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It'd still be original. It's not like he's photocopying them. He's just merely drawing a second copy which would have subtle differences from the first.

On the small Billy's, the shelves are height adjustable. On the large Billy (the tall bookcase), the shelves are adjustable with the exception of the middle shelf. This is to ensure the bookcase retains some rigidity.

yeah, they're just basically upcharging so people can buy a guaranteed cover without having to buy 20 blind bags and risk not getting the book they're interested in. It's kinda like buying Magic or baseball cards in that sense.

My understanding is that all blind bags look the same. There are 15 books which come in 4 varieties: a) trade color b) virgin color c) trade b/w d) virgin b/w. In total, there are 60 unique books in the bags. What the ratio is for the different varieties (if there is one) I'm not sure.

What I meant is that it's not a guarantee to increase the value of a comic. There are mountains of books by great artists whose value has barely been affected. Superman Unchained #1 with an amazing cover by Jim Lee had a cover price of $4.99 and yet I see it on eBay for $2.99. For whatever reason, when I was responding to your post, I was thinking you were making a connection between cover art and book values. But reading back, I see that wasn't the case at all. Instead I combined the topic of your post along with someone further back and the end result was a misunderstanding on my part.

Yeah, but he says he sees "Received" on the submissions page. It's my understanding that when CGC receives books/forms, the book is confirmed and filed away while the form is documented within the CGC computer system. If the book was lost in transit, it would never appear in CGC's submission system at all.

I also think that the lenticular action on these was just not that good. They're sloppy, it's difficult to hold them at any angle to get the complete cover of either version. At least that's my experience with the handful that I picked up. The initial DC lenticular "3D" covers sold well in part because they looked GREAT! These, not so much.  I think a lot of the stories were simply unmemorable. Thanos #13 being the standout as (previously mentioned) included the 1st appearance of the Cosmic Ghost Rider. But otherwise from a story perspective, there was nothing to potentially drive up market value which is probably a greater reason why these books are selling for below cover price. Good cover art doesn't equate to higher market value. As for the quality of the lenticulars themselves, I agree that for whatever reason, the execution was poor. If you look at the Batman/Flash lenticulars for the Button storyline, they were well done. But even a simple cover like Spider-Gwen wasn't pulled off well. For many of the other covers, I think the art was just too busy to lend itself well to the lenticular treatment.

But in this case, the "Received" tracking OP is seeing is on the CGC submissions page which indicates that it has been received and entered into the system by CGC. At this point, it isn't a case of the USPS losing a package. Why it doesn't appear as delivered though on the USPS page is an oddity.

How much are those bagged books worth? X-Force #1? Spider-Man #1? X-Ecutioner's Song? It seems the only bagged book of any value is Superman #75 Platinum Edition. Otherwise it turns out it doesn't matter whether the book remained in the bag or was removed. In either case, they're still $1 bin books.

Tier (also list FastTrack where applicable): Modern S/S TAT as of Receipt Date: 92 Business Days (62 at CCS, 30 at CGC) Number of books: 9 Received CCS: 8/7 At CCS: n/aReceived CGC: 9/17 Verified: TBD Graded: TBD Shipped/Safe: TBD Received (by owner): TBD Tier (also list FastTrack where applicable): Economy TAT as of Receipt Date: 46 Business Days Number of books: 3 Received CCS: n/a At CCS: n/a Received CGC: 9/7 Verified: 10/11 Graded: TBD Shipped/Safe: TBD Received (by owner): TBD Tier (also list FastTrack where applicable): Modern S/S TAT as of Receipt Date: 28 Business Days Number of books: 2 Received CCS: n/a At CCS: n/a Received CGC: 9/6 Verified: 9/25 Graded: 10/1 Grading/QC: 10/10Shipped/Safe: 10/22 (Originally marked Shipped/Safe on 10/12. Delay in shipping due to FedEx being marked as shipping provider. CGC no longer ships via FedEx to my state. Had to call and clear things up) Received (by owner): TBD Total TAT: 27 business days @ CGC (33 business days due to shipping delay)

I just checked my submissions and my books in "Received" have no links. Received means the books are with CGC. If it's prefaced with CCS, then it means the books are with CCS. Everything checks back normal as far as I can tell.

Ironic this post should pop up now considering I just saw this on reddit yesterday.

Ex: "I know you are, but what am I?"

First off, a little tact goes a long way towards establishing a meaningful dialogue on the issue. Devolving into aggressive and argumentative tones is a surefire to way to get sidetracked or to kill a conversation altogether. That said, welcome to the boards. (Oh, and as for the discussion at hand regarding Newton Rings, I believe CGC's primary purpose is certification (and in the case of CGC SS, authentication). Newton rings are an issue, but more so to some than others. I personally don't care as much. So long as the case effectively protects my high value books (something that could admittedly be accomplished with mylites for less money) and CGC is a trusted source to certify/authenticate my books, that's all that really matters to me. I get that some people view it like a picture frame (and no one's gonna buy a picture frame that doesn't clearly showcase what's behind the glass). But, to each their own.)

