Thwipped

Oh, he will shill anything. He is the OG hype man. That dude is all about the cash. But I FIRMLY believe that he is also about the fans. That dude works 24/7 just to make people like us smile. He may be PT Barnum of our era, but God I love him.

Meh, went to a convention not to long ago and seen it done twenty different ways from twenty different tables. The one that bothered me was the ONE person I was there to see was not allowing CGC or any COA's to be done at his table. When I was at home discussing this with my wife, she put it all in perspective. She said, "So, who cares if you can get it 'properly graded, you got his autograph and that is all you really cared about." She is right. As a fan, I'm not planning on selling my books. They are my personal collection. So getting them witnessed and graded is not SO important. In the context of the post, I think this applies. "Marvel" or whoever doesn't want to saturate the market with speculators. Serves them right to not want that to happen. Was anyone alive in the 1990's? Better question, was anyone collecting comics in the 1990's? I was, it was horrendous. Every other book was a brand new #1 or death or resurrection, and the covers...god, the covers. You had your die-cut, chromium, hologram, colorform, etc. The point is, Marvel went bankrupt because of speculation. They have been there and seen it. Also, listen to my wife, she's a smart bird. You got your signature, you met your hero.