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On 3/15/2022 at 6:05 PM, gadzukes said:

Got this back from CGC today.  Highest graded on the census.

I actually think it might look better than the US ASM 101.  In that comic the cover art is crowded and cropped too tight.  The art has been expanded slightly here.  I think it frames up better.

As a bonus Thor 165 is in here too.

Wow! Where did you find that if you don't mind me asking?

Anyone know whether this is a defect that could possibly deteriorate/spread over time in a slab? I'm referring to transfer staining on a front cover from the splash page bleeding through. Could this mean the area on the page that is bleeding through is smudged or smeared somehow? I don't know if the color makes any difference, I'm wondering specifically about red.

From what I understand of it, this usually happens over time due to certain storage conditions?

Appreciate it and thanks very much in advance for any responses!

On 3/16/2022 at 1:50 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

That can?

If you mean the last one it's a small flip top cup from Ebay. Its smaller than I thought but still practical. 

On 3/3/2022 at 6:38 PM, ganni said:

RATATATATs,  BHUD-UD-UD-AH!.... so how does one spell the sound of a helicopter?

THRUM THRUM THRUM THRUM!

 X-men #94 CGC 9.6 ow/w  ending Thursday night 3/24

ASM #49 CGC 6.5 WP yellow label John Romita  ending 4/6

Thank you very much for looking and best of luck if bidding!!

Not bad from last week. 

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3DGiant%2Bsize%2Bx%2Dmen%2B%231%26ItemType%3DCB%26CGC%3DYES%26CBCS%3DYES%23Item_1553312&id=1553312&itemType=0

On 3/1/2022 at 8:44 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Ouch, whoever owned this ASM 11 CGC 9.6 that just sold can't be happy. Considering what this 9.4 went for only several months ago!

CVA

On 3/2/2022 at 10:04 AM, KirbyJack said:

As for direct evidence of Kirby intentionally witholding new ideas, just look to the comics! I love them dearly, but it's a series of already existing villains and androids from 68 on. That Kirby was able to choose to do this offers evidence that he was the primary writer. Occasionally Stan would say "let's bring back Dr. Doom", and we got a rehash of "The Prisoner" in FFs 84-87. The Skrull story in 90-93 was inspired by Star Trek. The Surfer/Galactus story in 74-77 was ordered to promote Stan's solo Surfer book. It is also kind of a mess if you read it closely. For more on that, I refer you to the Kirby Museum article "A Failure to Communicate".

A Failure To Communicate – Part One | The Kirby Effect (kirbymuseum.org)

It's all fascinating! Thanks! How about Kirby really flipping out after FF 67 when he wanted to steer Him into being more a villain type then having Stan veto that. Notice a lag time between appearances between FF67 and the casket in Thor.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazing-Spider-Man-70-CGC-9-4-White-pages-Stan-Lee-signature-series-/275188247464?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

https://www.myslabs.com/slab/view/588580/

FF46 9.2 just had a blowout auction on HA Sunday night somewhere around 3700. Some other stuff I was tracking was on high side but nothing way out like that. Unless something happened recently on Clink that's more than double recent GPA FMV. 

On 2/16/2022 at 2:41 PM, GrasshopperFF said:

I’ve taken the plunge and secured a 7 grade FF 48. Here’s to more to come!! The GPAnalysis info is a very good tool. Thanks for that info. Also: I purchased a smaller valued book from Dale Roberts Comics. Decent experience. Does anyone have experience with icomicexchange (ice)? I have not yet purchased, but the prices look reasonable. 
 

Forgive the pic if it’s taboo here. Wanted to document the day!

Very cool setting there man! Very cool everything...and the shirt too 🤟. I'm so paranoid I couldn't have a slab out in the sun even for a moment lol.

Well anyway as for south Florida, the last time we had serious cold was early 2010 when my car froze over in the morning. It was quite a memorable experience. 

On 2/15/2022 at 1:13 PM, Bluemedgroup said:

You're right that it is probably easy to pull off.  Just reminded me of a book that I "sold" a few months ago on the bay.  Had a BIN including best offer and the buyer bought it without making an offer and with 0 feedback.  I knew he wouldn't pay, but I played along because you never know if they might be new to Bay or whatever.  Of course he didnt pay and had an excuse.  Totally forgot about that book until reading these comments and its been off listed for a couple months, so GPA definitely wouldn't know that it wasnt really sold.  

If you search sold listings on Ebay does your book still show up? I mean in such cases I don't know how GPA could track non payers without the book being re listed? Usually GPA takes down a sale as soon as it gets relisted by the same seller after being "sold".

These fake sales would happen routinely with IH181 some time ago, probably still does. I remember posting in frustration it was the most fake sold book in the history of comics. 

On 12/31/2021 at 5:59 PM, Off Panel said:

That may be a factor, but it seems the plunge started back in the summer. Here are the last six sales from GPA:

 

Jun-17: $72,000 (peak GSM)

Jul-25: $49,200  (down $22,800)

Sep-04: $45,000 (down another $4,200)

Nov-18: $43,200 (down another $1,800)

Nov-19: $38,400 (down another $4,800)

Dec-18: $37,000 (down another $1,400)

The December to February slump may be influencing prices, in which case we could have another two months of decline in front of us. If it were to follow the same trajectory, we’d be looking at GSM 1 in 9.8 selling around $29,000 at the end of February, which would be a respectable $9,000 lift above where it was this time last year. Not too shabby.
 

Or it might be that the Bitcoin kiddies have exited the comic book market to go disrupt the next shiny thing. (Video games? NFTs? NFTs of video games?)

I thought it was noted here but I think there was one or two 9.8s for 48k in January sold on HA.

On 2/15/2022 at 9:18 PM, 70s80sTimeMachine said:

Incredible production quality and spine alignment! Absolute stellar replacement.  

Hey thanks man. And very cool avatar!

On 2/11/2022 at 4:15 PM, MattTheDuck said:

Hope he's coming up in the MCU with this look

Yeah if that happens I hope they make an attempt to use the original yellow/brown look here.

On 2/7/2022 at 1:48 PM, Drummy said:

I just saw that a UK (pence) copy of FF #13 (1st Watcher) in CGC 8.0 (wp) went for a rousing $5200.  What the...?  Is this book that hot?

Dan

https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/fantastic-four-13-uk-edition-marvel-1963-cgc-vf-80-white-pages/a/122206-11403.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

It's the single highest graded UK copy out of a very low census total. It looks like a tight grade with perfect centering and WP so it may actually be a bargain. All early FFs are in the same category as Ditko ASMs on a straight line up since the pandemic. 

The venom page from 299 with a Mcfarlane sig in a slab might be more appealing than the slabbed book. Unless it's a 9.8.

Any observations from HA over weekend? Just tracking this one FF29 early Watcher app. Not surprisingly It ended at 1,320 more than double last GPA high but that was a year ago. Anything standout to anyone?

https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/superhero/fantastic-four-29-marvel-1964-cgc-vf-nm-90-white-pages/a/122206-11412.s