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Hi everyone,

Next up, I have a relatively rare book, in the sense that you never see it for "cheap".

This is the beautiful Marko Djurdevic Variant cover for Uncanny X-Force #1.  1:75 Ratio Variant. CGC Census says there are a total of 77 Blue Labels of this book.

Asking: $90 + Exact Shipping (No Returns, All Sales Final)

(Ask about freebie I will throw in)

*** Reference upon request ***

4 hours ago, Michelangelo said:

Antique show find from a few years back

Ignore the sticker prices on these. 
got the entire lot for $550

The JIM 85 graded at 5.0 with off-white pages after a press fixed the spine roll. 
The IM 55 was mid grade 6.0-7.0

X-Men 4 was a GD

FF 45 was a VG

Was this in Toronto?

31 minutes ago, TXReplicant said:

Take per PM! 

Thank you for the quick response!  

Hi all,

I have another book for sell, this time it is an Avengers 44 CGC 9.2 WHITE PAGES!!!

************* Pedigree: John G. Fantucchio ************

With the soaring prices of Tales of Suspense 52 (First Black Widow), maybe one can settle with the Origins of Black Widow instead? Much easier on the wallet as well

Asking: $230 USD + Exact Shipping (No Returns, All Sales FINAL)

Item is located in Canada.

Please let me know if you want more pictures, it is 9.2 stunner, don't know why it didn't grade higher.

References available upon request.

On 5/8/2020 at 3:16 PM, comicartfan said:

Forgot to update this thread, but this book has been sold  

Hi all,

Lois Lane 70 CGC 8.0 ***WHITE PAGES*** Beautiful Wrap / Centreing

Asking $425USD + Exact Shipping Costs (NO RETURNS, ALL SALES FINAL)

I am also open to trades, where we can settle any price differences with cash.

Item is located in Canada.

****NOTE****

There is a bit of oxidation on the staples, but luckily the cover still looks clean.  I have included pictures.

Heard @Guardian Comics is a father and son operation.

Jim has to be at least 75 years old, and Eric is just going through puberty it seems

Or at least that is what people at Cons think...... 

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I'm not wrong guys, I was just being sarcastic  geeezzzz......

@Iceman399 I come in peace hahaha

I know the book (saw it in person), I know the store, I've talked to the collector (he posted on FB asking for help): it's a situation, but happy the collector got his money at the end.  I have heard of MUCH worse situations in comic book transactions.

A little bit of personal experience to relate to this story;

I once consigned a book to a dealer, and took 4-5 months to actually get money, even though it was basically sold the day I offered the book.  But here is what I think everyone needs to understand, just like any other business transaction, trust and having a relationship with someone you do business with, goes a long way.

The dealer I was dealing with, is A++, and explained to me the whole time, where the money was, why I didn't have it, and when I should be expecting it.  I have a good relationship with him, it is why I consigned with him, and didn't worry once I wouldn't get my money.

9 hours ago, blazingbob said:

Are you sure it is the same copy?  Doesn't look like the curator

How many ToS57 Curator copies are out there?  Because this copy clearly states "Curator" on label.

Does anyone know who performed the CPR? 

I'm like a week late, but I finally caught up with this book.

Modern books like this never cease to amaze me.  For $2K I can get a nice high grade WWBN32!!!  ASM129?  GSX1?  

Having said that, this is a cool modern book to own, no doubt, but really wonder if this is really that rare.

ah yes, damn reflection!  

22 minutes ago, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Thanks to everyone who has reached out via PM to express interest in this book.  I was asked by one of you to provide a back cover image, so we took new photos of both front and back.  See below for some additional comments on how the book looks in hand.

I can confirm that there is a narrow dust shadow along the upper half of the right edge on the front cover.  I don't think it's as prominent in hand as the images show, but it's definitely there.  It does not extend all the way to the upper right corner, starting more or less in line with the little "logo" inside the Comics Code stamp and going down to about where the Lizard's knee is.

