Get Marwood & I

Two of this book, or two price variants overall !? Only 30 to go if the latter. Or 34 if you trust my hypothesizing. I'll post my Thor #19 NS tomorrow!

Ah, right, I wasn't aware of that Buzz. I'll 'withdraw' too then

Good man. Success should come your way then, if there's justice in the Universe (Any pence copies?)

So if we get the rule overturned, you'll post your $1200 ebay book here for $1050? You don't talk drivel Buzz! Poppycock maybe... Which is why we're exploring changing them. Keep up Buzz

So don't 'keep the fees'. Make the unique selling point here that the book is cheaper than its ebay listing counterpart

I see that, yes. But many members here talk of the community aspect. Many sellers I think would prefer to sell to someone here than an eBay buyer. So to get the best of both worlds, put your book on ebay, and post it here at your ebay price less the fees. If a Boardie buys it, great, you've served the community, and haven't lined ebay's pockets. In practice, you may sell on ebay more than here. But you're increasing your chances of a sale by listing on both while at the same time serving and supporting this community. If you want to price a book at a level which you would, for want of a better word, be embarrassed to post here, stick to ebay. Nothing wrong with getting top dollar. But if you value community and building relationships here over all out profit, try what I said in the first paragraph above. Many sellers price their hooks here as being 'under gpa' etc. It's one of the reasons it's a success.

Cor!

this. If we allow items posted elsewhere why even have the VCC? How about to offer those same items at a lower rate to take into account that you pay no fees here? The seller increases their comics exposure by selling on ebay and here, and the buyer here gets a chance to get the book cheaper here as no ebay fees are involved. So VCC buyers benefit from buying at a reduced cost here over ebay, and the seller gets more or less what they would have had it sold with fees on ebay.

Thanks for replying wormboy. It's nice when people share their opinions

Good idea, and good luck DeadOne

It's neck and neck at present. They don't usually change the rules without a strong consensus. It would be nice to see how it would pan out just once as I suggested at the end of my other post, if you saw it.

24 votes in eleven 'out of hour' hours isn't too bad Bird. I'm sure it will pick up as every one wakes up / logs on. I think it's a no-brainer. If you allow books that are being advertised elsewhere, by definition the number of eligible books increases. Surely. Why would a seller want to end an eBay listing visible to millions, list here to an audience of potentially low hundreds, and then have to relist on eBay if it doesn't sell here? What is the barrier here anyway? Why would anyone not want more books, more choice? If it is to keep a community feel / exclusivity, fine, but both are constraints. That means less books and less choice from less dealers. Surely? The VCC is a great venture in theory. It's something instead of nothing. Always preferable. DeadOne is to be applauded. But it's a time constricted, rule constricted venture. Why should a seller hold on to books that they can sell at any time on the boards, at their convenience, to suit a window that may not suit them? If you have nice books to sell, why wait for the VCC? Just create your sales thread and off you go. I have browsed the last few VCCs in the vain hope that someone may list a pence book or two. Never happens of course, but in doing so I pick up a sense that the event has a touch of the graveyard about it. Am I wrong? Lots of effort organising, listing, fighting with mutiple image resizing etc. Not many sales to show for it. Again, am I wrong? I'm sure the last time the VCC ran there were sales threads running outside of it that appeared more active than those within it. One other observation from me. I'm toying with running my first sales thread. I have some books which I think will appeal to some members. I look at the VCC, and I can't work out what the hell is going on. Threads everywhere, booths, rules, liaising with the organisers etc etc. So my strong inclination is to just run a sales thread in the normal way, which I am in full control of, at a time that suits me. I know I haven't bought and sold on the boards yet, but I do look at the threads and I do have a view. I've voted for the VCC to allow books advertised elsewhere. Mycomicshop have books on their website and books on eBay. And maybe elsewhere. It's not an alien, unmanageable concept. It's a blatantly obvious one - do you want more books / choice, or less? How likely is it that 'cool books' are not being advertised on the boards, or in the VCC, because the seller knows the chances of selling them are that much greater elsewhere? So, why not change the rule for one VCC, see how it goes, and then revisit? If it's a disaster, for reasons foreseen or otherwise, revert to the previous rule of exclusivity. If it's a roaring success, keep it. That's what I'd do.

