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Pie in the sky wishes = fantastic four #5 in 9.8 white

AF 15 highest graded unrestored.

Realistic = iron man #19 9.8 white

ASM #151 9.8 white

Second thought if someone please would just list an iron man 50 9.6 W on eBay for a rational price I'll be a happy camper. 

3 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Well I supported the LCS yesterday  i could have spent half as much to send random stuff off to cgc, I instead chose instant gratification. Seemed like a good price at $230,  seal of approval anybody?at least it's white pages

Merry Christmas!!

Curious why didn't they include wolverine on this cover? 

Happy holidays as well

I have the 1st secret wars 12 issue run. Probably wouldn't mind going for the ASM 176-180 Bart Hamilton green goblin mini run. 

Small achievable goal since I don't collect too many raws

33 minutes ago, mosconi said:

Beautiful books!  That ASM #300 is gorgeous and a newsstand version!

Thanks Mosc. I love the cover but in my view it should have been the #301 cover instead of the regular costume. Would have been much better to have Venom featured on the 300 cover. IMHO of course

Will repost #300 inside the Venom frame I ordered as soon as I get it. Mean time a couple of bronze age iron mans. 

19 hours ago, Gotham Kid said:

my top three books I picked up this year were:

Detective Comics 29 Jon Berk copy

Detective Comics 34 (upgrade)

Detective Comics 37 (upgrade)

Wow, those are from around the WWII years if I'm not mistaken! Serious retro books!

My top 3 favorites but not necessarily most valuable are

Hulk 181

G.S. X-MEN 1

ASM 122

Already posted pics of them

32 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

ASM 300 and 316 for a GRAND? Wow, there are thousand of high grade copies of those. Seems like a pretty risky “investment”. There are so many  truly great books that you could get for that kind of scratch...

316 9.8 signed by Lee/McFarlane will fetch a thousand.

By semi high grade 300 I mean a 9.6. that'll go for a grand. It'll definitely be there closer we get to movie release

14 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Interesting that's my LCS.... I didn't realize they sold on Amazon. I'll have to look them up and see if what's online is available in store. They seem to have fair pricing. How do you compare their grading?

Well it was just on a whim I decided to search Amazon for that book since after searching forever I couldn't find it anywhere in a 9.6 cgc (non signed). Low & behold there it was! It was a pretty fair price definitely within range. I searched their eBay & Amazon stores & the one I bought was probably the only cgc bronze age book they had.

Don't know how to compare their grading since I mostly buy cgc cbcs & almost never raw books

1 hour ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Titan Comics in Dallas, TX?

Yes them

10 hours ago, mosconi said:

Speaking of signature series, this one just came in:

1st new Hobgoblin (Lefty Donovan)

Can't remember if I already posted this one, but also a recent acquisition...

Don't think I've seen too many Stern sigs. Nice finds.

I recently got in a #70 (Spider-man wanted cover) 9.4 Lee signed that I haven't gotten around to posting. 

8 hours ago, ygogolak said:

There would be know way to verify the legitimacy of an independent sale.

I bought it from Titan comics through Amazon. Gave them all the relevant transaction information. No reason why they can't verify

6 minutes ago, thehumantorch said:

They track Heritage.  Don't believe they track comiclink.

I don't think GPA would accept data from a buyer but you can certainly contact GPA and ask.  I'm guessing GPA doesn't track sales from Amazon or Facebook.

Thought I should also mention that GPA won't record a sale if it's obvious the auction has been shilled.

Ok it's comicconnect however not comiclink. Don't believe c-link lists books that were sold in their site though I could be wrong on that.

Contacted GPA on the book (ASM 148) & never got a response. Oh well, I gave it a shot

14 minutes ago, thehumantorch said:

My understanding is that some sites want to cherry pick the data they submit.  By submitting only high results they'd distort the results to the high side and distort the market.  GPA, rightly, won't accept sales data unless it's all results.

Ok. I'm not sure if GPA tracks Heritage/comicconnect however. I don't think they cherry pick. 

On a different note would you happen to know if a buyer can submit a sale to GPA? I bought a book recently on Amazon & would like to report it to them

1 hour ago, thehumantorch said:

GPA won't accept  sales data from sites that want to cherry pick  data and doesn't record ungraded sales or sales of other grading company books.  And of course they aren't aware of all sales as they can't follow every site and seller.

Sites that cherry pick data???

On 12/15/2017 at 12:10 PM, 1Cool said:

But remember GPA is primarily taken from E-Bay sold prices (couple other sites but E-Bay is the biggest by far).  I pay for the GPA service because I like the convenience but E-Bay sold prices will do in a pinch for most books on the market.

There's also comicsMV.com heritage.com sold prices, pedigree.com sold prices, I think comicconnect provides pending sale prices 

I've bought plenty of books that are not recorded by GPA. Unfortunately they're only a very partial reflection of book sales

Mid grade giant size x men #1

ASM #300 semi high grade

ASM #316 high grade (if you could tolerate one) signed by Lee/McFarlane

On 12/7/2017 at 9:37 PM, Buzzetta said:

Bought this for $150.  I am mentioning this because it has been discussed before about the cost effectiveness of actually obtaining the item in person considering the meet and greet fee, the slabbing fee, the shipping fee, the facilitation fee, and the cost of the comic itself.   Note to the kiddies... you have to have patience and unlike Bono of U2 you can find what you are looking for.  (He STILL hasn't found what he is looking for.)

 

 

Would like to find a higher graded 2009 old navy version with the same signature placement. No luck so far

Forgot the cup

3 hours ago, lizards2 said:

Well, 50 years is usually when you start checking...., 

Really? I had no idea. I'm not very informed on rectal exams

2 hours ago, lizards2 said:

Were you giving it a rectal exam?  

Well it's to avoid staining the holder. You know I hear there are other websites to satisfy what apparently has your mind occupied. Anyways have a good one

On 6/27/2016 at 7:15 AM, miraclemet said:

X-Men 150 and X-Men 112 are my favorites...

#104 on the way per auction win

On 12/8/2017 at 5:17 PM, Bomber-Bob said:

Maybe production but production or not, I would not like it as a 9.8. That is a flaw that can get worse in the slab over time, especially if the book is shipped again. If the book seems 'loose' in the inner well, it may be post slabbing. Sometimes the cover 'sticks', static electricity ? So the book moves around a little but the cover stays resulting in stress and maybe tears at the staple. I've seen it happen on my own book before. Whatever you do, don't remove it from the slab. It's a 9.8 because the label says so, otherwise it is not. If it bothers you, sell it.

Could it have been factored into the grading?