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Peter, thanks so much. The 3s and 4 are first print, plus they have a couple copies of #1 3rd printing. Again, thanks for your help.

Hi, I hope this thread is freestyle all TMNT-related, because this is completely new... A family I know who lost their son in the early 90s is ready to let go of his comic collection and they asked me to have a look through it and give selling advice. It's been in a closet for 25 years and from what I have seen I'm impressed with how they have been preserved. I have a stack of the books to have a closer look, and I wondered if anyone could tell me how to identify a 1st printing of TMNT #3, and also how many printings were there. I'm assuming a 1st printing will simply be absent a notation of the printing. Just wanted to make sure I am looking in the right place. Same with #4. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. mr

Called him a few weeks ago to ask about this book: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WEB-MYSTERY-6-1953-MILE-HIGH-/110878371930#ht_5089wt_1399 It's a Mile High copy he lists in NM. According to GPA, the same copy (Mile High) sold as a VF+ in Oct 2011. When I asked about this he said he cracked it out himself. He then said he sold it at a convention, that the seller got the original label, and that he hadn't had a chance to take it down from eBay. This was about a month ago and I see it's still listed on eBay. So, buy a book or accept for consignment, crack it out (to read maybe?), then list as "your opinion" of the grade, for same price it last sold for in the open market? I don't quite get it.

Yes - the guy was having them custom made for his own use, but was going to stop because his supplier was raising his prices for the lucite. I bought a GA book off him at NYCC '11 partially just to get one of his cool boards.

I have a related question here and hope it's the appropriate place. Can I specify a return insurance value that is different than the declared FMV? For example, say I want to submit a book which trades infrequently and which an experienced collector or auction house might fairly appraise at $3000 to $5000. To me it seems fair that I should declare the FMV at $3000 (to get the $95 submission fee), but insure for the high end of the estimate for the return shipping (same as I would insure for fire, flood or theft in my home). Does your submission form support this? Even if, say, $4000 is a "more fair" FMV, I might still want to insure for $5000, or even higher. This is my choice and I don't think "insurance value" should have to be tied to FMV. I asked this question over the phone and was told this is not supported. Just wanted to check one more time and perhaps get the rationale. Thank you.

What does PLOD mean?

Metropolis has 3 Sensations (52, 60 and 61) they list as San Franciscos.