Nathan81

I have the comic book lying on top of a black school folder. Someone in another post thought it was part of the book I was asking about.

I have a first print of Bone 4, that Jeff Smith signed and drew on at a comic con in 94 or 95. The biggest condition problem I see is on the back cover, upper right. Could that be pressed out, or could the book be pressed at all with the signature? There's also a small bend on upper right of front cover with possible color break that's hard to see (I can't tell if it's a color break or a whitish line from the art). Also, because of the signature, I know I'd get a qualified grade if CGC graded it, so if I was going to sell, would it be better to sell ungraded?

No problem. It does have an especially glossy cover.

it is out of the bag; it's resting on the bag and board. You're right about the spine tick. I didn't notice that; there's a very light spine tick that doesn't break color. I can scan it, but it doesn't sound like it's in the 9.6-9.8 range like I was hoping.

How much would the bottom right corner of back cover bring the grade down? I don’t see any defects besides that.

I saw a 9.8 one of these sell for a decent price on eBay, so I wondered if my copy was a 9.8. Besides very slight imperfection to bottom left corner it looks flawless. The top staple isn’t perfectly flush on the edge; I don’t know if that brings it down. I’d be pretty surprised if it was less than 9.6, but I think it could very well be 9.8. Thanks.

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The bottom left corner has a slight split, and the bottom right isn't very sharp. Beyond that, it looks to be in great shape.

No problem. Thanks for the grade.

Where do you see creases? Are you looking at the black folder that the book is placed on?

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Interesting. Is it possible cgc has it wrong? It says second series on mycomicshop.com Either way, thanks for the grade.

It has some scuff marks on lower front cover, but seems to be in nice shape beyond that.

Thanks for the grade. Didn’t know the stress marks would affect the grade that much, but better to find out now instead of sending it to cgc, expecting a 9.6

PGM ASM 361. The only defect i noticed was a possible color break from the staple on lower front cover. Thanks.

I took scans. I did noticed that the dents aren't apparent on the scans.

9.2-9.6 would be nice. I can try to scan it so that there isn’t glare.

I think what you’re calling a crease with color break in the fourth pic is glare.

PGM X-men 106. Thanks in advance.

9.0 pressed? Why would it get points off besides the light indentations?

Please grade my ASM 300, pressed and unpressed. Thanks in advance.

That makes sense. I’ve got some books in mind now and have been looking at websites that have undervalued comic picks. I’m thinking of asm 238 in a 9.6, and probably 239 as well. I’m also thinking of silver surfer second series 44 in a 9.6. I could get all three of those for around the same price as a silver surfer first series #3 8.5. Not sure which would be a better pick. Or maybe I should save up and get a 8.0-9.0 copy of Incredible Hulk 181 I should be able to hold on to them for 20-30 years, unless I need the money sooner.

To be honest, I don’t understand investing to that degree. I just know if I can sell something in the future for more than I paid, then I’ve made a profit. Storage cost for books is minimal. I don’t expect huge returns on something I bought at cover price. I could and maybe should just put money in 401k, but collecting is more interesting and fun, to have a book in hand I can look at and appreciate. Maybe I’ve misunderstood, but the consensus seems to be that most modern or current books that are valuable now won’t retain there value long term, while an older book (80’s and earlier) is more likely to. Is that right? I mentioned earlier in this thread that print runs are lower now, as well as there being in my opinion better content than in the 90’s. Scarcity is a factor in value, so I’d think that would lead to a higher number of modern books retaining their value.

Good question. Who knows if something like walking dead 1 will be collected in 50 years. Although, in the comic book world 50 years doesn’t seem long enough to forget something entirely.