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They're benefitting from the hype right now. If they wait too long, prices will cool off, and they'll lose whatever they would have gained by having the books slabbed. It makes sense to bring as many books as possible to market quickly.

Yours, I assume? I personally wouldn't bid on a book if hoarding has affected the value in recent years—that's a bubble that could pop at any time, in my opinion—but I'm sure it will sell for more than guide. I'm certain that Catman 15s are being hoarded, too. I don't know who's doing the hoarding, but it's been going on for quite a while. The reason why I say that is because in the past 20 years, I've never seen the same copy offered for sale a second time. That's pretty unusual, even for rare books. I've also seen enough raw copies to know that even though it isn't a common issue, it isn't nearly as scarce as the census would suggest. So either multiple copies are being hoarded by the same person, or every single copy that has sold in a public auction has been locked away in a different private collection with little to no turnover. My money is on the former scenario. Others are free to disagree.

I guess they're hoping to find a buyer who's asleep at the switch and won't notice the missing corner. But can you honestly say that you're surprised that a company that would hire Muck Wilson would re-list that book?

I found out that Doug Schmell's grandfather was featured in an early Ellery Queen strip.

Baker gal in the air to Baker gal in the water.

Counting backwards to 19.

That always seems to happen.

There are 8 copies in the census, partly because the guide value is low. (I'm slightly surprised that someone slabbed a VG+.)

Unpleasant encounter to unpleasant encounter.

Teen-Age Romances to Youthful Romances.

Baddie being knocked off of a ledge to his likely death to baddie being dumped out of a car to his likely death.

I like Plastic Man, but I wish there were more covers without Woozy Winks.

L. B. Cole depiction of a dude who likes 'em green to L. B. Cole depiction of a dude who likes 'em furry and with antlers.

Black Cat to Black Cat.

You'll never get away with it, @buttock ! You'll never get my remaindered 1980s Star Comics away from me either, so don't even try to talk those down.

I think it was his Rockford Four Color #178 in 9.6. Maybe two or three guys are competing for the highest-graded Barks books.

Big cat to house cat

AA

I don't really collect GGA per se, but I never considered that cover a GGA cover. Time will tell if other issues sell for comparable prices. I suspect it will prove to be an outlier, but we'll see. PS—What isn't scalding right now?

Big green dude to same.

Little green dudes to little green dudes.

Owner's stamp to stamped mailing address.