Ozonetv

Some more pix...

Got lucky this weekend...a friend and I share a TMNT collection and we got our first print and 3x3rd prints double signed...it wasn't easy. It was bedlam actually.

On 4/25/2024 at 5:20 PM, waynemel said:

If witnessed / through a facilitator, you will pay for each signing.

...and does CGC upcharge for each as well?

Question about Witnessed Signatures....if a book is signed by multiple people in one sitting, does the witness and cgc charge per signature, or is it one flat fee? Thanks

Huge price drop for a 9.8....is this a CBCS thing? I wouldn't be too happy if I were the owner.

On 12/20/2023 at 12:47 PM, BeardedBubba said:

Looks like there's another 9.8 1st print up for auction on Heritage.  Another chance to see where to post pandemic price is at.  Any guesses?

https://comics.ha.com/itm/modern-age-1980-present-/alternative-underground/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1-mirage-studios-1984-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7358-91045.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

Put me down for 160k

My interactions with dealers are usually "If I give you $200 can I be your friend".

Usually the answer is a hard no, but sometimes they cut me a deal and for $300 I walk out of that con knowing I got a new friend.

I'm really not very good at this comics thing.

I have a non-SS TMNT signed by Laird and Eastman on the interior cover...to get a yellow label I assume I have to resubmit it for an Eastman signing. I'd prefer not to have it signed on the cover...can he just confirm it was his signature to a witness for a SS...or does he have to re-sign it? Also - how will it notated on the label since one is witnessed and the other not?

On 6/9/2023 at 2:29 PM, sorrenmj said:

Wo that's so many! What you gonna do with all those!

Not sure yet...dm me if you're interested in any.

On 6/8/2023 at 7:33 PM, sorrenmj said:

It doesn't get better than that! Do you know when the interior signatures were signed, were they back in 1985?

Sadly I don't - it was part of a collection I picked up. Heres some more:

Nice mail call today....TMNT 2 9.8 Double Signed (2nd Print)

On 3/10/2023 at 1:43 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Honestly, no idea lol. I haven’t seen a coverless Superman 1 sell in a while. So just no clue what the worth would be at the moment. My copy above sold for $6600.

curious when that was?

On 3/10/2023 at 12:12 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

I concur, individual pages would likely be best way to go. But if you did want to sell as a whole just list in the sales forum and I’m sure you’ll attract some buyers there. @Ozonetv

Any idea what to even ask for something like this?

Doing some research for an old friend...how would you value a Superman 1 thats missing a cover and the first 2 wraps, plus a couple separated and detached wraps. The centerfold is still attached. 

Bonus question - would you sell as-is,  grade pages or wraps individually....or put a repro cover on and go for an NG?

On 3/4/2023 at 5:18 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

Seems silly not to take a digital pic of every slab that leaves the facility.  
Pic could be available with the notes

agreed - but you now have to pay for it...and of course since theres a billion slabs out there theres nothing to stop a scammer from using an old number. I don't think theres any way or retrofitting a solution.

On 3/4/2023 at 12:07 PM, Mmehdy said:

This is the danger that CGC has to deal with in  which making the CGC slab more foolproof should be the goal. We have to agree that all buyers are not equal. What we do not want is for a 40 year collector who wants to start buying slabs be treated like this....it is bad for everyone....we need more acceptance from older collectors that slab collecting is safe. Raw of course this fraud could not have been accomplished. So if we want a heathy growing slab market....we need to create a posting with suggestions from everyone here as to how to improve product security. Here is one of mine...have a website reference special ID number and website IS ON THE FRONT OF the slab  thats says " Verify with CGC prior to purchase"  A sort of disclaimer...or warning....it would prove especially helpful in this instance..a newbie slab buyer. What is your suggestion?

The only way to do it is to have a photo record as well. The fake books matched existing cgc registration numbers…the only way they caught the hulk 1 was there was a photo of it on the Heritage site and they were 2 different books.

On 3/2/2023 at 7:29 PM, ThothAmon said:

Personally I’m much more concerned about restored books being removed from their lovely purple slabs and sold as unrestored. 

There’s a ton of those out there that never have been slabbed at all. Color touch was all the rage long before cgc. 
I’ve  been the victim of that…as I’m sure many others have been.

that’s a whole separate unrelated con.