manetteska

Sorry for the bad pics. Wonder Con pickups.

Gotcha. Didn’t know if there was something specific taut happened today at the show RM was talking about. Friday was weird; the show opens kind of late (compared to other shows) but was a good crowd until about 3:00. Then the comic area seemed like a ghost town.

Why were the dealers not happy?

Doesn’t open until 11:30 on Friday?

Nor will I. I haven't been apart of the group for almost two years. Theres no purpose. It still wouldn't "prove" that it's still going on besides what I've posted. There are enough drama stars on these forums already. If you don't agree this one is shilled, cool. If you knew the eBay names of people in that group or their shill accounts and could be seen bidding on this auction (or others) that would go a long way. Even after two years I bet many of the same accounts are used. I don’t understand how asking for proof is unheard of these days. I’m just supposed to believe it because someone on the board said so?

My comment, as far as shilling, was aimed specifically at the board member saying he has proof of group/site collusion (though has yet to provide any). My broader comment was regarding other modern threads where random sellers are accused of selling a fake error comic and/or a member saying a printing/color error comic is more or less rare than a ratio variant. Just random nonsense with nothing to back it up.

I, too, like to know how these schemes work and the groups/people behind them. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, just proof is needed. Too many people (not you, perhaps) throwing around accusations b/c they believe something is true. Kind of becoming the norm...

There are multiple high activity bidders with this seller. Bid retraction. Current bid is well over double the price of last trade dress book that sold on ebay. It's a TCM book. None of that is proof.

Yes. Click on the little linky that says, "Another". While it certainly could be someone outside the TCMI group, since they just got them in, that's unlikely. Obviously, not all 600 members shill their books but some do consistently. I think people are reading too much into bidding data. While a single user bidding a lot on one item may signal shilling, it is definitely not the definitive "proof" people think it is. The winner has bid on a lot of different items across eBay (including Silver Age and toys), and 1 bid with this seller. The second bidder has 1 bid over the last 30 days, and it's only this item (hence 100% activity with this seller). The third bidder bid on 3 items over 30 days, 1 of them from this seller (which is really 33% activity not 66%). Where is the shilling?

Very nice. I really like the Shadow and Wow.

I have two auction items on payment hold for a potential Tuesday coupon; I hope we can do better than $3 off.

A lot of opportunities for big spenders at this show, but that is not me. I’m also not inspecting wall books with a miner’s headlamp for pressing and/or CPR opportunities. I look for one or two GA books for my personal collection and spend most of my time box-diving. So no wall pictures here. By the time I made it to the convention floor (about 10:10 Friday) both Comics4Less and Victory comics (setups with a lot of $1/$2 books) were swamped, elbow-to-elbow with large guys with large backpacks or roller bags. Not a fun scene. I took a quick look but moved on to lesser known pastures. The majority of the below was picked up for $3 or less, save for five comics and the Deadly Hands magazine. And to avoid the dreaded double-post I added some pictures of the Spawn run I found for $1 each. Missing a few of the homage covers, but that’s fine by me. Lastly, my one GA purchase: a Frazetta Famous Funnies from Worldwide. Now I have to buy the rest.

A very cool comic, but I don’t believe it is a Cole cover.

C2E2 purchases. Not pictured: run of Spawn from 125-232 for $1 each. Missing a couple homage covers but everything else is there (including 174 and 175).

Booth 208 Thanks again, @MrBedrock, for taking time out of your schedule at a large convention to lend a hand. Much appreciated.

So much bad/mis- information in the modern section lately. I’d say we are two days away from a ratio/print run discussion.

Doesn’t even look like his art anymore.

Apart from Sunday showers, you should know anything in the 40's feels like shorts weather around here. This winter will never end.

I recently acquired the pictured Captain Science comic for my run. However, the cover stock feels a bit “off”. Are there any dealers who will be at C2E2 Friday who would take a look and give his/her opinion? Thanks.

WTH?

Really scalping those SS customers. Edited above as in my haste I forgot that SS comics don't necessarily have to do on-site grading, but do have to be submitted on-site.

I'll be there. Back-to-back cons!

Once the site was up/dated, able to answer my own question. Yikes these prices are rough, especially for Moderns. Keeping going up up up.

Not a professional grader? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Law-Against-Crime-1948-Law-Crime-2-FN-Fine/323552085038?hash=item4b5535042e%3Ag%3AUlUAAOSwXitb7dX1%3Asc%3AUSPSFirstClass!60620!US!-1&LH_BIN=1