HENRYSPENCER

Donna was Comiclink the company who let you do time payments on that single page of Action #1 you spent $7500 on?

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Because Bombey this is serious business and a lot of money we are talking about. The opposing party is looking to maximize their return. No way I’d put books like this into Comiclink as they offer little to no promotion and there's no marketing going on. No print catalogue, no press exposure, and a website that’s completely outdated. Most importantly you want to look at who's getting the most money for Golden Age these days and it ain't Comiclink. You want to put books of this caliber into Comic Connect or Heritage.

No, you want to put this into Comic Connect or Heritage. Not ComicLink. ComicLink's doesn't have the kind of exposure that Comic Connect or Heritage has. Just see which of the two venues you can get the best deal with the most exposure. Some things to consider: 1) A zero percent commission (especially on the Pep #22), meaning they won't charge you anything to sell your books. That is to say; they will use your books to promote the auction and other crappier books people consign. 2) Your books should be pressed and graded by CGC, and you want the associated fees paid for by the auction house. 3) The Pep #22 should be on the front page of their auction catalog. 4) You probably want to wait until next summer to put them into the auction. These are when the record prices and mega event auctions take place. 5) Make sure they do not put any of the same books you are offering into their auctions. For the Pep #22 get in writing that they will not auction off another one until after your sale summer 2019. 6) Request payment by check in full no later than thirty days after the event auction takes place. I would go with Comic Connect. You should reach out to Vincent Zurzolo or Steven Fishler. They deal with most of the big Golden Age titles and have some clients with deep pockets.

Please post lots of pics for those of us who can't go.

A very eclectic group. Did your parents read comics? Grandparents?

Wow this issue is on fire. How long before $10k per point?

I would have called into PayPal and explained the situation. Not sure why you'd have to spend "hours on the phone with customer service."

What are you talking about? Granted I've only read the first couple of pages of the suit and none of the discussion posts about this issue. From the few pages I've read, IGB knowingly sells restored comic books, and they are upset that CGC has opened up an in-house comic book restoration shop that competes with the couples own comic book restoration business. They allege the books being pumped out from the CGC-CCS tandem are ultimately getting higher grades than their own (which in turn is hurting them financially). The burden of proof, of course, is on the owners of IGB, not Comics Guarantee Corp. Honestly, if CGC can't detect specific forms of restoration/manipulation with confidence and individuals can pass specific forms of restoration through undetected, the blame, in my opinion, falls on CGC, not the opposing party. They are the one "Guaranteeing" a thorough evaluation and restoration check.

Depending upon the original condition of the issue I think the restoration looks very good. I don't collect restored comics but would be happy to own this Detective #33 if the price was right.

not specifically referring to other comic book auctions.

That I have a problem with. It's like the kid who wants to work at the local record store so he can buy more records. Do you think the store upon hiring him would then let him set store prices?

Do not slab them until you are ready to sell. When the time comes, call Comic Connect or Heritage, and they will send them to CGC for you to be pressed and certified. They probably won't even charge you. Just keep them as they are until you decide to sell, then call them. Pep 22 has done well in the past at Comic Connect so given the history I'd probably go through them. You can reach out to one of the owners Vincent Zurzolo. If you need any help you can always direct message me.

I only made it through the first two pages of the suit, and insofar it's been mundane and quite the bore to skim through. Bottom line is I think CGC should be subject to government regulation just as other security exchanges and financial institutions are. It's a private company, but they have a full-blown comic book restoration in-house which affects the grades they assign and ultimately the dollar value of items. While CGC claims to have quality control established to keep submitter's identities concealed, let's be honest, books are submitted by auction houses (anxious to see here what percentage or shares Heritage or its executives own in Collectibles Guarantee LLC.); so to a certain degree CGC knows who is sending what in, and it's hard to gauge whose hands are down whose pants. Hopefully, the suit provides some level of transparency for all. Zaid with all the cabinet hirings and firings, security clearances being renewed and revoked these days I'm surprised you have time to deal with this s#&t.

Hopefully the show next year is a full three days which justifies the trip from the East coast.

Probably because the seller is listing through the eBay mobile app. If you use the app it will auto populate the photo, title and description sections to save time. Most sellers forget to delete the stock image or move it to the second position when they upload their pictures.

It sounds like you got some favorable terms. Perhaps you are underestimating the magnitude of your collection! One of their consignment directors told me over dinner at a convention negotiations for his division started around six figures. I've never consigned anything with Heritage but have heard some horror stories such as promising uneducated sellers items will sell for $X and the item only selling for a fraction of the stated amount and refusing to take high dollar items without letting Heritage set the reserve. I've never looked at the underwriting on one of their consignment forms to see exactly what it spells out.

Because bid increments are independent of the buyers premium. The BP is tacked on to the final hammer price at auctions end. Knowing how Heritage computes their prices realized in their sold items archive might not appear so obvious because for every bid they lump BP in and show what you're going to pay in total, but in reality, you're paying BP on top of the final bid. With the majority of the other auction houses there is a final bid, then they tack on a separate line item for the BP when you pay the final invoice. Heritage does this differently.

One of my favorite artists. Such sad news.

for the "L" mylars that are sealed on two adjacent sizes what are people using to seal the other side, so no dust gets in?

I look at the whole picture. A half a point increase on twelve to and eight million in total sales per event auction is a rather large number.

If the BP goes up and bid increments stay the same, the final price will be inflated based on the new BP. Then these items will be archived at higher prices realized than previous sales of the same amounts. This gives the false appearance that the comic market is healthier than it actually is. Dealers price based on GPA which takes into account the auction results with the new, higher BP. Dealers think they can ask the same amounts as auction houses which charge a new BP of whatever amount they choose. From an investment standpoint raising BP to manipulate earnings is incredibly easy to spot especially since rates are still at an all-time low.

Will tickets be available at the door? If I fly out there any chance show sells out?

Chucks a weird dude but I’ll give him a pass because he rescued millions of dollars worth of Edgar Church comics set to be thrown out. Imagine the landscape of the hobby if Chucky hadn't made that find, and everything was instead trashed. I remember that email he sent out with a girlfriend of his who was thirty years his junior. Then there were the crop signs and UFO’s he’s supposedly seen. I'll bet he enjoys living out in Colorado.