GreatCaesarsGhost

On 11/11/2023 at 7:01 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

I wouldn’t kick this out of bed

With one day still left!

Holy moly!

On 11/13/2023 at 10:56 AM, Badger said:

The slightly brittle book is a head scratcher. I bought this book raw through Heritage as a VG. I agreed that it was a VG and page quality was cream to off white (is that still a thing?) Read it with no flaking and did not notice any soft spots.

D’oh!

On 11/11/2023 at 4:43 PM, Inaflash said:

But if you did it would crumble to pieces.

That’s the usual reaction I get 

On 11/11/2023 at 7:01 AM, ThothAmon said:

Sometimes it’s hard to sleep knowing they’re in amongst the white paged beauties trying to infect them

That’s funny. I feel the same about foxing and rust

On 11/10/2023 at 12:58 PM, batman_fan said:

The book that no one loved …

Looks like a dust shadow on the upper right side of the cover got washed away

On 11/8/2023 at 3:43 AM, gino2paulus2 said:

1st app of Pennywise 🤡😳

full disclosure that is terrifying 🤣

I agree totally. First appearance of Pennywise and John Wayne Gacy. This cover is terrifying on every level.

I love it! 

On 11/6/2023 at 9:58 AM, Robot Man said:

How was the pricing though?

Prices were high, at least in wall books

On 11/3/2023 at 11:41 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

So, my #1 Grail - Contact #12, was found within a year of seeing it in the Photo Journals in 1994.  My #2 Grail - Shadow Vol 8 #4, took 18 years to locate.  My #3 Grail - Cinderella Love #25, took 8 years to find.  My Grail's have always been more obscure, but affordable books when found.  That might not be the case today.   Now I have new Grail's to search for.  It never ends...

Great books

On 10/22/2023 at 10:18 AM, Robot Man said:

Apparently, once he got tired of the hobby, he stored his books in a hot TX garage. At one time, I owned a handful of mid era FH issues. They were all browned pretty bad inside the covers and I ended up selling or trading them off with no “pedigree” notation…

Excuse my ignorance, but Burrell has now left the hobby? And what about Chuck? Still in business?

Ive tried very hard to like it but am disappointed. I really expected more out of Watterson. The book itself looks gorgeous, but that’s it for me. The artistic rendering of the characters look like cabbage patch dolls, and the narrative is underwhelming. It takes 5 minutes to read, literally. I respect Watterson trying for a cosmic fable, but it just didn’t work for me.

he needs to get back to Calvin and Hobbes 

Yes they are reputable 

On 9/30/2023 at 9:44 AM, Robot Man said:

What do you think? Many people would buy books from Satan if the price is right.

 

Yes, agreed, but the comic book collecting field, at least according to the guy who discovered the heist and authored the article, conducts itself with less honor than the rare book collecting field 

https://apple.news/Abjh6vtdeTzKlOijtF3zEmg

a little more info here at the above link.

This sordid caper doesn’t speak well of comic collectors. The following observation is from the book dealer who first discovered the theft:

“There are people I’ve spent many hours on the phone with. There’s been a lot of comic-book theft in Portland lately – private collections, stores broken into – and part of the reason for that is dealers and collectors will buy stuff from sketchy people. Until they stop doing that, there’s a lot of incentive to steal comics. They are easy to fence.”

I sure hope someone swings for this

If I had a magic wand, I’d have CGC start grading covers and pages. They vary in quality just as much as the books themselves, and would benefit from a grade. But maybe CGC has opted not to out of concern that people will start cutting up books.

anyway, here’s another example of a cover only, currently being offered o eBay

Same thing with a page.  Look at the difference in eye appeal between these 2 pages, yet CGC won’t help out with a grade.

at least on yours you got the “cover proof” designation 

I came across this book in the current Heritage weekly, and stopped for a look more out of astonishment than anything else: Superman GGA? Wait, what??

then, upon closer inspection, I think this gets honorable mention in “dumbest covers ever”, which is exactly where I would have posted this if only I could find the thread. Superman’s vaudeville act is to let someone shoot him in the face!!  Seriously?

On 9/21/2023 at 10:32 PM, Telegan said:

Arrrgghh.... I emailed them a question before buying a ticket, then completely forgot to buy the ticket. LOL.  Looks like they're sold out.  Oh well, maybe I'll go to the next one.

Ask heritage for a ticket

On 9/21/2023 at 11:56 AM, MrBedrock said:

I just received that same notice.

For you, Richard, Heritage is demanding a higher grade. They probably feel what with the Astros and all you could use the break

On 9/21/2023 at 8:31 AM, MyNameIsLegion said:

wait what? MCS will submit things to CGC for you? How does that work? I wasn't aware that was a thing? 

I’ve had CC do it. I imagine they all will if you ask. They will deduct the cost from your bottom line sale