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I’m not a custom labels person but I can see why those who like them might not like this. I wouldn’t pay any extra for a book with one, but that just means I’m not part of their audience when one day trying to re-sell the book for a premium over a plain label. (I’d still buy a labeled book, just wouldn’t pay more for the custom label, vaulted or no.) Now, if we could get Ben and Jerry’s to unvault White Russian, that’s a different story

Couple longshots here…. Anyone have the first two wraps for Kid Komics #2? Aaaand…. The middle six pages of Terrific Comics #1? (“Backwash” story, L.B. Cole art) Open to any appropriate donor copies/parts books And my perpetual needs remain: CF’s to Cap #’s 17 and 38 CF to USA #13 Middle three wraps to Planet #10 A parts want list where Timely Caps are the most common books….sheesh! I have partial interiors for Superman #14 if that can help anyone.

This. The Vickie run in grade and the two non-comic magazines would be their “grail” output. The rest can be found more easily. They are important/interesting as a brief, rebellious footnote in comics history, especially occurring before independents really got a toehold. It’s as much fun to read about them as it is to read them, but I doubt even a few good movies would yield a new set of significantly valued keys. History and fun, sure. Some potential upside, maybe as there’s nowhere else for them to go and they’re not getting newer, but definitely not a place I’d focus if I were being solely investment-minded about my purchases,

I should clarify my first paragraph above - I do not have most of Joe’s 50’s Atlas file copies; I have kept most of the handful that I have obtained, and shared a couple through board sales. (I hope to be able to obtain a few more, and if I do I may share a couple more of those at some point.)

I’m at least a week out from doing this as there’s pictures to be taken, but… Some of you may have seen my posts (and a couple of sales, though I have kept most of them) of the Joe Sinnott file copies of the 50’s Atlas books he worked on. Most were high-grade as he got them from the lobby rack at the Atlas offices when he went down for assignments. I didn’t even realize it but Joe also worked on Archie titles from 1969-1974. These copies from Joe’s files are lower grade as he was not given any; he bought them (often from Mile High) in affordable grades as back issues to complete his personal archive. I was given the opportunity to obtain them, and the OK to disseminate them. There are 45 books that he worked on, and he signed the vast majority (though he missed on 5 books, and I am keeping 2 of the 5 unsigned books as these are the drug story from Pals n Gals #71-72, and they are upgrades for me.) as he signed the Atlas books, on the margin of the splash of each story he worked on. (Between 1-3 stories per book, so there are between 1-3 Joe Sinnott sigs in each). There are also notes on the bags or boards, and paper slips in many of the books marking the stories. I will keep a few and share the rest as-is - in Joe’s bags and boards with his notes and paper bookmarks — on the boards. I assume that most folks who will be interested will want maybe a couple at most, so anyone who wants to wait through my next, subsequent sales thread after this one for their shipments, to maximize shipping, will be welcome to do so. I will keep a few but offer most, rather than horde them. I knew Joe for maybe 30 years and interviewed him a couple times, and I’m sure he’d want them in fans’ hands. Here’s a sample pic:

Is that because the cards get deployed from a deck that must be shuffled? (I’m completely unaware of how these games work)

Welcome to the boards, and thank you! Do you recall what the Bloom County strip went for?

Thanks Ken; I knew both those things but somehow read OP’s post as Annual 1, not Giant-Size. So I thought the implication was that Robbins inked Schomburg on the annual.

I missed that barroom brawl the other night because I went to bed too early here on the east coast. It was fun to review the carnage over morning coffee.

There’s a market for stubs too? I’m not surprised, just didn’t realize. The project will be too much fun to pass up. And a conversation piece. Of course, I’ve been talking about doing it for so long now that I can’t back out now. I have to keep saying I’ll do it, then continue to never get around to it!

Well, duh. They might drive off the edge.

Did Robbins ink that? If so, that explains a lot. How the heck did Stan allow anyone not named Joe Sinnott to touch Schomburg’s last cover???

Mine was Piece of Mind tour. Not as well cared for as yours but still in nice shape. I still have all my ticket stubs. My plan is make a collage and frame it.

Sold my concert shirts a few years too early, I guess. Looks like they just picked up a zero. At that time, the Iron Maiden shirt far outstripped all the others I had, price-wise., as I recall. I did keep my Grateful Dead shirt, which went to one of my daughters, who loves their music.

Well, they should really be pressed….

Yessir, this and his first appearance in All-American #61. He has 2 other GA appearances, both in Comic Cavalcade, but he's not on the cover in either case. I believe this is his last GA appearance of the four.

Arch-criminal clown to arch-criminal clown

Uptight in a sweater to uptight in a bubble

Updated to clarify — this would ship via Registered Mail. It’s a little slower and a signature is needed, but it’s hand-handled and locked up at each post office along the way.

All Star Comics #33 in cgc 4.0. Solomon Grundy’s third of only four appearances in the Golden Age (and one of two Golden Age cover appearances, the other being his first appearance in All-American #61). A classic cover by Irwin Hasen, and a book-length battle with the JSA, courtesy of Gardner Fox, Joe Kubert, Irwin Hasen, Martin Nodell, Stan Asch and Paul Reinman. 85 Universals on the census. No comparable sales in a few years. Most affordable copies I can find on the current market are a cgc 3.5 on eBay at an ask of $3,800 plus shipping and a cgc 2.0 on ComicConnect at $1,200. For the boards, let’s do (WAS $2,500) NOW $2,400 shipped within U.S.

one book… 5 Simple Rules (Please, please read) 1st wins; tie/indeterminate goes to the thread. Payment is Check or Money Order (yeah, yeah I know I'm a dinosaur, troglodyte, luddite, mennonite, hermaphrodite etc. - I just don't have or want e-payments.) Shipping: Via USPS Registered Mail included in price. Slight adjustment based on actual cost for shipping to Canada. Don't be listy including the little one in my head. Returns: Sure, just notify me within three days of receipt and get it back to me in the same shape on your dime, except no returns on graded books. (Kudos thread linked under my avatar.)

FTFY, Joey….sadly true

OAAW #83 has been removed. Wings 89 cgc 2.5 ($400), ST 89 cgc 1.5 ($600) still available.

Didn’t mean to hijack the OP as I thought this was at least related. All possible reasons; just drawing forth the point that CGC transparently explaining why it costs more to grade, for example, an 8.5 AF15 vs a 3.5 AF15 would underscore the notion of impartial grading. I just think their reputation would benefit from a clear public explanation of why the same service costs more when handling a better example of the same widget. Don’t get me wrong; CGC has built a great reputation over two decades (allowing for the fact that you can’t of course please everyone) but anything can erode without maintenance. Great, frank conversation; thank you!

I’m not arguing with you, just quoting the relevant section of their policy that you quoted. I get the alleged logic, just raising the rhetorical question as OP’s situation does bring it to the fore. We have all accepted it; you send a book in for grading, more valuable books cost more to get graded. I always thought it was said the cost difference was driven by higher costs to insure more valuable books while in their possession. Yet the policy says they don’t change the declared value of the book.