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    C2E2 Variant Drama

    in Comics General

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    On 8/18/2022 at 8:09 PM, goldsilverap said:

    Did the Ghost Rider or Deadpool Nerdy get released or were they just given to dealers at the Boston show?

    Some photos have surfaced of the books, apparently at the booths of other dealers at the Boston show. So far, I've seen no reports of any of the books showing up in online marketplaces.

     

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    C2E2 Variant Drama

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    On 8/13/2022 at 6:08 PM, Blackmask said:

    I’ve had these in my collection for years….some enterprising young lad was black flaggin’ it way back in 1961!!

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    Those are gorgeous. I always google names I find written on vintage comics, especially unusual ones. The guy appears to be 73 and still living in NYC. I wonder if he'd appreciate seeing these again.

    Sandman V2 #1 & #8 Appreciation Thread: "Don't wake me, I'm dreaming!!!"

    in Copper Age Comic Books

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    On 10/28/2021 at 11:29 PM, jdandns said:

    Wow, great stuff in this thread! I started reading the book around issue 3 or so after hearing some great buzz. It was still very easy at that time to go back and get the first couple of issues, which I did, and read each issue when new for the entire run. Great series for sure, with "Dream of A Thousand Cats" and "Ramadan" (among others) remaining some of my favorite single issue stories ever.

    My own collection is just a full raw set and few of the original hardbacks, plus the Skybox widevision Sandman and Vertigo trading card sets. I did have an extra #8 at one time but sold it raw for about $100 a long, long time ago.

    There were newsstands of this series' early issues. The single digit issues were sold at Waldenbooks and the like with a thinner-than-usual UPC sticker affixed to them, and I had the first half-dozen issues or so like that in great shape, but traded them away exactly because I didn't like those stickers on them (D'oh!). Somehow, I do still have a #12 with a regular sized UPC sticker on it. I don't remember how/where I got it.

    From the Death miniseries, I have a couple of versions of the Lee Tennant Enterprises (think Dynamic Forces before Dynamic Forces) signed editions from Gaiman and Bachalo, and was also lucky to get this nifty advertising standee from my LCS shop owner way back when after he was finished using it:

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    Someone in another thread here claims that the Lee Tennant Enterprises signed books were overwhelmingly forgeries: 

     

    Sorting / Processing for Resale: Share Your Workflow

    in Comic Polls & FAQs

    Posted · Edited by kirbykrackle
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    Folks who buy collections to break up and resell: What does your process look like? How, and at what point, do you cherry-pick, grade, identify pressing candidates, alphabetize, order by number, create bundles, scan/photograph, generate listings, etc? How do you optimize space utilization, time and cost efficiency, and cash flow/inventory turn?
     
    There's an extreme shortage of this type of information online (most of what's published on the topic being extremely general, and not intended for professional resellers), and I think many of us continue to needlessly reinvent the wheel. I'm sure this topic has been touched on here in the past, but I couldn't find anything that was really focused on workflow and efficiency.
     
    The more granular you're willing to get, the better. Photos and diagrams appreciated as well.
     
    Thanks in advance!
     
     

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    Swap high-grade key from polypropylene to mylar before shipping?

    in Comics General

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    I have a number of high-grade raw copper keys to submit for grading. In many cases, the unread book was placed directly into a polypropylene bag with a board (probably both Ultra Pro) circa 1990, taped shut, and stored under fairly good conditions ever since.

    With books like this, where there seems to be a possibility of getting a 9.8 or better, should I attempt to remove the book from the original materials and replace with 2mil (or thicker) mylar + fullback? Or should I leave them as-is, perhaps with the added protection of an exterior golden bag/board? I'm just concerned about the risk of knocking down the grades slightly in the process of handling the book (especially if the tape used to seal the original bag comes into contact with the book).

    I'm leaning toward avoiding the risk and just inserting each such book into an extra golden bag with a fullback (seeing as a few extra months of contact with polypropylene won't make much difference), but I'm curious what folks think.