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I don't think that qualifies as a "discussion" . . . It will test the limits of her love for you. If you have babies - you're in. Otherwise that will cost you at least one. College costs add up

Buy them all. But not before you tell him that I'll pay $200 more than whatever price you work out.

Car? It'll be the death of the car. Rent a delivery van and two day laborers. Also, clear it with your wife (only you know how to do that) or you'll get divorce papers before the end of the month.

When one speculation fails? Nothing. When the market enters a downturn? They bail, and we are left picking up the pieces. Which is not necessarily a bad thing . . .

Get it up there, young man!

With those books you can sell them at anytime, wait 5 years and you can likely say 'I should have held on'. Shoulda, coulda, woulda . . . baby needs new shoes.

First: Here’s the Mark Jeweler variants that “should” exist but I have never seen in the 5 titles I’ve been aggressively trying to collect. If anyone has any of these, I sure would love to hear about it: Action 448, 516, 523, 524, 533, 579, 580, 581 Batman 245, 324, 326, 376, 390 Detective 470, 518, 548, 564 Superman 347, 352, 359, 361, 370, 413 Justice League of America 107, 125, 161, 195 For whatever it is worth, you can’t trust the list of jewelers shown in the MyComicShop database. Many moons ago, they only listed the jeweler variants they had seen themselves (and I made note of it at the time). About 2 or 3 years ago, they just assumed that every comic book in a certain date range contained the insert, so they listed everything. For example, we have never seen a jeweler insert in a square-bound giant comic book, but MyComicShop lists Batman 254 thru 260 as “not in stock” jeweler variants. Batman issues 254 thru 260 are all 100-page giants and I can pretty much guarantee that you will never see a jeweler insert in that type of comic book. Great! This makes it easier for those of us that have an interest in checking our collections.

I bought this book from Josh Gray (a fellow boardie) in early 2011. I think I "remember" he told me he bought it at a small con in southern Cal, when he and his brother were avidly collecting. The striking qualities of the book were the absolute bright white pages, the absence of any spine tics, and that certain roundness to the spine that an unpressed "pamphlet" should always exhibit. In hand, I thought is was a slam dunk 9.4, and with the unique patch of distributor ink at the TEBC, a uniquely identifiable book, if ever broken out. I sold it to one of the ComicLink reps here on the boards, and was paid by another Josh (Nathanson). From there on I noticed that it sold on Comiclink rather quickly (before September 2011 for considerably more), and I have no idea who is the current owner. If the current owner wants to know more I can hook him up with Josh Gray, who used to hang out in the OA section. I wish I could say this one was a "tomato boxer" from my OO, but alas, it was another "keen" acquisition.

You will maybe, but I have no need to look back. And I didn't need anyone's advice to follow a market trend.

Says the arbiter of good taste and marketplace frenzy . . . I guess you were caught empty-handed on this one? Btw, vaz already . . .

Which issue is that???

En Fuego!

Take out all graded copies, and the sales over the 90 days still look very hot. RMA is a bottom fisher.

Not very good marketing, I guess . . .

It is the heavy stock. So this comic book was created with built-in backing boards. Cool!

Okay for starters, one very dear to me . . . Tales of Suspense #52 CGC 9.4 White Pages

Ahem . . .

Is that the lightweight insert or the heavy-duty stock?

Why not, right here?

Ouch, doesn't anyone play by the rules anymore? Certainly, the pressing and regrading crowd keeps their old labels (or at least scans of them)

As I reflect on the passage of time in our hobby, I thought it might be worthwhile to start a thread with the goal of establishing the provenance of certain high grade SA Keys that didn't come from one of the designated pedigrees or "collections" recognized by CGC and the other grading company . We all know from personal experience how and when certain books came to light, were obtained, and eventually slabbed, but often the present owner doesn't have a clue. As my lovely wife liked to say, "They're not making them anymore!" So if you own one, and are curious, or if you once owned one and have knowledge that wasn't passed on in a sale (and want to share it) here might be a good place to post it. Only books that are traceable through registration numbers today, but previous owners that have something to contribute to the line of provenance should post (unless it's a question about a traceable book) with accuracy being the utmost goal. I'l post something later (but I'm already late for work . . . and I ain't gettin' any younger!)

I never cared for Sal's work at all really . . .

Another great listing from COMIC BIZ "Britain's favourite comic book dealer!" MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #4 (2019) ($4.99) SCARCE 1:50 BILL SIENKIEWICZ VARIANT COVER 1ST PRINTING is a highly collectable Scarce 1:50 Variant Cover Marvel comic which ships Bagged & Boarded. This comic has been strictly graded as a solid, strong, flat NEAR MINT (nm) unread copy IMPORTANT NOTES: THIS IS A PRE-ORDER due for release on Thursday 25 Apr; we will begin shipping this comic from Friday 26 Apr 2019 The cover image may not be the final cover art IMPORTANT NOTES – PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING: :whatthe::whatthe::whatthe::whatthe::whatthe:

I think you should post your updated list somewhere here on the boards.

Just file an "item not received" with eBay . . . they just flip a freakin' coin anyway.