Professor K

I agree with that. File Copy or Murphy Anderson Collection but not Pedigree status.

53 minutes ago, Phicks said:

Murphy Anderson was a 50s and 60s DC artist.  So he would not have bought the comics off the stand.  He would have just brought them home free from work.

Yes. Even that brings to mind a thought. The term File Copy. I wonder if he was just keeping them as a collector of sorts or if there was a job related reason he kept them. Just curious as to why he kept these until his passing in 2015. Most are at least 8.0 and even 9.4, 9.6's  so he must have had them stored untouched the whole time. Age alone can mess up a book if their not stored well.

Hi, I've read CGC's description of the Murphy Anderson Pedigree Collection but I was wondering if anybody may know more details about it. I remember when many of these hit the blocks last year on Heritage and Comiclink and there were quite a few real nice ones that are on my list but I didn't get any.    Got outbid on Witching Hour 4 and a Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love 2 and a few others I passed on but should have bid.

But there are still some for sale and popping up. Seems like its a pretty darn nice collection.

So any more details such as the oldest to newest, how many are there, are there only one of each, and how did they come to be graded in what seems to be early 2019? Any info is appreciated.

Thanks

I pretty much give up trying to eliminate the glare from this scanner. I don't know if an 8300 will do any better. I'm wondering if I should go to Staples and see if I can scan them there. Of course there is a security risk doing that. 

I have a HP Scanjet 8200 or 8250. Its in flawless condition. But it leaves glare, too much glare.

I like to keep all my graded books categorized and in order so whenever I get a new one the first thing I do is scan it. 

Example of how it leaves glare- First scan is upright in the scanner bed. Heavy glare on the top edge.

Second scan is flipped 180 degrees and there is glare on the bottom eege. Anybody know if there is a simple program to use on a PC to fix this or a suggestion for a scanner which doesn't leave glare.....or any advice at all? Thanks

41 minutes ago, dave32563 said:

Tales to Astonish #44 CGC 5.0 OW Pages $600

52 minutes ago, wombat said:

Can we please stop with this. Its just ridiculous. People are selling and buing comic books. If issues arise they get talked about. We don't ignore it because more important things are going on in the world. There are ALWAYS more important things going on in the world. 

Hi wombat I believe rayb meant from this point on there are more important things. The info is all out on the open about this at this point. That's all. I think, right? It can be discussed for years to come but there won't be any new information coming out as far as I can see.

Another edit: Sure the point of whether or not I did anything wrong can be discussed and opinions offered. I just hope its clear that I did not scam anybody and my motive for doing what I did was not to make a little extra money. Unless some new revalations come to light I believe that aspect of this should be history. 

8 minutes ago, wombat said:

This is not ebay or facebook. Part of the priviledge of selling on the boards is that you follow through with your transactions. The expectation is you are going to make every effort to do so and act in a certain way. If you don't like the expectations then sell somewhere else. 

Every effort? Would sending a 1,700 dollar comic to his old apartment where he used to live be included in that? Would you have done that?

1 hour ago, J2dac said:

 

To kairos.

It was stated in the thread "PayPal Only". I do not have to offer another method. And I think it goes without saying that it must be delivered to an address that matches the one on paypal.  Nobody in their right mind would send something to a different address than whats on the paypal account  regardless of what you say board rules are. In this case however he openly said that he does not live at the address on his paypal anymore. Common sense tells me that is not acceptable either.

And there was discussion before I refunded the money to him, He posted the private text message of me telling him that right here on page one. I told him I was going to refund his money. And based on his reaction to me refunding his money I will not proceed with him anymore. I think I have the right to make that decision. And if I don't according to board rules then so be it.

3 hours ago, DavidTheDavid said:

Hostile sellers in the community are the community’s business.

Ok I'm hostile. Happy? I'm a hostile person. I'm so hostlie. I've sold many comics here with no problems and thousands of comics in my life. I decide to not proceed with 1 sale due to shipping address concerns and that makes me very hostile. So its good that you are warning people about me. You're doing good. 

3 minutes ago, kairos70 said:

The problem I have with the seller is that he didn't give the buyer any other options after finding the shipping address discrepancy. That too me is shady. It's like the seller was looking for any excuse that would relieve him of having to complete the sale and unfortunately for the buyer one excuse popped up immediately. If possibly losing money to Paypal because the buyer was attempting fraud was the issue then removing Paypal from the equation would have been an obvious remedy. Certified bank check or postal money order are payment options that could have been utilized to protect the seller. There should have been some type of discussion before canceling the sales agreement. I don't think that suspicion the buyer is "up to something" is strong enough to justify canceling the sale. Now the "up to something" suspicion is transferred back to the seller because of the shifting reasons for not going through with the sale. It was a really nice looking WWBN #32 and I think the buyer was deprived of the opportunity to buy this copy. Not giving the buyer another payment option and selling the slab to another buyer is PL worthy IMO.

