Zolnerowich

As soon as you start putting in your hearing aids!

Check your Swiss bank account.

Awesome, Rick! If you're thinkin' of selling that Sandhog issue at Baltimore, I'm your guy!

Along the same lines as Artboy99... Brittle pages are best avoided. But as noted above in this thread, the rarity of the book may provide a good reason to go forward with brittle, if there isn't anything else out there, and if there's no reason to crack it out. Such as Artboy's Planet Comics 5. Such as Jumbo Comics 9, with just a total of 9 copies on the CGC census, and only 7 universal/unrestored copies, the highest being the recent Berk copy at 7.5, then 7.0 (1), 6.5 (1), then mine at 3.0. It's a brittle book, and you can see the chip in the bottom left of the holder (which has been there at least since 2016, when the book was sold at HA, and given the old holder, was probably there for a good while before then). As someone else noted above, the CGC graders probably knocked down the grade for the brittle alone; otherwise this book presents with great color and looks more like a 6.0 (maybe?). Anyhow, without further ado, a case for brittle...

I was gonna say you haven't been spending enough lately. That Seven Seas 6 was supposed to kickstart the new and improved Sqeggs Sqellection.

You can see the whole hilarious scene from an old Seinfeld episode.

I had to zoom in to appreciate the cover. That is some outstanding line work by Everett! A classic indeed!

N e r v, nice to see you still fit into that outfit!

I'd imagine something like this:

Nice one, Jason! Hard to go wrong with that cover in any grade.

My new copy, for side-by side comparison to Kelly's pristine mint condition:

That is the sad truth for my wallet.

Battle-wearied though I am from our epic clash over Planet 33, I can unequivocally say that those "sloppy seconds" are top shelf of the comic shelf books! Colors and sheen on all 3 of the books are spectacular. I'd guess these and the 33 all came from the same consigner who has a keen eye for Planets with superior color strikes.

That's a fantastic spread!! You should also post this on the Group Shot thread. (And thx for the Planet 33 shout-out )

I would have put good money down that you were the underbidder, but I guess not... Shocking!

i'm not that crazy! Anyhow, I wouldn't have wanted to deprive @Sqeggs or @lou_fine of their chance to own that book! I redirected to this, being totally unable to resist the colors:

Very cool book, Sqeggs! Such fingernails!

Nice one Rick! I was in the race on that one for a while (just love that cover!!), but had to redirect my resources but quick.

Lou -- you have an uncanny knack for these sorts of deductions!!!! Or was it actually quite obvious?

Someone just tried to beat the stuffing out of me! I survived to tell the tale, but only just.

Yes, that. What's up with the Toledo pedigree? Is it? Is it not? And why?

Well, in my mind I was bidding on the FC3, and in my mind I lay down the winning bid! But in the real world, I was just watching, and will have to be content with my qualified FC4! Congrats to the winner/seller.

Sharp copy. You can even see the cobbler's brass nails in the sole of Bobby's formidable fishing boot. Not that it's helping him much.

And if it's good enough for the lower 48, it's good enough for Zolnerowich!

Awesome books! Funny how the blonde lady keeps getting all tied up in knots. After a narrow escape in December, she's in another pickle come February.