Blackmask

On 4/24/2024 at 7:47 PM, Readcomix said:

Battle #33 again, they went FVF. I feel better saying VF- here. Only two on census, and both are comps: 5.5 slightly brittle sold for $204 in 2023; 8.5 (which I think used to be an 8.0) sold $1320 in March. This is between the two. I doubt it catches the 8.5.

$400

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On 4/24/2024 at 4:12 PM, Readcomix said:

I don’t know why you’d think it’s snide or cynical. I sat on the pm, thought on it, got it a second opinion etc for the same reason.  After thinking it over and talking it over, I came to the conclusion that the thread was winding down and any potential homes had found their choices.
I had the thread up for days, multiple boardies have made small stacks with instant grabs, and I had done pm deals on a couple of the straggler books already.
In advance, I tagged lots of people in an announcement and stated no advance sales via PM to keep it fair. I could probably have sold every book via PM just from the announcement. I didn’t limit how many folks could take in the thread, and Blackmask’s take is about as many as I’ve kept for myself. And there’s seven more coming tonight, which will conclude the thread.

So I feel like I have made a strong effort to make them widely available on here at fair prices with everyone getting a shot. That was my thinking.

Why you, or I, (or anyone) should find it necessary to defend or justify this transaction is utterly nonsensical.  The thread was up for days, and multiple people made multiple purchases.  The recap post was up for 10 hours before I sent the PM.  But honestly, what difference does that even make?  If I had seen the thread sooner, my stack may have been even higher!  Do I have to ask permission from the lurkers in order to buy a book on a forum for buying/selling books?  Or you apologize for selling them?  What Bizarro World is this?

On 3/30/2024 at 8:08 AM, skypinkblu said:

I'm having a little trouble changing my font colors, so I apologize if they are uneven.

Jungle Comics #105, CGC 9.2 (old label) OW/W 1948 there are 22 on the census
Okajima Pedigree John Celardo, Maurice Whitman,, August Froehlich and Matt Baker art
This is a very nice looking 9.2, it was graded in 2001 at a time when I'm told grading was pretty tight.
Bin is $2200

 

 

Taken via PM!

On 1/12/2024 at 9:47 AM, october said:

HOM 190 

9.2 white

Mass pedigree.

$400

On 1/12/2024 at 8:36 AM, october said:

Frankenstein 24

5.0

Classic cover. 

$700

On 1/8/2024 at 9:13 AM, THE_BEYONDER said:

The 238 looks pretty good from the scans, but the 252 has some issues….

 

I think my original question is being overlooked….other than the fact that ASM 194, 238, and 252 are on this submission and got 9.8’s (and that we may not agree with the grading on all of them), is there some evidence of impropriety that I’m missing.  Is there evidence that it came from the same suspect?  Or that it was a reholder submission?  I have no connection to ComicLink or the submission, but it seems like there should be some non-circumstantial evidence of impropriety before we call out an auction house for not removing the listing??  I agree that shining light on this issue is in the community’s best interest, but we have to remember that while channeling Hercule Poirot is good….channeling Cotton Mather not so much.

On 1/8/2024 at 8:25 AM, sledgehammer said:

My opinion might be different than yours.

Did you look at any of the scans of the 9.8s that I gave you links to?

Do you think that the 238, has a bottom spine front corner that would fit for a 9.8?

I'm open to your thoughts.

Shining light on everything, is good in my opinion.

I did look at the linked scans, and they all appeared normal to me, which is why I asked if I was missing something.  The small bindery tear/scuff in the bottom left corner of the 238, on an otherwise pretty spotless book, seems in tolerance for a 9.8.  In my opinion.  

On 1/8/2024 at 7:55 AM, sledgehammer said:

Just a reminder.  Grade date of this submission was 12/7/23... I removed the tag to JOSH.

This newsstand book is still listed on CL.

@CGC Mike

Mike.

Do you think we will reach a point where CGC might monitor any exceedingly suspicious "looking" submissions that we note here, or somewhere, and explain why they shouldn't be viewed as suspicious? What if this submission is an indication of some completely different individual doing the same thing?

 

Why exactly should this submission be viewed as suspicious?  Is it just because it has an ASM 194, 238, and 252 that got 9.8’s?  Or am I missing something?

Fresh MARKDOWNS on the first three pages!!!!

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