Guardian Comics

2 hours ago, namisgr said:

Ha!  And good memory, Jim.  

That I remember, my wife’s birthday not so much!!!

45 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

Feedback for "ssantiques"

SSAntiques had done business with them at least fifteen times prior to the three books which they did not pay.   Your question is a very good one. 

EDIT: Um... how much money would you be willing to pay?  ...asking for a friend. 

At least twenty bucks....PayPal personal of course!!!

Jim

On 7/26/2020 at 7:43 AM, namisgr said:

What's the story with submission credits?  

It means your 121 is coming back Blue this time....they promise!!!

(god I hope it was an ASM #121 or this joke totally failed)

Jim

Thanks Lou...now I know.

Jim

On 7/24/2020 at 7:50 AM, musicmeta said:

So what is the deal with this Alf #48 book?  1st appearance of somebody?,  hot artist?,  ton of Alf collectors out there and #48 is all they need, something else?  ...what?

Seal/Alien fetish

31 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

I would assume that for a book to have tear seals, or pieces added to the spine or for the spine to be rebuilt that it would have to be disassembled.  I remember when I first saw an article on comic book restoration that it showed Susan Cicconi's Restoration Lab featuring various books in various states of disassembly for the purpose of restoration.  I always assumed since then that books that were professionally restored were disassembled. 

Buzz..nope as alluded to in the “restored books in a character blue label” this is being done in attempts for blue labels.

Again it was the non chalancy of the comments, like this was a okay and a generally accepted practice.

Jim

Will he buy all our trimmed purple labels?  He could always crack them out and make a fortune, seeing as trimming isn’t resto.  

“Mylars have no cracks or scratches”

Jim

And more importantly are we okay with it?

I honestly had no idea this was even happening, and thought it was frowned upon but in another thread a dealer stated in two separate posts so non-chalantly that he knows the book better than anyone because he saw it disassembled and CGC did not.  Is this an acceptable practice (for restoration removal or pressing) and the times have just passed me by, because it certainly caught me off guard?

Jim

2 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Can you explain this more clearly? Did you disassemble the book and remove some resto?  

I’d have to think so Christopher because he mentions also on page three of this very thread.  

2 hours ago, PleaseDontTouch said:

How is this guy an Overstreet advisor? Has anyone seen proof that he actually is?

Yes he is.

Jim

I see Pokemon and Magic Cards!!!!  

Just did my research...PSA doesn't offer the 9.5 grade but their biggest competitor does Voldy/Beckett...wonder which market share CGC is going after 

10 is "Pristine Mint" according to Voldy

On 4/12/2020 at 10:45 AM, THE_BEYONDER said:

Never heard of this shop.  It was always Dragon Lady & Silver Snail when I was a kid.

Mine mostly too but mixed in a little bit of Queens Comics in the beaches area and being from Scarborough...Fantasm Comics at Markham Rd. and Eglinton was where I picked up my first real back issues...X-Men #27 and #29.

20 hours ago, Mercury Man said:

You should look at the sold listings on EBay for these things...sort from highest price paid, bet you'd be shocked.

On 3/25/2020 at 8:43 PM, TerrysComics said:

the vast majority ( greater than 99% as of the last report I heard) in the U.S. have mild symptoms, others have problems but finally recover with minor treatment.

the less than 1 percent that die from it might be of a great concern but we as a society can take precautions to protect them.

Once we start to see a decline in the new cases reported and the death rate we will be able to get somewhat to normal.

it is something we are eventually going to have to live with, like it or not.

 

 

Well your government is going to try and contain with the goal being 100,000 deaths.  If only one percent are going to die according to your numbers that means 10,000,000 million cases total.  You are only at 175,000 cases right now, so I don't think a summer convention season is looking promising.

BTW what gets lost in all of this is that across the world if you get it, 81 percent are surviving and 19% are dying.  That's with enough ventilators and care workers when this is still manageable, it's getting out of hand quickly so stop skewing the numbers to make your point or argument and wise the hell up, the world will never EVER be the same again and this is going to be a bloody catastrophe when this is all send and done.  There is no one for America to save, they have to save themselves or we are all doomed.

1 hour ago, Hollywood1892 said:

We won't let Covid19 destroy us, right?

Too the amazing!

@Iceman399

@Guardian Comics

thanks for the wicked book!

We'll travel anywhere in the GTA in this crisis to get you the books that you want.

Never thought I'd have to deliver books with surgeon gloves on.

Jim

I appreciate everybody's optimism but I don't forsee a single show happening this summer at all, including FanExpo in August.

They are talking that we will still be needing to social distancing in August at restaurants, where they will have to reduce seating by a half to three quarters to provide enough space between patrons.  MLB has already resigned themselves to not having a season this year.  The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will not take place in 2020 and that's a 50 Billion Dollar property.  This ain't good.

I know this might not be the right thread, I just see a lot of guys I have a deep respect for in this thread and feel like we should be cautiously optimistic at best and I would pay money to be proven wrong.

We were out last night finishing up dinner and at about 9:15 we were like what time is BOP playing at the local theatre.  Turns out the next show is at 9:45, perfect.  Got there at 9:37 hoping they had tickets available, well to my shock and surprise only four seats had been sold to this showing and it’s one of the biggest theatres in the cineplex.  I commented and the guy behind the cash register  said that sales have been awful, yesterday and today.

I had no idea what it was rated but was definitely not expecting the 50-100 eff bombs that were dropped.  Not that it’s offensive to me but took some getting used to.  Anyways it’s probably the silliest/worst movie I have ever seen, and I’ve seen Attack of the Clones (although Obi Wan was way better in that than whatever he was trying to do in this).

This one might be a disaster for the WB.

So we are now in the label business and packaging business...does anyone know if they are still in the grading business?

How long until I can get my business cards made by CGC?  Or send my DNA to get a an ancestry profile done?  Cuz CGC could stand for Cards/Graphics Company and Cool Genealogy Company at this rate of diversification!!!

3 hours ago, AustinReece_GRRC said:

Hard to believe this one is only 3 weeks out. @alexgreece and I will be there with a ton of new material from the past few months including a refreshed raw selection of more than 1000 new books from collections we purchased in the last year. As always, hope to see some of you there.

 

 

Time to bring Double Corona Jim out of hiding!!!

4 hours ago, blazingbob said:

Now the other thing I caution is if you as a buyer do make an substantial offer less then the sticker and the dealer accepts it you better not come back with "I'll think about it".  I had a customer do that on a Superman #14 and believe me I wasn't happy with that response.  

I was pretty proud of how well you handled it....I was certainly expecting a lot worse. 

On 1/13/2020 at 1:42 PM, Iceman399 said:

It's back on our show schedule since it's not with Fan Expo Canada  

Thank god for that...missing last year was freaking heartbreaking!!!

On 1/11/2020 at 6:42 PM, Gotham Kid said:

Gino, most of the time people hate change.

When the CGC Boards changed to the new format people were in an uproar. Eventually people got used to it and accepted it, or left

Same will happen with the new ComicConnect site.

Although the boards have never been the same since...dontcha think?