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Wow. I had a CGC 9.6 slab that was in a box of mine I had dropped and cracked the case.I sold it at a show for $50. I subbed the book around when it came out, which was my first batch of subs to CGC, years ago. I had no knowledge of pressing back then so it was not pressed. With Trump in the lead right now, that news is a nice bit of additional slap-in-my-face.

Just a bit of advice,IMO.... You will sell likely do better/be left with less of books that you have multiples (like complete mini-series like these 4 issues) when you sell issues #1-4 as a set. Sets always sell.Incomplete sets, not so much.

Blackhawk 133 is no longer a book that flies under radar. Raw copies of SA DC's tend to fetch about 25-50% slabbed prices, at the very most. The CGC 7.0 at $478 was from 2010, that was well before this book had the level of relevance it has in today's market. Definitely do not agree that the CGC 7.0 sale from 2010 can be used as a point of reference for figuring current FMV. A CBCS 3.0 sold for $450 on eBay about half a year ago.That is a decent measuring stick.It was a legit sale, reported in CoCollect....a boardie sold it(Tony Starks), I remember the starting BIN was set at $650. If anything, I think the last sale of a CGC at $2550 was on the low end. I didn't even see the listing pop up on eBay, and I have Blackhawk 133 on my eBay watch list.The book likely sold within a day or so of it being listed.I think the seller could have gotten his full asking price and more, if he had held out and been firm on his 3K BIN. 50's DC's are tough in FN/better with nice pages. Even at 3K, that is a cheap price for an 8.0.

Det 359 and Bat 181 should be picked up before Bat 171. There is the possibility of Poison Ivy and/or Batgirl being used in the upcoming Harley Quinn movie.If there is a confirmation of those rumors made soon, those books will go up signifigantly. The 1st SA Riddler isn't going anywhere, for the time being. Another book that can be had at relative batgain prices is Det 411, as Talia has cooled off since being in the 2015 Bat movie.Dunno if that's on your secondary list or not.

I bet it'll start to stabilize soon. It went from $800 to about $350 for a 9.8. My guess is it won't go much lower than $300 for a 9.8. It was an insane pump and dump issue that's for sure, but it's still a beautiful piece. Actually, this is inaccurate. More of supply vs. demand in the strictest sense this time around. Book was released, people gobbled it up. I held off thinking they may release more at NYCC, which they ultimately did. Quite the difference though between a pump/dump and this scenario. How much do you want to bet the LaMole Campbell cover comes out at another con? I'm guessing Marvel has boxes of it to unleash at a future con. They released LaMole variants at Megacon last year, they may do it again. These books are hyped before they are even released based solely on their print runs. Aspen plays fast and loose with print runs and suddenly nobody cares about the books. Perfect examples of pump and dump. Everyone trying to create another ASM 667 or X-23 1. That period of modern collecting is dead. These incentive variants aren't ignored any more and are no longer ordered even remotely close to what expected or actual readership numbers are. Those older variants had the opportunity to be passed over and incur damage while languishing in back issue bins, further diminishing their numbers. There were not hundreds of "collectors" sitting at home on a weekday waiting for preorders to open up for the Hughes variant to LSH 23 or for those venom variant month covers as it is with these shop variants. These books are put up for pre-sale and upon release are either graded, perfectly stored away, or immediately resold. These books are not scarce, nor will they ever be rare in high grade. At some point a limited cover of Dell'otto Venom or Campbell Mary Jane is just not going to be special anymore and all those "these are for my pc, I swear" copies will end up on ebay and its a race to the bottom. The secondary interest in these books is nothing more than the buyer convincing himself that he can find a bigger fool than himself to be left holding the bag. Look at what happened to all those Turner variants from the Aspen store. What are the sale prices looking like for those books now compared to what they were commanding pre-release? You mean you can buy a slabbed 9.8 copy of "one of the greatest Batman covers ever" for around 100 bucks? What happened to all that demand though? Rebirth is still a thing, why aren't these super rare variants trending up? +1 I love how they doubled the print runs, while nearly doubling the price, from the start. The real kicker is the blurb that Bulletproof include; " we are holding 200 copies back for damages and to sell at conventions" I read that as: "The 1% to 3% of copies that get damaged enroute to customers will have 9.2/9.4 -ish replacement copies available.The other 175 copies we will hold back intil we can jack the price up on and sell raw...the 9.8 candidates will be getting fast tracked at CGC." Yeah, expect Bulletproof to get the first to market prices for CGC 9.8's. JL vs Suicide Squad Dell'Otto Ultra Rare Variant set $100.00 $79.99 Add to Cart Ultra Rare Variant limited to 1000 copies world wide. Ultra Rare variant will only be available as a set: Ultra rare, color and B&W. Goes on sale Nov.1st 2016 @ Noon Eastern Standard time Ships in December 2016 ***Strictly limited to 2 sets per customer**** "Not actual Art!" "Pre-Sell" (We will hold 200 copies for damages and to sell at conventions.)

