Dr. Love

I might say the same!

My son would make an excellent valet. Every gentleman needs one!

Before I get into specifics tomorrow, let me frame this first from a particular vantage point - from 10,000 feet up. What HA has set out to do - and is accomplishing - is to carve out these Thursday/Friday specialty auctions which focus on a particular artist or genre. This is next level marketing/auctioning. While the best the others can do is to differentiate between two types of auctions, for the most part - separated into the better merchandise, and the lesser. As basic as it gets, and a business model that hasn't changed much in 20+years? One might speculate that for HA this is as much or more a commitment to the brand and to the future of the comic market as to the financial bottom line. Take this romance auction for example. 531 books which grossed $131,712. Not what you'd call a lot of money - their take of approx 40K could just as easily come from a handful of popular SA books. These romance books could have been split into lots of 10-30 and seeded into weeklies or even sigs, easily. They might have even grossed more when all was said and done, as romance collectors may not have as much funds to deploy as other collectors and could get wallet fatigued in the midst of a 250 book dedicated session. We can see that HA is committed to the romance genre. They've had Baker specialty auctions, a Cole auction that might arguably also be framed as an Atlas auction, and now this one focused on the smaller publishers one never sees collected in one place. Rick and crew know the private owners and the consignors are coming to them. And as we've seen in this thread, when it comes to Rick, like in the old Hair Club for Men commercials - "I'm not just the President - I'm also a client!".

Sorry for the confusion - they were listed as VF's each. Still, maybe you should. I know a guy you know who really really wants a nice #2. Well, make that two guys. uhhh, three! I sold my VF #2 five years ago to our friend in LA for $300. I wouldn't be shocked if this was my old copy tonight. That might be true for many of the raw lower grade books in this auction, he's great at timing the market.

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate." But I aint seen nothing like the HA romance auction that just ended tonight. That's one for the books! I'll get into more detail later. Congrats to @Ricksneatstuff and the HA crew for an outstanding romance lineup! a taste: Dell Private Secretary #1 & 2, raw VF went for about 5K the pair. Mind blowing!

nope $10 says he didn't save what he didn't consider worth saving

Condolences to all his family and many friends. May he rest in peace.

Not according to the self proclaimed Prince of Pulps. He seemed pretty adamant you didn't have to justify... because there absolutely was no justification.

Agreed. And my goodness if this were the old days you'd have a new one being ripped for you ten ways from Sunday. Our primary purpose is not one of being a marketplace. We understand this very secondary service is very desirable to outsiders - there's no commission to sellers or buyers and our reach is extraordinary. Every day that goes by is a possible day closer to CGC closing that off as it becomes more trouble than it's worth to them because of potential scammers and outraged newbies like yourself. And btw nothing says scammer as perfectly as expressing the firm conviction that PayPal protects me from anyone's ill intentions. We know better and put our trust in reputations forged over years. You are under the impression that you grace us with your purchasing dollars. Wrong. If that's all we are to you let me be even more explicit than some of my fellows - get lost. Put that precious buy order in with your friends and your LCS. In fact, given your not so subtle air of entitlement and your willingness to express your palpable frustration in our house after having been here a FULL DAY, at having to SUBMIT to UNWRITTEN RULES that should have been SPELLED OUT so as not to waste your PRECIOUS TIME...I wouldn't sell a book to you at any price. You're a problem buyer waiting to happen. Obviously!

Because superman spells F U N

ah the Swiss always thinking of others!

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Wow. That's disheartening. Best to read my policy. So, fire only, no theft? Hmmm. Looks like I do need to concern myself with the insurance carried by others. Life - always something!

I've got a policy, as many here do, with CIS - Collectibles Insurance Services. And I dont even own "big" books. If I had an AF15, I sure as heck would have a policy and a rider for that book. I do not ask my presser or my restorer for a copy of their insurance policy and proof of payment for that policy. And even if that was provided, who's to say it covers the entirety of the material in their possession at every moment of time. Not sure how successful the claim would be but at this point if I was covered I'd be pivoting this way.

Not one of Mike's victims had insurance, filed a theft report, then filed a claim?

Same with bedsheets. Went into the 1" deep giant slabs. Can't feed them in as reholders either, the cert numbers designate the books as magazines and won't take em. It does not compute!

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I say affirmations in front of a mirror for 5 minutes before I work with my white tip. I think that helps a lot! My technique could use some improvement, sure, but if I can just stick with it for another week or so, I should have it! Sometimes I smudge the room with sage. It's a little out there, but who knows what really works and what doesn't? I wish there was an expert to ask, though. That would be helpful.

it's Charlton. They were smart, nimble, opportunistic. Since they bought those lines from Fawcett and had the material to reprint - well then why not get Giordano to slap on a new cover and see if it sells? and they got an answer - nope. Otherwise, as sure as God made little green apples, there would have been a Negro Romance #5.

that is very much appreciated

you need a sense of humour...to survive in the Bronx!

Baker cover? magic eight ball says....

GCD, the source CGC pulls from for accreditations, doesn't agree with JVJ on many occasions.