Mr. Lady Luck

How about the very first splash page from the very first issue of Millie the Model.

Sold another book to Eric, and once again, the transaction went perfectly smooth! Eric is always a pleasure to do business with! I'm looking forward to the next deal!

The same thought occurred to me

I would think (hope) that the scratches are not on the inside of the inner well - and thus never come in contact with the comic itself, but I don't know for sure. Regardless, I'm as concerned about scratches as I am about Newton Rings. Sqeegs, were there scratches on your recent reholders?

Very excited to have finally acquired a reading copy of Millie #2! Now I can see what's on the inside

The new (third generation) holder design was launched on April 4, 2016. There were several problems with the new holder including creep engine and excessive newton rings. In the summer of 2016, CGC went back to using inner-wells in the new holders, and this... ameliorated... the problems. The new holder fixes were a work in progress, so it's hard to pinpoint an exact date, But by August of 2016, everything seemed to be fine. I submitted many comics for both grading and reholdering between September 2016 thru April 2018 without any issues. During this time I've been extremely pleased with the new holders. Occasionally there were minor newton rings, but this has always been the case - even with the old holders. Sometime around May or June of this year (2018), something started happening to make the newton rings excessively worse. i don't know whether it was a change in personnel, a change in process, a change in materials or something else. But I think it's important to keep this timeline in mind because it should help in finding a fix (assuming it hasn't been fixed already).

It's hard to beat Ginger #4

< googles "ameliorated" >

Is it safe to assume that HA has let CGC know about their concerns regarding the NR problem?

I noticed there are quite a few slabbed comics with excessive newton rings in this week's Heritage auction. I also noticed there are several comics in which HA does not use their usual "Imaged by Heritage Auctions, HA.com" watermark at the bottom of the image. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that all of the images that are missing the HA watermark have excessive newton rings. On the other hand, there is a watermark on all images of raw comics, comics from a competitor, comics in the older CGC holder, and comics in the new CGC holder without excessive newton rings. Maybe it's coincidence, or perhaps Heritage is trying to distance themselves from the newton rings? Anyone else notice this?

HEDY #41 is SOLD. Thanks everyone!

SOLD! Thanks!

A raw 7.0 copy of this issue just sold for $2,160 at HA. I'm parting with my certified 5.0 for only $220. PayPal preferred. I will cover priority mail postage. First "I'll take it" response gets it. Thanks!

Good news! Thanks for the update!

SOLD! Hedy #41 remains... only $75 postage paid... one one graded copy in the census...

I'm also willing to sell these two books individually for $75 each (postage paid).

My one and only win at CLink. (cross post)

Just won this on CLink.

Price reduced again from $165 to $150 for both books (or best offer) I will cover Priority Mail postage if mailed within the U.S.

Price reduced from $200 to $165 for both books (or best offer) I will cover Priority Mail postage if mailed within the U.S.

Hedy #25 and #36 sold. New thread created for the other two books.

I have the following two comics available as a pair for $200 $165 $150 (or best offer). I will cover Priority Mail postage if mailed within the U.S. Hedy of Hollywood #41 is rare - there is only one graded copy in the census. This book was graded by Heritage as a VG/F (5.0). Millie the Model #17 is the the first issue of Millie to feature the artwork of Dan DeCarlo. The condition is around G/VG (3.0). Thanks!

One one graded copy.