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Sam's head to Hallahan's head.

Flashlight to candle.

On 5/20/2024 at 4:10 PM, AltonKroobe said:

Any item I find that is a great deal seems to "sell out" as soon as I inquire about it, this kind of defeats the purpose of the "wheel of deals" if you do get a good discount on the wheel there's nothing stopping them from just saying that particular item is sold out.

I subscribe to their e-mails that provide new listings, but I have yet to purchase anything. The prices usually seem higher than what I would expect to pay in a non-Heritage (CLink, CConnect, MCS, etc.) auction. There have been a few times when I've passed on books that were high on my want list because I thought the price was too high. I still check the e-mails just in case a personal grail shows up.

Parked rocket to parked rocket.

Pleasure cruise to porthole.

Man whose face we can't see pointing a gun to woman whose face we can't see firing a gun.

On 5/12/2024 at 6:55 PM, BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES said:

The Famous First Editions were created by redrawing the original art and then making stats and doing color guides, et. .  Basically, producing it from scratch lke they would any comic, using the production tech of the time.

Interesting. I haven't been able to get my hands on any Famous First Editions. The word on the street is that most of them have been trimmed and sold as originals.

Jr. flying towards Sivana to Jr. flying towards Sivana.

On 5/15/2024 at 1:35 AM, Dark Knight said:

This is somewhat similar to what we're discussing about books getting similar treatment. In my opinion, these books should belong in a purple holder.

I agree that they should be in purple holders if there's a way to detect the treatment, but in the case of using only blue light, how would CGC be able to tell that fading was caused by blue-light treatment rather than by normal exposure to sunlight or fluorescent light? (They don't even seem to downgrade comics for fading, which might be even more concerning.)

Even if there are non destructive tests that could detect the treatment, I doubt that CGC is sophisticated enough to do it. Maybe viewing books under 1000x or 2000X magnification could detect evidence that some areas had been exposed to more light than others, but that isn't certain, and you'd need a highly-trained technician to do it. Besides, the time required to view books under that kind of magnification would be cost prohibitive for most books. It would probably have to be reserved for six- and seven-figure books.

I've always been skeptical of all autograph verification services, including JSA. I'm sure they can catch some fakes, but no one will ever convince me that a good forgery can't slip past them.

On 5/13/2024 at 5:09 PM, Dark Knight said:

Not sure what the whole process of "blue light" entails but from what I read, it was some sort of an aqueous bath. They don't mention what's in this bath so they don't reveal their secrets.

My understanding is that an intense beam of blue light can cause a stain to fade (the same way leaving your clothing out in the sun will cause a stain to fade). Some of these guys use the light only on white areas of the book while others are more liberal with it. In a video that I saw months ago, a couple of guys on YouTube were talking about using blue light alone (i.e., no bath) to treat books, but I have not been able to locate that video again. (I cleared my history in YouTube not too long ago, otherwise I could search through my watched videos and find it.)

If blue light is being used to lighten stains and foxing, that could potentially be done while a book is still in the slab. I don't know of any other way that a book could be lightened yet still retain the same slab number.

(I do think it's possible that the changes we're seeing are the result of differences in the scans, but there is no way to verify that.)

On 5/9/2024 at 11:12 PM, tth2 said:

I think Mr. Wilson is an elderly retired neighbor rather than middle aged. 

 

On 5/10/2024 at 9:34 PM, Topnotchman said:

Absolutely he’s probably 65-75 range, not sure if he had an actual birthday in the series. 

Well, middle-aged is usually about 40–59, and elderly is usually 60 and up, so he could be either. Joseph Kearns, who played him in the T.V. series, was 52 when the series started. He died at 55 during the third season and was replaced by Gale Gordon, who was 56 at the time and 57 when the show ended.

On 5/11/2024 at 8:12 PM, Dark Knight said:

I am unsure about Mark Wilson's restoration/conservation/cleaning practices, but I've seen before and after pictures that at least one or perhaps a few in the comic book resto. business are somehow cleaning the covers off of tanning, dirt, etc. with some sort of aqueous concoction (because dry cleaning will not clean it all off) and making the covers look brighter and whiter.

Not sure about the long terms effects would be for these books that have undergone that process, but when I asked Tracy Heft about it, he said doesn't know either.

Are you sure they're not using blue light? Some flippers are using blue light in conjunction with peroxide and possibly getting some books through undetected, but other guys are supposedly using blue light alone, and I don't think CGC could catch that.

Closed closet to open closet.

On 5/5/2024 at 3:24 PM, bc said:

 Funny you should mention that title

I got popped in my Catholic Elementary school with a copy of Son of Satan #5 in 4th grade. Was showing it to a friend and a Nun saw it.

Scolded in front of classmates - check!

Dragged to the office - check!

Parents called - check!

Comic book confiscated - check!

Further parental punishment - check!

 

Later in Junior High, had a copy of Crazy magazine confiscated by a study hall teacher.

-bc

 

I had a subscription to Crazy in 2nd grade, and my mother's boyfriend tore up a bunch of my issues because I got in trouble at school (for calling one of my teachers a D***, I think).

*spoon* Winters to *spoon* Tracy.

I may go if CGC is doing on-site grading. If not, I will probably skip it. I went to the 1st one in the Renaissance Center in 1988, and I went to the 2001 show. Those are the only two I've been to. Chris Foss and Ed Jaster were the only two dealers at the 2001 show with any high-grade GA material. (I bought a Mile High Wow from Ed.)

There is so much good material available in the online auctions now that it's hard to get excited about a convention. I was planning to go a couple of years ago, but then I found out that admission was $35, and I almost had a coronary.

Adam West is the only guest I remember from '01. I didn't stand in line to get his autograph, but I saw him in the men's room. (He was 72, apparently, but he didn't look it; he could have passed for 52.)

Carnivorous plant to carnivorous plant.

On 4/7/2024 at 12:49 PM, malvin said:

Here is my story

I have Kevin Maguire Booster Gold and Blue Beetle original pencil and ink piece original of a print of it to sell at conventions.

Kevin sold the prelim separately, and another collector had the prelim inked by Mark Farmer. It got sold a few times and eventually went to auction. I told the auction house that the piece being auctioned was an inked prelim, the consignor double down and said his piece is the true pencil piece, since you can still see the pencils, whereas mine is lightboxed/bluelined because you can no longer see pencils. You can actually see pencils on mine, but it is faint since pencils are usually erased when inked, as experienced collectors would know. I should have pushed harder but that was that.

I did run into Kevin at a con recently, and I had him confirm that mine is pencils and inks and he kindly signed the back attesting to that. Here is my piece on CAF (and I've added extra images showing pencils and Kevin's note note on the back)

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1143049

The latest owner just posted his piece, and he repeated the auction house description (that mine has no pencils). Maybe my comment and message to him was a bit strong, but he said he just wants to be let alone to enjoy his piece, and asked me to delete my comment.

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=2009545

 

I would not delete anything. The only reason why he would want your comment deleted is if he intends to deceive someone else about the status of his piece when he tries to sell it. He sounds like a conscienceless con artist to me. He may have believed what he was saying originally, but now that you have provided proof, there is no legitimate reason for him to still be sticking to his untenable position.

Timely bad girl in a yellow dress to Timely good girl in a yellow dress.

Bucky swinging from a rope ladder to Bucky dangling from a rope.

On 5/5/2024 at 11:30 AM, Scrooge said:

Candle to Candle -

He'd better be nimble, or he won't be having any kids.

Fire to fire.

Burning torch to burning candle.