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On 1/12/2022 at 1:45 PM, ExNihilo said:

I've never heard of this.  That's such an odd thing, I'm surprised the SEC allows it.  All subsidiary's report up to the parent entity (Blackstone) so it would be weird to have a separate publicly traded stock for a child entity who then also reports its numbers.

Sprint had something similar in the late '90s.  They had FON which was the overall company and they had PCS which was a tracking stock exclusively for the wireless sector.  I'm not sure if or how PCS rolled up into FON.

On 12/28/2021 at 1:59 AM, Tony S said:

So just did a submission of 136 books. I was rather dreading it but I have to say it was a great deal easier than my first few submissions a week ago.  It is much more likely to bring up the book I am looking to submit. Sometimes it was in fact quicker than the old system

For books with a lot of potential matches, I still find it easier to input the title and then publication date. Those freaking moderns and all their reboots and variant covers easily overwhelm the "first 50" results displayed. 

I had my first encounter with needing to input a book not in the database and found a problem. There does not appear to be a way to input a new comic with ONLY a year for publication.  The system insists on month/year.  The comic book I was adding only listed a year of publication in the indicia (Cannibal Romances #1 - 1986. Last Gasp) A fair number of books have been published that only list a year for the publication date. So unless I was doing something wrong, this should be added to the things needed tweaked. 

You should be getting paid to beta test this.  Just sayin' 

On 12/19/2021 at 12:37 AM, 815K1 said:

 

I have seen serious hydrogen peroxide burns. I burnt myself once using it to clean a wound. Serious. 

3% HOOH will not burn you but if you go with higher concentrations you're asking for trouble on bare skin.

On 12/12/2021 at 6:49 PM, 815K1 said:

So then he’s selling alcohol. He would need a liquor license to sell it? What if I ate/drank immacuclean would I be poisoned? So if I go to the doctors and they say what did you take I’m gonna say immacuclean…

so wouldn’t the label have to disclose what chemicals are in it for it to be sold as a good for cleaning?

sounds like this guys got a law suit waiting to happen.

IPA = Isopropyl Alcohol

H2O2 = Hydrogen Peroxide

From what I've read, Immacuclean is a 1:1.5 mixture of 90%+ IPA and 3% H2O2.  I've used that solution to wipe down book and it is pretty good about removing grime.  You have to be careful and use it sparingly or you could remove color.  After you're done with it you have to press the book.

WTF is up with those "feet"?!?

On 11/20/2021 at 1:25 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

awesome!! That Hulk 340 is a hole in my collection  

but seriously I like it, but never wanted to pony up the dough, a mark jewelers would be an Awesome Caveat to THAT!

I was curious as to how your able to find so many? Dallas area? I've picked a few, but you have the knack!  

Congrats on the pick-ups!

Andy has a Hulk 340 he got the other day in a big Copper Age collection. That’s where I got the ASM and NM. In fact I picked up almost the entire Leifeld NM run. 
 

MJIs turn up in the Dallas area because of Carswell and NAS. Folks moved in who were overseas and sell their collections. A lot of collections also in migrate from San Antonio where there were a lot more folks stationed overseas. 
 

Ive been pretty lucky finding them. I bought a collection with about 800 BA ones. Over the years I would weed them out of boxes at shops and cons. I probably still have a couple hundred. 

On 11/5/2021 at 8:15 PM, Ballymore3 said:

Update:  the CGC QC goblin struck again.   I did not get the New Mutants 97, shown above, back.  However, I got SOMEONE ELSE’s MJ New Mutants 98.   Let me know if you are missing a book because, hopefully, you will have my book and we can work something out.  I will try my best to get this one back to whom it belongs….

The invoice number is not even the same.  It should be easy for CGC to track down the submitter.  Now let's hope it's as easy to locate your book.

@awe4one
It's certainly a good resource.  If you don't want to keep hosting it on your end let me know.  I can migrate and host it to my BoxOfComics domain.

I use a magazine bag/board and put them in a magazine box.  That seems to protect them best.

What does the indicia look like?

On 10/27/2021 at 9:06 AM, archiefan said:

Pocket Guide to China (1942) $80

From what I can see, the back cover looks like it has some grime on it.  That to me means it was not (properly) cleaned or presses and could have several small finger dents that would throw you out of 9.8.

Your initial question was, "would pressing help this guy?", and the answer is yes (cleaning/pressing).  Is it worth cleaning/pressing/slabbing/selling?  IMO, no.  It will most likely top out at 6.0.  If you want to improve the appearance of the book, go for it.  If you want to try to flip it, that's a lot of money and time for a little bit of return.

On 10/19/2021 at 4:10 PM, Mutant Manatee said:

 

I found who I sold it to back then by looking through my old feedback on eBay.  Does your eBay ID start with an "H"?  

Nope, not me.  I honestly can't remember where I got it but it would have been around that time.

On 10/19/2021 at 2:23 PM, Mutant Manatee said:

 

OMG, I used to own that copy on the left!  It was in my collection for years.  I sold it on eBay in about 2007 for $45.   

 

I have 3 copies.  One, a 1.8, was from a guy in South Texas 20 years ago or so.  The 4.0 I believe I bought from Chuckles 15 years ago.  It was priced just like the rest of the CSS books around it; $75 I think but certainly less than $150.  I don't recall where I got the 2.5.  I may have been the guy who bought it from you on eBay.  I would have been around 2007.

I was surprised to see this guy missing. 

Yes, that can be pressed out.