Silver Surfer

I wouldn't think twice about it, seems like an Action #1 comes up for auction just as much as an IM #55. In comparison you rarely see high grade Tex #27's or MC#1's up for sale (or at least with the same frequency as an AC#1). I get the cache of it being the first big Superhero book but personally I'd rather own a Tec #27. The constant sales and resales kind of takes away a bit of its mystique.

Wouldn't it make sense to just sell it privately with the help of one of these major auction houses/dealers? Such a crazy book to own in that grade. There sure has been some spectacular SA keys offered for sake lately.

Seems like the best course of action probably would have been to retain your book if it was identified on the list, and then negotiate a settlement before sending them the book. If that failed then threaten to sue for damages. Once they have your book the above options appear to have gone out the window and you lose control of the situation?

These are actually pretty cool. Seems like at least 10 years ago when they were first offered by CC?

Haven't look at the census lately but this has to be one of the toughest in high-grade. I know there are a few raw copies out there but rarely if ever do you see 7.0+ hit the market. I eventually cracked this one out and when I did sell it a dealer bought it. Miss this copy.

I want Heritage's platform for all auction houses but understand the costs associated with that kind of set up. You may not have 4 hours to spend on a Sunday to but most people bidding against you do so blaming C-Link seems a bit harsh. Overall they are great to deal with and have pretty good material. I do get multiple email reminders from them so it wouldn't take much to set a reminder for the auction end dates.

Or you (not you) are probably not looking at the auctions enough if you don't know when a piece is closing?

Is it too late to file a PayPal charge back? Tell him to F off, strong letter to follow.

Unfortunately in this business that list can be too long. I saw a few pieces I wanted for years by a dealer I have heard nothing but horror stories about on these boards. Recently I saw it with another dealer (that I would buy from) so there must have been a trade/inventory swap. Hopefully that happens in this situation at some point.

I have no clue as to its value but if it fetches $200K I would be shocked. I only say this because it's an unpublished piece and I figured that for that price you could fetch an iconic published piece.

Predicting the future.

50% to 75% of the US version?

But by the time they get around to dealing with it, if they even bothered, it would take forever. And then you still have the problem of evidence discovery becoming public and that could hurt the company. If it gets to that point nothing material will happen.

So I'm just skimming through the the latest developments but this seems to be getting worse by the week. This will never make it to discovery. Maybe CGC thought they could bury these guys in legal bills but at a glance it looks like he had probably made so much on this scam that he has lawyered up and is punching back. Seems like an out of court settlement with non disclosures are the only way out of this now. That way they will never have to explain how and why they were duped.

That’s probably what they could prove that they pinched, I’m sure a lot more got past them before CGC caught on. They probably let them get caught so they could make their lawsuit stick.

Thank you. What's even more comical are the CGC apologists that try to minimize stuff like this. Have been away for a week only to see these new threads, WTH is going on.

Sorry meant to say all 3 sides, lol. It was such an annoying experience.

Mine were done here through an offering on these boards. I didn’t have them graded as that wasn’t important to me just wanted a couple of cool covers. I need to dig these out, haven't looked at them in years.

It was a GA book and at the time I didn’t have another book from that run/era to cross reference it. But when I did it stood out like a sore thumb. Was listed as “unrestored”, raw, no mention of trimming. Didn’t want a refund just an explanation as to how it could have possibly have been missed. I didn’t get one just a bunch of excuses.

Just have a handful of these:

OJ got off too.

Undisclosed trimming that was blatantly obvious, all four sides. Pretty sure they knew that but neglected to mention it on their listing. Take your chances.

Great news if true. They might want to tweak the label so that people know that they are dealing with new generation books that have gone under more scrutiny?