CardiacKid1

45 minutes ago, Dr. Dank said:

Considering the link above shows me a blank page, I guess I'm SOL eh?

8 hours ago, Randall Ries said:

Ah. I thought they were married or something. Varley sigs are notoriously hard to find, aren't they?

Miller and Varley went through a contentious divorce, which ended with them fighting over artwork and with allegations that she hid pieces from Miller in order to sell them.

I do not know of any comic that Varley has ever signed for CGC S/S.

I was on the fence about sending in a couple of already-slabbed-and-signed high-grade Jungle Actions for Klaus Janson’s signature.  This discussion has made me glad I decided not to send them.

Can we see the whole print?

My best guess is that is either a sloppy attempt at an arrival date or a marking put on the book by a retailer for some other inventory system he had.

On 12/21/2020 at 2:12 PM, seanfingh said:

Putting it to auction would be the worst move ever. 

If this book sold for $566 about 19 months ago, and we are now saying that the buyer could get somewhere between $2K and $10K for it, that certainly underscores Sean’s advice.

2 hours ago, seanfingh said:

OK - here are some of my favorite sig stories.

Joe Kubert -  one of Joe’s last shows that he did CGC for was in Chicago. I used to go to both regularly and would help witness whenever I could. Joe had a lot of subs that weekend - not Jim Lee or JSC a lot, but enough to have to coordinate. He was donating all of his signing fees to Hero Initiative, otherwise, he never would have taken a dime. He was so friendly and so affable, and he really cared about his fans.  So we decided that we would divide Joe’s books into stacks of 15 or so and get them done whenever we could because he moved around a lot and didn’t stay all day.  I had done maybe 60 that day, and saw the opportunity to do my last stack.  He recognized me and we picked up where we left off - it was Hawkman or the Unknown Soldier or whatever. He did the signing, and I gave his daughter in law the $150 for HI. I was closing everything up and realized that one of the window bags had not been cut and he signed the bag. So I asked him to quick sign the book. As he picked up his pen, his daughter in law said “Wait I have to talk to the Hero people, I think we need to get another fee.” He smiled and nodded. When she turned the corner, he grabbed the book, picked a beautiful place, as he always did. He said “she is a wonderful girl, and pretty protective. If you don’t tell, I won’t either.” We shook hands, he put his hand on my shoulder and said “thanks for reading!” And that was the last time I saw him. I still have that window bag.

That scene in Field of Dreams, where an elderly Moonlight Graham tells Ray that he has to go home or his wife will think he has a girlfriend . . . that was immediately what popped into my mind when I heard this story.  What a class act.

Interestingly, CBCS has now discontinued its red label and puts both verified and witnessed signatures in a yellow label (albeit specifying which is which).

This is a good business move for them (given the stigma of red labels), but one that probably dilutes the yellow label for both companies.  Sophisticated collectors know the difference.  Casual collectors may not and may treat the yellow labels of both companies equally, despite the important differences.

15 minutes ago, Dimez said:

So i submitted a book for JRJ and one for Adams. My first SS submission, should I be worried that my books just show ‘received’?

No. That means CGC has the books. You should be worried if they did not show up at all. 

I wrote this about six years ago:  

You may be interested in the discussion.

49 minutes ago, Chazgee said:

I also have 2 "pen1ses". One is on the way back (9.6), the other pen1s is getting pressed (ouch).

That’s Miller’s signature, no complaints there. My big complaint, having had a number of books signed in this latest private signing a CGC, is the fact that they did not use enough fresh Sharpies.

I mean, with the amount of books he’s signing, and the money that CGC is making, there is no excuse for dying Sharpies.  At least make his scrawl look strong.

Come on, guys!😡

1 hour ago, Bird said:

Barry Smith

Ditto 

1 hour ago, Agents Of Slabs said:

Not at this time but we are scheduling more signings to be announced shorty. 

Great work, guys. 

You made me look.  I have 32 books S/S Frank Miller, with 14 more books at CGC awaiting his signature.  I clearly have a problem.

I think it is.  Typical signature placement back in the day.  My untrained eye says the sig itself is legit.  Nice!

Pretty sure I saw that one advertised on eBay?  In any case, I think it's legit.  His signature devolved over the years from fairly legible to hieroglyphics over the years.

I would be shocked if that sig was not legit.  Congrats!

On 5/16/2020 at 6:03 PM, CardiacKid1 said:

The impossible trio:

John Byrne

Barry Windsor-Smith

Alan Moore

I would also add David Mazzucchelli, to round out the golf foursome.

The impossible trio:

John Byrne

Barry Windsor-Smith

Alan Moore

NY Comics has included Terry Austin in their “Masters” tour every fall.  I have sent several books to them for his signature over the years.

There is no information on their website, however, as to whether they are still doing this.

On 3/2/2020 at 8:34 AM, jBiggie said:

i think this is close

Not close.  This is it. 

23 hours ago, GACollectibles said:

Sin City: A Dame to Die For #1 CGC 9.8 $135 Frank Miller

Whoa!

18 hours ago, bluehorseshoe said:

Or not, thanks. 

Sorry . . . it actually took me a couple of days to post the books on eBay.  They are all there not, except the ones that have been sold.  Let me know if you have any trouble finding them.  You shouldn't.