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Looks like original owner (John?) wrote his name twice on the cover. As a kid, I wrote my name all over the covers back then. Not anymore.

The trading card market is so hot that you are now prohibited from retracting bids. As a seller, I block people that I have issues with and they find ways to bid with other accounts. The most angry I ever got on eBay was being high bidder on a boom at 905 and the seller, realizing I got a steal cancelled the sale and said "changed my mind". My max was 1600. I really wanted that book and left him negative feedback and he went crazy on me. In his listings, he threatens non-payers and notes he never cancels auctions. So much about eBay sucks.

Yes, every facilitator seemingly has their fees and some are more than others. Seems like I am always invoiced 10 dollars (before and after signing) for something and I have come to be okay with it (especially since the price of the signature has most certainly risen) as it is now expected, but questioned it first and sometimes it doesn't make sense.

Simply Wow!

Terrificon has CGC logo, but would be surprised if they were present at any con this year. Their competitor has a list of cons they will set up at already. It's not CGC needs the business with their massive backlog. Wouldn't be surprised if they did what PSA did and just stop accepting until they catch up. I hope I am wrong.

Take please.

Autograph fraud on Stan is so much more common than you think, especially since he passed and his signature is so easily duplicated. I just read a biography on Stan Lee and it was mentioned that when Stan was too tired to sign, his handlers who start forging items. You take a .10 comic book and sign his name on it, you can easily make a small percentage of it's value (can you think of an easier way to make $20 or $30 or $50?) and Stan Lee forgeries are rampant since his passing because the authorities and sites like eBay don't care. The % varies on the celebrity (not limited to sports) as fraud is in every genre of signature collecting and is north of 90% on figures like Michael Jordan, Bob Dylan, Neil Armstrong, Tiger Woods, LeBron James, The Beatles, Kobe Bryant etc. Since Stan signed so much, so much unverified, to say undocumented signatures are fraudulent is pure lunacy.

Damn Ron, mulled it over and came back for that Wolverine. Nice pick up. You have an amazing collection, sir. A really good eye.

All you need is two people to think something is special (and something that is perhaps one of a kind) in order to get heavy bidding action. An early Superman signed book by Reeve would be great and maybe not so much if signed by Brandon Routh or Dean Cain. I don't believe Reeve would do a show, different time. I have seen George Reeves forgeries on Superman comic pages. One outfit in PA with a terrible reputation cranking them out, as well as bogus Kane sketches, Walt Disney signed comics and quantities of Stan Lee signed comics. When I bought my first yellow label CGC back in 2008, old school collectors thought I was crazy and I wasted my money on a book they now thought was forever damaged. Yet again, I was underbidder on an Action Comics #252 CGC that was signed by my future wife Melissa Benoist that sold for about 600 dollars more than unsigned, low grade copies sold for. In that instance, it took two people to think it was awesome on a pricey key. I used to write Christopher Reeve letters and obtained many signatures in that fashion (cards mostly) only to find out his assistant signed his fan mail. Frowny face.

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Agree with Bird. I was thrilled to pick up some original signed Star Wars books signed by writer Archie Goodwin (who passed away on 1998) for about 25 bucks per and was thrilled and may be the only one. The hobby would be boring if we all collected the same stuff.

How do I use my 150 dollar credit if paying by check? Thanks, DC

As far as Star Wars goes, I have purchased several signed Roy Thomas yellow label CGC (2-4, 6-7 and 9) below the price of the books if they weren't signed and in some cases, way lower. I am going to get an 8 signed with a remark as I never think of ROI, but just want to feed my collection.

The $90 includes the CGC encapsulation. I have a few Thomas signed CGC books that I have picked up on the cheap in the past and will get one done and with an item like this, don't much think about ROI but basically because I want it done for my PC.

The way the hobby is going in regards to celebrities that don't need the money charging large sums, nothing outside of a deceased celebrity is defined as impossible. Sure in some cases unlikely, but perhaps probable. Maybe for charity. When I suggested CGC start doing celebrities, people commented noting they would never go that direction and today, the Wanda duo can be had for north of $500. After all, these CGC SS collectors are quite creative and the story of getting Clint Eastwood is the definition of being creative and makes Triston a straight legend. In closing, count nothing out.

Only if they witness them being signed.

Last one at 30% off, invoice me! Thanks!

Take as well

At 30% off, take.

Doesn't it necessarily have to be one of these people?

Didn't think so. My best second guess, which is probably wrong is Humberto Ramos who has a sloppy signature. I hope someone else will chime in as I kind of want to know who it is now.

It isn't a creator. Looks like my Bruce Campbell who has a connection to Spider-man. Not sure.

I have a few clunky signatures and yours isn't that bad. If you paid for a blue, you did well and the prices on his signed books seem to just climb. I haven't purchased a signed book since his passing because of the prices. You have a really nice book there.

Lou and his handler are difficult to work with and known for gauging collectors at conventions by signing your items for double the price of their items. I am not surprised.

I don't believe anyone is paying more for 2018 signed books than say 2014. Placement and signature are important and feel those later, clunky signatures would deter the buyer instead. Nobody looks at the label and goes "Ooooo, he died four months later" and decides to pay or bid with more gusto. There are instances in the baseball realm where professional baseball players were signing at the end of their life called "death bed signatures" (DiMaggio and Musial come to mind who also had vultures around them) and there is no premium placed there and hobbyists would prefer a clear, clean signature.