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Any chance it was just this guy "f-ing around" again and that he will return it in short order after being told it's not the 1st page w/Black Costume.

yep , one would think he could very well afford a $500 scanner to post some decent pic's

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=181058 Ol' Dan, if he chooses, can now retire comfortably. I know I would. Will however may be loosing some sleep

So is the owner of this jumping for joy now? Or at least have enough potential scratch to get decent scan made? https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1192109

Huh? That is exactly what I said.

Fair point.There was obvious funny business with Video Games and Sports Cards last year by various Auction Houses. They are shrewd, secretive and slippery so figuring out what the actual machinations are fall outside the current known data points available to apply to the situation.

... it appears you two did not look close enough at the context of my post in your frenzied rushed to defend your overlord Heritage If you look at the quoted post in my response, the context should be more clear. To expand on it from the original one-liner; What upset's me is that Heritage made 500K or so and Zeck still made zero. Of course his amount must be zero unless he sold it. But in overall grand universal scheme of things no one has to "like" it, although we do have to live with it.

You were right

What upsets me is Heritage made over 500k on it!

Serious or Sarcasm? A 2000 page is now 20,000 ?

"Only one who cares" about a 1977 X-Men Cover... Funniest thing I've read this week, if not this year.

All early Direct Market Editions were produced except for the cover dates 1-3/1978, 7/1978, and 3-4/1979 At least 1 Direct Market Edition does exist for books cover dated 3 and 4/1979; Battlestar Galactica.

Sadly and wrongly CGC seems more concerned with color loss now than anything else. The rub above "whoosh" will drop it a lot. 4.0/4.5

3.0/3.5

HI, which Overstreet # was that?

In the state in which they operate the Auction House is permitted to bid on auctions. Of course the Auction House is aware of the amount of placed bids. The fix is totally and legally (in the State in which they are charted) in for their auctions if they choose it to be on any individual lot.

"The Rock" and the legion of Duane's fans deserve most of the credit for the book's steady rise in value the last 7-8 years. I don't get his vast popularity myself but it simply cannot be denied.

I'm a fan of ancient TV Photo Cover comics. "C'mon Get Happy" .

Vicki reprinted late 1960s Samm Schwartz stories from Tower Comics’ Tippy Teen. http://www.toonopedia.com/tippy.htm

He's too busy "f-ing around" returning Miracleman 1 Cover reproductions

I've seen their slabs over the years. Have stopped looking them after almost never seeing one for which the book inside the slab is worthy of the grade on the label. Here is SWAG percentages for the times that by viewing the the book through the slab that I feel the label is too high a grade: CGC 25-30 CBCS 75-80 PGX 95-99 The lower the number the better. As they say Your Mileage May Vary

or was Cates just "effin around" again

I truly wanted CBCS to succeed as folks like me benefit from true competition in the industry, but they put on clinic in what not to do. Their Business plan needed to have included; - Forecast and Expect to take losses their first 5-6 years of operation (Amazon did for at least that long) - Charge enough lower than CGC to ensure submitter's give you a try. A dollar or 2 less won't do it. $4-5 might, then see rule #1 - Grade noticeably stricter than CGC and maintain that. This item is paramount. At first some will be "disgruntled" then slowly you will build reputation and positive perception. CBCS did not do any of that. Those who know Barock also know he is flipper of the highest order. The flipper mentality is a short-sighted and always for "the now".. It does not work well with a viable long term business plan. Yeah Borack has done OK for himself, no argument there, however both him and CBCS could have been the industry standard and leader raking more than CGC at this juncture in time, instead of being an also ran. As result of their short-sighted vision the perception of CBCS will never ever change. P.S. I have 14 books in the CBCS slabs, All 9.8's, only 4 of which i think are deserving of the number on the label. The rest fall rather short IMHO. I also looked at at least 50 other of their slabs at cons. I gave them a fair shot but I was very disappointed.

"The cream always rises to the top", eventually that is...

Buh, Buh, Buh, how can that be ? When ASM361 was selling for $900-1000 sellers on this forum stated it was on an upward trajectory with no end in sight. At NYCC there was at least 1 table that 50% of their wall was ASM 361. I saw another booth with fancy black table cloths and mood lighting that was asking 2k for Direct Sale ASM 361 and I personally witnessed 1 rube purchase one. Keep in mind at the time on eBay they were $950 Those who are seeing that book drop and taking heavy percentage losses may exit the hobby. Which overall will be good for the rest of us. My Rule 2 for collecting "never buy a book when its red hot". My number 3 is never, ever believe any seller's hyperbole on anything they are seeking to sell My regret is I spent $20 to have one of mine graded. Yeah it was 9.8 but I don't sell comics and would have got much more enjoyment for the $20 using it on a something like an average lunch.