Anyone know if the In-Betweener was introduced in this movie?

Thanks, but don't. Let them get it out, it's all they've got Is this the same guy that cried about Chandler and DWC in another post? Starting to think he was at fault now instead of them Wrong. Metal has a legit beef with Chandler/DWC.As do many others who have been boned by Chandler/DWC.A search on this forum shows this, not to the full extent as some of the DWC/Chandler threads have been scrubbed.

Hah....pretty sure that I have a complete run of Scout in my basement, bagged/boarded.All pretty much NM's. Same with Grim Jack, Jon Sable.Fogured I'd eventually get around to throwing them up as full runs at $2 a book + shipping.....I'll dig the Scout's out and put them up ASAP.Now would be ideal but I've got VA Comic Con to finish prepping for , this weekend. I used to buy long boxes of bulk for $10-$20 a box cream them for any goodies and $2 convention stock...I'd sell 5 boxes per week on eBay....usually got around $300 + shipping per batch. No pictures or anything, just an approximate listing of titles. eBay was great for moving books, 15 years ago.

Like it always does I guess. I asked for the manager and gave him my resume. McDonalds takes resumes? I worked at KFC years ago and all I did was fill out an application The McDonalds in my area always have Now Hiring signs, and all you do is fill out an application. You're not applying at Microsoft, McDonalds doesn't need a resume. Fifty bucks says he never even walked in the door. I'll only take that bet if you promise a .50 cents return if I lose As far as I know, McDonalds is always hiring, but in the wild chance the one he "applied" to isn't, there are several other options available when you have no real responsibilities. Burger King, Taco Bell, Wendy's etc etc. Sorry, man, 50 cents is 50 cents! Seriously, though, he knows all those opportunities are out there, he just doesn't want to work any more than absolutely necessary. Is there any of us reading this thread, besides Gabe, who doesn't know that you can be the biggest doofus in the world, and still work 40 hours or more a week, somewhere, doing something? But you have to WANT to do it, and Gabe very clearly doesn't. I never said that I don't want to work 40 hours a week but I did say that physical jobs would drain me way too quickly. As you have stated, you have "some sort" of emotional and learning issues. I don't need an answer but I am curious...Do you have any medical issues that preclude you from being able to do physical labour? What do you mean "drain you too quickly"? You are a young man in your 20's. Yes, working construction (especially if living a sedentary lifestyle) would take some getting use to but you will. Everyone has aches and pains, when I worked construction you bet I did, but that is normal. You get use to it. Your body will adapt. Most people have and continue to work through pain and/or discomfort at some point or heck, even on a daily basis. For someone your age and in your economic position, not doing a physical job for anything other than a diagnosed physical injury or impairment just seems like an excuse. Earlier in the thread Gabe was complaining about packing and lifting bags of groceries hurting his back. He also had problems with the cold weather. That's ridiculous. The heaviest one grocery bag can be what? 15 lbs? Even if it is double bagged, 20 lbs? All you have to do to work as a bagger is hustle, good manners and be clean. 20 lbs isn't back breaking work for anyone in their 20's. No but the repetitive lifting was getting to me and yes I did have good manners and was clean. No offense, Gabe, but I just don't buy your excuse. At two of the grocery stores in my town, there are baggers that have Down Syndrome. They both hustle their tails off and are grateful to have a job. No, I don't know your specific situation well, but if they can handle it, I'm sure you are more than capable of doing it. Do you do any exercise or just play video games in your spare time? If the answer is more of the latter, do more of the former. I don't buy his excuse either. I have a team member in one of my stores that has developmental issues but is able to hold down a 30+ hours/week job plus he lives on his own. I've had team members with mental health issues that were able to function at work and never complained when they had to do tasks. Gabe's excuses are just that, excuses. If he truly wants to succeed then he needs to work harder and stop being a drama queen. McDonald's is fine if you have down syndrome. The only way to make a decent living, if you don't have a college degree is to start as a laborer in trade work (construction fields) and learn the trade. I was a lazy/shiftless kid in my late teens/early 20's, much like Gabe.I wasn't as out of it as Gabe is, but not much better. I started out and bounced around as a laborer/shovel monkey in landscaping/hardscaping/concrete. Working like a dog builds character, it straightened me out. and I settled into landscape construction as a brick layer. That is the approach that Gabe needs to take. That, or join the military. Either of those two moves would build the character and discipline that Gabe needs to function on his own, in life.

