Get Marwood & I

150

Wouldn't it just grow back?

Excellent present to yourself! Well done Mike

duckholio!

In those days, she'd probably have let him.

I love that issue.

Too many similarities to be coincidence. Even the lines in the road match.

Spooky.

It's hard to tell from the angle of the photos but the book looks like it may have a natural production miscut. If so, they can be difficult to entomb as they can be too tall for the holder. Any chance of more photos - full book and laying flat / not at an angle?

That's quite some hat Tim has there

I get that too, and I wrote it Read the discussion thread too if you're interested - my journal pages summarise the variant types that I research and list the salient points / issues in scope, and each summary page has a hyper link to a thread where we discuss them. I say 'we' of course....

Not sure I follow you Steve? Have you checked my Miller one page summary here: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/4921-marvel-l-miller-co-uk-indicia-variants/ If the answer isn't there, let me know

Notwithstanding it's obvious historical issues, that's a great cover

Yay indeed. With all that is going on in the world it feels a little inappropriate to complain, but in isolation they (CGC) aren't very good at this kind of thing I'm afraid. Books that are worth thousands shouldn't have question marks hanging over them. It would be quite simple to set a policy to cover this scenario - what to look for and how to record it. AF#15 will be next, and someone may lose a lot of money if the correct notes aren't made, especially for books that have been tampered with in an attempt to deceive. Lately, I've lost a bit of interest with CGC myself I'm sorry to say. I was encouraged by their willingness to revise their labelling approach for UK, Canadian and Australian copies last year but since then, every interaction I have had with their staff or representatives - including those that administer this site - has been disappointing. It's not the right time to make anything of it though of course, with the issues facing the world today. If you do send it back, pop back and update us won't you MR SigS. Maybe that will force a policy review, if you do send it back again. I'm sorry that you ended up the guinea pig if so.

Nice

I understand completely. Helps to explain the toilet roll shortage I suppose.

CGC have again let you down a bit here I think, as you are having to take their word for it. Will that word help you if and when you come to sell? Does their third hand edition type confirmation ease your mind? Of course not. I am discussing a similar scenario by PM with another boardie who has another slabbed pence copy made to look like a cents. In both cases, I feel CGC haven't done the right thing and left the owner / any future owner with doubt and a headache by not stating explicity what the case is (no pun intended). I think your mind is not at rest - understandably so - so I would myself be looking for CGC to clarify the matter to your satisfaction, even if that means a further submission - which I would expect them to pay for. Good luck. P.S. As we discussed in our PMs, I sent CGC (Brittany) a summary of how to determine a pence copy from a cents way back last year when I saw your book for sale on eBay. CGC make mistakes all the time. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that they haven't made / compounded another. They should have said "this book has no Thorpe and Porter indicia" and added that to the label or at least the grading notes. They should have made it clear that they understood exactly what they were looking for to make their determination. Simply saying "Yes, its a cents copy" doesn't remove the doubt in my opinion.

No substitute for a man on the ground - two to go dm!

The above two bring us up to 57 of the expected 60 Charlton Canadian Price Variants: If my assumptions are correct, only Ghost Manor #73 and #75, and Haunted #70 are outstanding.

Very nice. I like the 6d cover stamp - not the usual Miller one

That's ok - here they be