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It is if you live in Samoa or even in New Zealand. Maybe Jim has moved or is off visiting friends down under.

Given Chuck's "pricing"' practices and that he is not even describing or showing a photo or scans of the books he sells, I would not be surprised if he opts for a new business model soon. Perhaps it would go something like this..,. "Send me as much money as possible and I will choose one of my 10,000,000 comics to send you in return. I will not tell you in advance the title, issue number, or any of the main characters in the book; you just need to trust me. Order quickly while supplies last!!"

I think it would actually be $12.43 a liter BUT every week you could get 40 percent off with the "secret" code word; "Chuck's Gas".

No, it is a Silver Age book (from the 50s). I agree that if this was a common, modern age, $5 - $10 book, it might be acceptable.

eBay alerted me today that an item on my "wish list" had been listed. This is usually good news. The bad news is that the book is being sold by Mile High (and priced accordingly). The really bad news is something I find very strange. I read the brief "item description", which really was just their guesstimation of a grade and no actual description of this particular book. Then I click on the link labeled "SEE FULL ITEM DESCRIPTION" and again found NOTHING written to describe this particular book. Instead there was a lot written about Mile High in general and one very alarming statement..... An important note: the cover photo of the item shown in this listing, is not a scan of the actual item. We sell well over one million back issue comics a year, and thus have a huge library of past scans that we utilize to illustrate the books that we are offering on eBay. What???????????????????????????????????????????? In this day and age, who buys an overpriced comic book sight unseen? Not only unseen, but without even ANY description of the book in question. I find this incredible, yet they claim to sell over one million back issue comics a year.....

Yes, there were two color versions. One in 1950 and another in 1958 (seen below). The B&W was more likely an "ashcan" type version that came out before the 1950 color version. The yellow unfortunately is the result of someone trying to color in their B&W copy themselves. I have been told CGC will not grade B&W, because they are too easy to counterfeit. I don't know if that is true, however, that is what I was told.

I just checked and noticed that Brittany passed the original goal of $15K. WOW! The caring and generosity of this community is unbelievable. I feel very blessed to be a part of this community and its' wonderful people.

This is probably "cheating", but there are ZERO of these on the census. I have been told that CGC will not grade them (and I believe there are only 4 in existence). Took me a long time to find this one and actually have a "boardie" to thank for telling me when it came up to auction (knowing I was looking for it). One of the reasons I love the boards; great people looking to help each other and asking nothing in return.

Well, it appears Bob called this one correctly and the seller is now having to relist the book.... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jo-Jo-25-golden-age-comic/152996669022?hash=item239f4fe65e:g:epQAAOSwQ-JaljTw Hopefully the next set of bidders will actually take 2 seconds and read the description (which now includes exactly which pages are missing).

Fixed that for you.

Donation made and PM sent. Thank you again for making this available and for helping Brittany!

Thank you!

Really wish I had seen this one. Nice!

I have enjoyed looking at this thread, but had not planned to post. Then after seeing Sharon @skypinkblu post that Flash #34 (nice book), I felt compelled to post my favorite GA Flash; #26. At first, I thought it did not make the cut off (as there are 11 copies on the census), however, then I read the OP's post and saw that we are only counting "unrestored copies" and so I made the cut off....

It does appear that many non-keys are not moving up as quickly (in terms of %) as their key counterparts.

I was wondering who had grabbed Nik's copy of this book before I had the chance. Nice!

Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to respond and for letting me know what to expect.

Wow. Great price!

I don't think NoMan intended this as a joke. Some people are not comfortable in certain social situations.

i fully understand your thoughts on the what you label as the responsibility of a buyer and seller. I think there is often, however, more to the equation As a buyer, I don't want to always pay the absolute low price from a dealer. If I haggle a dealer down to their minimum profit, I don't think they leave the transaction with a good feeling and if they know the books I am looking for, this makes them less likely to contact me before trying to sell Tom someone else. I don't mind paying a little more to build a relationship in which a seller will contact me before offering the books to the general public. Aa a seller, I think the same can hold true. B if you squeeze every last penny out of a deal, the buyer remembers that and is less likely to go to you in the future. Repeat business and reputation may count for more than a few extra dollars on one sale. On another thought, do you "as a buyer" go into the grocery store and haggle over the price of a gallon of milk you are buying? You may shop around for the best price, but if you live in America, I doubt you "negotiate" the price on the vast majority of items you buy.

I understand.

If I can buy a book at a convention for the SAME price as eBay, see it in person, and take it home that day, I consider that a WIN! 10% under eBay would be a gift!

I don't!!! Then again, I also am a FIRM believer that dealers should make a reasonable profit. When "buyers" try to take all the profit away from dealers, they are killing the very people we need to supply our collections. I like your 10% under eBay.

The last show I went to (last month), I saw a book I was marginally interested in on a dealer's wall. I could not see the price on it (due to the price tag being hidden behind another book that partially covered the right side of the book I was interested in), so I was hesitant to ask. I did not want to bother the guy to get the book down if his price was way "out of whack". The guy, however, started talking to me and seemed friendly enough, so I decided to take a chance and asked him to see the book. As he took it down, I could see the price and immediately thought it was a little high. I probably would have looked at the book quickly and politely handed it back, however, almost as soon as he handed the book to me, the guy gave me a different price (About 30% lower than it was marked). The new price seemed good to me and so without further "negotiation", I bought it. Not sure why a "dealer" would price a book and then offer at a different price before any "negotiations" began, but I was glad he did. Had he not, he would have been out a sale and I would not have the book. Any thoughts on this dealer "tactic"?

Bob, I usually agree with you on most things. You have a great reputation on the boards and are well respected. I can even say that MOST people would likely agree with you, in that someone buying "a stack" should get more of a discount than someone buying a single book. I, however, do not understand this way of thinking. If a dealer has priced in say a 20% "wiggle room" factor on his books, then why can't a buyer get that 20% on one book the same as on a stack of say 10? Now, I am NOT talking about when that single book is a "key". I am talking about when that single book OR that stack of books is just "run of the mill" books. Maybe I am missing something here. I would be happy to hear other opinions on this.