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    [CLOSED] Another Pirate Modern CGC Pre-Sale Naomi, Immortal Hulk, Batman, Black Surfer

    in Copper / Modern Age Only

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Pirate said:

    Books expected on Monday.  Thread closes Sunday at Midnight est.  No pictures until them, but i can tell you they are all nicely centered.

     

    Shipping with insurance via Priority Mail only.  Will send cheapest way priority.

     

    No hosers or probs

     

    :takeit: in thread is king and trumps all.  Can hold pending scans, but really you won't need them :)

     

    Naomi #1 Cover A CGC 9.8 White $400 (2 copies)

    Immortal Hulk #16 1:25 Bennett Variant (the split personality wraparound) 1st print CGC 9.8 White $160

    Immortal Hulk #16 1:25 Bennett Variant (the split personality wraparound) 1st print  CGC 9.6 White $110

    Dark Knights:   The Batman Who Laughs #1 Foil CGC 9.8 W $90

    Avengers #684 CGC 9.8 White $135

    Thanos #15 4th Print (Black surfer on cover) The regular issue not the unknown variant.  CGC 9.8 white $175

     

     

    :takeit:x 1 Immortal Hulk #16 1:25 Bennett Variant (the split personality wraparound) 1st print CGC 9.8 White $160

    1:XXX variants

    in Newbie Comic Collecting Questions

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    Here is a good, old, verifiable example. Valen the Outcast 1 in 2012 by Boom had a CGC only Jusko variant. The only way for a retailer to get one was to order 200 of the regular, $1 cover issue. Boom stated they printed 500 of the Jusko book, and then, along with Bleeding Cool, made a video of them burning the ungraded, unearned copies (still easy to find the video on line). Then, Bleeding Cool claimed only 25 retailers earned the book, implying that the other 475 were burned. But a month or two later, the CGC Census showed 75, which would make you think that even though only 25 were earned by retailers, Boom had to have more available as they may not have known how many they would need ahead of time. 

    Now, jump ahead to 2019. 25 earned, 75 in the census, most of us would think there were 75 max in the world. Boom decides to sell it's back stock of retailer incentive books and offers 152 Valen the Outcast 1 CGC only Jusko variant to Jesse James Comics, which he purchased and is currently selling them on ebay. I got a few of them, and found that none of the CGC certification numbers are in the Census, so they have to be added back in to prove they exist!

    So, what I have learned from this is trust nothing you read, nothing you are told, and nothing in the Census. Clearly, at some point, CGC either removed 150 some books from the census, for some unknown reason, or they never added them, again for some undisclosed reason. I have asked and gotten no real response. I believe Boom sent in 500 Valen 1's Jusko variants, and had them prescreened. Then, they burned on video the books that were not 9.8 candidates, slabbing the rest, for a total around 225 9.8's. 

    I don't think anyone was trying to pull a fast one or cheat anyone. After all, it was Valen the Outcast, not a Spider-Man book. And I think someone at both Boom and CGC made some mistakes when it comes to the census, and just didn't care enough to fix it. 

    But, when you think you have on of only 10 or 50 or 100 or even 500, don't you believe it!

     

     

    [CLOSED] ML2k's C2E2 2019 BONANZA!!! - NOW 20% OFF!!!!!

    in Copper / Modern Age Only

    Posted

    19 hours ago, masterlogan2000 said:

    This is the last of the Dark Red C2E2 variants I was able to pick up. Everything else at the show is sold out, including the variant at the Aftershock Comics booth.

    Though they don't have the C2E2 branded logo on the cover, these blanks were printed exclusively for the show. It's good cover stock and lots of room for sketches. I have two copies available, which would go great with the other Dark Red books I have posted earlier in this thread.  These were hand picked from the stack they had available.

    $20 - Dark Red #1 (C2E2 Blank) Copy A
    $20 - Dark Red #1 (C2E2 Blank) Copy B SOLD!!!
    Both NM+

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    :takeit:whichever is left!

    Rich's 4th annual BLACK FRIDAY AND---AND---the 2019 TAX MAN sales thread! (yes, it came early this year)

    in Copper / Modern Age Only

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Rich_Henn said:

    Completely forgot that I did a few copies of these magazines a few years back.  The James Jean cover with the rabbits was recalled and only sold in certain areas due to the nature of the cover.  I put some photoshop "stickies" over the naughty parts.

    Heavy Metal #285 (James Jean variant cover) CGC 9.8 s/s Grant Morrison - $175 

    **(I've got another in 9.6 for $125)

     

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    :takeit: x 1 9.8!