wombat

What exactly are you asking?

Totally agree. With a picture of him holding the letter.

Looks like someone is going to be happy. There is a bid on it.

I think this is what I would do. Sell and get a lower grade copy for myself. That would be a lot of money to buy some more books or just squirrel away.

I hear you. Look at this rag that already has a bid on it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/154469167892?hash=item23f7147314:g:DdMAAOSwczBgrvc0

Yes, I meant the QC person.

I do not think it would be too harsh to immediately fire anyone who can't even figure out the wrong label is on the slab. They do not have the skillset to do the most basic function of their job.

I highly doubt CGC would ever grade this no matter who said what. And I would rather poke out my own eyes than try and even have this discussion with CGC and then probably wait a few years before they were done grading it.

I would not have posted it if I was going to bid on it. Its cool, but not $900 cool. At least not at this point in time.

I'm pretty certain this is legit (as far as it being Bill Person). J Spurlock (from Vanguard publishing who put out the new Frazetta art book) actually posted the ebay link on Facebook and he is friends with Bill.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/magazine/265169379870?_mwBanner=1&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F2%2Fe112362.m1951.l1120%2F8%3Fbu%3D43200319615%26segname%3DTE10001_T_NORMAL_CT1%26crd%3D20210527090000%26mpre%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F265169379870%26ch%3Dosgood%26url%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F265169379870%26osub%3D592f88fc1f0739de0dd518d4dde9ce8c%7ETE10001_T_NORMAL_CT1%7E10001%26sojTags%3Demid%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Curl%3Durl%2Cch%3Dch%2Cosub%3Dosub%26srcrot%3De112362.m1951.l1120%26rvr_id%3D0%26rvr_ts%3Daee84dbc1790a7650b92b942ffea0a20&ul_noapp=true&pageci=7e7c04b9-7cb5-473a-8ff8-5d3a6842157e&fbclid=IwAR0fxi0mFiqhLD1k3dCev4ABG4i21ps4fi8nCsYmgRfk4LT1k0L3LWoLB8k From the listing: EERIE #1, the tiny first issue of Jim Warren's magazine (5 inches by 7 inches), in like new condition. Three small dots on the cover, which should be visible on the scan. I wrote the first story in this magazine, and will sign it if wanted (on the splash page of the story, not the cover) or not sign it, whichever you prefer. Archie Goodwin asked me if I wanted a second copy when he gave me this one, and I wish I'd said yes because it's become a true rarity. But it's time to pass it on. I've put a high price as the minimum bid. I have received two questions, and requested eBay to print both the questions and answers on this listing, but they didn't do it. So I'm going to try to remember the questions, one of which came from Todd. He wants to know if this is a first edition. It is. He says the lines on the roof on page one shouldn't be broken. I can't see any broken lines on the roof. He says that in page 18, the 5th panel, there's a man in the upper left that you can't see. I can't find a man in the upper left that you can't see. Another question is Am I Bill Pearson? Yes, I am Bill Pearson. I also wrote the first story in the first issue of Creepy.

Apparently it was a listing on ebay at some point. If someone has access to worthpoint you can see the date. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/frank-frazetta-original-water-color-415866122

Apparently this is actually a forgery. The second one I posted was the prelim and painted over for the Cover.

Another version. This is the real prelim.

It was in the prelim. This is a forgery. See next post for prelim.

Maybe a stickied post in the WTB section would be helpful.

There is no way this doesn't jump the line, right?

Well, that isn't exactly reassuring.

But it is in their possession.

But on a serious note, can you even get insurance for a book that you don't even have in your possession? Looks like we need to cover them ourselves from the time it is delivered to the time it is inspected.

The inevitable next step is charging us a storage fee.

That looks really nice.

Yikes.

If they have grading in Baltimore I wonder if a non dealer even has a chance. That line might be 5 miles long before the peasants get in the door.