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He's been back in for some time. I'd heard he sold out of frustration after the theft from his home. I think what matters more is how money is acquired. People who worked hard for their money their entire lives don't spend it so easily. Those who came about it quickly spend it quickly and they care far less about overpaying for something. I've dealt with some of the wealthiest people in the hobby and those that worked hard for their money care about the dollars and cents. Those that made money through the lottery (or Bitcoin - so, through the lottery again! ) will be more likely to spend it much more freely and even throw money at things just to acquire them, no matter the cost.

I also thought the Pep #22 3.0 Voldy went cheap. That sounds like peanuts for one of the rarest and most important GA keys ever published.

That was a gorgeous 7.0 that I thought about bidding on...and then realized it was 2021 and decided against it. Did anybody manage to see why it only graded a 7.0? Maybe some wear / creasing that isn't showing up in the scans or is it a bunch of color lifting across the book (the colors seem spotty on that book)

So many crazy numbers. Hard to wrap one's head around it. The biggest problem is how this is going to shift perceptions on everything. Dollars aren't worth much anymore is the problem moving forward.

Ah, the good ole' days!

That's not a realistic solution for everyone.

I thought so too.

Like the Surfer he couldn't keep a title going. I enjoyed him in The Champions - that was my first intro to him, actually. I will agree that in the 90's he grew to have monster appeal but that was likely just as much a phenomenon of 90's counter culture as it was of the character himself. Wolverine, GR, Punisher all saw a strong resurgence then.

It's going to be a fun year trying to navigate how to price items after this auction.

You're making the same error that most of us make at one time or another in regards to market analysis, trying to use our own feelings and that of our small circle of acquaintances to characterize an entire market. He was replying to the statement that Ghost Rider was popular in the BA. He wasn't. He was a total dud.

I sold a 9.8 newsstand for $2k two years back... still cry about it at night... i was the OO The key is to never look back. Stuff is always worth more. What did you do with your $2K that you wouldn't have done? That's the key.

Ghost Rider was never "hot" at all during the Bronze Age or anytime through the end of the 80s that I can recall. Agreed.

You guys didn't think that a copy selling for $50K 4 years ago would be enough to pull new copies into the market? I do. Don't bother defending your position too hard. Some people just won't see it even if you're right. Many people are still caught in the 'old way' of doing things (including me, I'm not a fan of these new valuations and price relationships) but if this is how newer collectors think and you can't change or stop it there's no point in denying it. I don't think it's healthy but maybe I'm just that grumpy old guy from 20 or 30 years ago when an AF #15 sold for $50K for the 1st time. My favorite new saying is that "truth is the daughter of time, not of authority".

Except he did. We all do it. There are relationships that books have to other books. I'm not going to give you a tutorial on how to make those calculations but they are out there. You guys do it every time you multiply a guide price.

And is it just me or is Ed Jaster barefoot?

Goodness. As a kid, I genuinely dreamed of one day owning the Black on Magenta. Wow.

Considering 9.8 Thors were going for $20K range recently, I agree.

Or what their own rookie cards sell for now. I have been lucky to have some great bosses in my business. I was once working for $12 an hour in the early 1990's. But I was only hired to fix cars and yet I ended up running the guys entire shop because he was a little disorganized and going through a divorce. My boss ended up giving me a 50% pay raise without me asking for it because he felt I was underpaid. To me, this is the way to run a business....recognize someone's talent and reward them for it without them even having to ask for it. Most businesses don't operate like that. Some people just aren't strong negotiators and THAT is what works against them rather than their talent level. It's a problem that plagues most artistic types. They're great at their art but not great at business and they get taken to the cleaners because of it. That's pretty much the entire music industry that we grew up knowing and loving.

I love the comraderie they had. This story reminds me of the story of how Bill Everett, Carl Burgos and the associated creators at Timely came up with the 1st crossover battle issue in Marvel Mystery Comics #9 over a weekend. They basically hung out over several days, drank booze, ate and came up with one of the greatest comic arcs of the Golden Age. I love reading into the culture of the time. It was such a more innocent era and I can feel the atmosphere as I read about it. This excerpt is from a book called Fire And Water about the birth of Marvel Comics.

It's a rip off of X-men #1.

Kang is right up there with Squirrel Girl in most people's books. That may change over time but I always thought he was a throwaway villain like...I don't know..The Vanisher or someone like that. I do find it fascinating how Marvel reinvents their characters for the MCU. You have to give them credit for literally building a new universe out of an old one. It all started with Iron Man when they had to make do with what they had after selling away the rights to their major characters and creating an entirely new legacy centred around Stark who really was a 2nd tier character for a long time. Job well done.

I used to have a stand up / cut out of Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in our bedroom in 1991. Loved that move.

The best way to take a picture is outside when there is strong natural sunlight, preferably when the sun is about mid afternoon it isn't overhead and doesn't cast a direct shadow on the book. The sun makes the colors pop best. But there really isn't a great substitute for a good scanner or a proper photo set up. And a general announcement, TAKE YOUR SLABS OUT OF THE BAGS WHEN TAKING PICS OF YOUR BOOKS! I can't believe how many people sell expensive books with a bag still around the slab. The book looks like a figment of the imagination sometimes, it's so faded and blurry. Most scanners I've had make that line. I just learn to live with it, short of getting a new scanner.

Did it work on the HP? Did you manage to remove the line? Or was it for something entirely different that you removed the glass?