DougC

you can check sales with GPA, but just sharing what the actual book is will go along way to getting better responses as not all 10s are going to sell the same.

Got my Defenders #65 back from the Austin signing; now to hope Keith Pollard makes another appearance this year (missed him in February due to Austin) .

Facilitator fee's are now an industry standard as CGC outsourced their Signature Verification to "authorized facilitators" years ago. You will be charged; I would advise to find a facilitator you trust and build a relationship with them to handle your books. Some facilitators charge a premium, some have a standard fee it just depends on their business practices and something how much they can get away with.

Your maxed declared value is all they will reimburse so if you maxed out modern it would be $400 ea. You should also ask to be reimbursed the full invoice which includes original payment, handling fee, and shipping. It is very likely CGC will try and get you to accept system credit instead of a refund, I would advice against this unless they offer a lot more as it is just free money to CGC. In a bit more of a snarky response you are actually lucky to get reimbursement as the standard SOP has been to blame the customer, deny any fault, and only then reluctantly offer some type of compensation. I am sorry for your loss; here is a sticker:

I moonlight as a Z list movie producer and one of my recent highlights is making Adrian Paul mad at a private event....

Something a bit different... These are Sealed Space Ship miniatures made by Eisenwerk Miniatures from 1977-79 for their proprietary SpaceTek battle system (comparable with Starfleet Battles). Pretty much nothing about the miniatures or company exist on the internet except a couple references and one reddit picture similar to mine asking what they were. All-in-all they are probably worthless due to being obscure, from the late 70's, and no fan base.... But they are pretty neat hunks of pure lead.

Anyone who had books out for the Terry Austin/Claremont signing due by March 1st, I just got an alert that my book (Austin only remarq) just moved to GEI (4/14).

Because you cannot honestly expect CGC to be held accountable for their own mistakes. That sounds like some kind of expectation of quality control and responsibility when we all know it is the customer that is in the wrong for "finding" these errors in the first place. Seriously though it is morally bankrupt business economics; CGC puts out so many of these that it is not cost effective to fix them all. So they limit a customers ability to return damaged product and save the money while ignoring any social outcry until it becomes a PR problem. Then they can roll back the return policy and pretend they are doing it in the best interest of the customer and be the hero. If it helps I have a sticker I hand out for cases just like this:

Maybe.... this is just a personal dig by the CGC graders directed at you for being poor and they believe it is a really pressing mater? Tell me how is your relationship with your press...

Can you tell us who pressed the books? I am all for taking a shot at CGC for their terrible high heat quick press but this seems to be a case of over hydration where the book "reverted" after pressing. Even I doubt this would be done by them (your book is more likely to be burnt). I had a copy of defenders #65 in this condition where the book wrinkled after being slabbed, another press fixed the issue and it retained the 9.8 (thanks Rich).

Depending on how much the JSA authentication, grading fee's, and shipping it is very possible that you can buy one that has already been graded for a cheaper price. "IF" you do send this book in (after the announcement) it will only reflect that it was signed not any notation about 1 of 100. There have been thousands of this book signed over the last 30 years so the CoA stating your book is 21 or 100 (signed at that store only) will not add value.

In addition to the above it is very possible that it would be cheaper to purchase one in a similar or better condition that is already slabbed with a yellow label.

I am so mad at myself for not grabbing one of the Tottleben remarks (especially one of the swamp things) when they were all over ebay. In other news, a total solar eclipse... but a second print.

This as always is terrible news; I own a number of sketch covers from Scott. Both brothers have had nothing but a terrible time medically for the last 20 years, Garrett is currently fighting his own battle and this will be a very tough time.

Just a couple notes... JSA currently offers both third party authentication and in person witnessed signature authentication. Secondly CGC signature series is a niche inside a niche that many people still do not understand and learn the hard way after getting a book signed. The 100% claim is industry puffery as there has been instances in the past of bad actors and shenanigans; CGC currently allows artists to take books home to finish so there is always a chance of another Kirby/Dynamic Forces. More so on the topic at hand; I have backed off the position they will be yellow labels with JSA notations... slightly. What I do think will happen is that a new color label will be announced for 2024 then in 2026 they will announce merging the labels into a single yellow label going forward to "help with customer confusion", offer a 30 day discount to get your old labels changed over, and never look back.