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5 minutes ago, Tghutcn said:

Wow those nice copies I find it really difficult to get high grade pence copies for my pence run of fantastic Four so those are impressive finds definitely considering pence copies tend to be hard to find in any grade now 

Actually scratch that. I'll send you a PM

Dan

Thanks a lot Mike, I'm very pleased they landed safely and in good time. The force was definitely with UPS this May 4th

Cheers, Dan

Interesting!

I've seen these type of comics at car boot sales in the past and never thought twice about buying them no matter how cheap. Seeing that auction today has opened my eyes. 

Mental note - Marvelman 1954 

The Beano, No. 442 (January 6th 1951), and 51 other issues from the same year.

£1,400+

Shocking. To me these are worthless.

What am I missing here? These are reprints right?

Marvelman (L. Miller), Vol. 1, No. 25, and 9 other issues; Young Marvelman (L. Miller), Vol. 1, No. 36 (April 1954), and 12 other later issues.

Estimate
£35 - £55 

Buyer's premium: 26.4% (inc. VAT) 

And the hammer price - £2,500! So someone paid a total of £3,160 or $4,462 

Unbelievable! If I had not just seen it with my own two eyes I would not believe it. Auction estimate of £35 to £55 even seems too high for them. Crazy world. 

Much better than a 3.0. I'm thinking 4.5 / 5.0

I sold my 3.0 a few years back for £1,500! What a monumental mistake that was!

Really does have white pages! I didn't notice that missing piece on first glance.

Where abouts would you peg this one?

Cheers, Dan

And this one too. Any idea?

How about this beauty? Whatcha reckon?

Thanks guys. I had it down as a 3.5 myself so pleasantly surprised to see it valued slightly higher

My blood is boiling after reading that. Now after seeing that 10x Stan signature book steam is blowing out of my ears!

New scans. Any advice you can give on the grade would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers, Dan

4 hours ago, Angel of Death said:

NG.

No grade?

Why's that?

Only this one scan at the moment. Please let me know what you think, a rough idea would be helpful.

Cheers, Dan

Who knew? Comics are crazy! I've literally not touched these since I bought them and placed them in mylar. Slightly miffed I sold my third copy of the variant. But such is life, I thought it was a win at the time LOL

• ⭐️ #4 This Week: CGC 9.8 sold for $2,500

Is this for real? I have two of the variant and I know for sure I sold one about two years ago for £40. I need to get them graded don't I?

Scanner glass, case & mylar = 8.5

9.6 GTFO!!!! If that's a 9.6 my ASM #36 is a perfect 10!

  They say the first sign of madness is grading comic books....

3 hours ago, James J Johnson said:

Aside from a little touch of edge toning, this looks really nice. You should definitely submit this for grading, it'll score real well, the book will be safely archived once slabbed and you can get one of those acrylic stands to place it maybe in or on top of a locking curio cabinet.

I can be a real insufficiently_thoughtful_person sometimes! 

Here I am talking about frames and avoidance of smoke damage, and the answer all along is in the top left corner of my screen. Can't see the wood for the trees!

Thanks for stating the obvious James, I'd love to send this for an official grade, this and many others too, my problem is I always find a better use for the cash. It doesn't help that CGC is 30% more expensive here in the UK (for some tiers) and then there's the shipping and insurance which would be very much more too. Then the fact I would have to drive to London and drop them off in person at CGC's London office.

I could attend a con, but that's a pipe dream too because none of my mates are into comics and I don't have any kids. And who would want to subject their kids to middle aged blokes in fancy dress / drag / cosplay, in any case!  

My dream is that CGC open a place here in the UK that actually slabs the books. A place where I can post them to and have them posted back. I can't think of anything less pointless than the office they have in London... Maybe spider-mites, yea definitely spider-mites... CGC congratulations! Your London office is less pointless than the Borg! Honestly, what purpose does that office serve? Why in-person only? Why 30% more money? Do I pull my own pants down or do they charge for that too?

Apologies for the wall of text and short rant. Just strikes me as very odd the way they announced a brand new London office that is actually harder work and more money than the old way of simply sending them off to the States. I wonder if that is even still possible? CGC UK seems to be nothing more than a glorified middle man, And I think whoever works there must have the easiest job in the world because surely no one has used them.

I'm in the same boat. Sold my ASM collection but held back a few gems. #59 being one of them, such a sweet cover, one of the best for sure.

I would like to frame mine too but I smoke a lot of bud and the smoke destroys things over time. I was thinking I should tape the mylar fully, then it would be just the frame that gets damaged. Or maybe I should just hang them in my bedroom 

A4 is a good size for silver age but would need a nice mount sized correctly for the mylar. Not a standard size in the States though.

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1 minute ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Yep. ebay is a lottery lately. I've found the search engine to be extremely unreliable. Exact searches, even in in parentheses, often fail to bring up lots which include the exact phrase typed. I wonder whether some of these books go under the radar sometimes?

Then again, having bought and sold on ebay since 2003, I'm continually amazed by the extreme variances in sale prices for comparable items. It all depends who is watching, in what numbers, and at what time. Total lottery....

Absolutely. They screwed it up big time lumping everything into one category. It's hardwork now sifting through drek in search of the actual goods. There's some real geniuses that work at that place, eBay.

Slipped my radar. It had 710 views but no longer shows the watch count. About ten unique bidders. Truly crazy. Looks 5.5 all day. Five grand book. Less than half price.

Really can't believe it would sell for £300 less than this.