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Is Comic Connect the same as Metropolis Comics?  They both had their websites down at the same time and use the same interface.

That book apparently came out on June 18th, 1974, which predates the convention.   Could the Marvel Treasury then be the original appearance of this drawing?

Any idea who may be in possession of the original (or redesigned) artwork?

On the second page, I saw this:

On 10/28/2019 at 1:45 AM, TellshiarMarvelmaniaCollector said:

This image was first used for the 1975 Marvel Convention but the artwork created in late 1974. It became the iconic image we know today from then on.

Interesting enough, I was reading this today:

8 hours ago, batmiesta said:

Spider-man weekly #171 reprints Spider-man #122 . Asking $50 or take both Spidey's for $80 shipped.

 

Never heard of these books.  What is the history of them?  Curious that the cover of this and the other Spidey is not a replica, but appears to be completely redrawn.  

Thank you!!!!

On 12/12/2019 at 12:06 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

https://www.cgccomics.com/submit/services-fees/cgc/

Use this link to look up Fast-Track Economy, which I think is 28 days, and see when they were received and start counting days, excluding week days and only count 3 days for the Thanksgiving week  

Confused is that projected turn sound time includes the pressing?  Or is that the grading time after the book is pressed?

How long should I expect for these two comics to come back?

ASM 55 and 100

But thank you for wearing a shirt.

2 minutes ago, KirbyJack said:

No flash, no artificial lights.

Natural, indirect sunlight.

...On the off chance that someone actually wants to know.

Perfect placement with your hands over the Thing's and your phone/face directly on top of his

7 hours ago, eastcoaster said:

My plan is to return it.

Has the seller agreed to the return?

My son loves Archie comics.  How much for the lot and could you ship to me by Christmas?

What was your primary reason for purchasing this book? 

If you’re intention is to sell at some point in the future, will you advertise this as a 9.8 book or a 9.2 that happened to score higher for whatever reason?

If your purchase was solely to own the best version of the book possible, obviously that didn’t happen.

So I don’t see a winning outcome here for anyone unless you are able to return it.  If you can’t, you have a few less favorable options:

1). Sell the ‘9.8’ and kick the can down the road to the next buyer (please don’t).

2). Sell as a 9.8 that ‘presents’ like a 9.2 (honest, but not sure I’ve ever seen this).

3). Crack it and sell raw with plenty of pictures and hope to recoup your money (Caveat emptor).

4). Learn to live with it but stare at the those ticks every time you look at the book.

5). Give it to me to relieve the stress (win/win scenario).

, yep!

What was your primary reason for purchasing this book? 

If your intention is to sell at some point in the future, will you advertise this as a 9.8 book or a 9.2 that happened to score higher for whatever reason?

If your purchase was solely to own the best version of the book possible, obviously that didn’t happen.

So I don’t see a winning outcome here for anyone unless you are able to return it.  If you can’t, you have a few less favorable options:

1). Sell the ‘9.8’ and kick the can down the road to the next buyer (please don’t).

2). Sell as a 9.8 that ‘presents’ like a 9.2 (honest, but not sure I’ve ever seen this).

3). Crack it and sell raw with plenty of pictures and hope to recoup your money (Caveat emptor).

4). Learn to live with it but stare at the those ticks every time you look at the book.

5). Give it to me to relieve the stress (win/win scenario).

3 hours ago, Wolverinex said:

ARE you the guy that sold those silver age comics and "accidentally" included a partial image of your member in all the photos

Sadly, if that were the case, I would immediate degrade the book from a 9.8 to an average 5.5  

1 hour ago, Straw-Man said:

to make you feel at home, here's its companion.

Nice!  Yes, I've read both issues.  They are great!  Do you have 16?  It took me SO long to find that in at least a 9.0

11 hours ago, MGsimba77 said:

Not sure what you mean by not perfectly square? I think you're referring to the very slight over-wrap where the M in Marvel is very close to the spine? Most of them look that way. It looks great imo.

Just speculating but I think the grades not easily available like perhaps 9.2 and up will fetch higher provided its well centered. The census is not low but you just don't see 9.2s listed everyday.

I've seen silver age OW pagers go just as high or higher as white in high grades. Maybe people don't mind PQ as much in silver age if the eye appeal is good enough and it's an important issue? I know for me personally Its not important if the eye appeal is right. Bronze may be different. 

Btw, there was a 39 9.0 in Pedigree's recent auction went for ~1700 if memory serves. I don't remember the PQ but it was the highest sale ever by a mile. That's obviously an outlier but the trend on these high grade silvers is clearly up!

Hey Simba!  Yeah, I agree the book looks great.  I just meant that for the extremely high amount that this book went for, I would have thought (on face value) that the book would have been all white or otherwise presented almost flawlessly for the grade.  I've typically seen 39 go for 10%-15% more than 40.  Either way, it's a great sign for these books    

On 12/8/2019 at 7:17 PM, MGsimba77 said:

You referring to the #40 9.2 that went for 1600? I think that may be the highest ever. 

Anyone looking for a high grade 39 or 40 should be ready to put up top dollar. PQ doesn't seem to be a factor on top grades 

Wonder why that 40 went so high?  It wasn’t even all white pages or perfectly square.  I got a 9.0 39 earlier this year for far less.  Very odd.

23 hours ago, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Tonight's ComicLink auction was pretty crazy.  Missed out on two books that sold way above what I was expecting, but I did land these.

 

I wanted that ASM 40, but it went for well over my maximum bid.

I did score the DD 16 9.4 for a decent price though.