You know what? Maybe we could have proceeded after I refunded his money and he then updated his paypal info. But it never got to that point because he got all dramatic about it once I refunded the money. And I don't want to do business with someone like that. What some of you are people seem to disregard is that it is my comic. And if I choose not to sell it to someone that my right. 

Anyone accusing me of refunding his money because somebody else offered me more money is making an assumption. There is no evidence at all that I did that. 

And no one is going to pay 1850.00 for a 9.0 WWBN 32 right now on a private forum. Its selling for less than that on ebay right now.

It is crystal clear that there was issues with the shipping address. I had a choice. Either send it to an address which doesn't match his paypal account or send it to an apartment where he used to live and let whoever lives there now sign for it. At that point I chose to simply refund the money in the hopes that he wouldn't behave as if I stole one of his kidneys. Like I said this person has no posts here. I do not know him at all.  And Paypal really doesn't care about tracking these days if a buyer makes a claim. In most cases they will side with the buyer. So yes based on that I decided to bail. And I would do it again especially now that I see how the buyer is behaving. A deal fell through. It happens. Its not some sort of tragic event.

I broke no rules and did nothing unethical. I simply refunded his money right after the shipping address issue came up.  I made a decision based on experience and common sense.

If the buyers shipping information was up to date he would have had his comic and I would have my money. But you don't see me going on the internet trying to get him suspened from a website and  complaining how he screwed me over. He is the one who caused this not me. 

I have one called Amazing Fantasy #15 with some sort of man-spider on the cover. That might be worth 150.00. 

Looks old.

16 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said:

Lucky you!

But in all seriousness if he got a better offer after he made the deal then it is shady

But there are alot of scammers out there as I have explained previously.

I think this could have been handled in private...

Me personally, I spend several thousands of dollars to buy books and I want to have all my eggs in a row and all my ducks in one basket before I pull the trigger on something, and I want both the buyer and seller to be happy long after the deal is done

Hi thank you. If the case is that I got a better offer after J2 paid me then I guess I got pretty lucky that an issue arose with the shipping address which gave me an excuse to refund his money. And I feel sending an expensive comic to an address which the buyer no longer lives could be considered an issue. For all I know meth heads live at his old address. Its not exactly Beverely Hills up there.

So I guess I got lucky that he gave me an excuse to refund his money in order to sell it to another for 150.00 more. Either that or I'm psychic.

And it was handled in private, but then he decided to come here and make it the whole worlds business. And instead of people telling him to relax he's out no money and its only damn comic book which is very plentiful they decide to accuse me of scamming him. Now I'm stuck here defending myself to a bunch of strangers.

I'm older than you. I know this because I looked you up. 1,700 dollars is a lot of money to me.

I sent your money back 100% right after you informed me that you do not live at the residence listed on your paypal account anymore. I don't know you. I don't know who lives at that old apartment now. You're probably an honest hard woking good person.  Next time keep your paypal information up to date and this won't happen.  I'm sorry that this has you so upset. 

And while youre here can you explain to the nice people here who are accusing me of raising the price posted from 1,700.00 to 1850.00 then selling it to someone else for 1850.00 that the asking price on the post was 1,850.00 the entire time. 

And I'm not decieving anybody. You do not live at the residence in which you want me to ship the comic. I'm not taking that chance.  I will not do that. How many times do I have to say this? 

So if you feel the need to try to make it so I can't sell here anymore go ahead if it will make you feel better.  I'm as straight up as it gets when it comes to buying and selling comics on any platform but when it comes to private sales with people I don't know and an issue arises with the shipping address I choose to err on the side of caution which I believe I have the right to do. And its nothing personal at all. 

1 hour ago, NP_Gresham said:

Probably not here.

If you have other venues you might want to send your books there from now on.

Unless you were a turd there as well?

 

Explain how I was a turd? I refunded his money for the reason I've stated. I do realize that a lot of you on this board are just bored and I understand very well the way mob mentality works. But why don't you elaborate, be specific about how I was a turd. Can you do that? Are you capable? I have faith in you, you can do it. And for all of you - Tell me exactly what rule I broke here? A person with no history here wants me to send an expensive comic to an apartment where he no longer resides after he had already wanted me to send it to an address that doesn't match his paypal account. I chose not too. So maybe one of you who know so much about so much could tell me exactly what rule or law I broke. 

I told him before he paid very clearly that he needs to sign for this book upon delivery. So tell me how can he sign for it if he doesn't even live there?

17 minutes ago, DavidTheDavid said:

Yes.