There is also a tiny spine stress line right at the word "HALF-MAN."

On the back cover, you'll see in the image what looks like discoloration along the edges, particularly in the corners.  I can confirm that this is really a Newton ring-ish effect from the case.  If I press lightly with my thumb on those areas, the discoloration moves which tells me it's not on the book.  Also please pardon the fact that you can see my daughter's reflection in the book, which is creating the illusion of waviness along the bottom edge.  No such defect exists on the book.

If anyone has any other questions about how the book looks in hand, I will do my very best to answer honestly.  I'm a picky collector like you, I try to pick books that present really well for their grade, and I humbly believe this is one.

Thanks again for the interest!

Damn Lou --- is it me, or does this book scream "I NEED A PRESS!!!" ?????? 

16 hours ago, kc2112 said:

Just picked this up to match my 6.0 48. Now I just need a 49.

 

That's a damn good 6.0! Congrats!

2 hours ago, Sweet Lou 14 said:

I could not agree more.  I realize everyone has their favorites, and I'm even willing to accept the general consensus that the cover to #49 seems generally to be the favorite of more collectors.  But it's a little surprising to see how many people are trying to put #48 down.  The cover is amazing -- possibly a first of its kind in the way it introduces its nearly omnipotent adversary.  And it's entirely appropriate to the story, which doesn't actually feature Galactus until the last page.  Of the three covers in the trilogy, #48 is the one I can't take my eyes off of.

 

 

FF48 is arguably my favourite cover in all of comics.  Kirby artwork that defined silver age comics for me, and the colour used for the cover is bright and rich.  I'm not the biggest FF fan, but seeing the worried faces of the First fam tells us a lot about what is coming.  The anticipation of who is coming, and why FF is so worried makes the whole reason why we love superhero comics.  We NEED that super powerful villain to challenge our heroes.  And you want to keep on reading how the hero defeats this evil.   Believe it or not, we all seek this.  We all want to see that OVERPOWERED bad guy, and we also all want to see the hero prevail at the end, after a struggle.  It's the most basic (and successful) superhero storytelling.

17 minutes ago, fishbone said:

Wow, this is unbelievable !!! But I gotta say, I ALWAYS buy CGC only. Once, off of a guy in my city here from Kijjiji, I bought a Batman #7  CBCS 3.0 (several months ago) and I just sent it to CGC as part of the 50% discount to redo the "other companies" holders. I'm still waiting to see if it is a true 3.0 blue (hopefully higher ), should get it back in a week or two.

Another little story, but hockey card related, I sent a Howie Morenz 1933 OPC to KSA here in Ontario (Canada) ... not one of the top 2 or 3 companies for sports grading, but they are close to me and relatively cheap and easy to deal with. I spent about 1K on the card raw from a very respectable vintage card company at a local card show, but KSA came back with "authentic, trimmed" and no grade on a sports card that's been trimmed. I was extremely disappointed. Then , just last Fall PSA  (the top compnay, equivalent to CGC in comics) was at a local show taking submissions. Long story short, I got it back a couple months ago and its a 4.0 and no trimming, nothing else noted - and I'm happy again.

Use the industry standard, it's hard to go wrong. I'd really like to know how this mess of an AF15 story ends though ................

  

 

wait --- can we go back to your story for a second.

So your card was originally graded a "TRIMMED" card.  But with PSA, they didn't detect it?

Doesn't that still make you wonder if it's trimmed or not?  

My personal opinion, detecting trimmed edges is VERY VERY hard.  I'm curious, does anyone know how most companies detect trimmed edges?  Or is that a trade secret that no one likes to share, to prevent people from gaming it?

22 minutes ago, kimik said:

You can see the same relatively low premium between 9.4 to 9.6 copies of other BA keys as well. There is not much of a difference in the physical appearance of most 9.4 and 9.6 BA keys, and with plentiful supply in both grades for most of them I can understand why there is really not much of a premium for a 9.6. 

