CycleGirl

Mate, with all the cost in postage, i could have bought a plane ticket to the states twice over and picked them up directly over the years That's why i say Thank god Harley Yee makes the trip down under each year...allows me to pick up books a little cheaper (well barely) They shouldn't charge you so much for shipping down under. After all, it's downhill all the way. Can't they just coast? CG

Beautiful book, Casey! What a great cover.... The silhouette in the machine is so classic. Is that supposed to be Jean? I know that it looks like her, but from the story, it doesn't fit. BTW, I want all of you guys to know that in spite of the cover art, in this issue, Jean is the only one of the X-Men who is not rendered helpless by Magneto. It is up to Jean to single-handedly defeat the villian. CG

Hi Casey and thanks...... Yes, everything is okay, but on June 1, I accepted a severance package from my employer of 23 years, Hewlett-Packard. I'm not old! I started there when I was six years old Our main income now comes from the rental properties that my husband and I own and manage as well as income from investments. While I guess you could call us "financially independent," my disposable income isn't what it was before. So, after deciding to take the severance, I also decided to take a little vacation from collecting. I thought that I should re-evaluate where I want to go with my collection. Several times in May and June I looked in on the boards and found it hard to resist some really nice books that were posted. Of course, it's a lot easier to resist the bug if you just don't look. Now that I've had some time to think about it, I'm picking back up on my X-Men collection. I'm planning to balance my buying of X-Men by selling some ASM - especially some mid-grade books that I've had for a while. I'm still hoping to make the X-Men registry top ten. I'll try not to be a stranger here as I really enjoy the X-Men group. Excelsior! Rhonda

Whew! Incredible book, Casey! CG

OMG! KC, did you win the lottery or something?

Sure has gotten quiet around here..... Here's a new arrival. This one comes from Scott Ireland. Good #11s are so hard to find that I couldn't let this one get away.

Nice books, FT! Really fun to look at.

After Casey obtained that amazing 9.4, I went through his trashcans and picked up this nice little book. CG

That is a very serious book. CG

To date, I've had 100% success buying and selling on these boards. Here are some of the great people I've made deals with lately. kc120us moonlite Sid lighthouse mr_highgrade Thank you!! Rhonda

$200,000? Rhonda

Drat! Foiled Again!

I never knew that the cover of the #7 was quite that red!! That is a wonderful book. Congratulations.

Nice! One step closer to Casey...

Well gang, I swore that I would stop spending money on comics for a while. Then, wouldn't you know it but a #18 in 9.0 showed up at Heritage on Sunday and well, you know the rest of the story. I probably don't need to tell you guys that higher grade 18s are hard to find. With only 27 copies in 9.0 or better, I figured it was time to bid. Here is the scan from Heritage. The book isn't in my hands yet... soon.....

{breathing down casey's neck} So are you saying Casey is short and likes wearing skirts? Actually, I'm quite tall. But I only wear skirts when no one is looking. Yeah I thought I was tall No, it just means that I love Bugs Bunny! You wascally wabbit!!

Nice books!

{breathing down casey's neck} So are you saying Casey is short and likes wearing skirts? Actually, I'm quite tall. But I only wear skirts when no one is looking. Yeah I thought I was tall No, it just means that I love Bugs Bunny!

{breathing down casey's neck}

Here are my latest acquisitions. All come from our esteemed collegue mr_highgrade. Thank you, Juan! With these books, I've finally broken into the top 10 for 1-66. One of my goals for the year. CG

Wow.