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for me personally, if I want to sell the book and I think it's worth over $500.  

PLEASE POST A PICTURE OF THIS BOOK I WANNA SEE IT. I WONDER HOW NICE IT IS!

my wife got me the history of EC comics one from the sale for my birthday.  it's great!  Thank you for posting this, so I knew what to ask for!

Just an update, I got in touch with Melissa and I believe they're going to make it right/ they have the book again.  The crack in the inner sealed plastic was the more concerning issue.  It seems like it could possibly damage the back cover with time.  Once that was fixed, the scuffs were really just frustrating after having it mailed back and forth 4 times.   If I got the book back the first time with just the scuffs I wouldn't have been as ticked off over it.

I'd like to preface this summary of events with the statement that I am usually not very nit picky.  But given the cost of grading and value of the book, I find this unacceptable.  It's also strange given how many slabs I've gotten back ok.  For whatever reason they can't fix this one book.  How many months will it take?

1) Crossover CGC Submission sent April 20.  I get from a 7.0 in other holder to a 6.5.  I'm ok with it.

2) May 17 I get the book back.  The inner well plastic holder (inside) has a crack in it, over a portion of the back cover.  I'm worried it will damage the comic so I ship it back.  Mechanical Error #1.  See pics.

3) June 16 I get the book back a second time.  They literally just kept the book for a month and mailed it back.  It's exactly the same.  Except this time I do notice the book moves around a bit inside the holder.  Mechanical Error #2.

4) July 24 I get the  book back a 3rd time.  The crack is gone, but now back cover, once again, inner well, has all of these scuffs everywhere on the inside.  Also, it still moves around inside just a little.  Re: Scuffs, If you shine it over light you see it.  There's quite a few.  The pic shows it but there's even more as you reflect under the light.  Very similar to a post I saw on the forums from someone else posted July 16 for a venom lethal protector gold cover.

Waiting on a call back now from CGC.  Customer Service escalated....  How much time and money and shipments and waiting, insurance, does it take to get it right?  What's the point in all of this if there isn't someone looking at the comic before it's sent?  And on High Dollar books, have someone a bit more senior. 

Just wanted to share my experience.  I'm completely underwhelmed and feel like my time and money has been wasted.  It makes me want to just focus on other investments  (I'm a collector and reader but when a book is this expensive...)

Thanks for reading, and pray for me.  I've lost faith.

back in the club again!  (I sold my slabbed one last year.  WHY!?) Picked up a real shower of a 3.0/3.5 from Kyles Comics at the Queens Comic Party (in Brooklyn!)  this last weekend!  A bonus was our recreation of the cover with the show promoter, Billy

A good time was had by all!  Felt great to see that old hard wood log again this morning!

On 5/28/2023 at 4:28 AM, Iceman399 said:

remember that guy who had Storms sell his copy  

Glassman!!!!!

They are beautiful books, and it's exciting to see so many raw.  Keep them all forever and continue the collecting legacy of your amazing father!!!!!

Here is my book that id like to submit a to CGC for crossover grading.

I have a question regarding the 07- mark. It looks to be grease pencil.  Is this something that could be removed with a clean / press?  Perhaps it is what smudged the bottom right as you see some light smudge too.

Should I even bother?  Im unsure if a clean and press would help this book get a higher grade.  I am hoping to match it at a 7.0.

Im wondering whether to just do crossover or to go all out...  Thanks for taking the time!  The book looks great In person.

On 12/19/2022 at 10:12 PM, Batmanis#1 said:

Well pulled mine (CGC 6.5) off from CL will be a member for a few more years till things pick up again. Not selling it at these prices simply not worth it. I rather hold on. One thing I have learned over the decades another high will come.

6.5 gang!!!!  IF HE'S NOT SELLIN,  I'M NOT SELLIN!!!!!

On 6/13/2022 at 4:18 PM, namisgr said:

Having sold off virtually the entirety of my collection amassed off and on over 40+ years, there are a bunch of valuable books that got sold.  But I don't lose sleep over them, and made decent coin on many.

I sold:

Amazing Fantasy #15 cgc 6.5; ASM #4 cgc 9.0; #13 cgc 9.0; #15 cgc 9.0

Avengers #1 cgc 8.5; #8 cgc 9.4

Daredevil #1 cgc 8.5

Fantastic Four #1 cgc 6.5; #5 cgc 9.2; #s 36,51 Pac Coast cgc 9.6; #48 cgc 9.6; Ann #6 cgc 9.6

House of Secrets #92 cgc 9.0

Incredible Hulk #1 cgc 7.0; #2 cgc 9.0; #180 cgc 9.6; #181 cgc 9.6

Journey Into Mystery #85 Mass copy cgc 8.5; #83 cgc 6.0; Thor #165 cgc 9.4

Marvel Spotlight #5 cgc 9.4

Showcase #22 cgc 7.5

Strange Tales #110 cgc 9.0

Tales of Suspense #39 cgc 8.0 two copies; #52 Twin Cities cgc 9.2

X-Men #1 cgc 5.5; #4 cgc 8.5

 

damn man, what did you keep!!!!! 

On 6/16/2022 at 1:57 PM, Bluemedgroup said:

Good lesson in life to always keep learning.  I have an uncle who worked at 7-11 and injured his back on the job.  Got full disability off it, but he was still functional. I asked him why he doesn't get another job and he replied, "Why?".  So for 30 years or so, he lived off the 7-11 checks in the mail.  The entire time, my dad told him to use to down time to learn another trade like computers or learning about stocks.  He refused and simply spent his time watching movies.  I don't know the details, but somehow last year the checks stopped coming.  Now he is broke and asking relatives for money.  Imagine what he could have done with his life instead of wasting it all on movies. 

he probably knows a lot about movies tho!

On 6/16/2022 at 1:00 PM, Iceman399 said:

That chip in the spine is rather distracting for a 7.5.likely factored into the pricing despite that pos sticker on the case. 

 whats up with that sticker?  why would they award that 7.5 the honor of the sticker if its missing a piece out the side?

How does QES work?  You just pay them to get the sticker?  

X-Men #1 4.0 for like 4K a few years ago

damn everyones really goin in on Vinny!  I don't know him that well but he seems like a nice enough guy the few times I've met him!

On 3/18/2022 at 11:44 AM, Pantodude said:

7.5 = $106.2K on ComicConnect on 3/16/22

7.5 Gang in the building!!!!  (thanks)

On 3/17/2022 at 6:08 PM, Pantodude said:

Hulk smash! Not once, but twice! Thrice if you include the $490K for 9.0 on CC on 2/24? 

what did the 7.5 get?  what auction site?

On 3/14/2022 at 2:33 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Considering the insane sale for the Secret Wars 8 page, I can't even begin to imagine what one of these pages would sell for! Doubt we'll ever find out because these pages don't belong in private hands.

As Indiana said it best,

you know I had to say that to the curator exactly like how indy says it when she handed me the first page

On 3/13/2022 at 2:31 PM, trmoore54 said:

So cool!  Definitely a bucket list item for me...hope to do this in the next year or two...any advice?  Like if I called this Monday they'd be booked for 9 months?

THX

We emailed maybe 2 weeks before and it was all good.  It was pretty quiet there!

I wish I was at this !!!  Another excellent report from the leader 

On 3/10/2022 at 6:35 PM, ft88 said:

Amazing Spiderman 16 VG/F $690

I'll take it!

I own them both and feel like neither get the love they should.  

a nice 6.5 with no chipping ow for 1.0 was (my thought)  but I think I'd rather keep the 6.5.  a 1.0 has gotta look pretty beat.  I dunno!  Crazy times!