mattn792

Am I the only one who read that bit of dialogue in the voice of William Shatner?

I have a yellow label X-Factor 5 signed by Layton. I kinda want to set it on fire now. He seems like the type of creeper that would be featured in a Cenegenics commercial on his 78th birthday with his 19 year old girlfriend.

That may be so, but calling himself a "co-creator" is still disingenuous. I'd compare it to if Chris Claremont were to start going around saying he was a co-creator of Wolverine because he wrote the 1982 mini-series.

FYI if anyone viewing didn't know -- the Google machine tells me this young man's roles included Worf's son Alexander on Star Trek TNG. So sorry to hear this @oakman29, it's terrible whenever suicide claims a life.

Bob Layton - Iron Man viagra!

Knew where to steal from, but not how to obscure themselves from surveillance cameras. They basically said “catch me.” Hopefully the locals will wrap this up in short order.

"So sorry sir, but my cat purchased this book as a gift for me without realizing I had already placed a best offer on it." Seems plausible. Too bad jerkstore didn't put it out there though, requesting a refund with no explanation is even lower rent. At least half baked excuses are mildly amusing.

This here, especially if its a gift to a young collector that also does not know how to distinguish a bogus Stan from a legit one. The kid goes years thinking he has a keepsake signed by the late Stan Lee, only to one day find out that its a $0.25 book that some cooked up at his kitchen table in order to fleece mom and dad out of a few Andrew Jacksons.

- How many are currently available for sale? - Of which, how many are priced at a point we'd all agree is outlandish (e.g. how available is it really)? Many are certainly priced absurdly high at the moment, mostly Stan Lee SS copies. - How will availability be going forward? - How accurate is the census (re-subs, signed former Universals, even potentially destroyed copies , etc.)? - What happens if (when?) the X-Men blow up to Avengers level hype? We could what if it to death, but if we're betting one way or another in regards to if 181 has significantly more room to run in the future, I'd be betting yes.

Based upon what? Also, what exactly makes the price outlandish? People out there are paying seven figures for bottles of whiskey that they'll probably never open, let alone drink, and a mid-grade 181 can still be had for under $3 grand at the current time. Certainly doesn't seem like the common man is going to be priced out of the 181 market any time soon. And if you want to point to the 9.8s, just about anyone who can afford to drop $30 grand on a comic book is probably not in a position where they're juggling a one or the other purchase proposition of car vs comic. The best judge of value on pretty much anything is what another is willing to pay for it. The market would appear to have spoken.

I especially enjoyed Luke’s “character growth”... Wha’evah Maury! I don’t gotta be some Jedi! I do what I wahnt!

Times like this I’m especially thankful that my broker offers a slew of commission free ETFs and mutual funds.

Toss this current partial shutdown into the mix too. One side may still cave over this weekend, or it could turn really ugly with the new Congress term about to kick off.

This one has a better spine cut than the CLink book. Probably doesn’t account for all $8 grand of the difference, but it’s something.

9.8 w/p went for just over $30 grand in the last ComicLink auction, seems like roughly market rate on the eBay sale.

The comic market always seems to slow down during the November/December run up to Christmas, I don't think Wall Street has much to do with it one way or the other. But I will say with BDCs and MLPs getting tattooed lately, I've been more prone to stashing new money there rather than into comics.

Oh dear, you’ve just opened up a brand new eBay scam... ”This here blank variant was signed by Stan Lee. But he used white paint pen, so you can’t see it. It’s myyyyssssteeeerrrriiiiooouussss...” Fifty g’s and its yours!

Bah, someone will always create a new Zuckerface group. I say go for it!

Never dealt with the guy, but as a passive observer of this thread I’d say karma is doing what karma does.

Someone actually bid $34 for a Tim Farlane signature...yikes.

Well silence might be desirable rather than “Most humblest apologies fine sir, but my childless cat’s truck broke down and needs an appendectomy, and I’ll be unable to pay. Please graciously cancel my order and pray for my sick grandma.”

Neither do I, he always speaks highly of the yellow label. I still want to hear more though, it would be pretty off putting if other segments of the autograph hobby are faking their “witnessing” (besides PGX of course).

80% of the witness-authenticated are fakes? Are you talking CGC? Please expand on this.