+1 Other than having a nice cover, what is special about #13? (And that's one that is typically in the premium $2-3 boxes, $1 each is a steal!) seems to be mainly a $5 book on ebay, but I suppose if you call them a 9.8 and bidders have confidence, it's much better I don't think Kevin would call a book a 9.8 that wouldn't be a 9.8 if slabbed.Give the guy some credit.... I buy and slab the same sorts of books that Kevin does, if they are soft 9.8's (2-4 non color breaks), I press them first. Books like this that are 9.2-9.6 get $15-$20, raw.

If Gabe buys the Bats 189, he stands to lose about $200-$350. The books is a /would get a cgc 8.5 IMO as is, PLOD. The resto is listed as " light color touch". It will cost what...$40 to have the CT removed.I don't see any point in pressing it, looks like it won't het a bump from dry cleaning/pressing.More than likely it has already been DCP'd-it looks very vlean and I'd say it's already been DCP'd. So, let's put CT removal, shipping to/from CGC and slabbing costs at $100. With minor CT, post removal...expect anywhere from a 7.0 to an 8.0, depends on how "minor" the CT is. GPA for blue is $359 in 8.0, $315 at 7.5 and $270 in 7.0. Best case scenario, it is a tiny, single spot of CT and the book subsequently gets an 8.0....last sale at $359 in 8.0 , so ....he gets $359 or so.The book isn't tied into any upcoming movies, no reason to think it will trend upwards or sell quickly at $359. Call it $300, after fees. At the best case scenario, he loses $200, that is if it gets an 8.0. With CT on a datk cover, after it is scsped off, if there is more than a tiny smidge, it stands out like Hell. 2 tiny s apes, it's a 7.0 maybe 7.5. It could have as much as 2-3 larger scrapes after the CT is removed.. could come back as low as a 6.0. This is a prime reason how/why if you dot know how to grade, you should not try to be a flipper/dealer. And another reason why any dealer should know how to detect resto, be capable of removing CT, and be capable of dry cleaning& pressing books.A dealer should also have a gradp on the nature of the comic market. Gabe is at a loss on all of the qualities needed to buy/sell books. I'm not as a loss I don't know why you keep counting it as such. You also seem to think that every dealer should know how to detect resto,be able to remove it and be capable of dry pressing and cleaning books. So tell apart from those select few tell me which dealers can do that. No I'm not thinking of removing the color touch either. Every competent (succesful) dealer I know of can detect amateur and pro resto, 95% of the time.They also know how to grade, this is key when figuring projected returns on subbed books. Every competent dealer also can either remove resto like CT and can dry clean & press their own books before subbing them. I press damn near every book that I sub, otherwise I'd be looking at adding on more time to wait for a presser to do the work, and then pay their pressing fees. If you can't fo that, you have to have the free capital to cover pressing fees and grading fees, and the cost of the books you buy, and be able to wait a minimum of 2 months to have the graded books in hand to even have a chance at recouping the money you fronted....that being the cost of the books, pressing and grading fees. The succesful dealers who don't press their own books have a presser lined up who does good work without a long lag time, and they pay good money for that service.I do not have the capital to pay pressing fees, and rhen have the free capital to allow amy money to be tied up in the pressers' hands for a month, while being able to buy more books and cover CGC fees. I learned this quickly, so I invested my time into learning how to dry clean and press.That is what someone in your position would need to do, if you really were to become succesful as a dealerIf you can't grade books after 2 years,the odds of you having the requisite patience and understanding of paper mechanics that is needed to learn how to dry clean and press....are very low. Those other dealers definitely can detect resto themselves, and know how to grade, they wouldn't have gotten to where they are if they couldn't do both of those things.They can afford to have to have the money and time invested in books they bought, which is really the mark of a succesful dealer. My problem is that I buy a lot of books and have a hard time with allocating enough of my time to pressing books.But, I can do the work as it is needed.If I really cracked down and spent my free time dry cleaning/pressing books that I buy, as I should, I'd be a lot more succesful as a dealer. At least I can diagnose my problem and I can do what I need to do. You ate completely oblivious to your shortcomings, of what you have many, and show no sign of being able to make any progress whatsoever. Gabe: Think about those 2 posts I made above, and how what I said is applicable to your situation. I know nothing about how to press comics, I have pressers that I use and I have amateur skills at detecting restoration. I did once consider buy I pressing machine. You completely missed the entire point of my post. I was not suggesting that you buy a press.

