David-Lance Roten

Lone Star / My Comic Shop. Never an issue there. Just placed a first ever order w/ High Grade. Nothing earth shattering but if scans are any indication I think I'm embarking on a remainder of my life buyer/seller relationship.

Every card & comic I have Uhhh, let's see. How about one I refuse to upgrade because I got it off a spinner rack in a drug store in Mountain City Tennessee in 1976 at age 6. . I have a few of my originals from that time frame but this one, personal nostalgia, means the most.

eBay pick ups

CLink pickup on the way. My original, off the drug store rack well loved copy minus cover is around here somewhere

Streamlined and clean. I can dig it

CLink win. My first graded Pedigree. Got a few Luke's now, may take a look at starting a Power Man registry set.

CLink. My first ever...Pedigree? Or Rosa just a collection? No matter, cool book

Late post, in the process of replacing polybutylene house pipes with PEX . Loads of fun. only recent C-Link win. Far better than my original a lifetime ago

some more Caps. No more phone pics

Glory days. I was 11 in '81. Two really good places for back issues. Summerville Book Exchange. The owner had a whole, huge back room devoted to comics I bought most of my Nick Fury run there, and quite a few Caps there. Cap #110 among them. Still have it. Great book, probably a 9.0, 9.2. Paid $2.25 for it. The Green Dragon in North Charleston was comic heaven. Golden to current. Most of my Tales of Suspense run bought there. Typically .75 - 4.00 price range. Easily some of my favorite childhood memories.

On the way here. I'm trying a new collecting philosophy. I'm a Captain America / Tarzan run collector, but that can get stagnant. So I'm tinkering with Firsts, Lasts, and title changes (i.e. Power Man #17 etc.) of a few titles.

Wolverine. As a longtime Cap / Falcon fan, Falcon 1-4 is a distant second. I'll go with West Coast Avengers in 3rd place.

Seconded, same here

CGC 5.5, one to add to the thread

I'm intrigued. My collection of graded cards is mostly PSA. The 800 lb gorilla. I use SGC if I think a card compares favorably to a PSA version. Drexler 86 Fleer RC example. BGS for Star Co. basketball, PSA doesn't grade them. PSA for everything else.

Got this at the comic shop a lifetime ago.... and as a longtime Cap fan.... I agree

When buying sportscards I have gotten thank you notes. It's cool. In my older age I tend to leave more generic eBay feedback, but there are occasions where I'll message a seller with a more sincere thank you than I can give in feedback.

PSA = 800 lb gorilla in the card grading racket, but a crack or 3 in their foundation has appeared in the last 18 months or so. Registry is the PSA cash cow. There's opportunity to challenge them, but zero margin for error. There are certainly sports card collectors who wouldn't mind seeing another quality option. But, here's the thing. If BGS, Beckett Grading, can't put a significant dent into PSA with the resources and years Beckett has in the hobby, it's going to take something special to do it, barring total collapse from PSA. Good luck

Learned to read at 4 thanks to DC Tarzan. A fan since. Finally brought a Dell 1 in.

I would own the thread if this were sports card related.

I'm just a looker but good God, greatest sales thread ever.

somebody talk me into buying a nice scanner . Until then phone pics it is