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I believe AmEx gift cards work in PayPal (though, I'm unsure what happens should it exceed that balance). I suppose at that point it should draw down the balance from your PayPal account or it will withdraw from the attached bank account. You'll want to reach out directly to Kevlar via the email address provided (sales@twincitiescomics.com) just to make sure he has room/availability. Once you've got that confirmed along with the price sorted out, you'll want to prep your books according to his handy guide below. After that you send out your books to Twin Cities Comics along with your payment.

Stan has an upcoming signing in July and August, but I suspect you already knew that since you responded to Kevlar's post regarding facilitating said signings.

It's saying the last sale for a similar book was in 2008 and sold for $125. But those prices kinda seem all over the place to me. It also doesn't indicate who signed that particular book. A 9.9 of that book sold for $97 a few months ago so a 9.4 is gonna go for considerably less. Plus whatever Coipel's signing fee's are. That being said, $49 is actually probably in the ballpark, possibly less. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thor-1-September-2007-Coipel-Sketch-Variant-CGC-Certified-9-9/401532150917?hash=item5d7d2e6485:g:mTgAAOSwlSBa60kD

@DocHoppus182 I sure wish all my "small stacks" were that nice.

I haven't read Batman 50 yet (so please no spoilers), but I received these all today. I normally wouldn't post "a new release", but Middleton's covers are simply more breathtaking in person than in an online image. As soon as I opened the package and saw the covers, I knew instantly that they were well worth the money. I also have a copy of Batgirl 24 waiting for me to pick up the next time I stop by my LCS. Can't wait. Jim Lee knows how to draw Batman and Catwoman. I remember "the kiss" in Batman: Hush. To me, that page is iconic and will live on in my memory years from now. As soon as I saw his Batman 50 cover, I knew that it too would be iconic for me 20-30 years from now. (I'm not saying it'll be iconic to everyone...but at the very least to me it will be).

Wasps introduction/fight scene was very good.

There might have been some cussing. (I remember there were some swear words in the first movie but can't quite recall with the second one). But other than that, it should be perfectly fine for 10 year olds.

It's probably a large collection of Ghost Rider.

Not how one had hoped to head off into the weekend. Bummer. RIP.

Correct. If there's a pedigree copy of Our Army at War #100 CGC 9.0 w/ White pages, and a non-pedigree'd copy also 9.0 W, those books are the same value to me. I don't attribute any additional value to it, but I can understand how some people would. I think a pedigree book comes under additional scrutiny (as does the entire collection). It just feels like an added assurance into the quality of the book you are buying. I think it's a case of "to each their own". My views are shaped by my age and financial limitations. The book, contents, and condition of the book are more important to me than where it came from and who owned it before. I don't know who James Hilton and George Olshevsky are. And I only know the name Edgar Church by way of the Mile High Collection. Beyond that, I don't know what they did or why they're famous (I suspect they're old comic book creators from the Golden Age?). I also suspect that a dwindling number of collectors 50 years from now will recognize those names as well. But like I said, if you told me Stan Lee had a collection, I might pay a premium on the book knowing that Stan owned it, but again cost would be my primary limiting factor.

Yeah, but it makes no sense to me. Just because a series of books were all original owner, why should it get some special pedigree annotation. Now, if you were to tell me something was authenticated as "Original Owner, Stan Lee Pedigree" or "Jim Lee Personal Collection" then yeah, I could see that adding value. But I honestly don't get why value is attributed to "San Francisco Pedigree". It's the same book as any number of other ones on eBay or auction sites except for the fact that it's OO, high grade, large collection, and old. I'm sure you could find the same set of requirements out there somewhere, just not all in one place. What happens when a pedigree book gets split up at auction? It's no longer original owner. You know where it came from originally, but the book is the same to me. If I can find a similarly graded book elsewhere for less, I'll take it. I personally have no special attachment towards pedigree premiums.

I was never big on the Antman franchise to begin with, but both movies have been enjoyable. They're not the best movies. They're not deep or intellectual. It's just a good, fun summer film. It's one of those movies that you play in the background at home while you're cooking or doing chores and then pop your head in and stop what you're doing and say "oh, this is a good part" before continuing what you were doing. That being said, the villain is bland to the point that I look back and it feels like "the villain of the week" from a show like Smallville or Agents of SHIELD season 1.

Ugh, now there's virgin covers of ASM#800. And by the looks of the photo, he used better sharpies with better signature placement. That's irritating.

Does this mean I should start slipping in $20 bills with my submissions?

Bought some books from KryptoMayor. Books came lightning quick and packaged really well. Even came a with a few surprises. I only wish I had been quicker on the draw with some of the other books in his sales thread. Thanks!

Argh, been eyeing these. Suppose I'll take both.

My thoughts exactly.

And then when you go to re-sell it you forget to re-bag it and the sticker remains. Thus the sticker fulfills its destiny and completes the circle of life.

LOL. This was the Simpsons at its best (like up through season 7). Classic.

Two boardies. Two wasted questions of the day.

I'm not saying what can and can't happen. I mean, someone extremely ill informed and careless with their money could walk into a store and go "oh wow! Stan Lee!" and drop $1000 for the book. I mean, I've read stories about drunk people doing much worst. But I think you'd be hard pressed to sell the book for that much (at this time) when similar books are selling for under $300. This is up on eBay for another 3 hours and it's currently at $101. See how much that sells for and that should give you a rough idea of the market rate. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Secret-Wars-8-CGC-Stan-lee-9-0-Venom-Origin/153084078893?hash=item23a485ab2d:g:~DEAAOSwjiFbOmVG

Perhaps. Yeah, X-Men: Gold #30 was a wedding issue as well. I never thought about the parallels that both issue 30's are wedding issues until you put Gold in parentheses. I will say this though, the cover to X-Men (vol2) #30 is one of the more iconic X covers to me.

I can't believe they reprinted X-Men #30. Isn't that a dollar bin book? I've got at least 3 copies.

Book is raw and was just released last week so no slabbed copies exist yet. eBay user: supremejoog Like I said, it appears to be a shill account due to minimal activity and an absence of items for sale. Also, the fact that they didn't even have a copy of the book for sale themselves tells me that it's a secondary account. For what it's worth, I went ahead and added the user to the eBay Blocked thread as well. Thanks for the advice.

supremejoog I set a BIN price below other listed books in order to attempt to sell quickly. supremejoog sent me an eBay message telling me to increase the price on a BIN item so I wouldn't "mess it up for other sellers". Seems to largely be a shill account.