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    Is CGC trying to lose their dealers as well?

    in Comics General

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    On 1/11/2022 at 10:28 AM, D2 said:

    No, they only produce your merchandise. 

    :ohnoez:
     

    And they do sell the book. People that buy a CGC graded book, wanted a CGC graded book. 
     

    They didn’t want the book because YOU sold it to them. 
     

    All hail the coveted dealer. 

    What you should strive for is a point.  It makes it so much more interesting for people reading this thread.

    current turn around rates at CGC

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    I think the most logical thing for CGC to do is keep adding "private signings" which then bumps everything back.  Why would they not....

    already have your comics... kind of a captive audience/Stockholm syndrome thingy . What are you going to do ask for your books back after a year :)

    Evil genius when you give zero BLEEPS about your customers all is good.  Kudo CGC Kudos......

    Stock·holm syn·drome
    /ˈstäkˌhō(l)m,ˈstäkōm ˈsinˌdrōm/
     
    noun
     
    1. feelings of trust or affection felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim toward a captor.
       
       
       
     
     
     
     

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    Heritage Auctions, Jim Halperin and Market Manipulation

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    On 8/24/2021 at 12:43 PM, Bronty said:

    As I see it, when you are starting a grading co in what is at that time a small and poorly funded market, either:

    1) you reach out to the community, get to know people, and end up with some perceived conflicts, or

    2) you reach out to no one, stay in your bubble, have zero conflicts, and zero chance of success.

    You can criticize various things about wata, I don't agree with some of the positions they've taken myself.    But one thing that's really above reproach is the incredible - just superlative - job Deniz did at reaching out not just to the game community but to the world at large to spread the message and get more people interested in collecting games.    They always had the mindset of growing the pie rather than trying to steal someone else's slice of the pie, and I think they did an admirable job of that.

    IMO that's the single biggest piece of their success, and its been well earned.   Communicating what is to many people a new hobby and getting them excited about it to a point where they actually take the leap is not an easy thing to do.   Deniz is a terrific communicator and has been a great ambassador.    

    You can argue about the look of the case, or the perceived conflict, or the turnaround times, or the definition of pedigree, or whatever floats your boat but credit where credit is due:   they did a phenomenal job in promoting the hobby.    THAT was their focus.   Not this other stuff.

    I think I will wait for the illustrious N.P Gresham to chime in before I make my mind up one way or the other.

     

    (Closed) Thank you everyone

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

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    4 hours ago, Qalyar said:

    My girlfriend would murder me if I tried to start a Bell Features collection at this point, but I'm passing word of this listing on to a Canadian collector friend of mine, to see if she's interested in picking this up.

    Otherwise, I mostly just wanted to jump in here to give you some context about this book, since you said you didn't have much information, and because it really doesn't come up very often. This is one of the six 1945 Bell Features reprint compendiums. Like many early publishers, most of Bell's main titles (like Triumph, Joke, and Wow) weren't single-character books, but included a variety of different comic stories, text features, and miscellaneous other content. In 1945, Bell opted to assemble previously printed material from five of its most popular characters into 68-page compendiums (you'll note I said six earlier, that's not a mistake). Those books are:

    • Nelvana of the Northern Lights, reprinting material from Triumph. This is the Nelvana book with the bright red cover that is probably the most iconic Canadian White.
    • Speed Savage, reprinting material from Triumph. Weirdly, this was reprinted with a different cover for the UK market. In case you want the watch Canadian White collectors fight the UK variant collectors over a book, I guess?
    • Tang the Wonder Horse, reprinting material from Triumph.
    • This book, Spike & Mike, reprinting material from Joke.
    • Phantom Rider, reprinting material from Wow.
    • And the sixth 1945 compendium, which isn't a single-character book. Thrilling Stories for Boys reprints a random bunch of the text filler stories from miscellaneous Bell books.

    Valuation on stuff like this is always challenging. I'm aware of the existence of at least two other copies of Spike & Mike in private hands. One is a dog of a book that would likely grade around a 1.8 (but has a badly stained front cover that presents badly); I don't believe it has changed hands in the last decade. The other sold back in 2014 at Heritage as a FN/VF copy for $1250; I would not be surprised if this went quite a bit higher if it was resold today.

    Yes, I would imagine several Canadian collectors would be interested in this.  Hopefully they know someone in the U.S. that they can get it shipped to so they can partake.