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comicginger1789

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  1. True. I could care less either way I think. If they amalgamate them in with other yellow labels, that is fine. I assume any truly witnessed signatures will still carry the note on the label (stating the date the signature was witnessed) and any non-witness signature books would not. An easy way to distinguish the two. I would also be cool with a new colour label. Something about a sultry red tickles my fancy but that may be because I have red hair.
  2. And that makes sense. Anyone can fake a piece of paper. An old picture is slightly harder. And I know that scenario in itself is super rare but I am just imagining the process for verification for some of the more rare signatures in comics and other mediums. I am sure old picture proof would help authenticate an item so that, moving forward, future items could be compared to one that they felt was legitimate.
  3. I also wonder if this new verification process would care to take into account any additional documentation. Like suppose someone has a book they had signed in the 80s by a very hard to get artist/writer/creator. Would they ever consider an old polaroid image of someone holding the book with said artist as proof to help them verify? Or would they simply follow their procedure regardless and make that determination based on whatever evidence/database they have access to to reference?
  4. It may not at all. Take a current artist with LOTS of signing opportunities and stuff out there like McFarlane. Perhaps his books, whether they are yellow or this new colour that has been verified to be his signature, perhaps the two have the same value. I would be interested what it would mean for creators who passed that signed less stuff during the lifespan of CGC, like say Frank Frazetta. I wonder how an early, witnessed sig in a yellow would compare to one someone sends in for this new verification? Time will have the answer. Also I am curious what the cost would be? I am guessing similar to the other guys current cost for such a verification.
  5. I think it would have to be a different colour label. There is no way CGC uses the green or the yellow (or any other existing color) for these new verified signature books they will be doing. If they do, its a mistake on their part Sure maybe Yellow with a border or yellow with some clear indicator on the label itself differentiating it makes sense.
  6. This right here. Sure this whole thing opens the door to possibly having slabbed comics (with presumably a new coloured label...the VSS series label, for verified signature series) that contain an autograph that is fake or forged. This can happen with any autograph authentication company. It is the same risk people are taking when they send their stuff to the other guys. I should hope it means yellow label books hold higher value but for some signatures it may not matter depending on how badly someone wants the book.
  7. Yeah I feel like with those price variants it was more a matter of understanding what they were and how rare they were. Was the knowledge about them there in the 80s and early 90s? I would think the internet helped advance the knowledge of them to more people, thus realizing the uniqueness and rarity of them and finally the desire to own them.
  8. I mean 99% of collectors won't pay more for it but there is always that niche guy who might pony up extra. Personally I would be a tad annoyed that I don't have the whole story is all. I like maufacturing errors that don't affect that aspect of the comic.
  9. So minus the buttons (which the guy still had and the kryptonite rocks poster which he doesn’t remember selling but cannot find) I grabbed all this for $50.
  10. Hi all, Local shop got the following in. It’s super neat and I am intrigued so I’m going to check it out tomorrow. Just wondering if there are any pieces here that haven’t been seen before or are maybe considered more rare or hard to find. Thanks!
  11. Wish I had that Action #61...lovely book even with the flaws. Did I grade it correctly? Probably not but I drooled over it (not on it tho).
  12. I mean I've yet to perfect a technique that dries the glue under the sticker so that it just blows off. I do have a technique that allows the glue to not be sticky, thus when i gently peel/pull the sticker off, it does not take ink with it. Then a little clean up of the glue residue is all that is left to do. I did experiment with some chemical products for fun but those just smeared and ruined the inks. If I had a $500+ book with such a sticker and really wanted it removed, sure I am also going to find someone better. If its a under $100, I am gonna risk it myself. My books, my risk.
  13. Depends on the sticker. You have to go really slow (or at least I do) with the peel off. I am talking agonizingly slow. And sometimes depending on the glue and such, you get a disaster but knock on wood, I have been lucky with the ones I have saved
  14. The fact that you pulled the price tag off and removed colour is worse than if you had left it. But your friend is also wrong in that a book would still be graded appropriately with a sticker/price tag on it I have a 60s FF book with a large reduced price sticker on the cover. The sticker is old and cool and without it the book probably grades in the 8.0 range however I would assume with the sticker it probably falls 0.5-1.0 in grade points. I have avoided ripping it off because I feel that would result in terrible damage and a grade much lower (in the 4.0 range at best) As for removing stickers, definitely leave to the pros. It is easier than you think but unless you have done a couple, you are bound to rip the book or remove colour.
  15. Ginger ale...blackberry flavoured....for a limited time only here in Canada
  16. My ASM 5 is encased....and was bought as such. It simultaneously does and does not have this error...which I guess means if I were to sell I would simultaneously ask market and slightly above market value for it
  17. Definitely a cool set. Definitely a tough sell though all at once.
  18. Yeah but they seem to reserve the qualified grade for high grade books missing coupons and such, as well as high grade books with signatures on them (that were unwitnessed). I suppose too I have seen qualified grades on books with completely detached or partially detached covers. A bug chew is not something I have seen but maybe it would be considered given the nice shape of the books otherwise
  19. Yeah those books are NOT from the sixties. The one on the right is a reprinted image of Amazing Fantasy 15 which is the cover of Spider-Mans first appearance but it was reprinted in the 2000s which is when these are from I believe.
  20. Yeah big chews don't result in the qualified grade. Definitely share the results because I am intigued!
  21. I mean it is rare. But I feel like in my lifetime as a collector (25 years) I have sold several and personally own several (couple from Silver Age and Bronze Age). Personally, if someone has a VF copy of Hulk 181 with staples and one without (even though it is a production flaw), I would pay less for the one missing the staple. That is just me though...other collectors are welcome to weigh in. Maybe some would pay the same but I doubt any would pay more for such a flaw. The only production flaws that collectors get excited (and usually pay more for) are double/multiple covers and really wacky errors (like upside covers, covers on the wrong book, weird inking errors that drastically change the cover appearance)