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1 hour ago, Pontoon said:

A high resolution photo would be large. That one is is thumbnail sized, about 500 x 700 pixels

Gosh Pontoon thank you so much! Man I have a lot to learn about scanners and such! I really appreciate your feedback and nice trick with the scans

4 minutes ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

It's still an LQ photo, and images of raw comics will always appear better than pictures of slabs.

Educated guess: Side-by-side, the raw and the encapsulated comics would look quite the same.

Thanks theCapraAegagrus. i was told that the CGC pic was a high resolutiun but I think you are right its a bad photo perhaps too...Thank you again!

Thank you Jeffro. and theCapraAegagrus  Sorry about the terrible picture.Here is the oriiginal scanned photo of the one I think might be faded next to the same issue but not faded!

3 hours ago, Lazyboy said:

It looks ridiculously blurry, but not faded.

Thank you Lazyboy

Hi Everyone,

Am I losing my mind or is the 9.8 below I am potentially looking to make an offer on faded? Upon closer inspecttion some 9.2 raw copies seem to be colorful and vibrant. Thank you so much for any feedback everyone I really appreciiate it.

Thank you all for all your replies I really appreciate it:)

On 7/30/2019 at 9:06 AM, RockMyAmadeus said:

It's not. It's just a place where the ink didn't adhere to the plate on the red plate. The sharp corners suggest a stray piece of paper got stuck to the red plate. It's backwards for a sticker mark (that is, a sticker "fade" would leave the area under the sticker darker than the surrounding area, and there's no discoloration in the other colors.) If it was a "leach" of the red ink from sticker adhesive, the rest of the area would show some signs as well.

OP, if you check the gloss in the area, you'll almost certainly notice no break in the gloss.

Wow thanks RockMyAmadeus you are right!

On 7/28/2019 at 6:03 PM, herc2000 said:

I think that's an old sticker mark. I see this on a lot of comics over here in the UK, usually from Forbidden Planet and Dark They Were, as they used to put them on all their books. I had some the other day, Took the stickers off and quite often they leave discoloration marks like this.

Thanks herc2000. I remember going to FP when it was at 23 Denmark Street, when it was real comic shop!

9 hours ago, Brian48 said:

Printing defect. I personally hate these, especially the unsightly ones like this.  Although mechanically it’s not supposed to affect the grade, I do think it makes it less desirable though.  If you present two books of identical grade to someone for sale, but one has a defect like this and other doesn’t, I’d bet most would choose the unblemished one.  

Thanks Brian48. Yes I would totally take the unblemished one too! Thanks for letting me know about the defect not being worth anything!

5 minutes ago, Red_Hood said:

It's simply a manufacturing artifact that does nothing to increase or decrease desirability or value.

Thanks Red_Hood. Wow that was a quick answer. You guys know it all! Really appreciate it

Hi All you geniuses out there!

So I came across a copy of Jonah Hex #3 with colour misprint in the lettering of the O and N in Jonah. See pic attached. Does anyone know if this makes it more valuable, less valuable or just keep the status quo? Thank you so much in advance with anyone with experience on this!

Final Discount: $325 including shipping

On 7/21/2019 at 3:26 PM, Ghazi said:

My copy of Marvel Graphic Novel #4, CGC 9.4 available for sale. 

The New Mutants first appearance and Origin

Price Variant

For Sale $600

Price includes shipping from UK and will be sent tracked/signed for Royal Mail. I will accept Paypal or Venmo as form of payment.  Please contact me off line at gfslashab@gmail.com if you have questions. 

No returns.

Thank you for looking.

Price drop II: $400 including shipping

8 hours ago, Darkwing7869 said:

As someone who owns an 8.5 #9, I personally would not trade it for even a #33, even at a 9.8.

Hi Darkwing7869,

I have just been looking at 8.5's and they are rapidly passing 3k! 

7 hours ago, Darkwing7869 said:

As someone who owns an 8.5 #9, I personally would not trade it for even a #33, even at a 9.8.

Thanks Darkwing7869

On 6/13/2019 at 4:43 PM, SECollector said:

I have to agree. I really don't know how much sense would make to choose the one over the other as an investment move but I am personally more than happy with my #9 8.0 and I wouldn't change it for a #33 9.6 or 9.8. I am also happy with my #33 8.5. Why not have both in slightly lower grades if you really like the books?

Hi SECollector you are super luck to own those, I think at this point I might have to set my sights lower grade wise due to unforeseen circumstances and se If I can afford a decent looking 9 maybe in a lower grade (Good luck I hear you all say and you are right! I would need lots of it!) Thanks for sharing what you have

2 minutes ago, JohnH19 said:

Grading can be somewhat inconsistent so I would go by eye appeal more than the number on the slab. I would gladly buy a beautiful 7.0 over a flawed 8.0. That being said, I only have two graded books in my ASM collection, three if you count my Golden Record #1. I like my books raw, just like my...oh, never mind.

LOL JohnH19! Too true I have seen some copies graded higher technically, and yet the lower grade presented much better, I do need to remember to take that into account too.

On 6/11/2019 at 3:31 PM, chrisco37 said:

This.   HG Single Digit ASM > Super HG 30's issue ASM

I don't want to cause a brawl here, but how low could I go to consider a high grade. Would that be an 8.0 and higher? Thanks in advance for any input.

On 6/11/2019 at 3:31 PM, chrisco37 said:

This.   HG Single Digit ASM > Super HG 30's issue ASM

Thanks chrisco37

On 6/5/2019 at 5:24 AM, JohnH19 said:

It's a tough choice but as a collector, not an investor, I would go for the lower number issue. A 9.8 #33 is quite a find but there's a certain magic in single digit Spideys, especially high grade copies. Also, don't disregard #9's great blue cover. It's a real eye catcher.

Hi JohnH19,

I like your thinking...I wish I could say I was an investor more so, but if I like a book more, then  I am willing to take what I like over what I should buy if that makes sense! I really do like that blue cover.....Same goes with the singe digit numbering really drawn to that as well.

On 6/5/2019 at 1:26 AM, Chaos_in_Canada said:

Yuck!

Speechless! Thanks for posting Chaos_in_Canada!

On 6/5/2019 at 12:19 AM, KirbyJack said:

This. Go for the very very best centering if you want an elite copy of 33. 

ASM 31-33, The Master Planner Trilogy, is considered one of the top two Marvel SA stories. I sold my 9, but had to keep those!

What am amazing trio, thank you so much for sharing Shame I missed the 9!

On 6/4/2019 at 11:29 PM, bluechip said:

There was a significant find of uncirculated copies of ASM 33.  Not sure how many but more than enough to exceed the usually expected number of uber high grade copies.

Hey bluechip,

Thanks for letting us know. This makes total sense. What an Aladdins cave find  for the person stumbling on it!

Price drop to $500

My copy of Marvel Graphic Novel #4, CGC 9.4 available for sale. 

The New Mutants first appearance and Origin

Price Variant

For Sale $600

Price includes shipping from UK and will be sent tracked/signed for Royal Mail. I will accept Paypal or Venmo as form of payment.  Please contact me off line at gfslashab@gmail.com if you have questions. 

No returns.

Thank you for looking.