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Yeah, definitely could;ve been handled better (though paying him would have been a very nice gesture, not required to resolve the situation. Any attempt to help him, within stated parameters, would've done the job, unless as speculated this has something to do with something else).

Sorry, I'll try a closer in shot with an arrow, but yes, on the very edge of the spine, right where front cover meets back cover. (incidentally I guess it's a good sign you can't tell ) EDIT: Here it is

The only downside is your just making people ask to fondle the merchandise, they can still jack it up once in their hands. Maybe put out a sole copy, for people who can't take a little care and for those who browse with care to have a look before buying.

I have to agree. This is definitely a disproportional response. Though not uncommon these days

Awesome, thank you!

Added Paypal as payment option

Not to use for the price, just to ID the wheat from the chaff. Maybe I'm just old, but I find running my finger down a list off all the numbers easier than searching on mycomicshop. Pricing-wise, ebay makes the most sense

New pics out of the bag

I've been doing this for a little while now myself. Mostly through ebay sold listings, but those can be tricky because running the same search different days or times sometimes delivers different results. So I'll get an average sold price, then look up the book again, and I can't even find one of the sold listings I found the previous attempt. The other thing to be wary of, is that the prices you'll find are entirely based on the condition of the book, and if you haven't scrutinized a comic before, you may be starting with an inflated number compared to your actual book. If they aren't really old, then they need to be just about perfect. FN-2199 had a good suggestion using the Overstreet price guide just to identify the one book out of a run of 100 that might be worth more than the rest. That price probably won't be the going rate, but at least you'll know which ones to start checking.

Granted, the COA books I have came from Marvel, but the COA specifically states unconditionally guaranteed authentic signatures. Anyway, it is certain that SS is far more reliable than a COA because the methodology makes it not only harder but less worth forging.

I agree that's the point. That's the point of a COA too. That doesn't mean the witness is integrity inviolate. There's a mention ITT of an ex-witness doing something shady and an allusion to shadier things. The SS label is much more secure than a paper COA, but it isn't invulnerable, nothing is.

Not for the better IMO, but no one asked me before changing them.

You aren't guaranteed it's an authentic signature. You're just believing the witness witnessed what he said he did. It isn't different in that respect than a COA. The only extra protection you have over a forged COA is that it's harder to forge a yellow label slab than photoshop a fake COA. However, you really don't have any proof the witness didn't sign it him/her self. I've got a few books with COAs that I got through ordering from Marvel. Only I know that for sure, and that is a matter of trusting that the company or the creator did what they said. The only way to know if it's an authentic signature is to witness it yourself.

Oh yeah? Well a 9.8 Supreme 1 Silver Foil 9.8 sold on ebay for $70.... in march

I think what he means is that out of the $100 the book goes for, $X goes to cover the time spent to pay back the OO for the legwork, so the value of the book itself isn't $100, it just goes for that in order to cover costs. I don't really think his distinction has merit because recouping costs is factored into every slabbed book's cost, whether it's Flash 1 or Avengers 1. it only makes a difference percentage-wise

Very nice

Very cool. If you don't mind a little critique, I agree with kav on making SS bigger (creates more distance between foreground and background, putting him right in our faces). Also just a suggestion, turn the board a little so we see the underside and put the surfer in a bit of perspective, so he seems like he's about to surf right off the page. Great design and composition!

I would pick the one that fits best in composition, and time you allotted/charged for drawing.

First appearances are the comic equivalent of rookie baseball cards. If that ceases to be of value, then that would mean all comics would be worth the same, except for limited runs, wouldn't it?

Shipping CONUS

Good to know. I didn't mean a witness for each creator, more like just hang around creator alley or whatnot

I wonder why the witnesses don't post up by the creators all day, wearing a cgc t-shirt.

Sorry, right, 2nd X-Men work.

I don't really understand the shipping rates either, other than, because they can. Properly packaged, 15 can fit in a USPS medium flat rate box to get there, for $8-14. $50-something to get them back seems precious.

The amount of books matters for that day up to that time. I doubt or would hope they don't leave books at the convention hall all three days. Shouldn't be too difficult to look through the forms from that day up to that point to find a particular combination of books. I could be wrong though. The biggest assumption I made is Starling having the identity of the books. In whatever case, the best thing to do IMO, is offer whatever assistance you can within the confines of internal and legal obligations. A polite explanation as to what the rules you have are, and why you can't break them, with an offer to do what you can is how that situation could be handled. Assuming (oops I did it again ) he's not totally unreasonable, he should understand why they can't go around divulging customer contact information, and what CGC's limited role is in the whole process - ie what they have control over and what they don't. An I'll help within these parameters but can't promise anything would have gone a long way.