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But if some of the anecdotes are true that have been shared in this thread even THAT isn't full proof. Process breakdowns seem To happen.

Yeah... and you are right. If this was a court, then CGC would be not guilty. but from a PR/Service POV they messed up and no worries cost themselves a lot of future money, in this case they should have done the equivalent of settle out of court, are they required no...is it good business sense...yes.

That's a fair point of course. In the end the market dictates the value of witnessed vs authenticated etc. some will be risk adverse and not collect anything but witnessed sigs...other are less risk adverse and will go for authenticated or even raw. None of these is right or wrong.

Amazing that all of this could have been avoided by the lady at CGC giving him $100 or so to cover what he got stiffed. Awful awful decision making by those on the scene.

TEC 27 TMNT 1 Hulk 181 ASM 129 Giant size xmen 1

Which is of course your opinion and one you are entitled too, however others would disagree with you and in the market place feel more comfortable buying it rather than raw. i also think the concept beats the green label. I don't like the fact that the same label that can say that something is missing from a book is the one used for a non witnessed signature. the market doesn't treat non witnessed sigs the same as witnessed, whether they be green label, raw or the competition. In the end, market dictates value.

Which is why the different labels. I mean I'm no expert but watching authenticators on some of the reality shows they can get reasonably close. The lack of witness or a 100% authentic would thus lower market price accordingly.

Maybe so...I'm just saying that signatures can be authenticated. I mean maybe CGC needs a seperate option to validate signatures but not have the same label as the witnessed series. The current policy only drives people with already signed books to their competitors.

Yeah. I have several books signed by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee from 27 years ago.... multiple books and all signed for free. Times did change

Maybe... but then why can't a COA be enough to validate the signatures?

Sadly I think it would take 5-6 years in financing for me to pay that off right now...Damn student loans!

It is also beautiful...but 129 is one of my grail books especially in that condition. I wish I had the money for it.

Damn.... that's beautiful.

It will go through the roof IF the character is well loved by the general public...If the movie sucks and the character unlikable then it won't.

I loved The adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Cause many of us who want it don't have a spare $14,500 sitting around

Lol...yeah as I just re-read it I saw that. Call me embarrassed. Good deal...I just don't have the cash right now.

What is the asking price?

1 raw

Thanks!

Which characters?

No it was a legitimate question. The picture looked like a printed cover hence the question.

The comics or the kids? ;-)

Any idea on how many of the venom variants are gonna be printed?

Where is the sketch?