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Yup, C-Link. I've been able to buy for some reasonable prices in their auctions lately. These were borderline.

Need to get this thread back on the first page...

Great finds, Darwin. That Marvel Feature #4 is an elusive book in high grade.

Some Sunday finds from the NYCC:

Fresh fom Sarasota: Fresh from Greggy:

A few NYCC finds:

Raw or slabbed, killer books, David.

(It's Dr. Siman ) Oops. Um, make that angels with PhDs wearing white gloves and jet packs.

Just had another stellar transaction with the esteemed Mr. Siman. The ASM #158 arrived safe and sound as if delivered by angels wearing white gloves and jet packs.

A couple new arrivals. Both Kane/Romita creations:

For the cost of one pedigree book, I'd rather buy 2 or 3 non-pedigrees. As long as they're nice books, that is. I like pedigrees because they're usually nice books. But if I can get sweet books at a fraction of the cost, I'm one happy collector.

How did a non-Suscha sneak into your collection? What's up with that, Peter? (Sweet book. Who needs pedigrees with books like that.)

Lots of killer books there, David. Really nice stuff.

Vincent Zurzolo and Mike Carbonaro bought the collection from a very fastidious collector in 1998. They started selling the books soon after. At the time, the prices were somewhat aggressive, but not insane. If the collection had surfaced a couple years later, I'm sure the prices would have been much higher with the advent of CGC, online auctions, etc.

Right, in the original link posted above I noted that this was the list Vinnie sent me after unveiling the collection at the 1st show (?) they sold it at, many of the key books were already sold. I'm guessing you bought books almost immediately after the collection was offered? Lucky you! Here's some more that I managed to snag right after Vinny and Mike got the collection. I think most of them are not on the list in this thread. To Vinny, Mike, and Bob Storm's credit (Bob helped grade the books, I believe), CGC graded most of the books the same way or, in many cases, higher. Amazing Adventures 1 NM Amazing Adventures 2 NM Amazing Adventures 9 NM Amazing Adventures 10 NM Amazing Spider-Man 60 NM Amazing Spider-Man 65 NM/NM+ Amazing Spider-Man 70 NM Amazing Spider-Man 103 NM Avengers 41 NM Avengers 59 NM Avengers 62 NM Avengers 75 NM Avengers 89 NM Avengers 93 NM Avengers 99 NM+ Captain America 115 NM Captain America 117 NM Captain America 138 NM Captain America 139 NM Captain America 150 NM Captain America 151 NM Daredevil 50 NM Daredevil 56 NM+ Daredevil 75 NM Daredevil Annual 2 NM/NM+ Daredevil Annual 3 NM+ Fantastic Four 125 NM/NM+ Incredible Hulk 139 NM Marvel Spotlight 2 NM Marvel Spotlight 5 NM/NM+ Silver Surfer 8 NM+ Thor 174 NM+ Thor 175 NM/NM+ Thor 176 NM/NM+ Thor 181 NM/NM+ Thor 201 NM+

Nice. Now people can pray to whichever god they choose. And the rest of us aren't forced to attend the same church.

Yup. Literally and figuratively.

That's an opinion. And it's clouding the issue.

I've been a quiet member of the club for awhile...

Don't be sorry. I'm happy to know where they are!

I know there are probably decent raw copies out there somewhere. (Greggy seems to have them all.) But here's a list of PF books without a single CGC 9.0+ copy: Chili #18 Chili #19 Li'l Kids #4 Li'l Kids #5 Li'l Kids #6 Millie The Model #194 Millie The Model #195 Millie The Model #197 Millie The Model #198 My Love #20 Our Love Story #20 Rawhide Kid #105 And there are plenty more with only one 9.0+ copy in the census.