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Roger66

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  1. I would say it is around a 2.5 or Good Plus-plus.  It should get a CGC blue label as this is doodling not restoration (from what I can discern in your photos).  It is a fairly common Silver Age key, with a lot of copies both raw & graded just sitting on eBay now.  If it were my copy - I would not spend the time & money grading it but keep it raw and look to trade it.  My best guess without looking up current prices now is it could be worth around $500 to the right person, who doesn't mind the cover markings, as this remains a very popular key for good reason.  If you are looking to sell it online - then grading it might be the way to go and the front cover here has very nice gloss and deep colors too - which is preferable. :peace:

  2. On 5/17/2023 at 3:35 PM, Nilo2 said:

    Its a great book to have no matter what the grade. No way this grades lower than 1.8. The cover is still attached so I'm pretty sure you will land on a 2.0, especially if you can get it pressed. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

    I agree a great book to own and it presents well no matter the assigned CGC grade.  You can argue it lands as a 2.0 but I don't see a press helping this one iota and would be curious to see the final grade if the owner submits it. I still think 1.5 if not 1.8 but we are splitting hairs at this point with CGC being the final arbiter here (so to speak). :foryou:

  3. Regret worked out well for me in some respects. :angel:  When I parted with a few of my treasured childhood SA & Bronze age keys some years back via a CL auction :boo:- it just fueled my subsequent desire with a vengeance to acquire those keys back & more but in multiples.  So 'regret' worked out well in the end but I remind myself unless you are King Tut everything we value and possess in life has to be let go at some point before we turn to dust :preach:.  

  4. Those notes IMO are fair for a 7.5. It could also be a candidate for a press too in which case you might hit an 8.0+. There is IMO a world of difference between looking at a comic through a case vs holding it raw in hand in order to carefully determine what issues and deficits it has. It is also possible if you cracked this out and resubmitted it 'as is' it could come back an 8.0 or maybe even a 7.0 - as grading despite the uber-professionals involved has a subjectiveness to it.  What you also might be 'missing' is experience born of time and trials.  :preach:

  5. Is your intention to resell or just keep for your P.C.?  Personally I would leave that beautiful interior alone. I wouldn't even grade it but store it properly and if the staples are in tight - I might find myself reading it once every 6 months.  I personally believe adding a cover to it - even if an original cover (and esp. not a faux-reprint cover) detracts from the fact that it would then be married.  So my verdict is leave it alone and enjoy this historical interior 'as is.' :preach:

  6. On 1/28/2023 at 11:29 AM, Hudson said:

    I tend to agree with this.  I don't typically have books graded, however, when I had my 252 graded, I found I didn't like the idea of not having a raw copy I could actually look through.  I ended up going out and buying a raw copy.

    Exactly why I try and always have at least one raw copy of some of my SA keys.  It is nice being able to thumb through a lower grade FF48, AC252, TOS52, ASM50 etc - I guess if I was a dealer or an on-line seller I might need to entomb them all but I am much more of a collector.  :preach:

  7. On 1/25/2023 at 5:33 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

    Action 1 transcends economies.

    Well said.  Right now someone in Dubai paid 30 million for a yacht and a guy in France is paying 15 million for an abandoned castle and no one is commenting on that esp. considering an average boat or home costs a lot less.  Action 1 is not a comic any longer - it simply is an iconic historical treasure - the true holy grail in comicdom (next to TEC27)  There is no wow factor here for me - it simply is the Mona Lisa, the Honus Wagner, the Magna Carta, the Crown Jewels etc - thus it should command millions and will only grow over time. :Rocket:as the uber rich can afford to own it over and over while the masses remain jaw slackened & wide-eyed :nyah: