burntboy

The funny thing is, the more people try to convince me Pressing is Restoration (and therefore a NO, NO), the more I want to send my books to a professional to IMPROVE the APPEARANCE of my books, so that I MAY PROFIT MORE, when I Sell them. And I'm not joking. i sometimes feel the same way after reading all of the anti-pressing comments. i've got a thousand virgin SA books in terrific shape that i love. but, i still don't care if someone presses a book, and sells it to me in a higher grade than it was before. the book has been improved without adding or subtracting anything - and i'm happy with that......

Ian; check out my post regarding Golden Age Time Capsule. i think you, of all folks, might get a real kick out of some of the books and their prices

if you say so

wow- a whole story - thanks

i left this thread thinking it had finally run it's course last night and then find another frickin' 44 posts here this am!!!!!! will it ever die??? anyway congrats to BOTH Metro and Ian and to those who helped this along. kinda like a fairytale ending and not as painful to follow as some would opine.

now that's a funny idea!!!!!

well i finally got to the end and have to say that i was impressed by vincent's detailed (and seemingly, heartfelt) response. on the surface - hard to argue with his points. but, as red so eloquently put it, "they say that your ethics are defined by your behavior when you think no one is watching. that original written threat (which was never meant to be made public) to Ian was a clear exposure of the lack of ethics at play here". perhaps yes, perhaps no, but it does call much of what vincent has said into question (IMO). don't know ian from a hole in the ground and have had some small pleasant dealings with Metro (seems like a class act to me.) just hope this can end mutually satisfactorily

Ian; do you know what the comic sold for?? for sure?? i haven't gotten through the entire thread yet, so i don't know if Vincent or Joe have come on to speak, but based on what i've seen so far, this is disturbing. i think it's safe to say that most of comicdom would love to see you fulfill this impossible dream (Robert Goulet singing here.............. ) quite frankly, everytime i think about it, i'm awestruck..........

let's see; DVD's and Laser discs - have all the universal horror movies and virtually all of the notable 50's sci-fi. famous monsters, screen thrills and spacemen - have all of the latter two and continue to grow the FM's up to issue 32. all of the ACE ERB 1960's paperbacks. the EC library. have every overstreet priceguide. what a kick to go back 30 years and see what stuff was selling for. pin ball machines/ shuffleboard/pool table. 50's doo wop album covers. select toys that i owned as a kid. all of the fantagraphic prince valiants and slipcases. kitchen sinks hard cover flash gordons. NBM's hardcover tarzans. all sporting event and concert ticket stubs. oh, and about 500 matchbook covers from restaurants and bars around the world.