Comicdey

I know what I grade this complete but well loved and eaten copy, but I know how much you all love to denigrate a book under 9.0....let’s see how you all😆😆😆 view the defects present in this ghastly uncollectible mass of pulp 🤗

I watch his vids and find that GA guru has done his part in trying to make GA visible to the YouTube generations.   IG is wild Wild West still compared to the calming effects the cgc boards has on collecting.   It’s one more spot to try to understand the modern and variant mania that I care nothing about but at least I can try...

I hope the procedures went well and you are back and running in no time Joey.  Get well my friend 👍

CMJ

10 hours ago, www.alexgross.com said:

those are some gorgeous books! cgc only noted WHITE PAGES, not ALASKAN WHITE PAGES! how could they miss that? 

Well it’s on my cert :-)

Great book

On 11/16/2019 at 10:45 AM, Ricksneatstuff said:

BOOK IS ON HOLD. DEAL IS PENDING

This is such a great book. I miss it but it’s all about timing 👍

Recent GA to peruse.  Lower grade but what a punch these two pack inside 🤗

14 hours ago, Qua-Brot said:

Batman 65! CGC 5.5 OW/W. Great Cat Woman cover. Need I say more? Last sale was $999, slightly worse Page Quality, and the 6.0s are going for way above that. So, I'll ask $1,100

Love this cover.  Always have. Mine is nice enough but cover is loose. This is a beauty. Congrats 

On 11/3/2019 at 5:39 PM, fastballspecial said:

Other then MD and OH the farther South you live the better. I just found my first 35 center in Indiana this year. The majority I have found are farther South.
 

At least in ‘75 we got the mini baseball cards in Fairbanks :-). I didn’t realize for a long time that that was not a normal baseball card size as a kid.    

59 minutes ago, fastballspecial said:

Those are the best finds. You want to jump and down, but cant till you pay.

 

So in all my I’ve never owned or found a 35 cent variant.   It seems crazy but it’s true.  So far from Alaska ... where they came out but I had found 30 cent variants in collections and in my collection back in the day.  Only a handful but still...zero 35 cent variants 

Bottom right corner might preclude 7.0

6.5/7.0 after clean and press 

Looks like it might have been wet at one time and then lost some color at the high bubble points from rubbing.  And then pressed to a Maximum grade ?

Full book all day long and so many greats to choose from.

2 hours ago, G.A.tor said:

I don't think Ritter is on the boards, but I know a little bit about his business model from our previous discussions ( I don't think it is a secret). One part of his model is to identify books that have upgradable flaws (certified or raw), crack them and fix those flaws (via pressing, or reattaching with tape, etc).

He then sells the "improved" book at the grade he feels it is (and he is pretty darn accurate, from my experience) and a price relative to the grade...

I've never known him to just crack a book and inflate grade/price...I've viewed a ton of these type raw books he offers (why pay for grading, as that cuts into the profit margin) ...he always "improves" the grade somehow...

 

It’s hard to defend the approach of improved grades but at the end of the day the collectors desire is to have all information available to them.  Information is power when buying or selling.  

Buy the book not the label is the key.   If the price works for you then grab it.  Return it if not as described.   

On 10/26/2019 at 3:11 PM, spreads said:

Nice sales, especially that WWBN 33, wow....I think I have a couple issues floating around somewhere....

33 is tougher in grade

Iron man 44 is tough if you can get it 

And a zero census book on this one