Jeffreykli

I doubt they'd ever grant permission for such a request but even if they did, I live in Connecticut, quite a bit aways from Memphis, Tennessee. What I don't understand is, legally, how can FedEx ever stop searching for the package if there's evidence of it entering their facility and zero evidence of it ever leaving? If they reimburse me the $4,000 -- at that point they've made me whole and it would make sense. But if they don't do that, and there's no evidence that the package is not still in their possession in Memphis, how can they cease searching? No, I meant go to the local FedEx center that you had it shipped to. I haven't seen that you physically went there and checked at that location. Yes, it definitely made it to Memphis, but it could have made it to your local FedEx center but not be scanned.

At this point, I really would physically go down to the FedEx ship center and ask politely to go through their shelves, to ensure that the package isn't there. Maybe it's mislabeled, or was never scanned in the system as an update. Still sending good thoughts that your page shows up safe and sound.

OP: Have you gone to the FedEx office that you indicated it should be shipped to? I've had packages re-routed to the FedEx office that are sitting on the shelf, but have not been updated in the computer. If you haven't already done so, I'd go to the physical location and talk to the manager there, so they know they should look out for it. (I've also had packages, once at the office, labelled for "Jennifer Li", rather than "Jeffrey Li" that's on the package.

That book has been both hot and under the radar for a while now. You can still pick it up cheap, but mid to high-grade fetches good money. (two of those sales are mine).

Sold NoFun a House of Secrets #92; good, clear communication and very prompt payment. Nice and smooth deal. Thanks!

I haven't looked for the GR book, but the final Darkhawks, like many final marvel books during that time, are. I haven't found Ghost Rider #93 to be that hard to find; it was issued a fairly long period after #92, which is hard to find.

I've tried to stay out of the "estimated print run" discussion, but I can't help myself any longer. 1. It seems to me that you're all trying to estimate a print run of a particular incentive variant based on the Diamond order numbers. Which then is bumped up to try to estimate worldwide orders. 2. Then, the order number is used to apply the stated incentive ratio to determine the estimated print run. The problem is that you're using the wrong inputs. The issue with #1 is that you're assuming that global orders is what Marvel cares about to determine the print run. The issue with #2 is that you're assuming that Marvel only prints to the estimated print run, plus some comp copies and overages. I believe that the above analysis is likely sufficient for most books, but for books where the analysis would infer a minuscule print run, the analysis breaks down. The real issue is whether there's a minimum print run that Marvel imposes on any particular book, regardless of orders, and if so, what that print run might be. Coming from a different background (corporate lawyer, responsible for printing the company's proxy statement and annual report), I can tell you that anticipated demand has some relationship to print run, but is not the only factor. Yes, I have to print at least what I need for orders (mailing out to shareholders), but then the economics of printing come into play. By far, the biggest cost is the setup cost of putting the print plates or getting the digital file ready for print. Basically, the incremental cost per unit is minimal, so I easily round to the nearest thousand or more. Then, after a year or two, I have to recycle all of the unused reports since the likelihood of anyone wanting one after a year drops dramatically. My main point in all of this is that my experience leads me to believe that there is a minimum print run, probably one to two thousand. If orders are below that point, Marvel doesn't care or even think about it and just has the minimum print run done.

Just relisted. TMNT #1 CGC 9.6 Again

PP 64s are tough in 9.8; it's one of those books that for some reason is hard to find in UHG, whereas they are pretty common to find otherwise. Also, it's the first book when you find a run that is missing.

IIRC, Obi-Wan and Han Solo are on the cover of Star Wars #1, even though they don't appear in the story until #2.

Nice list, but the Venom variant for New Avengers is #20, not #21.

CGC is fairly consistent in that if there's a stain, the top grade possible is 8.5. I have an ASM #14 CGC 8.5 with a very small stain on an otherwise beautiful book.

I just sold a Batman #357 CGC 9.4 for $200. There are a few high sales at $250 and $255, but another sale at $201. Other sales vary from $123, $148, and $165. I had mine listed at $250 on eBay, then dropped it to $235 after the $165 sale, and agreed to a BO at $200.

Joey was very reasonable on a deal, where I sold him an ASM #194 CGC 9.6.

is the 1st ones signed by stan lee or is that part of the cover? i have one somewhere...not in great condition as i read it and all the other treasuries a million times as a kid Looks like it's an unverified signature from Stan Lee in 1976.

Here's mine:

If you didn't set up an account at the JTC site, I don't think you can see your orders. I'd imagine that all orders are showing up only as "in processing", so he can sort through who tried to order more than one at the pre-pre sale as well as combine shipping for multiple orders.

They're live now.

I bought a couple of books from Anthony, and everything was great.

It's a tough book period. But, there are still a lot of BA collections out there, and by it's nature (even with the internet) it is a very personal and private affair. This is the one book I have never found in 9.4+ in any DC/Batman centric collection I have picked up. The main Batman issues (227, 232, 234, 251, etc.) and Tec issues (395, 400) are easy to land in high grade, but the post-400 Tec books tend to be hit and miss condition wise in the collections. Tec #405 (1st League of Assassins) is another tough book in high grade (9.4+). Nothing wrong with an 8.0+. But probably a valid observation. Certainly possible to find them in original owner collections, but then they might end up in personal collections. That's how I got my Tec #411 CGC 9.4. Definitely not for sale, and I've turned down several generous offers.

Bought a fair amount of drek at ECCC, but these two are keepers. First one is especially great, since my last name is Li:

I always thought that the direct market versions contained both the US and Canadian prices, so the Canadian price variants were necessarily only newsstand versions.

Here are some of my copies; I also have a 9.6 from the other guys and I might have sold the CGC 9.6 below:

Here's a scan of my CGC 9.8 #1:

Here's my copy: