Kamenliter

The water damage and tide-line are holding it back; I’m thinking 3.0 because of the staining. Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks. 

Four more that just showed up..just beautiful work. Looks like he did a bunch in February as his rep had mentioned he'd be doing.

Mine are still in the 'Scheduled For Grading' and 'Received at CCS' stages but two of my friends have seen theirs move to the Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging stage. 

On 3/1/2024 at 8:02 PM, Maboc said:

While I agree, that he will put in the effort that he has for the others. There is no way he doesn't know which book goes to whoever. Having them all at his house to work on in his spare time they would have the info slips with them, and the info card in the bag.

Ah, you're right, I checked my slips and I see the name is on there. Well, at any rate, just hoping he was able to get a bunch more done this past month. 

On 3/1/2024 at 9:37 AM, Mayor006 said:

What worries me about the books I sent in is that I sent them through a dealer in town instead of sending them in directly. Turned out my three were all that store wound up sending in. He didn't even send in any for the store. With the fact that all these being sold by a dealer, is Arthur going to see these from a dealer and not put effort into them because he thinks they are just going to be put up for re-sale? I can tell you right now that Princess Leia, Wonder Woman and Catwoman won't be leaving my collection anytime soon if they are the same quality as the others. Just crossing my fingers at this point.

I don't think Arthur knows what comics come from where. He's just handed the comics in their window bags, pretty sure. I think he'll continue the quality he's been doing as it wouldn't be fair for the rest of us who only want the art for our collections, after he's put so much work into the others, which, sadly, a good number of them are just for flipping. Looking forward to seeing yours when you get them - please post them when you do! 

4.0/4.5

Also 4.5 because of the spine wear. Maybe eek out a 5.0??

3.5 with that hole punch. 

3.0. That back cover stain hurts it. 

Tough with just these two photos, but I concur with the first poster, looks to be about a 6.0.

3.0/3.5 

On 2/21/2024 at 4:43 PM, Maboc said:

12 sketch covers have been sold on ebay since the beginning of December. 10 of them coming from the same seller. It's pretty vile how one person has single handedly managed to upset Arthur, everyone else who sent in books, and still profited thousands upon thousands off the hard work and generosity of Arthur. They have also managed to get policies changed, so that next signing, we won't be able to send in sketch covers. I was hoping to send one in for the next signing seeing how amazing all of these are turning out, but why would One Stop Comic Shop be punished, when others can be harmed instead.

I think they'll still have a signing with sketch covers, just that the prices will be more and likely a limit on how many they'll be accepting overall. It truly is a shame that one person has gotten so many and is flipping them. Sad, really for all the true fans that just want them for their own collections. 

On 2/20/2024 at 5:30 PM, Maboc said:

Apparently most of these were sent in by one person with the intent to flip. Because of this individual_without_enough_empathy I can almost guarantee next signing will have a limit, and blank sketches will be far more expensive. 

 

Really is fun waiting months and months, and then getting screwed over next signing because of cgc mess policies and this individual_without_enough_empathy. I guess me for sending in books he worked on and I liked. Shoulda sent in a bunch of blanks to flip. 

It really is a shame that he keeps flipping the books..I have no idea how many he sent in but it seems like a lot..and Arthur basically said it’s testing his patience and generosity. Would suck for the rest of us to not get the same level of quality but I don’t think Arthur would skimp at this point. But just the fact that he’s gotten so many already while the rest of us wait is a bit annoying. Nothing at all on Arthur - it’s all this individual gaming the system I guess you could say. I’m sure we’ll all be more than happy when we do get our books back, but yeah the next time will not be the same.

On 2/15/2024 at 6:03 PM, Hisestate said:

My books were submitted back in June... should I be worried that they are still in the 'scheduled for grading' status or is that where a lot of orders are still stuck at?

No need to worry. That’s where everyone’s books are (or received at CCS). Arthur’s rep said they hope to have the majority of the books back to CGC by the end of the month, so fingers crossed yours (and mine!) are in that batch and the books graded shortly after. Hopefully most folks get their books back by mid-late March. 

I put together a couple of compilations of the CGC sketch covers from the official signing event that Arthur has done so far (well, at least the ones that have shown up on social media). I've posted them (for the most part) in chronological order of when they were drawn (or at least finished). Here's Pt. 1 which incudes covers that were drawn in September.

On 2/2/2024 at 4:09 PM, cms1 said:

I am waiting on two typical ones, Black Cat and Scarlett Witch, but then two I thought unique ones in Princess Leia from New Hope and Velma. All on blanks.

Nice, I also asked for an Ep IV Leia.

On 1/31/2024 at 11:22 AM, Qalyar said:

Agreed with the consensus here. If your goal is to turn this book into cash in the near-term, sell it raw with full disclosure.

As for how CGC would consider this book... the Frankencorner isn't really even "restoration", since it's incorrect. My guess is that they wouldn't actually give the book a grade bump for it (or, if so, not a good one), so you'd be looking at a 1.0 or 1.5 blue label if you cut the added corner out, or maybe a 1.5 or 1.8 purple label as the book stands now. But if you're selling it raw, that's a decision for the next owner to make. I don't see any reason why you'd want to limit options right now; who knows which state a potential buyer would prefer?

Thanks, yep I’ll let the next owner decide what  they’d like to do with it. Thanks for the feedback. 

On 1/30/2024 at 4:59 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Whew that's a relief 😀

As I thought you had got so many to then sell a few to recoupe costs 😂

I was awaiting the one million dollar tagline haha

No worries 🙂😁

Haha yeah if I'd gotten THAT many then MAYYYBBEE I might be able to part with ONE..MAYBE!   Like one of the two Wolverine profile shots because they're somewhat similar.

On 1/30/2024 at 4:45 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

@Kamenliter 

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You selling?

Lol I'm broke then thought I should have pmd but again I'm broke 😂

just for the record, none of the ones I posted  are mine! Still waiting.  And none will be for sale.

And even more... 

Even more. 

Some more. 

On 1/30/2024 at 2:00 PM, Mayor006 said:

Any new examples of completed books? I feel like it helps with the wait

Here are few recent ones that have shown up. 

On 1/29/2024 at 9:17 PM, Readcomix said:

Just my . Since it’s odd, and given your stated goals, I would think you would benefit most from the biggest possible pool and as little as possible in it.

eBay seems to have the biggest audience, just have to deal with the fees. Thanks, appreciate the input.

On 1/29/2024 at 8:37 PM, Readcomix said:

Leave the box, sell it raw (incur no additional costs), disclose the flaw (it is what it is) and ask what you think is fair based on what it is. Some buyers will negotiate based on the oddity, but its an early, affordable ASM, which puts it in the reach of the vast majority of ASM chasers, many of whom want affordable copies of books that are too expensive for them in higher grades. You'll have a market for it. After a couple discussions with serious potential buyers, you'll have price discovery.

Thanks, sounds very reasonable.