MAY1979

If so you apparently are living a great life - congrats. I don't sell comics so I've no skin in that game however as buyer I look at the mess the classifieds are here coupled with a lack of any decent search appliance and I usually give up after a few minutes. [sarcasm on] But as long as its easier for a seller rather than a buyer looking to spend money [/sarcasm]

My Opinion, For Sale Threads should be: 1930's 1940's 1950's 1960's 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's 2010-Present By decade it's so much easier - Just go by Month/Year in indicia or on front of slab.

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I like the idea of their items but they are out of stock until Feb/March 2022 on anything I wanted to try out. Lack of using a spell check I find unprofessional. What are procts [sic] ? As of right now we will not start to get new procts until February or March of 2022

Agreed. There are competitors now offering 99% UV protected cases.

Yep. The dealer type who are sitting on a rough estimated 100Million in art. For them setting an arbitrary price and getting that amount or higher is pretty much an ego thing. Easy to do when one does not actually need the coinage. P.S. The figure quoted is not an indicator those 4-5 current dealers are liquid for that amount, but they could be. Only a matter of allowing the Midas type hoarding effect lose it's hold. In this case Original Comic Art being the metaphor for Gold.

8.5 perhaps a 9.0. Not sure pressing will increase it's grade

3.0 overall - Front itself looks 3.5

Agreed!

3.0/3.5 - not sure a press will help and IMHO not worth the money due to the page rips and many color breaking bends and stress lines.

If you price an item too high and it does not sell lower the asking price. Seems logical. Still if the reduced price remains way over market it likley still won't sell then the dealer risks it becoming stale. No fear there is always the OCA Dealer to Dealer merry-go-round. BTW, I'm sure if you offered 25k cash you'd get the Lim Gauntlet page without an argument

If it makes any difference I thought the same about the Image! stuff in 1992/1993 and I was rather young then.

The covers are not the only thing without substance, seems most books now are a combination of splashes and double pages spreads. Very much appears writers get paid by the page or book thus keeping that pesky plot dialog to a bare minimum.

Before viewing the result I looked at the scans. My feeling was a 9.2/9.4 or 9.6 MAX if pressed. I think you did very well with the grade and pressing in your case I just do not think woudl have moved the needle - thus kudos on saving the coin. I've sent in "nicer" books that have received 9.6's and of course some "worse" that got 9.8 (structural 9.8's in effect).

It's tough book when the black back over-wraps the front. The 9.8's I've seen mostly are when the white front covers the spine. The stress lines break color so pressing won't be of any value to the spine. Assuming there is no damage the pics do not show, I say 9.0 with outside chance of 9.2 depending on how much CGC nicks you the back bottom left corner. Given some folks, but not me, chase newsstands from that era it seems more than worth submitting.

From 1999-2016 CGC had the top label on outside of the slab. After 10-15 years depending on humidity storage levels most start to detach. To re-attach labels I recommend Best-Test Paper Cement. After it it is dry simply wipe away the excess. Best-Test Paper Cement will not shrink or wrinkle paper when adhering and it dries quickly and clear. Acid-free, easy to apply and clean up

Oakland copy's both now sitting in queue at CGC. The Marvel Premiere is an especially strong copy