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As was mentioned it was a bubble, thus near exact timing (only gleaned from hindsight) was critical. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-04-14/nfts-intellectual-property-marvel-dc-comics-who-gets-to-make-millions Edit: As it turned out he did not get the millions as Time-Warner said wait no so fast...

@Tubthumper82 I applaud your moral fiber! Most on this forum had they received what they believe to be a gift grade would using a dollar sign emoji. In your case seems like the book received a proper grade

Vice-Versa! but not https://www.viceversanyc.com/#home , although I do recommend it and will be stopping back again this Oct during NYCC

Answer = Supply & Demand - The very Pillar of Economics! https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/law-of-supply-demand.asp

Careful what you say about the Bay, high up Exec's have been known to send enforcers after folks. Proving once again Exec's at a Large Corporation will do anything to ensure their bonus is not lacking by even a single thin dime. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/two-former-ebay-executives-sentenced-prison-cyberstalking

Not the only ones it seems... case Certified Guaranty Company, LLC v. Zanello court U.S., Southern District of New York summary Certified Guaranty Co., which provides authentication and grading for comic books, sued customers Ulises Zanello and Bree Riva for trademark infringement, false advertising and breach of contract on Feb. 2 in New York Southern District Court. The suit, brought by Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, accuses the defendants of obtaining high-value comic books in holders with grade labels from the plaintiff, then swapping the comic books with lower-graded comics and reselling them, thereby deceiving customers into paying inflated prices for incorrectly-graded comic books. The plaintiff filed a similar lawsuit against two former employees on Jan. 31 in Florida Middle District Court. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 1:24-cv-00797, Certified Guaranty Co. LLC v. Zanello et al. 02/02/2024

Had times as child, a yell would ring out for me to come downstairs and when I got there was told "turn to channel...."

@comix4fun @ThothAmon Hi, Does this open CGC/Blackstone to Discovery?

eGerber 914M2 : Mylar prevents greater than 99% of UV's from passing through it. https://stenbacka.fi/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/07/mylar_a_uv_ominaisuudet.pdf

Perhaps its only drop in bucket in relation to BAU shrink at CGC?

No change from usual speed

uBlock Origin (and element picker) + Ghostery , nary an ad on my browser.

Thread title looks like ransom note

Spidey Super Stories I believe counts for all the Electric Company/Children's Television Workshop stuff. One more title that predates Godzilla

and with that excellent post by @Kripsys99, 'tis time to...

Both were Pub Domain (1962 for Drac) - at least the 19th century literature works all were. In 2027 even the Classic 1931 Universal interpretations will be as well.

Hiring as cheap as possible pads the bonus of many an Exec. As with most things you get what you pay for...

You think this bad for Joey and other pro's...Well I have several friends I grew up with that are Medical Dr's. All possess multiple board accreditation and 20+ years experience. Each of them has told me that patients come in after using google or reddit for 5 minutes outright stating they know as much or more than them and then proceed to dictate what the Dr's need to do. They told me it's more prevalent in the 40 and under demo...

Simply Pure incompetence

Yep on Conan. Kull, Doc Savage and others came next. Also Tarzan and or John Carter may slightly pre-date zilla.

On 1982 super high population 9.8 book I'd figure 20% less. On older low pop books I feel it's significantly less of a factor if at all at the lowest pops With 1981 newer comics my opinion is it makes the largest difference unless it's super low census & condition sensitive stuff like DC Digest's which apparently there is only 1 buyer for anyhow

Why so afraid to take it out the bag? Not sure where you got your info about the book's value but it could not be more wrong.

Seems like the first 2 are where CGC made the error

Yes. But less common to the extent they might be considered outliers?

Same is done in Comics where it is significantly less effective. Where they the same 1d10T's who were purchasing Monkey head and torso NFT's ? IMO good riddance to the Rich Boy's who jumped on any hobby bandwagon during the pandemic.