If Gabe buys the Bats 189, he stands to lose about $200-$350. The books is a /would get a cgc 8.5 IMO as is, PLOD. The resto is listed as " light color touch". It will cost what...$40 to have the CT removed.I don't see any point in pressing it, looks like it won't het a bump from dry cleaning/pressing.More than likely it has already been DCP'd-it looks very vlean and I'd say it's already been DCP'd. So, let's put CT removal, shipping to/from CGC and slabbing costs at $100. With minor CT, post removal...expect anywhere from a 7.0 to an 8.0, depends on how "minor" the CT is. GPA for blue is $359 in 8.0, $315 at 7.5 and $270 in 7.0. Best case scenario, it is a tiny, single spot of CT and the book subsequently gets an 8.0....last sale at $359 in 8.0 , so ....he gets $359 or so.The book isn't tied into any upcoming movies, no reason to think it will trend upwards or sell quickly at $359. Call it $300, after fees. At the best case scenario, he loses $200, that is if it gets an 8.0. With CT on a datk cover, after it is scsped off, if there is more than a tiny smidge, it stands out like Hell. 2 tiny s apes, it's a 7.0 maybe 7.5. It could have as much as 2-3 larger scrapes after the CT is removed.. could come back as low as a 6.0. This is a prime reason how/why if you dot know how to grade, you should not try to be a flipper/dealer. And another reason why any dealer should know how to detect resto, be capable of removing CT, and be capable of dry cleaning& pressing books.A dealer should also have a gradp on the nature of the comic market. Gabe is at a loss on all of the qualities needed to buy/sell books. I'm not as a loss I don't know why you keep counting it as such. You also seem to think that every dealer should know how to detect resto,be able to remove it and be capable of dry pressing and cleaning books. So tell apart from those select few tell me which dealers can do that. No I'm not thinking of removing the color touch either. Every competent (succesful) dealer I know of can detect amateur and pro resto, 95% of the time.They also know how to grade, this is key when figuring projected returns on subbed books. Every competent dealer also can either remove resto like CT and can dry clean & press their own books before subbing them. I press damn near every book that I sub, otherwise I'd be looking at adding on more time to wait for a presser to do the work, and then pay their pressing fees. If you can't fo that, you have to have the free capital to cover pressing fees and grading fees, and the cost of the books you buy, and be able to wait a minimum of 2 months to have the graded books in hand to even have a chance at recouping the money you fronted....that being the cost of the books, pressing and grading fees. The succesful dealers who don't press their own books have a presser lined up who does good work without a long lag time, and they pay good money for that service.I do not have the capital to pay pressing fees, and rhen have the free capital to allow amy money to be tied up in the pressers' hands for a month, while being able to buy more books and cover CGC fees. I learned this quickly, so I invested my time into learning how to dry clean and press.That is what someone in your position would need to do, if you really were to become succesful as a dealerIf you can't grade books after 2 years,the odds of you having the requisite patience and understanding of paper mechanics that is needed to learn how to dry clean and press....are very low. Those other dealers definitely can detect resto themselves, and know how to grade, they wouldn't have gotten to where they are if they couldn't do both of those things.They can afford to have to have the money and time invested in books they bought, which is really the mark of a succesful dealer. My problem is that I buy a lot of books and have a hard time with allocating enough of my time to pressing books.But, I can do the work as it is needed.If I really cracked down and spent my free time dry cleaning/pressing books that I buy, as I should, I'd be a lot more succesful as a dealer. At least I can diagnose my problem and I can do what I need to do. You ate completely oblivious to your shortcomings, of what you have many, and show no sign of being able to make any progress whatsoever. Gabe: Think about those 2 posts I made above, and how what I said is applicable to your situation.

