Ryan.

Nice! I wonder if Ben will be there as well or if they will be signing at different times.

Wolverine sketch by Ryan Stegman. CGC SS 9.8. Label error, as it says only signed by Stegman, as opposed to signed and sketched by Stegman. $300.

First takeit wins and immediately trumps all PM negotiations. Any variation of "takeit" counts. Payment: Venmo, Zelle, check, money order or cash. Sorry, no Paypal at this time. No Hall of Shamers or Probies. Payment expected in 72 hours unless we work it out ahead of time. Shipping is free in the US. International shipping will be at cost. Three days' return shipping from receipt. Buyer is responsible for shipping cost back unless item was damaged in transit. Please do not edit takeits and please do not commit to buy unless you intend to follow through.

Those Hughes pages are nice.

Sweet!

TMNT hardcover and Steranko sold.

I don't follow any of this activity on Facebook, not being a member myself. What makes you think the signing is happening now?

Woah.

Interesting game theory but I don't believe buyers would ever realistically spend more on a lower grade due some bizarre interpretation of grade rarity.

I've been looking for this book for a couple of years and come up empty. I once had plans to put together a run of all Croydons with Cole covers but this is one of the books that discouraged me from that pursuit.

For sure. But I figured I'd toss it out there.

Well, there's two options: ignorance or deceit. Neither is acceptable.

Got sold, I believe.

Since it appears that you are in the red right now, an easy fix may be to pause all buying and trades, put a bunch of your eBay listings in auction instead of Buy it Nows, take the cash you get a week from now and pay off all outstanding debts. At that point resume your standard business practices.

I think this thread might count as his vetting process.

McFarlane did an interview on YouTube a couple of days ago and they discussed that issue. I assume that's driving the sudden demand.

That's what she said.

I didn't say all. But obviously some, potentially including those in 9.9 slabs. I didn't think that was even arguable.

It takes up to two weeks to register in the system.

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Certainly that example, yes, but even more broadly than that. The difference between a 9.9 and 9.8 is so miniscule as to be almost undetectable. People spending tens of thousands of dollars on 9.9s, I believe, are greatly underestimating how much a comic gets bounced around, even inside of a slab, particularly during the shipping process. I suspect that the vast majority of these copies, if they were to ever be regraded, would end up 9.8s or even 9.6s. For those who know the Signature Series world, it's generally advised to not crack open 9.8s for signature events due to how often grades come back lower. I won't even send in 9.8s in old generation slabs to upgrade to newer slabs since CGC reserves the right to inspect and regrade books sent for reholders. The grade on the label is merely a snapshot in time.

Don't forget that one hard shake or an accidental drop of the slab and that 9.9 is no longer a 9.9 in any way beyond what the label says.

Unless CGC directly witnessed the signature or sketch there is no path for those signatures or sketches to receive a yellow label even if the artist signed a blood oath attesting to their authenticity.