Never lost a book from CGC, but it seems some books have been stolen while being sent via FedEx so I was thinking of instances like that where insurance would be necessary. As for value, even if you only paid cover price at time of release, what is the estimated FMV today? I suppose no one is a professional grader so whatever the customer determines the value to be should suffice so long as it is reasonable.

Personally it's a matter of insurance value. If you submit a $400 book via Modern, it will only be insured up to $200. Granted, if CGC deems it should be part of a higher tier, then they'll just charge you the difference. So you gotta ask yourself, if it's insured for only $200 and USPS or FedEx loses the package and only offers your $200 compensation, is that okay with you?

The answer to that is a resounding no. The creator or publisher still owns all rights to that character. I have an original piece penciled by Ron Lim and wanted to shrink it down and print a postcard sized copy to leave on my desk and Kinko's wouldn't do it due to copyright laws. Regarding the subject of OP's post, as an owner of several said prints (including the Batman 50 cover/splash), I personally like it as it allows me to own and showcase art that I like. I would obviously prefer the uniqueness of the original art, but I am in no position financially to spend $10k+ on those pieces. The high quality giclee prints and what not definitely fill a niche in the market and for that I'm appreciative.

Yeah, unfortunately, the 4.6 isn't the score the media outlets run with when referencing RT.

Anyone who wants to see it fail (outside of misguided Lady Gaga fans) likely just want to see the property under Marvel Studios control again based on their opinion of the trailers. (At least, that's my position). Had the trailers looked promising, I'd be all for it, but the trailers looked abysmal. Don't get me wrong, I love Venom (the character, have yet to see the movie), and I love Tom Hardy. But I have little faith in Sony's vision for the franchise/shared universe based on the slate of movies they wish to release. Compare that against Logan which had great trailers from the get-go. I don't think many people were rooting against it pre and post-release. Which leads me to believe the hate for Venom isn't predicated on people wanting it under Marvel's control, but more about it just sincerely having a trailer. I view it like a sports team. I love the Chicago Bulls, but I don't think the team has the pieces or coaching staff to be meaningful so long as they're around. Am I wrong to wish the team would go 10-72 just so ownership will finally fire Hoiberg? And so we can position ourselves for the best chance at a 1st pick in the lottery? Sometimes, you love something so much you realize that, like a phoenix, in order for it to rise to something greater, it first needs to burn to ash.

The media has been quoting Cinemascore for a while. No individual movie is going to put RT in the grave or Cinemascore on the map. Frankly, I still believe Metacritic to be the most "accurate" grading system since it actually takes an average of scores.

Murphy's Law. As soon as I post my dissatisfaction with USPS's tracking, the book arrives. I should have complained sooner.

Yikes, I have yet to have an issue with Priority Mail and whenever i've sent items PM, it's always arrived within 2 days. Based on my limited history between Priority Mail and Registered Mail, I would still much prefer my package spending 2 days traveling across the country, than the 7+ days it typically takes to be received via RM. 7 days bouncing around on a truck...lord knows what effect that has on a slab. EDIT: the worst part for me is that for all the talk about how Registered Mail is more secure and has better tracking...my package hasn't been updated in 5 days. So what exactly am I paying extra for?

I dunno, Morbius in a dark Blade-esque style movie might work. I think you need to add depth to the whole "vampire underworld" trope. I'm thinking something along the lines of the political intrigue of the RPG Vampire: The Masquerade and it's "World of Darkness" (as they called it).

I didn't feel like starting my own rant thread was warranted, so I'm just gonna pile onto the USPS complaint train here. (Seems as good a place as any.) At which point do you start feeling concern for your books? I know the obvious answer is "as soon as it leaves my possession", but seriously, there's some level of comfort when it's with CGC because they seem to document books pretty well. But once it's out of their hands and with <insert shipping company here>, then you REALLY don't know what's going on. I fear my book has been circling a 7 square mile radius for the last 5 days. I wonder how long until that delivery truck runs out of gas. (Side note: are "circling" and "radius" the correct nomenclature when discussing an area size based on "square" miles?

This whole time I did Google and eBay searches and apparently I just wasn't searching hard enough. Thank you for this. Now that I know print copies do exist, I will definitely be looking to buy one at some point down the road. $425 is a bit much for the time being, but definitely something to consider the next time eBay has a 20% promo. At this point, there's no room left on that wall for another print, but the completionist in me yearns to get one, even if it just sits in an art folio case.