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Best2u

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  1. Thanks for another Award CGC. This is my fourth plaque and mostly my last as I have to continue my downsizing. I was very surprised to receive a gift along with the plaque. Alex Ross signed Batman, doesn’t get any better than that. Thanks again CGC.
  2. Have been trying to submit 4 CBCS comics for crossover to CGC but the online submit form will not accept the certificate numbers listed on the CBCS slab. Am I doing something wrong or is there some other way I should be using to submit, printed form maybe?
  3. Any chance of adding the price variants to the Star Trek Gold Key series? How about a whole new Star Trek listing including all the price variants and back cover variants? Thanks, Best2u Hello @Best2u Please provide a list of the issues you would like added to this set, with as many cert numbers as possible. If you would like a new set created, please post your request in this thread, be sure to read the first post for set creation guidelines. Thanks!
  4. I think it’s listed somewhere on this site on how to request changes to a pre existing set in the Registry but can’t seem to find it. How do I go about asking them to add the 6 price variants in the Gold Key Star Trek series that’s in Registry or to make a whole new Registry listing of the series with the price variants included? Thanks.
  5. I have a few slabs that have been encapsulated by CGC that have the wrong information on the label, wrong issue number, variant not noted, and so forth. I’d like to have them corrected but can’t find a form that would address the issue. There is a form for re-slabbing, could I just use that with a note attached? Do I pay the whole amount or just the S&H part. Should there be instructions on this matter somewhere online please share. Thanks, Best2u
  6. Just got done with putting a custom set together in my Registry of all my “Aurora Comic Scenes” collection doubles and realized I have more copies than any normal collector should. I mean, who needs 5 copies of the Lone Ranger issue. Oh wait, that’s not the worst of it, how about 9 copies of the Batman issue. I seem to justify the Batman issue by thinking he’s a very popular character and people will always want one of these issue as time goes by. Don’t think that’s really going to happen and some day I’ll probably just sell them at a loss. Good thing they’re pretty inexpensive. Anybody else have way to many copies of a single issue that isn’t really justified other than just a inner need to own then.
  7. I’m hoping the series Professor Coffin could be added to the Registry or at least added to the end of the Midnight Tales Registry listing as it uses the numbering from that series and are just reprints from Midnight Tales with just the title change. Thanks and Best2u, Added "Professor Coffin #19-21" to Midnight Tales Set.
  8. I used to ask for new series to be put in the Registry but have not done so in years. Now I can’t find the area needed to make that request. Can someone help me out.
  9. Best2u

    Thanks

    Just a small entry to thank CGC for my recent Best Of Bronze Age award.
  10. It was time to change the comics being shown in the cave. The first 2 are in honor of Halloween. The next 3 are up because I was in a wedding. The flower for my lapel is made of a comic book page.
  11. I've always wanted my own room to display my comics in and now I have one. True, I do have to share it with other family members, but when I'm in there by myself it's my own little comic cave. The view's great whether sitting or standing or just digging some meds out of the pantry. Thanks to the family for letting me put up any comics I want. I've been changing comics every 2 or 3 weeks. The comics now on display are Summer Love #46 and 47 with Beatles covers due to the fact it is summer still and Flying Saucers #1 and 2 because I'm reading a book by Corso and Birnes titled 'The Day after Roswell'. Hey everyone, enjoy what's left of summer and I'll post my next selection when they get changed.
  12. Best2u

    Nice find in LCS

    Oh man, you're right. The writing was bad and the inside art work seems to be so plan but I just love the covers. I've started collecting Charlton comics just for the covers, Gorgo and Konga to mention a couple, and always looking for more titles to add.
  13. Best2u

    Nice find in LCS

    It was Comic Depot in Saratoga Springs NY.
  14. Best2u

    Nice find in LCS

    Just got back from a hiking trip in upstate NY. I found a little comic store and picked these up for $3 to $5 each. Can't wait to read them.
  15. Time to upgrade? Recently made a purchase of a comic from Heritage Auctions. Never worried about it getting to me in one piece until the last 2 or 3 times. They used to send everyone of my wins in a double boxed package with a ton of bubble wrap that hardly fit in the box. The last few times its been one box and at the most two or maybe three layers of wrap. Hey, when I spend $400 on a comic that's a big deal, that's the most I've ever spent on a single comic, I think they should pack a little bit better. When I picked this box up from my PO Box my heart sank. The comic had 3 layers of bubble wrap and was sliding back and forth in the box. I was sure the case would be cracked. I don't know how but when I opened it, it was perfect. Guess I lucked out.
  16. LEADING COMIC AUCTION HOUSES NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE! First posted on 4/2013 by me.-I think it's time for the leading comic auctions, Heritage, ComicLink, and others, to start posting both the front and back covers on their auction pages. There is no reason that this can't be done for every comic auctioned. I've noticed that they do it for their top of the line rare books with high value. Every book I bid on from them is just as important to me, even if it's value may only be a couple of hundred bucks, as those thousand dollar comics are to the super rich and the dealers. I know from buying many comics that if the comic I'm bidding on has a front picture that looks like a 9.4 grade but is only graded 8.0 that most likely there's something on the back cover that brought the grade down. Sure it could be something on the inside that lowered the grade but by seeing both covers I'd know that. I don't know what would happen if I called and asked for a scan of the back. I know that if we all started calling for a back cover scan the auctions houses would start putting them on their auction pages so they wouldn't have to deal with all the phone calls. I'm not the type of person to start a movemnet to get the ball rolling on forcing the companies to do so. Hopefully a bunch of collectors reading this can jump in and put a little pressure on the big auctions to do so. I think it's time for full disclosure. Thanks. Well, now that it's 2017 I think the above is even more important then before seeing that both of the major grading services put notes on the reverse of the slabs. I'm sure they would say it's takes to much time or computer space, but come on, it's 2017. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
  17. Best2u

    Where and When?

