speedcake

that's the spot I had trouble with. No worries though. I can't complain with my results overall!

ouch. Only 4 points for me. That FF got me. Thanks again for the great contest! I hope someone else can take up the mantle and keeps it going. Can we see notes on the FF, just for learning purposes? on to the prizes!!!

well dang, might have to re-adjust my prize order

sooooon we meet our dooooooooom!!!!!

yeah baby! Keep em raw

Ebay can be great. Is buying raw big money books (particularly golden and silver age books most prone to restoration) from unknown sellers the best idea without a whole bunch of experience and knowledge? Probably not lol. So buy a slabbed copy. This is a very specific and very, very small % of the ebay comic book market. No reason to toss the baby out with the bathwater.

Can everyone take a couple of breaths, read what is actually being posted, and step it back a half beat or so? This thread has been a decent read, and there is now some really good opportunities for learning coming up. But if everyone gets hot and the thread gets locked, then all anyone gets out of this is hard feelings. Orrgo is right, he didn't say he's been buying and flipping on ebay for years. That WAS Blob. Yes he assigned a value to the book, but so what? He didn't imply he was going to try and sell it. He's been pretty insistent its for his personal FF run and that he can't find early FFs for decent prices at his locals. But @ORRGO THE UNCONQUERABLE you've also gotta be able to step back a sec and not take whats being said personally, because some pretty knowledgeable people are trying to help you out. Maybe you did get an ok deal for the book HAD YOU KNOWN it was definitely or possibly trimmed. Having it pointed out that the deal you got was very likely done with deception, and the frustration caused when that data point is used later (not necessarily by YOU, but uninformed buyers in general) to drive down prices with dealers, isn't a personal attack or some attempt to belittle you while "propping themselves up." Maybe your book isn't trimmed. Maybe you should send it off to CGC and show everyone

I've got more to post over the weekend. In the meantime, price is reduced on the Warlock set and take 10% off any G.I. Combat books. Thanks for looking!

The prices in that thread make me weep, an this is just 9 years ago. I really wish I'd gotten serious about collecting at least a decade earlier

take it

take it

don't forget 174!

Hulk SMASH!

take it

take it

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take it

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those all look nice and clean

I think I'm tapped completely out anyway, was just going to maybe pick up one or two stragglers if there were any. But I've already paid up and can't wait to get what I got!

I think I'm only getting like 6 or something, that includes a couple of freebies Is there a thread recap?

That's a whole lot of sweetness

Oh yeah, the higher grade stuff was snapped up. And the under copies on certain issues were snapped up just as fast! I'd love a #1 one day, but it'll be a while.