Motor City Rob

8.5. Beautiful!

I was way too harsh on the Four Color (7.5). Even if I ignore the small piece missing on front cover bottom right corner, and the stain on back cover bottom right corner...maybe the book is a 9.0. Not sure how we get to 9.0 with those other defects included. Golden Age halo effect?

Beautiful book. Looks like an 8.5. Hard to tell from the picture, but if that's a tear on the upper left back cover (along the top edge), might be an 8.0.

No surprise. Seller with one item listed and no feedback as a seller.

Yep!!!

Makes no sense. Not even white pages. There are better prices on ebay right now with WP . Predicting this one will be for sale again very soon.

Even though I clean and press my own books, Signature Series books can only be cleaned and pressed by CCS, if you want to keep the yellow label. I've sent in four SS books in the past to CCS. Three had no grade change and the other got a slight grade bump. Overall happy with their work, but I only use them for SS books.

What's hitting in a few months?

Agreed. 1097 inside a 1095 is the way to go!!!

That is a good question. I have never had that happen to me, but I will assume that it will ship as a separate tier.

My thoughts exactly. I had to read the first comment a couple times.

Appreciate you sharing. I'm surprised that your Silver Age FF and X-Men did not do well. Usually that stuff is like gold.

Unfortunately, I see it differently. If people want to chase a label, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. If others chase the book and don't care about grades, that's great too!!!

I couldn't agree more about whatnot. Blows my mind that someone will pay $25 for a FN copy of Avengers #335 when you can get a NM copy for $5 (or less) all over ebay. This is just one of thousands of examples on whatnot. I feel like I'm missing something. Noone in their right mind would do that.....would they?

Your start is better than what a large majority of collectors can do in a lifetime. Well done! As for comments about 9.8 grades, I see it differently than some others on the boards. If someone wants to chase 9.8 books, and pay a large premium for it, then I say go for it! I applaud collectors who want nothing but 9.8s in their collection. I also applaud collectors who do it differently. The point is, collecting is fun because everyone has their specific interest and only each person knows what they enjoy. Unfortunately, you will run into some people that that will try to tell you that what you find enjoyable is stupid. Just ignore them and go with what you like. Looking forward to seeing your next acquisitions.

Completely agree that everyone should be able to collect how they want. Also, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But part of the fun of the boards is diving into opinions and having entertaining discussions. Unfortunately, sometimes those opinions are more based on emotion than based on facts, and we really don't get anywhere. Oh well.

The original statement was that the TF1 9.9 buyer was "the poster child for the classic example of a CGC label chaser buying the label, as oposed to buying the book." How can anyone make that assumption? When that statement is made, so definitively, with zero information on the book, the buyer, the circumstances, etc...it sounds completely misplaced, among other things.

Agree with inspecting books before you buy them. But for the millions of auctions that happen each year, there is no way to know for sure if the book is properly graded since you don't have it in hand. So how can anyone put that label on a buyer? Remember, this all started with someone saying the TF1 9.9 buyer was "buying the grade and not the book". Using that logic, then you might as well put the same label on the millions of CGC auction winners each year. Makes no sense. Just comes across as sour grapes from grumpy (or jealous) boardies.

Correct.

Appreciate all the detail, and no offense, but everything you just said isn't applicable at all to the original comment about the buyer of the 9.9 TF1. Are you saying that buyer was just "buying the grade and not the book"? Is your conclusion that anyone who bids on a book that they can't physically hold and inspect for themselves to guarantee it's the grade stated on the label...is just buying the grade? I'm sorry but that's utterly ridiculous.

Definitely an accomplishment IMO. The same as someone dropping 45K to get an AF15 2.5. Just because someone likes a TF1 9.9 more than AF15 2.5 doesn't mean they are wrong.

Fantastic!!!!!

Thanks for the clarification. On your website, I missed the detail where commission reduces to 8%. Obviously customers would love to see even smaller fees but I understand you guys offer more than than most other consignees and there is value to that.

Not clear on the "Craigslist model" you are referencing. Myslabs is really simple. When your book sells, they take 1% of the sale price (or 0% for books over 60k). They are still fairly new with comics but they've been an established platform for trading cards for awhile. Moved into comics a year or so ago.