    Is eBay what it used to be? I've been selling some of my doubles and "what was I thinking" comics on ebay for a few weeks now. The doubles are from upgrades and the "what was I thinking" are from series I was going to collect and decided not to or maybe just liked the cover but most likely a impulse buy. Been putting up 6 or 7 issues a week and selling only 2 or 3 of them. They're all mid to high grade comics and listed at, what I feel are great starting prices. I list then ending on Sunday night at about 7:30 to around 8 PST so it's not to late for the east coasters. I feel that not a lot of people are checking them out and bidding. Most lots get about 7 views and if a lot does sell it's rare to have more than one bid. What I'd like to know is if eBay is still the place to sell and if it is, what are the right days and times to list them? Have the auction houses become the place to sell rather than the self listing online auctions? Well that's my rant of the week. Not really a rant but more just trying to get a clue of where to sell things and when. PS - eBay seller: best2u To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
  18. All rants will be comic related. Okay, I've noticed that the journals are mostly dead so I'm here to get things started up. Every week this year I will be posting a new journal dealing with something comic related that drives me bonkers. My first rant is what you're reading, when you should be writing a journal for all of us to read. It drives my crazy when I check the journals and the ones listed are over a week old. I remember the good old days when there were 3 or 4 new ones every day. Where did all those people go. You know who I'm talking about. Let's all post something even if it's just some new comic you have. Please, post something so I don't waste my time checking every day. Thanks and Best2u PS- This cover proves that Santa is not real. Ba Humbug To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
  19. Should I really be selling these on eBay? Okay, the wife is sick. The yard work is all done so I had this past weekend free to do what ever I wanted. I decided to go book by book thru all my graded comics. I started with my Gold Key Star Trek issues and one of the first copies I came to was a book I had replaced with a higher grade. I set it to the side and kept going, by the time all 61 issues had been looked at I had about 10 slabs I no longer needed. I guess I forgot how many upgrades I had done. I kept this up for all 400 or more slabs. I now have a stack of about 40 books to get rid of. Talked to the honey about it and decided to try to sell then on eBay. I'll be selling 6 a week on Sunday nights starting the Sunday after Thanksgiving. That should give me something to do for the winter other than contend with the snow here in Michigan. Going to start with a few Star Trek and Space War issues following up with some Ghosts and Black Magic copies. I'll post a journal now and then to let you know how its going or you can just follow on eBay under my eBay name - Best2u. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
  20. What the heck is a sock story Got this little honey off from ComicLink but haven't gotten it yet due to the need for a new slab. Anyway, I was giving it a look over online and saw the it says there are 4 Sock Stories inside. Do you think, like me, that that is a mistake and should have been Shock Stories. And, if not, what is a Sock Story? To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
  21. Also, where are all the people posting journals? I have the number one set of Headline Comics but I felt that it really wasn't worth having unless I had #1 and #37. Well, I've had #1 for some time but last night I added #37 from the ComicLink auction. Grade didn't really matter as I couldn't afford anything in a higher grade than the 5.0 that this comic is. As a little side rant. I look every day for new posts to the journals but as of late it's been dead. I know it's summer and Comic-Con is going on but it seems like every since Tnerb left the single life the journals have died a slow death. His posts used to bring so many other people to comment on thing. I'm not much of a writer but I sure would like to see more posts from you people. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
  22. Centered covers a must The first 15 covers of the Ghosts series are very difficult to find without some portion of the cover design cut off. I even think there may some cover that cannot be found complete. I just found the #5 cover in the ComicLink auction with a full cover. I had to pay a bunch for it but it's the first one I've seen. Check out my Ghosts collection in the Registry to see some other full covers and some almost full covers with just a bit of the design missing. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
  23. No ace in the hole here. Once again, sorry for the delay. Life got going and I got to go visit my kid for a couple weeks. It's time to do the last book, Gang Busters #18. This was graded 7.5 by CBCS and came back 6.5 from CGC. I don't really have to much of a problem with that. There are a lot of little things that show up. Staples are out of place, a few little chips, edges a bit ruff, and a few bend here and there, and that's just the front cover. The back has a pretty big dust shadow, tiny piece missing from one of the bottom corners, and looks a bit faded. About that back cover, it has a great ad for RC Cola staring "R.C." and Quickie a pair of young cowboys. One last thing, check out the info that's given on the two labels. Notice any difference? Stay tuned for my last part in which I'll give my roundup of this whole saga of the Gang Busters test. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
  24. Lack of info. Sorry for the amount of time between my posts. This journal is about the Gang Busters #10 that I broke out of its CBCS jacket and submitted to CGC. I do have a bit of a problem with it being lowered a full point from 9.0 to 8.0. This is the one comic I was thinking would be a sure lock for the same grade. I'm sure I didn't do any damage cracking it out or that anything happened in packaging or shipping. I'm pretty sure the covers grade a 9.0 so it must be something CGC found inside the book that CBCS and I missed. I've said this in one of my other posts but I sure wish things inside the book that are a problem would be listed in the CGC notes instead of just cover problems. Oh well, all in all, I'm happy I did what I did. One other thing I'd like to note is the amount of info that CBCS puts on its tabs compared to CGC. On this comic CGC lists one artist compared to CBCS listing five artists and the person who wrote the story plus the actors who appear in the photo cover and that's just on the front of the tab. The back is filled with the story titles in the comic and even some of the important ads that are in the book. Come on CGC, I love ya but it's time to update your info and even your tab. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.