Chief1332

Congrats.

It has been a few short months, since one of the Big Three changed the way their auction site worked. It was met with quite a bit of criticism on these boards. Even the most powerful sites, the most trusted sites, adapt and change. And sometimes, initially at least, even they have difficulties with "Dang it!! Why did we/didn't we do this??" when updating.

How long does a typical site last in its original version before making improvements or staring Failure in the face!!

I did no mean that remark to be mean, or angry, or disrespectful. My thinking is that there is always room for improvements. Even this site, I'm just guessing since I'm fairly new to the boards, is that it has gone through "the improvement" pipeline a time or two.

How long have you been Judging Launched sites?

Definitely going to follow. There are 0% sellers fee here, but not reaching the numbers of folks a regular website.

Will be interesting to see if/when/how quickly it gains positive or top tier status.

vf+ range

+1

Old GA or even SA books, little if any impact on grade. Modern books...idk. But I'd avoid if possible.

1 full point, min.

Just another reason to NOT use eBay!! Thank you for not charging me fees, CGC boards!!

Man!! sure is nice. Little bit of staining on front cover? Bright and shiny book. VF+

Very nice.

I have plenty of coverless books, to include books missing pages. I am trying to find a good resource to verify page count and which pages are likely missing. Thank you.

Let's take a ride in the Way Back machine

My first LL #70.. with date stamp

I don't send books to CCS or CGC any longer. I had a very bad experience with them both, and the resolutions proposed were anything but satisfactory. Any graded books that I receive in the mail these days, were done so by a previous owner. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...

Well loved book, great story.

You'd have to crack it..!

+1 Can't go wrong with a single digit ASM.

Color rub or lose between spine and logo.. staining on bc at very bottom.?? Lots of dust shadow.. Never a 9.0 imho Where have I seen this book before??

I think there were more exceptions than folks sometimes realize. Comics were a form of entertainment on par with t.v. and video games today. 5,000 comics was $500 dollars new. Spread over more than ten years, as the Promise collection is, we're talking around $50 a year on average ($4.11 a month). I'm sure the volumes purchased increased as kids got older and maybe got jobs (so less a month early on and more later). Many many kids had comic collections, that's why many GA comics are relatively common today despite that huge number of collections that were tossed out by parents, recycled, etc. Wondering if only the immediate family was buying the books... Were purchases assisted by more extended family members... Did the local community help out at all... Having a family member serving in the 40-50's was absolutely no joke. Todays military is so different. Looking forward to hearing the entire story as told my family members if possible.

Thor #156 (Marvel, 1968) CGC MT 10.0 White pages. That's right | LotID #78001 | Heritage Auctions