It appears as though my second problem is not correctly using the qoute function on a call phone.

If Gabe buys the Bats 189, he stands to lose about $200-$350. The books is a /would get a cgc 8.5 IMO as is, PLOD. The resto is listed as " light color touch". It will cost what...$40 to have the CT removed.I don't see any point in pressing it, looks like it won't het a bump from dry cleaning/pressing.More than likely it has already been DCP'd-it looks very vlean and I'd say it's already been DCP'd. So, let's put CT removal, shipping to/from CGC and slabbing costs at $100. With minor CT, post removal...expect anywhere from a 7.0 to an 8.0, depends on how "minor" the CT is. GPA for blue is $359 in 8.0, $315 at 7.5 and $270 in 7.0. Best case scenario, it is a tiny, single spot of CT and the book subsequently gets an 8.0....last sale at $359 in 8.0 , so ....he gets $359 or so.The book isn't tied into any upcoming movies, no reason to think it will trend upwards or sell quickly at $359. Call it $300, after fees. At the best case scenario, he loses $200, that is if it gets an 8.0. With CT on a datk cover, after it is scsped off, if there is more than a tiny smidge, it stands out like Hell. 2 tiny s apes, it's a 7.0 maybe 7.5. It could have as much as 2-3 larger scrapes after the CT is removed.. could come back as low as a 6.0. This is a prime reason how/why if you dot know how to grade, you should not try to be a flipper/dealer. And another reason why any dealer should know how to detect resto, be capable of removing CT, and be capable of dry cleaning& pressing books.A dealer should also have a gradp on the nature of the comic market. Gabe is at a loss on all of the qualities needed to buy/sell books. I'm not as a loss I don't know why you keep counting it as such. You also seem to think that every dealer should know how to detect resto,be able to remove it and be capable of dry pressing and cleaning books. So tell apart from those select few tell me which dealers can do that. No I'm not thinking of removing the color touch either. Every competent (succesful) dealer I know of can detect amateur and pro resto, 95% of the time.They also know how to grade, this is key when figuring projected returns on subbed books. Every competent dealer also can either remove resto like CT and can dry clean & press their own books before subbing them. I press damn near every book that I sub, otherwise I'd be looking at adding on more time to wait for a presser to do the work, and then pay their pressing fees. If you can't fo that, you have to have the free capital to cover pressing fees and grading fees, and the cost of the books you buy, and be able to wait a minimum of 2 months to have the graded books in hand to even have a chance at recouping the money you fronted....that being the cost of the books, pressing and grading fees. The succesful dealers who don't press their own books have a presser lined up who does good work without a long lag time, and they pay good money for that service.I do not have the capital to pay pressing fees, and rhen have the free capital to allow amy money to be tied up in the pressers' hands for a month, while being able to buy more books and cover CGC fees. I learned this quickly, so I invested my time into learning how to dry clean and press.That is what someone in your position would need to do, if you really were to become succesful as a dealerIf you can't grade books after 2 years,the odds of you having the requisite patience and understanding of paper mechanics that is needed to learn how to dry clean and press....are very low. Those other dealers definitely can detect resto themselves, and know how to grade, they wouldn't have gotten to where they are if they couldn't do both of those things.They can afford to have to have the money and time invested in books they bought, which is really the mark of a succesful dealer. My problem is that I buy a lot of books and have a hard time with allocating enough of my time to pressing books.But, I can do the work as it is needed.If I really cracked down and spent my free time dry cleaning/pressing books that I buy, as I should, I'd be a lot more succesful as a dealer. At least I can diagnose my problem and I can do what I need to do. You ate completely oblivious to your shortcomings, of what you have many, and show no sign of being able to make any progress whatsoever.

What you would be saying would be correct if I was getting the CT removed. I thought you were thinking of buying the Bats 189 on MCS with light CT at $415. I see now that you paid $130 shipped for a cgc 7.0 PLOD. That still is not a good buy, you'll have to wait a year to make a decent profit on it, that's insane. A cgc 7.0 with CT+ trimming did sell for $225 recently, but that is an outlier sale.That slab sold for $225 , and it sold for $95, a month before it was sold again at $225.