James J Johnson

Those are really nice! I've seen plenty of AS 1 pence copies, but can't say I remember seeing the 2-5 in 9d. Did I just miss them, maybe not making a concerted effort to note them, or do the AS 1 pence issues outnumber the 2-5 likewise?

Thank you, so much. Very informative! Do you know if these pence copies were printed at the same time as their US counterparts? Or at a slightly to much later date, like so many other international copies of their US counterparts, some of which seem to have been issued years later and have a cover bearing similar artwork, but decidedly different? You see a lot of this in DC. There's one seller on ebay I always see listing many Spanish, German, Swedish copies of Superman, Superboy, etc., etc.. Very interesting because of the cover's artwork variation homage to the original.

I'm not that fluent in Pedigrees, but aren't the Winnipegs mostly Silver age with a smattering of Bronze age? And don't almost all of them have the name "Dennis Kjolnik" or something to that effect scrawled across the top of the front cover in ballpoint ink or a marking pen?

+1 A joke. All the comic listings. It must be. I really don't want to believe otherwise.

Didn't Jim Lonborg say the same thing when he hit the slopes following his Cy Young award winning year?

+1 ....and may they stay undervalued, until such time as I've completed the titles I'm working on!

+1. Doesn't look right to me either.

Has anyone kept track or noted if the gap in market value has widened or narrowed between cents and pence versions over say, the past 5 years or so? If so, does the disparity in market value appear to be constant or gradually changing?

Bird, have you heard the word? About a certain ornithological matter?

The (0) feedback account is/was obviously the seller's shill. All of that account's bidding activity (100%) is solely on the AF 15 seller's items! (Bid activity with this seller = 100%).

As the auction progressed, I was noting the seller's shill account (0) pushing up who ultimately was the "winner", at that time 4 feedbacks, now 5, since he paid for the item. The first time this book was auctioned, ending on Dec 22, there wasn't a bidder (0 bids) against the $1000 opener. The negative is from the buyer who won the most recent listing at $800. He must have paid quickly (paypal), and then later noted that he threw his $800 in the garbage, asked the seller to cancel and refund, which the seller could have done, but refused. Simple solution. When the piece is delivered, file a claim, item not as described, or any other reason stating dissatisfaction. Ebay and/or paypal will remedy the purchase with or without the seller's blessings.

And then there's Jeff Dabe. arm wrestler, with the largest forearms and hands in the world on both sides. None of these photos are altered.

This really exists, in arm wrestlers who specialize in right or left handed events. Here's Matthas Schlitte, German arm wrestling competitor.

And the seller's Ebay shill account (Feedback = 0 yet 100% bid activity with this seller), a recent signup, kept pushing up what's probably a legitimate bidder and winner <who doesn't know any better> (Feedback = 4, 10% activity with this seller).

That's fantastic! I love it! A great composition. Thank you for sharing that.

And "SOLD AS IS" doesn't fly on eBay. Unless their policy has recently changed, any and all items sold through ebay and/or paypal are subject to return/buyer protection whether "SOLD AS IS" is stated as a condition of sale by the seller or not. That still holds true, right?

The guy on the left is Jay Cutler, a former Mr. Olympia, a big dude himself. The man on the right is morphed. Based on Cutler, the guy on the right would be about 6'6" and weigh slightly north of 500 pounds Nobody is even close to that. Here's the most massive Mr. Olympia competitor of all time, "Big Ramy", about 5'9", who's contest, stage-ready weight is about 330 (100 pounds heavier than Arnold in his day) and goes up as high as 400 pounds off-season. These pictures aren't altered. There's no need to.

34 bidders? $800? For a reprint? What am I missing? https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Amazing-Fantacy-Spider-man-15/272993595272?hash=item3f8fafaf88:g:sJUAAOSw1dNaNDga

+1

Probably half of them wouldn't know Stan Lee's signature from Jim Lee's. They take it on faith. A portion of them may not have any comic hobby experience and are buying it because it's a $25 gift and not a $100+ expenditure. Most hobbyists looking for a Lee signature will take one look at Tonfulle-84's Stan Lee forgeries and move on. Every Nov. and Dec., scams ramp up on eBay. Sellers moving fakes or not shipping at all. It's more prevalent this time of year. In the spirit and sometime haste of gift giving, more people become less cautious.

Appears to be an operational glitch in Tonfulle-85 Stan Lee forgery production line. This is the first few days in over a month that I haven't seen at least 3 more Stan Lee faux signatures on almost valueless books (other than for reading) listed as 3 to 7 day auctions every day. He must frequent the CGC forum. Hopefully, he stopped before he deepened the hole he was digging for himself. I'll update and advise if I see similar endeavors by other sellers. Mass produced fakes will ultimately hold the market value down on the real thing. Authentic Stan Lee signatures are plentiful enough that the population of authentic ones shouldn't be diluted with this garbage.

Nothing so draconian, I'm sure. lol. But the potential penalties for a conviction of interstate mail fraud, which this most assuredly is, can come awfully close.

Last weeks income: $600 Production cost: twenty basically worthless, junk comics = $10 total, the most + $1.99 for sharpie pen (reusable) = $12 Net profit: $588 Net risk in legal fees once Stan and/or his reps get a gander at his fraudulent enterprise = many multiples of his weekly $588 net gain. What I've been told is that since his auto hit the $100 threshold, that his people have been actively pursuing fraud. Only a matter of time before his chickens come home to roost.

$600 per week spinning dollar box straw into Stan Lee forgeries. I've been getting Stan Lee's autograph at conventions for over 30 years and all of these aren't even close to being genuine. He's listing about 5-10 every 3 days. He's getting $25 to $75 each for them, and presently, the base cost for a Stan signature ticket is $100+, not including entry fee and travel expenses. Been reading and enjoying the forum and joined today. eBay doesn't appear to be interested in these blatant forgeries, but Pow! Entertainment, Inc. has been notified. Tonfulle-84's obvious forgeries are already being discussed on other autograph forums sites, so I thought bringing this to attention of collectors here would be good as this seller appear to be emboldened and ramping up his Lee autograph listings rather than counting his blessings to thus point and quitting while he's ahead: Stan Lee forgeries on eBay

Hi all! Been reading and enjoying the forum. Finally took the plunge, signed in, and joined the outfit. Great to be here. Big fan of anything Kirby!