Hollywood1892

....Friday And we are really trying

Foot + mouth= problem

You should be...he is very cool, as are you. And cool people should unite

So from a philosophical perspective you are saying "we shouldn't put all our comics in slabs"? And "One man's treasure is another man's trash"? You've enlightened me

It's cool, but unless I have a morbid fear of it uniting machines world wide and taking over, then I don't want it

Even with an abundance of makeup you couldn't make me that good-looking. I'm probably closer to some of the Aliens she has battled. Good thread tho. I mean I like sigs on books, but it's hard to get an accurate value on them, so I much prefer blue to yellow, related or not

I totally get what your saying

I already said it "Why sketch something unrelated"?

FTFY We all know this....nobody is gatekeeping anything....people are simply discussing the value in Sketching something unrelated on a "Sketch Variant" as you call it (my bad I've never heard that term before) seems like painting a pitchfork on the Mona Lisa, it's just destructive to the comic imo.

Is there any blank variants that are actually valuable in themselves? And what is the point of a blank variant? I mean that is almost a to collectors. When showing off a collection is the blank variant the mantelpiece? I'm sure a lot of people collect nice covers as much as nice 9.8 labels I know my ASM 50 would have never been purchased as a blank variant. I guess it is a new canvas for artists to sketch, buuuuut it should be related to the contents inside Sketching something unrelated is a double to collectors

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If it's unrelated it's bogus, to me that is tantamount to Actors signing books( unless it's Chadwick Boseman signing FF 52) But yeah it's ridiculous if artists are sketching on blank variants something unrelated and the grade any less then 9.8 is as much impacted and problematic in resale as the unrelated sketch My bad for my earlier post ( I make unrelated comments on threads accidentally)

I'd have to say it really depends on the age of the book. Like if it was Modern I'd think I would want a 9.8. I guess it also depends on the scarcity or overall value of the book, like for instance ASM 300...if Todd did a sketch on that then I'd be pretty happy with any grade above 8.0...if Ryan Stegman did a sketch on Venom 3 I'd want 9.8. I'd even go so far as to desire a 9.8 of UCX 266 if Andy Kubert did a sketch. But to each his own I guess....

Nope...I agree, but it's gut wrenching to see something like that...they should provide you with the same book at the grade it was graded at

It's really scary when you see stuff like that. I mean CGC needs to straighten that out, figure out a way to encapsulate the books better. I mean I've seen books be able to bounce back and forth inside the case, and you always wonder what damage can be caused

Highfather

SILVER AGE SPIDEY VILLAINS.... ............. ............ END OF.

I've sent pics to a couple pressers, they feel the grade is correct

Fine

I could give it another try

Oh wait....you already knew that PAULLLLL!

It is 8.5

I definitely misread your earlier post