shadroch

I assume its the same as a pressed comic. It said that a pressed card would have stretched pixels that the tech could id everytime.

In the article I read online, the PSA spokesman says this new tech can detect if a card has been pressed, which he considers to be near fraud.

Does anyone know more about this company? It was a small, four person company that claims it has developed an AI technology that scans a card and can grade it instantly, far faster than the most experienced human grader. Today it was bought by Collectors Universe.

How do you figure it's not a key? What is a key if not this?

It's an iconic cover, the first Marvel mini-series dedicated to one character, has great creators and features the most popular character since Spider-Man. I have a half dozen, all of which I paid between $125 to 240 for CGC 9.8s I'm saving two copies and selling the rest. I'm not sure if the price has peaked, but I'll "settle" for a grand a pop.

I put my Schomburg raw copies in them. I also have a few raw SA Marvels in them. TTA 35,44, TOS 48,49,52, 57. Buy them cheap and they offer tremendous value for displaying books. Once upon a time, CGC offered a $5 credit fo each returned label, which could add up pretty quickly. People die, people get divorced, people move and stuff gets lost, people have kids and priorities change. Stuff gets stolen. On rare occasion, I truly believe comics just run away. I never think about why a person slabs his books.

I used to buy dirt cheap slabs in order to deslab them. Some were real headshakers. low grade Marvel 1970s reprints, a super low grade 15 cent Daredevil, a remaindered 1970s Batman, an Alpha Flight 1 in around VG . I hope they had sentimental value to the original slabber .

As opposed to books that were meant to be read? Or labeling a classic GA coverless book as having a classic cover?

I wonder what they would do if you refused the upcharge? knock the grade down? Not release the book?

You need better pictures but I don't think that's an 8.5. Better pictures may change that opinion.

So if they end up grading it a 9.4, do they refund the difference ?

You had expenses connected to buying the book. Did you drive to the show? Did you pay admission? Did you have lunch at the show? Did you leave it in the same bag and board it was in when you bought it? Did you store the book? Was the book insured? Did you pay a commission to sell the book? Did you pay paypal fees? Did you drive to the post office to mail the book? All of these are reasonable expenses one can deduct from the sale price when you determine your profit. There are many others, as well.

The declared value is what you would want to get if the book is lost or destroyed.

JIM 83 is a better book than TTA27. That is a no brainer. But throw in TTA 35 and TTA 44 and now you have three big books, one of which( TTA 44) has a lot of growth, in my opinion. I personally don't know any females that are SA collectors, but I think it is an area for growth. As women bring their money into the hobby, doesn't it make sense they will invest in books like TTA 44 and TOS 52?

If you bought a book at a convention four years ago for $3,000 and sold it yesterday for $7,000, you do not have a $4,000 profit. Understanding that is an all important first step.

Get off of my lawn. I'm still trying to figure out what you mean by extra collectibles.

As that box was put there so the stores could put a stamp there, it would be foolish for CGC to ding a copy for that reason. That is common sense, but CGC is often lacking it these days.

There was an Indy book in the late 1980's that had a guy apply for the team. His super power was he could slow down time so everything seemed like it was in slow motion. Ater being rejected, he comes upon a mugging and intercedes. The mugger turns and fires his gun at him. The would be hero watches in slow motion as the slow moving bullet comes at him and kills him.

All by himself,eh?

You don't think the mis-named Marvel Whitmans are worth more than their newsstand cousins?

Twenty three pages and people still aren't getting it. Impressive.

One is a classic cover and one of the most important books in comic history. The other is a great cover that is the flavor of the moment.

Have you ever seen a bank turn down money?

Take my sneakers to Converse and let them reverse engineer them for $5,000.

Not to nitpick, but Seals are not Special Forces. They are Special Operations. Only the guys guys with the Green Berets are Special Forces. They are all Super Heroes.