John E.

Yeah what the Dad did was hard to hear. I put the Stu Stone at a year older than me so I have a lot of empathy for him. Back in '90/'91 I was around 11-12YO and have fond memories of my mom driving my little brother and me after school to the new baseball card shop that opened to buy ONE pack of Upper Deck each. It was so exciting to be in that store. It was family operated--Mom, Dad ran it, with their son who was 2 years younger than me hanging out behind the counter. They might have had other children, don't remember. I remember the son was quite spoiled for being 9YO. I remember the parent would give this kid a box of Upper Deck to open all on his own. I could only afford a pack at a time and this kid would get a box? Imagine that. In one box he pulled one of those Nolan Ryan autos which was said to be worth $1500 in 1991 dollars. Now I imagine Stu at 12YO living that dream of "owning" a card shop--then it all just gets ripped away from him, including his dad. Man, how do you go on to live a relatively normal life after that? About two years ago my older brother told me he met someone with close ties to the mom of our (formerly) local card shop. It had folded a very long time ago when the card and comic market crashed. From what I gathered from my brother's intel, her life and family had seen better times to say the least. Man, the dark side of the hobby and the American Dream that is either furtive or we refuse to see.

I’m really happy that it worked out. I appreciate the update.

Yeah I watched it a few weeks ago. I was pleasantly surprised by it. It sure was filled with lots of nostalgia. Like many kids growing up in the 90s, my brothers and I got sucked into baseball card collecting naively thinking we were all going to be rich today. And the revelation about the Upper Deck Griffey is pretty infuriating. Yeah the comics things...as I told a amateur dealer last weekend...I don’t know who’s going to take these books off our hands in the future.

Punishment. Bids.

Sweet cheez-its, I’m happy for you.

We have a winner! Just tried it and it is so.

Yeah I’ve noticed a while back that emails don’t show up anymore. Makes sense. Partly a privacy issue but I’m sure it’s mostly to stop the off-eBay deals that costs the company money. If anyone has an issue with a buyer or seller there’s the “Contact” button so there shouldn’t be any need for a direct email. It just looks like eBay and PayPal have put a padlock on the backdoor now.

Well, I see plenty of negative space for a John Milius (aka Walter Sobchak) signature next week just to balance it out.

Verify with comps or it’s just self-interest

Sincerely asking--is this true? Or how true is this? Although I agree that Infinity Gauntlet pages received a bump, but what about other properties such as Luke Cage, Alias, Daredevil, Justice League? Don't know. Can anyone confirm if their OA from the above (or other on-screen properties) took a bump? What about the cool downs when shows are cancelled or big screen storylines come to an end?

I’m curious about this photo. Is that how you usually store your art? Bag and board inside a bigger bag? What is that blue label? Like most everyone else I use Itoyas but I don’t find them all that great.

I was just bagging art today when one of my bags split down the side. Could have been another bag from an art purchase, but not likely.

1. Batman 2. Bane 3. Azrael 4. The Punisher yes, interesting exercise. Never would’ve realized otherwise.

I thought you had sold off most/all of it?

I have ordered in the last 5 years but not in the last 18 months. Had ordered enough to keep me stocked. Not sure how severe your quality control issues were, but one time I had ordered comic mailers and the way they had packed them with cardboard fillers resulted in half a dozen mailers to be bent which rendered them useless. I tried flattening them out but it didn’t work 100%. I ended up using them for things that had nothing to do with the original purpose. Otherwise, I don’t mind ordering from them (and I feel confident that had I called customer service to complain I would’ve been compensated but who has the time?). I hope someone can fill you in on eGerber; otherwise, I say just put the order in now watch the leaves turn color.

I think you’re going to make CGC board history by writing the first post to be included in Best American Nonrequired Reading. Sorry Glen. Have you tried ordering mylars from Bags Unlimited? That’s where I get mine and other supplies and ordering is easy. Drawback is that if you don’t order a minimum ($25-$30?) you get a slapped with a “West of Mississippi” surcharge.

Indeed it would’ve been cool if you were hiding it for the past 20 years. Neat anecdote nonetheless even if nothing materialized from it. I enjoy hearing stories like that. But hey, getting that album cover is a huge win though.

Did Gorey deliver?

Yes, that’s right. The buyer can leave the seller negative feedback for canceling the transaction unwarranted. The seller would then have to call eBay and explain his reason for the cancellation and hope that the person on the other line thinks it was warranted and removes the negative feedback.

I know you didn’t solicit my advice so this is more of a public service announcement. Do consider insuring your packages. If you or the buyer file a claim, you or he must show proof of damage to the item and packaging. You don’t lose money and he keeps the item, albeit damaged. And of course make sure your packages are bulletproof.

I certainly understand your reservation here. My item was only worth $25. If what people say about this seller is true, then I imagine a scenario where his buyers in Japan rip him off and then he passes the buck to the original eBay seller. Although I’ve never been burned, I’ve made a conscious decision not to sell high priced art on eBay anymore. I will say though, if you can’t trust this Redondo Beach guy, then you can’t/shouldn’t trust anyone on eBay either and you should sell in other venues like here, CAF, or Comic Link. That’s what I’ll be doing.

Yup, that’s the same address I shipped to. No issue ever arose from this buyer.

Even better!!!!

Cool. That Spidey was on a my want list for a very long time. But when they finally popped up I wasn’t ready—or perhaps willing—to pay the price. The Goblin is also great.

Interesting. This jogged a memory. In October of 2017 I sold a signed Bruce Timm Modern Masters book to a seller in Redondo Beach (just looked it up) who also messaged me with wacky instructions. If memory serves me right, he bought my item for a customer in Japan. My first thought was that he flipped it on me, likely via drop shipping. There’s nothing I could do about it (or complain about) because he paid my price. My buyer has (or had) a different user name from yours though. At any rate, there was no trouble thereafter.