That's another pretty good point to bring up.

I feel like the same applies to Silver Age 7.5-8.5 books.  You see a lot of books bunch up in pricing within that range.  And it's not until you hit 9.0+ you really see a spike.  

Either way, let's all just agree, comics are worth EXACTLY how much someone is willing to pay for a book    We all have our reasons why something should be less or more in pricing.

11 hours ago, Jaydogrules said:

I just track 9.4-9.8.

9.8- $40K+

9.4- $11k

 

9.6- $11.5k (?) 

Definitely some weird pricing anomaly.  9.6's "should" be $15k-$20k. If I didn't already have one I would get one because they look under valued for the grade compared to surrounding grades IMO.

-J.

 

 

I haven't seen the exact copies you are talking about, but the pricing doesn't always puzzle me.

I am always in the market to buy a copy of high grade 181s, and what I realized is, not all copies at the same grade are the same.

Mind you, I'm more of a collector than a flipper, so I always go after the best looking copy, which means the following to me.

1. Nice wrap / centering. It can show a bit of white spine, as long as it's straight.

2. White Pages.  I'll settle for OW-W if it is in OLD LABEL.

3. Bright fresh colours (not usually a problem with high grade).

4. No writing, or ugly stamps - I can live with a clean date stamp, ideally on the back cover.

5. No obvious printing errors that look like stains or anything that is a huge eye sore.

So as you can see, with all these items I personally look out for, it's no wonder to me, that some buyers will pay premium for a nice copy, and something like an off cut copy can sell for a lot less than expected.

Also, don't forget, depending which state or country it is bought from, the tax laws are different, so that's a huge factor as well.

2 hours ago, UncleBEN said:

We just have been at the same show as I did the same thing. Ideal Collectables was the seller , and I agree whole-heartedly with your assessment. The deep color breaking stress mark on the spine kept me from purchasing it. A decision I regret as 50K would have been a helluva deal nowadays .

It has taken me many years to find a keeper copy of this book, and with the current pandemonium I am at least happy that I got in relatively early.

 

Relatively early could mean 2018  

On 2/7/2019 at 3:03 PM, 90sChild said:

I made this post in the AF#15 thread but it still applies more to X-Men #1 than anything else.

We are in a cyclical speculator selling to speculator pattern.  My problem with comics as investments is that unlike the stock market, you can't short them when they are overvalued.  Think a Hulk 181 in 9.4 isn't worth $10000?  Too bad, you can't do anything about it.  Nobody will sell at a loss so there is an endless cycle of price increases.  
The group of speculators who banked on Disney buying fox hit their gold mine, they have to sell to the next group of speculators willing to buy that are hoping for some huge movie related news which people are already expecting.  Who will those speculators sell to?  A new group of speculators that didn't see fantastic four or x-men MCU movies coming?  With each cycle the pie shrinks more and more as I think the MCU is pretty much reached full exposure to the public at this point.  I don't think it can continue forever but we'll see I guess.  Based on my experience in stocks the best time to sell is when the market has reached a level of euphoric optimism.
 

I try not to look at comics as investments.... but it's hard not to when prices reach so high!!! I want to realize some gains.

Having said that, even when some books dip, I'm more than happy to hold.  And never sell.  This is after all a HOBBY FIRST, for me

I really wonder, how many people on this board are purist, and just buy BIG BOOKS, for the whole reason of collecting, and not flipping to make a quick buck.....

Isn't it true, if you crack open a CGC case, and return the label, they'll take it off the census?

for those that needed a picture.....

anyone have an X-Men 1 to sell me?  

We have to keep in mind, anything can be viewed as a bubble.

Reality is, comics are not a commodity, as much as you want it to be.

Very technically speaking, comics (and any collectibles for that matter) are basically useless junk with some cool history to it.

But if the comic book industry is alive and well, X-Men 1 is as safe a bet as any book.

If WW3 does happen, I think the value of my X-Men 1 is the last thing I'm worried about, right?