ExNihilo

I put the windowed bag with the board flap in another bag for shipping/handling purposes (whatever makes the life of your facilitator easier). Basically I'll provide the windowed bag laid out here, then I'll also provide a "finished" bag/board which is for the book after it's been signed and is ready to be shipped to CGC. If I recall correctly rules were put in place that books had to be sent to CGC in regular bag/boards, not windowed bags. On the back of the boards in the finished bag will be my name, book, signatures, and my mailing address. Both the windowed bag and the finished bag then get put in an outer bag. This way everything is in one tidy place for the facilitator.

There was a short span where I bought into the "new character" hype. I bought up a few copies of Spider-Gwen #24 (or whatever the first Gwenom appearance was). I bought a few copies of Action Comics #1000 because of that new villain. I quickly learned that trying to get a read on what first appearances will take off and which won't is a fools errand and now i'm just back to collecting what I like to read. Guess I'll just wait for King's Batman/Catwoman limited series to finally come out. (it is a limited right? not slated as an ongoing?)

I dropped off after King's run ended because it seemed like a natural jumping off point. Does this mean I need to go back and fill in some 15 odd issues just to get caught up. >_<

So if you stop paying, what features do you lose then? I downloaded the free version which just allows you to create a database of up to 100 comics. I suppose if you stopped paying does that mean you would just lose the ability to add new books?

Didn't CLZ used to have a lifetime subscription option at one point? Did they recently change to an annual fee business model? It would make sense since they probably make more money that way.

Pretty sure it's not because that guy won and paid for his 5 pieces already. That guy's good for his money. Plus I think he was mostly interested in the Dark Knights Metal pieces.

So i've turned my book into something more rarified. I've taken a normal book and moved myself into a category with more limited supply. But by doing so, i've also reduced the demand on my book because not every collector is out there looking for a signed book. The fact that fewer of something exist, doesn't necessarily make it better. There are fewer copies of Hickman's X-Men #1, but that doesn't make it more valuable than Chris/Jim/Scotts. It's the content that drives it. Wolverine #1 in a 10 or Hulk #181 in a 9.8? I'm taking the 9.8. At the end of the day it boils down to what makes you happy. For me, it just became an expensive part of the hobby that I didn't necessarily enjoy the way I thought I would. But if you enjoy sigs on your books, then go for it. All I can offer is the personal experience I went through of going from wanting books signed, to not wanting them signed. (Again, moderns excluded because they're easy to replace.)

Surprised Jim didn't just offer it up to the next highest bidder. Seems like it would have been the easiest way to deal with it.

As someone who joined the boards b/c I was looking to get books signed and what not, here's my . I've been collecting comics for 30 years at this point. Recently (whenever it was I joined these boards) I decided I was in a good enough financial position to go out and buy some of those expensive books I always dreamed of having as a kid. One of those books was a Silver Surfer #1 (SS is my absolute favorite character of all time). Well, I went out and I bought a CGC 7.5 blue label and I went and got it signed by Stan and Joe Sinnott. The sigs are great. Fantastic placement and both in silver (because he's the Silver Surfer, not the Gold Surfer). I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't happy with the book. I just pulled it out and looked at it and I love it. But I'd also be lying if I didn't tell you that I wish I had a blue label to go with it. So many books are signed these days that it feels like the number of high grade blue label books keeps shrinking. And if you're thinking about resale down the road, a blue label is going to have a larger market for demand than a yellow label. Mind you, I only feel this way about older keys (Giant Size X-Men included). Print runs on key modern books are so high that it hardly matters, not to mention their values are "cheap" to begin with. If I get X-Men #1 signed by Jim, Scott, and Chris, I can just as easily find a replacement for less than $10. (okay, terrible example since it's the highest printed book of all time). But Batman #608 is the same. 'Tec 880 might be a little more difficult to replace, but you get the idea. They're cheaper to find blue labels than me going out and buying a blue SS#1 or you finding another Giant Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.4. Long story short, I would say no, don't get it signed. Besides, have you seen Chris' sig? It's not what I would call...legible.

Are you submitting through CGC? Or through comicsketchart? Send it off to comicsketchart as they are official facilitators. They should get you squared away so you only pay for one submission form.

All fees (short of shipping) are listed on the CGC page. Generally, you first need to determine a rough estimate for what your book is worth. That determines whether it's a Value/Economy/Standard/Express book. If it happens to be under $200 and is more recent, then it'll fall under Modern. The reason for doing this is because that's basically the insured value should something happen to your book while in the care of CGC. Similarly, if you're submitting a book signed/witnessed by a CGC rep, then you would select the table for CGC Signature Series. And if you want to know how much pressing costs, then that's the table for CCS. https://www.cgccomics.com/submit/services-fees/cgc/ Shipping is separate and that table is located on the form itself (which someone has posted elsewhere).

The answer is no. Early on when I was uninformed, I sent an Incredible Hulk 271 in for pressing/slabbing. Well, apparently it had a readers crease and the highest grade I got was a 7.0. For the life of me I still have no idea what they're talking about, because the book looks immaculate. Yours has a color break which must mean even with a press, it's still going to have a white line which will negatively impact the grade.

Wake me when we start talking Palladium.

I dunno what Raf's normal art rates are, but I'd say it's a combination of two things: 1) it's for a charity so people are more giving, 2) it's Phantasm, I think it's a very popular character that fans of the 90s don't see enough of. It looks like a great piece to me.

JSC now contributing a piece to the cause as well.

Via Instagram, Bryan Hitch will now be contributing a piece to the cause as well. Happy to see other artists get in on this and now I'm starting to wonder how many might contribute a piece (and their time) before all is said and done. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xdzB2Hl4L/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

To me it's a matter of maximum protection and authentication. With that said, I only slab yellow label signatures and key books. Even then, I have a number of raw books in top loaders or MyLite2/FB/Archival Mylar/FB. In my case, cost eventually factored into my decision. And when it came to modern books, grade did as well. With so many copies of Batman Adventures #12 in NM or better condition, it didn't make much sense to slab my VF copy. For me, just having a copy was more important than the grade. Basically, save yourself some money and only slab what's important to you.

What's the max deduction you can take from charitable donations? I know they put a cap on mortgage deductions, but not sure if one exists for charities. Also, this is probably selfish of me, but i hope there's a limit of 1 winning bid for the entirety of the auction. It'd be terribly unfair for one rich person to just come in and put a $20k bid on every auction and win all 60. I mean, at the end of the day it's great for the charity, but as a fan, it just gives me this false hope that I even have a chance. :\

I had hoped some of these might be "affordable", but seeing the prices, that's clearly out the window. Original art by Jim is damn near the top of my list of grail items at this point. I'd venture that a page from his Batman run inked by Scott is at the very top.

Prepared foods cannot be donated due to sanitation/contamination fears. Raw food sitting in fridges should be allowed for donations.

Not universal, but I saw photos of other restaurants that gave their employees food to take home. My best guess, the employees probably took some, but the large majority was hopefully donated to a food bank (similar to what Disney did with all the excess food at its parks).

To give employers time to sort out a plan. Telling people to just go home immediately creates a lot of confusion for staff members.

This is why I prefaced my other comment with rules about cameos/first appearances.

(all else being the same...in other words, rules applying to cameo/first appearance are the same) (arrows indicate if tie) Release date => Publishing date ==> Arc order Oh sorry, what I meant to say was whatever book I actually have = first appearance.