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Slappy Jones

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    Trimmed or not? Atlas war books on the Bay

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

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    great stuff!  Question for those of you with a good experienced eye for this; Atlas, Timely, SA Marvels are all mentioned, any opinions one way or the other on GA EC Horror books?  (I ask because this was a recent issue for me; it's off by comparable book by 1/8" both vertical and horizontal...)  I would think this was a relatively universal quality issue for ALL brands at the time due to common printing techniques/equipment/resources, and not more prevalent in one or two brands than the others, yes?  Note also, this was a Canadian edition, but I would not expect a sizing variation, or maybe there is?  (seems like a dumb question, but I had to ask...)  thanks.

     

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    What's new in your Silver Age collection this week

    in Silver Age Comic Books

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    18 hours ago, James R Maddox Jr said:

    I bought some comics at auction, and later was approached to buy more from the owner. He was an auctioneer who had bought  books at yard sales thru the years, and I started picking out the DC comics, as I am that guy. I was very surprised when I started looking at some of them on ebay, and no I don't wish to sell any of them. I've been collecting for 35 years, various DC and Marvel, etc.. Well the one that really has me interested is a Flash 105. I'm no expert grader, and I enjoy them from reader grade to brand new. I'm considering have the Flash 105 CGC'ed because it still has a very good sheen to the cover and the inside looks pretty good. What would I expect to pay to get something like that graded, and how much should I insure it for in case it gets lost in the mail. Granted, I would not consider without shipping via UPS (Fedex never delivered my Apple II software, even with tracking) and high dollar insurance as this is probably my needle in a hey stack, but I've got another 400 to 500 books that I bought from him to look thru. I posted a pic below for those with grading experience to let me know if it is worth grading.

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    Sweet find!!  Kinda tough to tell on the grade, as the pic is a little fuzzy (and pics can hide blemishes that only become obvious upon seeing in person...) but having said that, looks like it could/should easily be a 7.0, maybe an 8.0, but impossible to tell for sure until seeing in person.  I gotta agree with Sal - if you're not looking to sell, not much point in slabbing it to extract a higher sale price, unless you just want to enjoy the intrinsic beauty of having a rare slabbed book...  Are there any major flaws to the book?  Not creases, foxing, mild soiling, that sort of thing, but really exceptional items like a detached staple, significant tears or spine split, major stains, evidence of water damage, missing pages/coupons, etc. etc.  Things that CGC will significantly drop the grading over...

    I'm still new myself, but spend some time drilling down deep into the boards and it'll start to become apparent which members are here a lot and offering quality advice (like ADAMANTIUM - you'll see his name all over the place, that's a good thing...)  When submitting for slabbing, I prefer to do them in groups of 5, 10, or more, so to defray shipping/insurance/CGC invoice costs over a set, shrink costs down on per-unit level.   USPS charges insurance on a declining scale as the insured amount increases (i.e. - it may cost $50 to ship/insure a package for $1000 vs $100 to ship/insure a package for $5000, and so on...)  So if you do decide to run with this, pick out your 5 best and run with it...  good luck!

     

    What's new in your Silver Age collection this week

    in Silver Age Comic Books

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    On 12/10/2019 at 3:57 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

    Great cover, but let's just pause to acknowledge the little white "impact" near the bad guy's fist, which tells us that Batman was somehow floating outside that window, presumably surrounded by a field of suspended shards of broken glass, before the punch was thrown.

    it's times like this i have to ask "what would Adam West do?..."

     

    Doctor Strange thread

    in Silver Age Comic Books

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    On 8/27/2019 at 4:25 PM, Frisco Larson said:

    I'm actually VERY happy about that! I still need some high grade certified and some nice condition raw issues. I DO believe it's gonna happen though. They're already SOME of the best deals out there in Silver Age. With only 15 Silver Age issues in the Doctor Strange run and not a large amount of his covers in Strange Tales, it's one of the easier sets to complete. 

    yeah, but that is one damn FINE collection of very high grades you've assembled!!!  quite impressed.

    [CLOSED] 7 slabbed on EBay; Fan Four 36 - Strange Tales 102 - Hulk Annual 1 - Cap Marvel 1 - MSH 12 - Fan Four 46 - Strange Tales 108

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