staples, nice page quality, complete, no pieces missing!  A 3.5 recently sold for $800 per GPA as the only sale this past year not including a 9.6 that sold for $16,800 so you can throw out the 2020 prices just like on most other desired SA/GA keys!  Board Price Just $695  $650! WELL BELOW the last 3.5 sale of $800 even though a VG/VG+ should be worth at least several hundred more than a 3.5! 14 Day Grading Satisfaction Guarantee!

More books later tonight or tomorrow.  If you are looking for specific early FF, TOS, X-Men (some really really nice), Avengers, SA Sub Mariner, super high grade early Iron Man series, 1st Ghost rider + complete run and many other SA keys, shoot me a line before I package my recent original owner acquisition up for CGC.  I also have what I believe is a solid 9.0 Hulk 181 from that acquisition, but tend to think I should get it graded first given the market value, but I am open to discussion if someone really wants a super high grade raw to hold in their hands.  

Holy , that is a nice looking book!   If that sharp of a book is what they are now giving 6.5's to, I am going to be depressed when I get my next order back on books I expected to get 7.0 to 8.0 grades from!  Am I missing any more typical 6.5 range defects you need the book in your hands to see more clearly?

On 2/11/2022 at 7:35 AM, Stronguy said:

I like to get my presses up to a steamy 212 degrees so the moisture just boils of.  It makes my workroom like a nice sauna.

If you think that works well, you really should try Fahrenheit 451!    Famous book/movie on the temperature at which books catch fire and burn!  So anything 450 and below should be just fine and get you max results.  LOL

On 2/9/2022 at 3:54 PM, Funnybooks said:

 

5.0

not convinced C&P changes the grade

Cleaning the back cover is a 1/2 grade bump all by itself.  CGC harshly grades that much dirt (look at the spine) not to mention the pencil mark near the corner showing a price of $3.75.  1/2 grade might be all it gets even with a nice press, but its at least getting some bump and it would present a lot nicer to boot.  

Can't say for certain without a close inspection in my hands, but the top and perhaps even the right edge (less certain) do show signs of trimming.  back cover on top has overhang, front cover does not and looks artificially straightened/trimmed when a book of that condition should have some overhang with more bends and nicks in it.  That along with the severely torn page that would drastically hit the grade makes this a strong consideration to save your money on grading fees.

Good press candidate, but the lower right corner crease and back cover staple tears still cap you out at around 7.0 on a good day.  

9.0 best case without a C&P.   With a nice C&P this could be 9.2/9.4

5 as is with a slight outside chance at 5.5, 6.0 to perhaps 6.5 after CP.

4 to 4.5

5.5 as is, could be perhaps a max of 6.5 with a very nice C&P which it would really benefit from.   I have seen fading like this in the FN ranges, so that should not drag it down from where it already is.  Had it been otherwise VF range I could see it dragging it down to FN range, but it's not so you should be good in that 5.5 and up area.

It still breaks the color a bit, so the VF range is out of the question.  The C&P did help substantially though, so 6.5 at worst or 7.0 more likely should be about right.  I am interested to see the final grade.  

I agree.  No more than 7.0 due to the tears going through the back/pages.  I would get a clean and press to make sure it looks so nice they wouldn't dare go lower than that, if it comes out nice enough, maybe they gift you up to 7.5?      

I would be surprised if it got more than 4.0 due to the corner piece and spine piece out at least with as harsh as I have seen them grading books lately.

On 1/13/2022 at 12:23 PM, AhsokaTano Jedi Apprentice said:

I love this conversation ..very insightful.....The Dreaded Purple Label...I got 3 back 5 years ago and they were all  C-1  I wonder financially how much they drop in price, I've heard many different theories .50 percent...75 percent almost a 100 percent   Like others were saying when you see a book with a purple label you just move on no matter what the price, I am glad to see though that there is more interests in these books if the price is right.....can anybody weigh in on that ? Also about using CBCS vs CGC I do believe you stand a chance more often than not on getting a slightly higher grade but I believe and I've seen when 2 exact same comics are auctioned side by side with the same grade the CGC slabbed book will go for more than the CBCS graded book and sometimes the amount is substantial. That seems to be something I've seen several times and I wonder what other people think of that. Lastly I'm very old school and I just won't bid on books graded by CBCS because I think when and If you ever go to sell them you'll get more money from a book slabbed by CGC.....but what do I know I'm just a newbie.

What you say is especially true on modern books.   People love moderns graded by CGC and while CBCS moderns do OK especially on the really hot books, you are still much better off going CGC rather than taking the chance at essentially the same grading price/cost.  However, CBCS has a much shorter/quicker back log, so if that is important it might be a good option.  On silver/GA, the price difference is not as much, so you are probably OK with either company, but if it's a big time holy grail, you probably want to lean towards CGC.  If it's restored, a lot of people with significant experience between the two have gravitated more towards CBCS the past few years although there are plenty of CGC purists that don't like to go to the competitor regardless, but many of those purists don't like to collect restored books very often anyway, that's why they are purists.      

CBCS has done top quality resto detection, their grading is fair/consistent and I have not noticed anything slip through over there or listing incorrect things done to a book which were never done like cleaning or trimming, but put on the label anyway just to be safe like CGC has done to me.  CGC is king for moderns and most high dollar silver/GA, but from dozens of resto submissions the past few years, CBCS has had better quality control on grading/detailing resto for me.  Maybe some newer graders at CGC have now been better trained, but I still have a bad taste in my mouth from some lack of consistency in resto grading, even when re-submitting the same book restored by Matt Nelson many years prior and getting a totally different grade, label notes and quality of resto designation!  The CGC case is a littler nicer than the CBCS one, but some people prefer the blue CBCS resto label vs. the CGC PLOD that has a bad stigma, but that's just a personal preference.  I do like the CGC conserved label, if a book fit that category, I would take that option every time and make a big note that the conserved label is what you are shooting for so you don't get the purple one by mistake!  

Conserved would get you a big bump in grade, but a press would make a nice bump as well and be a straight blue label instead of the conserved pseudo blue label.  A press would do wonders for aligning the piece and helping it stay in place while the whole book would look nicer overall.  If it were me, I would have a nice press and regular blue label submit on that one.

On 12/9/2021 at 10:57 PM, Omegadepot said:

Astonishing Tales 1st appearance & Origin Deathlok! 

WHIZ COMICS #1 CGC Origin & 1st Captain Marvel Page 30

 

Astonishing Tales 1st appearance & Origin Deathlok!   Solid 7.0, minor wear small corner crease acceptable in F/VF range.  GPA $212 for grade.  Board Price $165 (28% Below GPA)

On 12/6/2021 at 5:15 PM, ThothAmon said:

Batman 139 and Superboy 68. Take per pm please. 

       More great deals to be had, requests taken if you are looking for anything specific that I may have. 

On 12/6/2021 at 3:43 PM, A.K. - SilverAgeComicsUK said:

Wish I bought eternals before my package was sent oh well

Didn't see that on any wish list and threw it up last minute. Sorry.    I also have Eternals #2 and #3 in similar high CGC NM grades both featuring major 1st appearances also if anyone is interested in the set!