Courageous Cat

On 12/22/2022 at 11:00 AM, PDGray said:

This might not QUITE fit into this category, but I just got this Jumbo 40 in.  It's a CBCS 1.8 - so not CGC.  CGC has 10 in the census, CBCS has 2 in the census.  I thought it was an interesting book and wanted to share anyway.

 

 

PDG

ohhh no you didn't 

someone took a bath on this yesterday. ironically I was gonna pull the trigger on this from Dale for 8k but someone snagged it. I dogged a bullet 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/action-comics-8-dc-1939-cbcs-restored-vf-80-off-white-to-white-pages/a/122301-11001.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

screw them haters. Fortunately I had a wife and mom and dad who encouraged this passion. Hell, my folks even helped me score a bag of 100 GA books from a gal who worked at the printing company back when I was about 12. Dad talked the gal into paying cover price for 'em . Of course this was probably 1983 or so

read it, then list in on eBay and get your dough back

On 12/27/2022 at 10:01 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

Sigh. Collectors were in a mad rush to sell earlier this year on the heels of all of the record-breaker prices in 2021, but now that prices are softening, everyone's a hoarder. 

I think what we'll see in 2023 is collectors clinging tightly to their nicer books while desperately trying to get rid of their riff raff. 

On the plus side, if you collect mid-grade copies of titles that no one else is interested in, you may get some awesome deals in the coming year. 

ETA: I am one of those collectors who likes titles that no one else is interested in. Heck, I even like funny animal books! 

I am one of those GA hoarders and won't be sending any into auctions unless I'm forced into a bread line 

On 12/22/2022 at 3:52 PM, Gotham Kid said:

max bid $10

can't wait to crack it open and read it in the can

I can't stand moderns, but maybe if they'd put that stupid UPC code on the back, rather than on the front, I might someday be persuaded otherwise

On 12/24/2022 at 10:57 AM, jaybuck43 said:

It was never retroactive. Law was passed in 2021. It went into effect in 2022 with a due date of January 2023 (companies and people have known about this since March 2021.) so this has been 21 months in the making.

Thank you for the correction. Let me correct myself and say that I've only been aware of it earlier this year. At least now I'll be sure to save receipts 

On 12/23/2022 at 1:33 PM, jaybuck43 said:

Just a heads up, the IRS is delaying the implementation this year.  Now goes into effect January 2024 for the 2023 calendar year.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-2023-10.pdf

That was by far the fairest decision. To make that retroactive was downright dirty pool. At least this way people have a fair chance to prepare.  

On 12/23/2022 at 2:23 PM, Aman619 said:

It’s not a video but there’s a new podcast  called Stealing Superman that tells the story of Nic Cages stolen comics. 7 episodes.  It wanders a but but digs into the who, why and how of the theft and how the Action 1 resurfaced. Check it out. 

thank u! I work at night and get bored and rely on the sound from YouTube comic videos to keep me awake. Can't really get into comic tom as he mostly covers modern. 

On 12/19/2022 at 4:27 PM, Dark Knight said:

IAs a young teen, he would steal cc numbers and use them.  When he used to be the CEO of Scoreboard which produces sports cards, he would put redemption cards in packs to be redeemed for a card but people were not able to fulfill the redemption because Scoreboard went out of business, so people were pissed and a lot of people lost $.  

He screwed over Kobe Bryant by owing him $10k which he never paid him and the latest one was a police report in a public pool facility when he called out a black employee the N word and went on a temper tantrum about how his son was unable to use the pool.  I dunno if the pools were getting cleaned up or what, but it was an ordeal.

Oh and he is famous for publicly announcing that he has a 9 figure account and he has a 5 acre property on a golf course (it's really only 4 acres but who's counting )

WTAF! Why isn't this guy in stir bunking with Bubba. what a scummer

On 12/18/2022 at 11:15 AM, buttock said:

So you've never seen one in person, but feel confident enough to make a blanket decision.  Seems perfectly reasonable. 

Perhaps not reasonable in your eyes, but I've seen enough overly generous graded examples on HA to come to that conclusion alone. Perhaps that alone makes me a bit jaded

On 12/18/2022 at 10:16 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

Some of the prices paid the first time around were ridiculous. I laughed out loud when I saw that someone had paid $21,000 for a copy of Saddle Justice #6. I actually laughed so hard that I had to wipe the tears from my eyes just now.

When I look on Heritage, though, it lists the book as "Not Sold," so I guess the buyer backed out.

 

I am proud and happy to say I never once succumbed to the promise hype and have zero examples in my possession. Yes and the majority are nice examples, but I'd take a mile high or Billy Wright any day of the week before I bought one of these embellished funny books 

On 12/16/2022 at 8:43 AM, Professor K said:

 Suspense 3 to me is over-rated/priced but it is well loved so yeah it's one of them. 

Blasphemy! Honestly, I'd put it right up there with Action 1 or MC 1

On 12/4/2022 at 10:25 PM, Dale Roberts said:

Catman Comics #5  Fair   $900     1st appearance of Kitten, spine of cover is completely split, but most of the paper is there. A restored 2.5 copy of this very tough book sold a couple of years ago for almost $1600. You could easily get this book to that level without much work

take per PM

other staple is perfect but I'd show the whole image but pulled the image and I didn't save it. Only issue on the book is that upper staple in question . To make life easier, dealer canceled order to avoid a potential headache 

On 11/30/2022 at 4:18 PM, Pantodude said:

Pehaps the OP is inquiring whether there is reason to doubt that it is an original staple, i.e., vintage GA staple?  If so, 

yes, I'm questioning if the staple was replaced because it pretty messy IMO.  Also advertised as an 8 and now I'm questioning that with this staple issue. 

Was suppose to be buying this raw from dealer but upon closer inspection of photo provided by dealer, the staple in my opinion looks questionable, but dealer assured me it's fine. Opinions matters on this rather expensive book. Thank you

oops. posted it in the SA instead of GA

On 11/30/2022 at 3:50 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Came across this copy of Superworld Comics #1 selling in the auction. I've never heard of this title before, but per the description one of the earliest sci-fi comics so that's interesting. To be honest though, not a big fan of the cover art. Not really doing it for me for some reason.

hard to believe its going so low. last GPA 3000.00 for 1.0 and classic cover IMO...but what do I know

Was suppose to be buying this raw from dealer but upon closer inspection of photo provided by dealer, the staple in my opinion looks questionable, but dealer assured me it's fine. Opinions matters on this rather expensive book. Thank you

I can say with delight that MCS is the fastest shipper of the big 4 and they could take a lesson from them. And auction payouts! Faster of the big 4. Unfortunately they don't get as much exposer as the others. 

YouTuber has deep pockets and I'd be looking at a good defamation suit for this BS

On 11/14/2022 at 6:28 PM, lordbyroncomics said:

Really. Middle aged White Guys who presumably are suburban middle class are historically not going to face as much legal consequences for theft as a decidedly non-White guy. This is simply factual and long established and is, I believe, the point of the comment you're responding incredulously to. 

Well my dear CGC cuddle buddy! Oddly enough I happen to have the solution to the grave disparity of injustice served upon the racially suppressed......STOP F"N STEALING...That is all 

On 11/11/2022 at 2:21 PM, MAR1979 said:

Hmm another grey haired white guy. Just like the other thief recently caught.   Let's see another older White Guy committing a non-violent crime of stealing 'funny books" means nothing more than the most minor repercussions.  Look out at cons he's probably back at it already.

 

 

Bro...really? C'mon man 

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