Well I would expect that from a 12 or 13 year old girl but I'm assuming you are a grown adult. Yes I decided not to sell to someone and I was very clear on my reasons. My comic, my money, my risk, my decision. Its between me and him and has nothing to do with anybody here. Here is how grown adults act: A deal didn't go though and they deal with it like adults.  They don't go on message boards crying about it. "oh boo hoo the bad man wouldn't selll me his comic everybody pity me". Again that would be normal for 13 year old girls but not for grown adult men. If you disagree with my reason for not selling him the comic thats fine. But it wasn't your comic and it wasn't your money at risk was it?  So I'm asking you please to mind your own business and stop trying to start trouble for me. Can you do that please?

6 hours ago, DavidTheDavid said:

Hostile seller.

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/466753-professor-chaos-so-unprofessional/

 

Yeah I'm real  hostile. So you like starting trouble for people you don't know? Kind of like what a troll does? Yeah david I decided not to sell somebody a comic and mail it to a residence where they don't live. That makes me so hostile. Is your life so pathetic that you have nothing else better do to than try and start trouble for people? I've sold many comics here for fair prices and every buyer was happy including the person who bought this FF 45 when it was sold.. If I chose not to sell to someone with no posts and a questionable shipping address thats my business and has nothing to do with you. Are you really that desperate for attention? 

 The answer is yes that was a factor in my decision to call it off.  And I have made it clear here repeatedly the same reason in detail as to why I chose not to proceed.  And if the person simply kept his shipping address up to date on paypal this would not have happened. Again my comic, my risk, my decision. I'm sorry so many of you have a problem with me not sending an expensive comic to an apartment which the buyer no longer resides and hope whoever lives there now and signs for it and gives it to him.  I've sold thousands of comics in my life. Thousands. 99 % of the time all goes well. Sometimes deals don't go through and you simply deal with it. 

4 hours ago, wombat said:

This should be unacceptable. Plenty of terrible excuses why the sale was pulled, but nothing valid.

Valid?  My book. I wasn't good with sending to the buyers old address and he'll pick it up there. My decision. I don't know him and he has no posts on this board prior to "I'll take it" on my post. To me the only shenagins here was asking me to send it to an address not on his paypal then asking me to send it to an address where he does not live. I don't take chances like that with that kind of money and with people I do not know at all especially how easy it is for a seller to got robbed now using paypal. If I get bad vibes, even a whiff that something isnt right, I'm out.

And now in this sewing circle I'm even getting accused  by know it alls of upping the price after the agreement was made. I've sold a lot of comics here and never had a problem. I've always accepted reasonable offers and everyone was happy every time.

Most people would say OK no sale and move on. Its not like theres a shortage of WWBN 32's out there. 

So here is what's valid to me: My comic, my money, my risk. I made a decision. I returned the money. I was leary just selling to a person with no posts, then when the shipping address issue arose I decided not to proceed. Again my comic, my money, my risk, my decision.  Nothing shady about that.

Did I change the price on the post from 1700 to 1850 after we agreed on 1700? Yes or no please?

10 minutes ago, comicdonna said:

Yes.  

Ok, Why don't you ask Jsdac if I changed the price from 1,700.00 to 1850.00 AFTER he posted I'll take it or if we agreed on the price 1,700 from an original asking price of 1,850.? Ask him here in public if thats what I did. Ok Detective. Ask him if that is what I did.

9 minutes ago, J2dac said:

I think weirdos are people that post books for sale then they cancel the agreement without telling the other party Then come up with three different reasons why they did that all the while saying they don’t care what people think and then go on to justify everything to them. WEIRDO

9 minutes ago, J2dac said:

I think weirdos are people that post books for sale then they cancel the agreement without telling the other party Then come up with three different reasons why they did that all the while saying they don’t care what people think and then go on to justify everything to them. WEIRDO

I'm ending this now . I was NOT comfortable sending an expensive comic to an address in an apartment complex where YOU DON'T LIVE. Update your paypal shipping address to where you actually reside and maybe this won't happen again. I didn't sell you the comic. You got your money back 100% . Just deal with it. 

Just now, comicdonna said:

There's no assumption.  All the facts are here in black and white.   Also, I just asked my wife if she thought I was a weirdo and she said no, so there...

So the facts are that I changed the price on the post from 1700 to 1850 after the buyer said he'll take it for 1700? I then sold it to another person for 1850 and refunded the buyers 1700 immediately? I want it to be clear exactly what you are accusing me of. So is that it detective? Is that correct? Try to answer that directly please?

On 4/4/2020 at 6:17 PM, comicdonna said:

The reason you refunded is, someone else agreed to pay you an extra $150  

What are you a weirdo? I told him and I told you why I refunded it. You really shouldn't be accusing people of dishonesty especially when you have no facts to back it up. And an assumption is not a fact. I didnt feel comfortable sending the comic to an address where he does not live in an apartment complex in a city. That was my decision.