MustEatBrains

The Blue Bolt 105 made a 7k jump today... 30k is definitley not out of the question. Will be fun to see where this lands.

Listed a handful of rare Four Favorites CGC graded books on the bay for auction. https://m.ebay.com/sch/musteatbrains666/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

My brother lives in Maui/Kihei and there hasn't been anything notable to speak of going on there yet, thankfully.

Buy the highest graded copy of Hulk 1 you can afford. The prices on the 181 have gotten too insane with the supply available IMO

Heritage sales tax hit me in Joisey like 2 auctions ago. 7% I think on top of the 20 BP. C'est la vie.

Damn brother, those some nice looking books!

Stunning books Bob, congrats on the awesome pick-ups!

IMO and there's some general consensus that grading can be "tight" or "loose" at certain times and some folks will look at grade date in conjuction with the book itself when assessing a purchase.

I was wondering about this as well. I've been looking at this auction on CLink: http://comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Ddetective%2Bcomics%26GO%3DGO%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1268926&id=1268926&itemType=0 The grade date is 2000 but it's in a second gen holder. Not sure exactly when they switch from the old labels to second gen but I suspect this was a reholder that retained the original grade date. Does anyone know when the first 2nd gen slabs were introduced? For the record I think reslabbed books should retain the original grade date only if the slab is undamaged and does not require a regrading. Certification Information Certification #: 0004380015 Title: Detective Comics Issue: 36 Issue Date: 2/40 Issue Year: 1940 Publisher: D.C. Comics Grade: 3.0 Page Quality: CREAM Label Text: Tape along entire spine. Tape on 1st wrap. Grade Date: 04/04/2000 Category: Universal

Sadly it came with it on the case and not the bag. I need to make time to remove with WD-40....

Oh, the horrors of war!

I haven't had anything to post in this lovely thread for a while....

I would take z $450 and run, fast!

Thanks for removing the temptation, awesome grab Rick!

So cool, congrats on the score!

I would ask the vet what is his favorite book in his collection is, request they take a pic with it, presumably in his wheelchair with a piece of paper with my boardname written out on it, send it to me and I'd give what I was selling free.

Ditto I see a 6.0

Only one book I'm going to try to snipe on the CL auction. Still betting I'll pay through the nose for it.

Jeez, I missed that.. Thanks for pointing that out, makes a little more sense to me now. Thanks @comicwiz for the reply as well..

Question, I don't know this seller but was wondering why this was not reported to GPA. Looks like it sold then perhaps relisted at same price with no bids again but not sure. I see a "private" bidder as the winner. Wondering if it was shilled. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Captain-America-Comics-26-CGC-2-5-O-W-pgs-Human-Torch-Timely-1943-c-19566/362346734180?hash=item545d8c6264:g:7c8AAOSwxLVbGvAT

So taking this per pm.

What did the boardie who sold to you have to say?

The colors on that really pop. Love that deep blue background. Awsome book!

The store should have done a better check before consigning the book. The store should refund 100%. The losses that business will see as a result of this will be well in excess of $5500 and rightfully so.

Beautiful!