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By your standard, every grading company should be out of business. If this can happen to CGC, it could have happened to the other grading companies and there isn’t anything to say it hasn’t. To want this to be the end of CGC or any grading company because one person or however many defrauded them is the bummer imop. A lot of people have their livelihoods in CGC. So to want CGC to fail is to want them to fail, friends you may have in this community who have potentially tens or hundreds of thousands in comics or more, now possibly worth a fraction of those amounts if that were to happen. People commit fraud all the time, doesn’t mean a company should close or anyone “should” want them to as you implied. How often do we hear visa or a credit card company experienced a data breach releasing hundreds of thousands of people’s personal info. Isn’t it their job, if not one of the tenants of their company to securely protect our private information? Do we call for visa or all credit card companies to go under because of scammers hacking the company? No. So CGC clearly has some due diligence to do and clean house if need be. There obviously needs to be repercussions for this, and the onus of that should be on the person or persons who perpetrated the scheme, not CGC. The end result for CGC should be a come to Jesus moment where they drastically improve their product and brand. It would also obviously be ideal if the people who purchased books from this huckster were made whole, however possible. I think that should come in the form of a lawsuit against the fraudster. He’s obviously done well for himself.

Yeah I mean scammers truly are the worst, the scum of the scum. If anything and I’m looking at this from a positive stand point, it’s a good thing this happened. It shows our community is extremely observant and looking out for each other. Although I feel horrible for the people that purchased the comics in question. They should be made right, and by suing the seller and recouping all costs.

I agree with your first part, not your second. People will always find a way with literally anything. So by that principle everything in existence is flawed. Nothing will ever be full proof. Doesn’t mean you can’t improve though of course. Which is what CGC needs to do. And if someone figures out a new flaw or loophole than you do it again.

Soo many people want CGC to fail/fold because of this. Just from what I’ve read between YouTube, social media and here. Pretty sad if you ask me. Ultimately, CGC will be fine. This isn’t the first time someone’s defrauded a company, and won’t be last. CGC will figure out what’s going on and handle accordingly. Just like PSA and other prominent collecting companies they’re too imbedded in the industry. There’s also soo many dealers, comic shops and collectors who have millions and millions into graded books. So it’s not in our industry’s interest for CGC to lose their credibility. The only thing that would change my mind is if it became obvious that they were in on it, and I don’t mean one rogue employee but the company as a whole. I’m 100% positive that’s not the case though, just don’t think they would ever do that. I think people need to relax some, wait to get more details and go from there. And whoever this gutter trash is that scammed CGC and the community, there’s a special place in hell for them. I hope they’re publicly shamed, sued and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

CPR?

Never met Roger, but he was seemingly one of the greats! If anyone knew him, would love to hear any stories about him. Message from Heritage: We're all very saddened by the loss of one of the most important historians and collectors the world of comics has ever seen. Our friend Roger Hill passed away on December 6, and we'll miss him greatly, both as an extremely kind, supportive, and generous member of the comics community, as well as for his innumerable contributions to the field over many decades. Roger was a pioneer in the appreciation of EC Comics, notably through the groundbreaking fanzine Squa Tront, which he and his childhood friend Jerry Weist began publishing as teenagers in the 1960s. Roger continued to devote a huge part of his life to the study and collecting of comics and related horror and science-fiction art, conducting crucial research and interviews with innumerable Golden Age comics artists, as well as working alongside Jerry to organize Sotheby's Comic and Comic Art auctions during the 1990s. Notable books by Roger that should be on the shelves of every serious comics fan include Wally Wood: Galaxy Art and Beyond; Reed Crandall: Illustrator of the Comics; Mac Raboy: Master of the Comics; and the newly published The Chillingly Weird Art of Matt Fox. And the latest issue of Roger's EC Fan-Addict Fanzine, his worthy successor to Squa Tront, was just released this fall and is truly one of the finest issues of any fanzine ever published. Our sincere condolences go out to Roger's widow Terry as well as his entire family and many friends. He was a true pal, and one of the all-time greats in this field we're all so passionate about. - Todd Hignite and Jim Halperin

For 2023 I feel like I mainly got silver, but here’s my golden purchases. But don’t own the MM 56 or US version of the Haunted Thrills 5 anymore.

What’s your favorite? Please also share a photo of your favorite issue from all series 🙌. An obvious choice, but I’ll go with Cap 1 for my favorite overall cover. Punching Hitler every time is the best!

Picked up an early Schomburg Subby today from the LCS.

Oh yeah without a doubt. I think we’ve seen enough sales to know the Promise books previously sold on the high end, or just during the comic boom.

So we just need to wait for crypto to recover and back to a sellers market 😁

Good points 👍

Well I don’t think c-link was the culprit though. Pretty sure time and again we’ve seen massive drops on Promise books no matter where they were listed, Heritage or Comicconnect, etc… Since they were put at auction initially at the right time and people ended up paying high for all of them. Now with the down market we’ve had for a while, just about any promise book is taking a hefty hit. But I guess it’s possible it could have been a slightly lesser impact in a Heritage auction. If I bought a Promise copy of something back in 2021, I’d probably just sit and hold on for dear life haha.

That definitely seemed solid.

Tough hit on this one. After fees on the sale and if you paid sales tax on the initial Heritage purchase, about a $40K loss.

Wonder if we’ll ever see it again. I imagine by now it’s been added to a coverless copy.

Doubt will see something comparable ever come up for sale from Action 1. I mean you never know but I’d be surprised. The only cover from Action 1 I know of is the 3/5th’s of a front cover that previously sold. So for the foreseeable future, this Tec 27 will hold the title.

That is bananas!! 🤯🤯🤯

The power of 9.9, never ceases to amaze! Roughly 30X what a 9.8 goes for 🤯

Less than a day left and over $100K. Wonder if it will break $150K.

Hey Everyone, I have a ton of books in the current Comiclink Featured auction. Check them out if anything seems interesting to bid on. Not the most expensive book of them all, but I’d say the coolest is the Superman 261 with that classic Star Sapphire cover over a white background. Super rare to come by a copy in 9.6 or above and with perfect white pages. Witchcraft 4 CGC 3.0: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1727730 Superman 261 CGC 9.6: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1731714 Iron Man 55 CGC 5.5: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1727729 Iron Man & Sub-Mariner 1 CGC 8.5 CVA: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1732620 G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 1 CGC 9.6: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1727728 Fantastic Four 3 CGC 4.5: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1731212 Fantastic Four 2 CGC 2.5: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1731211 Dark Shadows 1 CGC 8.0: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1731713 Captain America 100 CGC 8.0: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1731209 Batman 251 CGC 6.5: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1731208 Avengers 57 CGC 9.2: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1731207 Avengers 4 CGC 3.0: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1731206 Amazing Spider-Man 61 CGC 9.0: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1732619 Amazing Spider-Man 55 CGC 8.5: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1732618 Amazing Spider-Man 54 CGC 9.2: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1732617 Amazing Spider-Man 51 CGC 8.5: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1732616 Amazing Spider-Man 18 CGC 7.0: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1731711 Amazing Spider-Man 17 CGC 6.0: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1731710 Aliens 1 1st print CGC 9.6: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp&id=1732639

I actually think a beautifully presenting coverless Action 1 with nice page quality and no stupid repro cover breaks $200K.

Possibly. I did that at one point. Gave up when I realized I’d never get to #1 😂

Recent pickup and my only early Action Comics issue now. Well my only Action Comics issue actually. I kinda hate getting it to be honest, because now I want to get more haha. But it’s just sooo damn expensive to be an early Action collector!

No complaints in the Action 7 lite club. That’s good company to be in.