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What is the current market on 9.8 W news stands?
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Anyone know story behind the “Richard Anderson DC Collection” in the Sept HA?
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Does anyone know if she had pedigrees in her collection?
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Actually it’s in October.. check out current auction calendar
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Excuse the repetition if this was already mentioned, but it looks like HA will sell the collection in December.
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multiple "chips" out of spine... yeah that's as specific as they want to get I guess..
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On 2/26/2024 at 4:45 PM, szav said:
This is criminal. Seriously... This is an iconic piece of history. I cannot believe CGC is promoting this.
- waaaghboss, Point Five and Gotham Kid
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Curious as to what that Tec 27 with "slightly" brittle pages and "minor" amount of glue going to go for.. I have no idea.
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I predict $5M hammer. So $6M w BP
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On 1/10/2024 at 9:45 AM, szav said:
In my mind there is no difference between scraping off part of the book and trimming it. You are physically removing part of the book to improve, in the minds of some, the grade, desirability, or perceived value of the book. CT removal is itself restoration, it's absurd.
I say this every time the topic comes up, but it's really the worst of all practices that CGC not only allows, but incentivizes. It's a really bad policy. A happy medium that CGC could adopt and still rake in more money would be to announce that books that are currently in purple holders for color touch alone could be regraded and given a blue label grade, if the owner so desires, that is the effective 'blue label grade if we were to scrape off the CT affected areas' without actually doing the harm to the book. Think of how many resubs they'd get and all the $$$.
Send in your purple 7.0 small amount of CT book, and get back a 5.5 blue label, or whatever it should be. that lists the CT in the graders notes and treats it more or less like a stain from a grading perspective. Win win.
I presented this idea on the boards years ago. CGC could give two grades: The current grade, (even if in a blue label) and the "potential grade" if pressing were done or resto removal. The potential grade would be an estimate, but all grading is subjective anyways. There is a market for this.
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I don't understand how "color touch removal" is anything less than just tearing or scraping the color out? How can CGC be ok with this? I understand how pressing can be given a pass, but this is next level...
I mentioned this a few months ago, when the Sup#1 3.0 was sold at HA, but I've seen other blue chip books since then that have suffered the same fate.
I don't understand how buyers aren't noticing this? It is obvious and ludicrous. I hope the market recognizes this.
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Where is the price these days?
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In another 10-20 years, will the census for rare HG material be double? Triple?
What are the chances top census GA (or Atomic Age) books will stand as top in 10-20 years from now?
Interested in opinions..
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Hello CGC,
How do I request a correction to the census? A Superman #12 9.2 was graded and sold last year as seen in the Heritage archives. However, shortly after it's sale, it was regraded and actually went down in grade to an 8.5. So the current 9.2 on the census no longer exists as a 9.2. I can post pics of the book and you can see it is the same exact book. You can compare the scans on the HA auction archives. Can you please remove the 9.2 on the census to reflect the correct iteration as an 8.5? Thanks.
Clark
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Hmm I'd much rather buy a book that was recently downgraded than recently upgraded!
Perhaps nothing was done besides the dust shade removal, and it was graded more strictly?
(Assuming it hopefully wasn't damaged) at least we know it probably wasn't graded more leniently.
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Almost every main stream superhero Promise book has now returned to HA within less than 2 years.
Surely this was one buyer. I have a hard time believing two or more buyers would follow this same pattern of reselling these books.
So, the question still remains: Was the "sale" really an unrealized sale? Or just a quick flip?
- szucchini, Robot Man and jimbo_7071
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Yes. It's like double amateur resto really...
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This same book sold in 2009 with a universal grade but notes of minor color touch and glue...Interesting that the consignor still scraped the color even though it had a universal grade. I prefer the original with minor color and glue. And it still had a universal grade.
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Christine Farrell - DC Collector RIP
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I agree with SFCity Duck.. The scraping of the color touch is obvious and is a travesty. It's gotta stop.