RockMyAmadeus

Have we lost interest in this thread...?

Here's a more extensive reason. I've been advised for years to get my copy slabbed. I don't want to. Why? Because when it's slabbed, I will have the OVERWHELMING urge to sell it. And I don't want to sell it. I found...for the first time in almost 20 years of collecting....an Albedo #2 in 2007 for 75 cents. Yes, 75 cents. (I was due.) I had it slabbed at WWLA last year, and it came back 9.0. I sold it almost immediately. It was the only copy I have ever owned. And now, I have to replace that copy for my collection. So, I don't wanna slab this copy, because I will face the overwhelming temptation to sell it, because it will be so EASY. At least with it unslabbed, it's much, much harder to part with (I'd never, ever, ever sell it if it wasn't slabbed.)

Do you have an example, DR?

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I'm almost embarrassed to say I missed this one....about as classic greytone as it gets.

I honestly cannot tell from this fuzzy picture.

(hey, guess who doesn't have a date on Valentine's Day night? That's ok, I got my lovin' earlier today. )

Greytone? Todd Klein states it's in the same "soft style" as Wrightson on HOS #92, so maybe...I'd have to check my copy in person...

And lest anyone question THAT, that color guide was given to Todd Klein, letterer extraordinaire for 30+ years, by Jack Adler himself.

And this one....

I can't believe we forgot one.... And, if anyone has any doubts about THIS one, here's the color guide: Oops. We missed one of the biggies.

There are 17 of these on the census. 7 of them were submitted by me, including these 6.

Oops. NR got there before me.

Rosa may have written the story you describe, but it was (as usual) Barks who first used that angle. In a story that I believe originally appeared in one of the first 25 or so issues of Uncle Scrooge, Scrooge decides to make a random 1916 quarter incredibly valuable by acquiring ALL the 1916 quarters that were made, and dumping them in the ocean... then he loses the single on that he'd set aside, and has to go down to an Atlantis-like world to retrieve another of the quarters...at the end, he takes the one salvaged quarter to a coin shop, and the dealer gasps and says "why, this coin is so rare and valuable, only one person in the world could afford to buy it - Scrooge McDuck!" That's fairly interesting...because 1916 Standing Liberty quarters are one of the classic rarities of 20th century US silver coinage...an example in even the worst condition is worth $3-$4K. An MS65 (comparable to a 9.8) could sell for $100K with a full head.

I'm scared to see how many New Mutants #98 CGC 9.8's you have up your sleeve Just a couple....I sent in 8, got 7 back.

Greedy bastich! You should offload one to me to make yourself feel less greddy. Your collection shames mine.

Five sent in pre-screen, five back.

Thanks. I clearly don't have the "who are you replying to" function worked out....hmmmm....

There are 13 of those on the census...I've submitted 4 of them.

Here's a couple: My earliest 9.8 I've submitted. My first self-submitted 10.

It's so nice to see books like this. By the time I STARTED collecting, these books were long gone out of the marketplace. I didn't think a NM silver age book even EXISTED, much less what would end up as a 9.8. It's so nice to see them come back into the light.

Nah, I was just kidding. I'm just jealous cause I don't have one. Actually, I'm just too cheap to pay for one.

Why not? We're not snobs, like those guys over in the AF #15 Club. Any printing will do....

Sweet! How much did you pay for it?