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On 8/31/2023 at 8:18 AM, Catwomancomics said:

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what brand of colored pens were used for your Crain signatures?

Not sure, they were his markers. Sorry!

Edit - I was just in the sketch cover mega thread and there's a pic of clayton holding a spidey sketch cover and you can kind of make out the markers, hope that helps!

Looks like they start with an "s" 

Isn't putting the non-archival comic pro boards with full/half backs defeating the purpose of having an acid free/archival board?

Or does the archival gerber boards neutralize the acidity of the comic pro boards?

Bags are pretty good. 

I'm really interested in how their boards compare with full-backs and half-backs as far as acidity and ph goes, etc. 

Are the comic pro line boards archival quality or just a standard comic board?

Supposedly they're coated on 1 side but looks like different quality between the different sizes, with the 24 pt being 'standard' cheap boards. 

The 28pt and 56pt boards seem like a higher quality SBS cardboard, whatever that is. 

Would be great to have an affordable and available alternative to gerber boards up here in Canada.

Any insight is appreciated?

Thanks gents.  🕷 

Also posted in Spidey thread but I realize not everyone goes there...

By Ken Lashley aka Ledkilla

Love this thread... great books you guys!

I'm just getting into signatures/remarques but I can already tell it gets addicting...sketches next, if the budget allows.

Anyway,  just recently got these signed/remarqued by Ken Lashley at Niagara Falls Comicon and love how they turned out.  

20 hours ago, kobra65 said:

The Amazing Spider-Man #5 CGC 3.0 UK Variant OW/WH Pages- Price $750

Nice book...I

On 5/20/2021 at 2:36 AM, AwesomeSauce said:

It was eating me up inside. I love this cover! So, had to break down and also get 24 in 6.0.

Just read that ish today...great stuff

On 5/15/2021 at 1:16 PM, chrisco37 said:

90 day - 816

Last sale (05/2021) - 927

Thank you. 

As a buyer, are most people looking at the average vs. just the last sale?

I'm also eyeing a #6 cgc 3.0 and 12m average is $675 (6 sales) but there's 1 sale in last 90 days that was $920.

Seems like that one is more the outlier and a more fair price might be somewhere in between. 

Any thoughts on that? 

Man, some of these books are CLEAN. Amazing stuff. 

Anyone able to help a guy out and let me know the gpa for ASM #9 cgc 2.5?

Cheers

16 minutes ago, pickycollector said:

As you said, nobody has a crystal ball so in terms of future investment no one can tell you for sure which books will raise most in value in the next years.

As for which books you should prioritize, the answer is easy: buy the books you like the most (for art, cover, story, whatever) first. This way, you will be happy even if they don't rise in value.

Good advice in theory...but picking favorites between early ASMs is tough...perhaps even tougher than picking your favorite child,  

Hey guys,

Looking for a little advice...

I'm only a handful of issues away from a complete run of ASM #1 - current issue (#865 as of this time of writing). 

The last few issues that remain include some big ones; #2-6, 9, 11, 26, and Annual #1. 

My collection is a reader run, particularly for the early issues, around 1.8 - 5.0 with the earlier/more valuable ones being lower grade, and ideally wanting to have them around 2.0-3.0 depending on cost. 

These all seem to be hitting all time highs...maybe due to pandemic money/downtime but I'm sure they won't return to pre-pandemic levels (they never seem to go all the way back). 

Now I realize no one here has a crystal ball (right?) but my questions for you guys are...

With vaccine rollout the world slowly appears to being going back to normal...should I wait this out and see if things cool down or at least level off a little at this point? 

Of the remaining issues I need are there any I should prioritize? 

In some cases I have a chance to grab some lower grade copied than I would like (for example, a 0.5 annual #1 for around $340.00 USD, cover detached and no back cover). 

Should I just grab what I can get for now and perhaps look at upgrading later...or better to try and find the grades I want? 

Any FYI, I'd never wrack up a credit card...just spending what extra money I'm comfortable with and maybe even selling some non-Spidey PC books to put towards the run. 

Any advice is appreciated. 

Thank you for all the work put into this!!

I flippin' love all these Marcos Martin covers...I wish he had done more Spidey.

On 6/17/2020 at 10:27 AM, Keys_Collector said:

There are still books to be found out there especially in less residential areas.  The skeptical side of my brain does wonder how often some people just say they found something when in reality they've had it for years or paid close to FMV for it....especially when someone has 1 post on this forum and they say "I found a Xmen 266 for a dollar" but it is possible he/she had a good find.

I'm not sure how I only have one post, been on these boards for years...not a big poster but I've even bought and sold here. Seems like my account reset or something?

Anyway, I found the uncanny X-Men #266 in a lot of 20 books for $20. Local seller on Kijiji (Canadian Craig's list). 

You wouldn't believe it but few years ago I found an incomplete action comics #23 (1st Lex Luthor) w/full Superman story for $10 in a local shop that sells items from estate clean outs. 

I wasn't as knowledgable then and didn't know what I even found till I looked it up when I got home. 

There's lots of great books out there if you know where to look. 

Found these locally, buck a piece. Very happy with the score. 

#266 seems to be in great shape, 9.2-9.6 maybe. 

Been a long time since I've been able to go hunting in the wild. Stay safe out there.