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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

I heard onsite grading prices went up again but I can’t seem to find the prices listed anywhere. Anyone have info?

Found this at a convention last year in the $1 or $2 boxes. Was feeling pretty happy at the time; recently found it again and noticed it’s a Newsstand. Also noticed the UPC box says “Spider-Man Family”.

Page 4?! Another off the list.

Doh! Woulda loved these for that price. Wait....and there's a #22 in that stack? Good lord... Yep, that's the one that flipped my lid.

Missed this by 10 mins or less. https://www.ebay.com/itm/6-Issues-CRIME-SUSPENSTORIES-16-20-22-24-25-26-1953-1955-EC-COMICS-/113662895841?hash=item1a76d626e1%3Ag%3AKroAAOSwotlccgiR&LH_BIN=1&nma=true&si=NLtnOes4tiuUozI8uh7TQgXOKfo%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Wondering if someone here got them and could share pics/condition.

So this one was mine and it did not sell at that amount. I leveraged the best offer function through ebay's messaging system. For whatever reason watchcount did not pick up the actual sold price through that feature. I've noticed this on other smaller books sold this way as well. I wonder if GPA and other sales aggregators mischaracterize realized prices when done thru ebay's best offer feature within messages. So now what's the excuse reason?

Oh cool. Your fake scenarios line up exactly with the point you were trying to make. I guess that’s the only way it could play out? As suggested earlier, one could put a “buy limit” or “time limit” on a sale. I believe this was even put into execution once or twice.

This is even more glaring in GA. If you are second bidder on an ASM 1 there are many others available. Usually GA is one and done (for quite some time; or available next week on the boards). This may be more “opportunist” than “knowing the market”. How can one know the market if a book has not been sold publicly (Heritage, CL, etc) in five years? I think too much credit is given.

Yep.

That is the nuts-and-bolts, yes, but there is more nuance to it. I understand "a seller can put any price he/she wants on a book, etc etc" and that is not my point. I also understand he is not the only one to use the boards in this way but he specifically has caught my attention multiple times across multiple pre-boards venues. The idea of the boards as a "community" is no longer relevant, but situations like this turn members here into pure dollar signs. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/447354-new-books-now-frazetta-baker-schomburg-cole-decarlo-action-batman-joker-cover-science-fiction-gga-crime/?do=findComment&comment=10586009 With all due respect, you're calling out a seller who's done nothing wrong according to board rules or rules in any marketplace. I feel your frustration with all the wheeling and dealing and flipping but that's how the hobby has evolved, there's money to be made and a good portion of board members are looking for under-priced books and books they can make money on. Witness all the threads devoted to spotting market trends and hot books, threads devoted to finding deals at garage sales or flea markets or in $1 boxes, and all the board sales threads. Do you really think most guys here wouldn't snap up a book they could flip for a 50% or $500 profit? For Rick to do what he does he's clearly spending a lot of time searching out under-priced books, he clearly understands the GGA market better than most or all of us because I guarantee you that there are dozens or hundreds of guys watching ebay and every other market for deals, he's taking risk buying books on ebay and he's willing to do the work listing them here and shipping them. To clarify: I never said the seller violated any board rules. I am not sour about people selling for more money than they purchased an item for. That is how the hobby -- and the world -- works. I purchased several items from you when you acquired the large Steranko/Fanzine/Magazine collection. I have no doubt the price I paid (which I did happily) was more than you paid (once broken down to a per-item level). I stated I saw (repeated) behavior from a board member -- noting the 50% markup -- and that I would not do business with that seller again. I did not disclose any names. I was asked for more information, publicly, not through PMs. This led me to believe people were interested in this topic. By providing evidence it follows the seller would be identified. My opinion: The seller says a lot about the hobby and the community but his actions don't follow suit. The seller purchased a book in a very public, open manner for $900 (i.e. FMV), decided it was not good enough for him (his own words), so he listed it as a "board exclusive" for $1350. He purchased a book off another board member then put it up for sale on the boards (at a markup of course) a week later. And more examples. I remember feathers ruffled when items from the Jon Berk collection were quickly back up for sale. I also believe if this was an ASM 300 bought on eBay for $400 then listed here for $600 a week later by a random boardie there would be "call outs". Perhaps it is the allure of Cool Books which makes this seller above others.

How do you think “sold by PM” sales will go as far as reporting? That’s a good portion of GA sales. Think 50% reported? More/less?