valiantman

To play devil's advocate, it's hard to believe "there's no shame in it" in anything that has to be described as "there's no shame in it" We all benefit from capitalism, but kids don't know that. Even a third of adults don't realize that it's still better than every other option, at least for now. If Roy posted in this thread he'd defend the anti-capitalist perspective. That will change eventually once automation starts significantly decreasing the value of human labor, but I'll be pretty shocked if I live to see that. My kids might. Whining and jealousy are much older than capitalism and artificial intelligence. "I want it", "I want it now", "I want it for free", and "I don't like when others get what I want" are children's thoughts. It's sad when they're still stuck in adult heads.

To play devil's advocate, it's hard to believe "there's no shame in it" in anything that has to be described as "there's no shame in it" Babies can't physically hold on to candy, so there's no shame in taking it from them.

Unless it's a 9.8, then it's worth slabbing. It's profitable to sell CGC 9.8 slabs for books that are meaningless, but that doesn't make them meaningful. Nothing books in perfect condition are still nothing books. How do you know a book is meaningless? If the CGC 9.6 isn't worth slabbing, then the book is meaningless. A CGC 9.8 of that same book is just a prettier copy of meaningless. Profitable? Yes. Meaningful? Not in the slightest. Books can become meaningful over time. Some keys aren't keys until it's understood later how important they were. But until a CGC 9.6 has enough value to be worth slabbing, the book (in any condition) is meaningless and most will stay that way. Time can also do the reverse, and books that had value as CGC 9.6 in the past can become meaningless. This happens often. Hype dies down, buyers move on to the next thing, and "meaningful" books become meaningless.

A CGC 9.6 condition of this book would definitely be worth slabbing, therefore this book is not meaningless. By contrast, there are CGC 9.6 slabbed books which are worth less than $20, indicating that the book inside is meaningless, and every copy raw or slabbed of the book in any condition is also meaningless.

In the 2 replies that were posted when you wrote this ... or any since.

Since it's unlikely to happen, I'll just say that there was a pretty cool "fan fiction" hypothesis that if Thrawn could be somehow delayed (time dilation, faster-than-light travel) in his return to the Star Wars galaxy, he could arrive AFTER the events of Rise of Skywalker and be the new Star Wars "big bad" post-Emperor.

Looking for the Good Girl Art...

If a book isn't worth slabbing in CGC 9.6 (or lower), it isn't worth slabbing at all, because it is a meaningless book. At least 2,200,000 slabs fit this description.

Exactly the point of this topic.

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I don't see any examples of books that aren't meaningless in these replies.

Brian Fray?

EDIT: Since the point wasn't clear to all, if a graded CGC 9.6 condition of a particular book would be worthless (not worth the cost of grading), and only a CGC 9.8 has enough value to justify getting the book graded, then the book itself is meaningless... and there's no reason to grade any of them.

... using devices in orbit that make it possible for groups like flat earth societies to thrive all around the globe.

Would it make sense that the cargo/crates/

They matched the original 1991 Thrawn close enough for me. I've had a vague image in my memory since the books came out.

This will sell for a lot of money when people realize it predicted Russell Brand and Katy Perry back in 1993.

Since there's not a CPV on Wolverine #1, does that mean Wolverine #2 CPV is the first Canadian Wolverine for Wolverine who is Canadian?

Anything "not worth submitting to CGC" is likely to pull down the CGC average if we could get every existing copy graded. We should expect most raw books existing after the 1960s to still be "not worth submitting to CGC".

I don't think it's necessary to have at least a CGC 6.5 to have an above average copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962). A universal CGC 3.5 is probably always going to be average on Amazing Fantasy #15, so everything from CGC 4.0 to CGC 6.0 would also be above average (besides everything 6.2 or higher since the book is from 1962). If there are books that primarily survived as part of high grade warehouse/file copies, then above average would probably need to be higher than the year, but generally speaking, those situations (like Gaines copies of E.C. Comics) still work fairly well with the "above the year" grade guidance. Shock SuspenStories #1 (1952) has 170 CGC universal graded copies and averages 5.9. There are multiple copies of CGC 9.8 and even a CGC 9.9 for this book. We would predict 5.2 (or CGC 5.5) as the line for average, so CGC 6.0 would be predicted to be above average. Mad #22 (1955) has an average CGC universal grade of 7.0, so it doesn't match the expectation, but there may be lots of raw copies ungraded that would bring the average down and a graded 7.0 is not significantly different than a graded 6.0, if you're trying to get above 5.5 (for 1955). Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon (1969) is definitely an outlier (basically 100% warehouse copies), since CGC 7.0 is at the bottom of the CGC census even though 7.0 is higher than 6.9 (1969). Who knows how many copies are raw... but it would take hundreds of lower graded copies to be CGC graded to significantly pull the CGC average down from the current 9.47.

I guess I answered my own question... ... my shirts would not have qualified for "this is neat..."

You can... like this... @gpanalysis

I'm curious if this hobby has obvious ways to prevent counterfeiting? Lots of retro shirts are printed, and many washes and artificial wear could easily make them look 40 years old. Does anyone know if there's a "reference guide" on how to identify originals?

I guess one good thing that comes out of this particular collectible (as a memory) is that I never had any shirts with value in the first place. My entire wardrobe in the 1980s was just child's size versions of whatever my Dad wore. I don't think anyone's paying thousands of dollars for this yet, are they?