Have the board owners indicated a willingness to change the rules should the vote go accordingly DeadOne?

For me it's less about the big keys and the most valuable books. Of course it would be awesome to see or hold a Tec or an Action etc, given their importance in the industry / hobby. But I prefer the book that means something to you personally. Maybe it's the one you spent years trying to find a copy of, or the one that your research said couldn't exist. Or the one with the 'hidden surprise'. I have one book in mind, but I haven't found it yet. When (if?) I do, I'll be back here to tell you.

http://moocowcomics.blogspot.com/2006/02/blankis-salida-pedigree.html BLANKIS-SALIDA - This is a relatively new pedigreed collection that was purchased by Bruce Ellsworth in 1994. The collection originated from Salida, Colorado and was amassed by an individual named Frank Blankis. Because Blankis was handicapped he was unable to join the service, but read war books faithfully. He also loved Disney books. This was evident from his collection, which consisted of a complete run of DC and Atlas war books from 1950-1969 (with the exception of 10 issues total, all from the same month/year), most of the other various war titles from other companies, and Walt Disney Comics and Stories #50-210. The average grade was Very Fine to Near Mint. What is incredible about this collection is the page quality. I have to admit my skepticism upon hearing about this new pedigree, but when I saw my first Blankis-Salida book, I couldn't believe my eyes. To this day I have never seen whiter pages.Ellsworth kept most of the collection, selling the bulk of the Atlas to one collector, and very little publicly. Included in the Blankis-Salida collection are the finest known copies of Our Army at War #1,81,83 and Our Fighting Forces #1.IDENTIFICATION-Most of the Blankis-Salida books have stamps on the back or front cover. Variations of the stamp exist, such as: "Fred's News Stand", "Nor-Colo.", and the actual subscription stamp of Frank Blankis. Because the collection is relatively new and very little has been sold from it Blankis Salida books are easily identifiable.DESIRABILITY-Despite the specified nature of the collection, the completeness of the war genre and Disney comics are impressive and the page quality is unsurpassed. Most books are technical NM and are the finest known copies to exist. Common Blankis-Salida books sell between 1x and 2.5x guide.

I don't know how I feel about it wormboy. On the one hand, it's up in lights (as long as you understand the label terminology, 'married', 'qualified' etc) that the book is a 'fake', post production construct. "You tried to deceive, and we spotted it" CGC are saying. On the other hand, it seems that CGC will 'slab anything' regardless of authenticity and that doesn't seem right to me somehow. Don't they have a responsibility to maintain the highest ethical standards? Does grading a book like this uphold that standard? As well as this slabbed fake double cover, I've recently seen a slabbed ASM #1 with a Marvel Tales interior and a slabbed ASM #1 which was almost certainly a pence copy passed off as a cents by removing the price / date box. Wouldn't it be better if CGC had a policy of 'fraudulent avoidance' whereby they refused to slab (which potentially legitimises) any book that has been artificially manipulated with a clear intent to deceive? Wouldn't that act as a deterrent more so than a slab with a note / qualified label? You could argue colour touch is an intention to deceive I suppose, but that is a process that collectors have been doing since comics began, sometimes for their own ends. The restoration label makes it quite clear what has happened to the book and you could argue that they have just tried to make an existing book look better. But adding something to a book to create an entirely new entity (a second cover, MJ insert) or cutting something off in an attempt to pass that book off as a different book (pence price / date removed) is surely a clear cut attempt at fraud. Shouldn't CGC refuse to be a part of that process? What do you think?

Yeah. Wish I'd nabbed it...

They've got a certain charm haven't they

Spotted a new annual on eBay - Ghost Rider #1, $4.75 single AUS price: It continues the trend of 1993 being the only year with AUS priced annuals. I wonder why, given the overall AUS date range?

Gets about doesn't he

I've got a picture somewhere of the two of us doing the Spidey thwipp stance in China Town many years back. He came over from the Netherlands and I took him around all the London Comic shops. We had a good good time rooting through the boxes and swapping Spidey stories.

Funnily enough, when I bought my ASM #137 page years back the seller was kind enough to include full size photocopies of two other pages including this one: I wish I had made an offer on them too now. Ah well...