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Sorry, the way you phrased it, it sounded like it was new to you. Awesome books, no? And underrated. First Asian superhero by first Asian-American comic artist.

Yep. I traded for it, but he only had $25 on it. And my photo does not do it justice. Other than the lower left crease and very slight roll upper left, the rest of it is flat, bright, and clean.

If you like the Green Turtle, wait til you open a Blazing and read Jun-Gal!

Sorry; misunderstood!

Sorry...PB crash, wrong url! Hang on!

From German aerodrome to South Pacific beach

You raise a good point that at fmv $250 there's not a lot of incentive, perhaps with the rare exception of a highly skilled archivist who happens to be a collector, with low enough principles to not disclose their work! Hopefully, that's a narrow slice of the hobby.

This is what I figure too. I might have a price range in mind for a given grade, and the calculation most always includes eBay as a source, but I don't rattle off sources and prices. I just stick to my range and negotiate into it or walk. why? Because I hate when dealers say to me, "I can get more on eBay!" To which I reply, "Yeah, but this is I'm standing here with cash bay!" No return because you see me walk away happy, no non-payment, cash in hand. That's worth something too. Reference eBay all you want, but I can't stand when either side uses it as an exact negotiating tool. (Exception -- if both sides take a "blended rate" on a highly liquid book such as ASM 300 where there's lots of current transactions for most any given grade. I think that's mutually fair to do together. But most gold and early silver, the N of transactions is not big enough to set a price in stone. A floor maybe, but not a final price.)

Found this tucked away in a guy's estate collection that I purchased in its entirety

Found this in an LCS

I have always been curious about that book and liked that cover....I could see how it could sneak up on you, especially after Jimbo described the interior! (National 16 the same way...please don't tell me I'm going to love that one cover to cover too!)

What about one of the accidentals that has gotten better over time with you?

War of the worlds to Korean war

I get that. I'm just thinking most of the cost is in slabbing materials and labor to slab safely. Whatever the price point is for complete check, that's the right # to make raw grading work is all I'm saying. That said, I have pretty narrow and infrequent use for slabbing; some guys will slab anything. There's a whole range of perspectives. Even with 2 levels of service it's hard to please everyone. But there's certainly room for it.

Worth a call; you may have a shot at better than 0.5 I'd think. Especially if not brittle too.

From Bushmiller and Ritz to Feldstein and...

I had the book advertised on that back cover! Lots of Archie SA GGA goodness in that one. Sold fast when I offered it.

Fully split, as in pages as well as cover? Due to brittleness? Likely 0.5 in that case. Less severe, dunno but you may have a shot. What is the book?

I'm glad, I'm just trying to buy one and thought I might find it here, base on the firepower you had deployed thus far. Great books!

Thx! Comicjack posted one in the GGA thread and I instantly started researching ... Gerber 7, hmmm..... Found a few sales, mostly over guide....found this copy available from DTA, graded fine by them, and though I am more inclined to call it a 5.0 than a 6.0, it was a reasonable ask either way based on what I had seen, and they came down a bit. Great to do business with! Just a handful on the registry.

Rick & Solar, i really wasn't doing this I honestly thought, with the heat Rick is bringing in this thread, that there may be a shot of a Roly Poly 12. I mean, geez...Dizzy Dames, so it was no more a stretch than that

Thx Sqeggs!

That's for sure! If you pick one with the right flaws making it low grade (basically, the major stuff is anywhere but the cover) it is like Mylar on steroids, from a presentation perspective.

Oh, I agree! If I ever am able to acquire a Batman #1 (or a National #18) I'm sure I'd feel overwhelming happiness. But not of a surprising sort! Heck, I look at Jimbo's Fox book with Samson on the cover and remind myself that there are whole swaths I do not start on for fear of being unable to stop, such as those and big 5 DC war books. But some you just cannot predict the impact of; like that early True that Jimbo posted. I have a couple and they have grown rapidly on me, quite unexpectedly.

Gotcha. And I agree. I've damaged books in and out of bags and mylars, as we all probably have. I just think the protection gap is overstated, in practical reality. Books in boards and mylars in boxes are generally as static or moreso than slabbed books. Handling is high-risk; other than those times, it's off the table.