mattn792

One more bump, and let's cut the price to $329. Planning to move this book over to a Facebook group on Wednesday-ish.

There’s a few places I feel ‘drawn’ to. Mars is not one of them. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going out to buy plywood to cover all my windows. Including the side windows in my car.

Humanitarian of the Year to @Buzzetta!!

Nonsense, we all know you’re a trouble maker Bobby...

(hoping to win the million on DraftKings this weekend...) Great books!!

One of my mottos is "you can't live under the comics". Now I'm starting to wonder...

So here we go, Uncanny X-Men 142, part 2 of the ever popular DoFP storyline. Lots of future X-Men deaths . This one clocks in at the near perfect 9.8 with white pages. Not a whole lot else to be said as this issue tends to sell itself. Last eBay sale about a week and a half ago went for $400 shipped, so let's call this guy $349 $329.

I've got a Signature Series copy somewhere in the brewing process, so in the meantime let's move this beauty of a 9.8... Necessities first: Payment: In addition to PayPal, I will also accept check/money order/Zelle, though the book will be held until clearance. Payment due within 10 business days. Shipping (domestic): Book will be shipped via USPS registered mail (so it may take a bit longer to reach you, but it will be as secure as possible). Shipping is included in book price. International Shipping - exact cost, minus the US shipping cost. Please inquire first for an accurate quote. Returns: No returns on CGC books as you know what you're getting. On the HoS? Don't bother. Probation list? Message me first and we'll talk about your situation, but don't be overly optimistic. Can provide board references if needed (no name dropping here), and over 1700 positive eBay feedback as well -- https://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=792mn. And I've got a fledgling kudos thread started (link is in my profile page). First wins the book outright, offers always welcome. Onward!

You know, over the past couple days I've been having visions of owning both a complete coverless copy and a complete, albeit restored SS copy. And I'm a big fan of those visions. So off the market this one goes! Thanks to all who had a look and sent some good tidings!

@allthingskryptonite for the win.

That actually seems pretty normal, the few slab damage claims I’ve had to file resolved relatively quickly. This one though...

Just curious how long it took usps to make a decision on your insurance claim? I’ve had one pending for over two months on a book that was damaged in transit to another board member, and I only filed for $25!

Mid-week bump.

You know, I’ve got a ToS 39 for sale as well, in case you maybe want three of them...

Good get!

I bought the last one, someone else’s turn!

I’ll be refraining from any business with dylanauctions as a result of this thread: The total lack of ethics is quite alarming. @dylanthekid - FYI UPDATE - thread largely scrubbed by op, but this will give you the gist of what transpired:

eBay probably loves it, because they got theirs.

My wife is surprisingly calm about my comic endeavors, she could be the club soothsayer. And when the club gets a reality show on TLC, the wine supplier.

Bah, “budgets”, whoever sticks to those...

Here are the pre-resto photos that I took.

As you can see, this book has been restored. I bought it several years ago as part of a large group of books, and it was in rough shape (I'll post some photos of its original condition as well) - water logged, small tears, cover detached at one staple, staple rust, etc. It needed a fresh start. So I sent it off to Classics Incorporated prior to its purchase by CGC, and Matt and his team worked their magic. Following the resto, I had one more bit of magic added with a perfectly placed and marvelously legible Stan Lee signature. Literally (ok, maybe figuratively) a night and day transformation. This was graded prior to the newly introduced restoration scale, and you can see that CGC gave the overall work -- color touch, pieces added, tear seals, cleaned, reinforced -- a Moderate Professional rating. The one possible minor drawback for some - the bottom edge was noted as trimmed. In comparison to other unrestored copies and from my own up close look at this book, I get the sense that someone somewhere back in the day may have just snipped a very small amount of hanging paper off the cover when the book was at its worst. I don't think there was any nefarious intent. I can post a close up of the bottom edge if anyone would like. All that said, I'm going to put the ask at $5500. I think a good comp that I found was a 2.0 Slight C-1 which had a trimmed top edge that went for just over $2300 on eBay. Taking into account the superior grade, workmanship, and the witnessed Stan signature on my book...well I arrived at $5500. I am certainly open to offers as well. First unconditional takes it of course.

Let's kick off with two photos first, price and description to follow. Sorry for the angle being slightly off kilter, I was doing my best to minimize flash glare:

Well the time has finally come. Up for sale is my over copy to be of Tales of Suspense 39. I'd been grappling with downgrading and increasing free cash flow for a while, and the day finally arrived. Necessities first: Payment: In addition to PayPal, I will also accept check/money order/Zelle, though the book will be held until clearance. Payment due within 10 business days. --- I will consider time payments on this one. Please pm in advance to discuss if you're interested in this option. --- Shipping (domestic): Book will be shipped via USPS registered mail (so it may take a bit longer to reach you, but it will be as secure as possible). Shipping is included in book price. International Shipping - please inquire first. I will only ship this with coverage for full value, so outside of the US is likely to be expensive. Returns: No returns on CGC books as you know what you're getting. On the HoS? Don't bother. Probation list? Message me first and we'll talk about your situation, but don't be overly optimistic. Can provide board references if needed (no name dropping here), and over 1700 positive eBay feedback as well -- https://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=792mn. And I've got a fledgling kudos thread started (link is in my profile page). First wins the book outright, offers always welcome. Onward!