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16 hours ago, kav said:

Pulling my leg or is that really Ditko??

I never realized what a complete recluse Ditko became.  I don't believe a photo of him exists beyond the mid 1960's when he quit Marvel.  If so, that's pretty remarkable. Surely someone must have taken a photo of him shopping or around town later in his life

22 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Yes, now that sounds like a much better and practical idea that what I had suggested earlier. 

Avoids the unnecessary shipping and reholdereing cost along with the additional chance for potential damage to the book during the shipping and reslabbing process. 

Now that's a beautiful book!

10 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Man, that's a ton of wear on your case and right at the critical spot down the whole spine. 

You should probably consider getting it reholdered as it's hard to tell between what's on the case, as opposed to what is on the actual spine itself. 

Beautiful book ickwinzs!  No need to reholder, you can remove the scratches with Meguiar's PlastX.  It's a clear plastic cleaner and polisher.  Works amazing, and I have used it on scratches such as this on my CGC cases with fantastic results!

Gorgeous books JP!  The colors are bright and vibrant on both copies with fantastic eye appeal

26 minutes ago, ThothAmon said:

Beauty!  I'll see your 10 and raise you 50.

Bright, vibrant colors are blinding me  Very nice!

33 minutes ago, comicquant said:

I'll do one more for the day!  I don't think I've posted my #10 before.

 

Very sweet #10, that looks newsstand fresh to me! Colors are popping  Underappreciated book too.

12 minutes ago, comicquant said:

Nabbed this raw one about the same time as the graded. 

 

Another gorgeous copy! Great colors on that book!

Hey TothAmon, those are some very pretty triplets!

Your #28 is a beauty JP! This cover has always fascinated me.  Maybe it's due to the dark colors with the beautiful imagery. I had been thinking of upgrading my issue, but with the nosebleed prices being realized I'm content with mine:

On ‎3‎/‎9‎/‎2017 at 1:19 PM, lou_fine said:

Well, if you think the 9.0 copy went for crazy money, just take a look at the CGC 9.6 copy in the current CC auction:

http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=709009 

Even though it is the Pacific Coast pedigree copy, already at an astounding $22,500 with still another 11+ days to go is a ton of money for this book.  Fully understand that it is currently the highest graded copy at 9.6, but there are also 6 other 9.6 copies keeping it company, with another 13 nipping at its heels in CGC 9.4 graded condition just waiting for an potential upgrade. 

The 9.6 ended up selling for $32,000.00  The 9.0 ended at $4140.00  

Anyone care to share their #28's?

3 hours ago, kav said:

Spider Man sure had a lot of animal based villains.  vultures, octopi, gibbons, scorpions, cats, chameleons, lizards, rhinos, he was essentially fighting a zoo more or less.

Don't forget Princess Python

On ‎3‎/‎23‎/‎2017 at 5:25 AM, namisgr said:

My personal preferences go even farther.  To my taste, the preservation of the cover white on this ish overrides very minor structural flaws that might be found in grades below near mint.  I'd rather have a copy with "Curator" white cover stock and 9.2 structure than a perfectly structured copy with aging showing on the cover paper.  Any copy that combined the best of both would be worthy of a significant premium from my perspective.

+1

Is there a photo of the 9.8's back cover? 

43 minutes ago, kryptospidey said:

yup 

http://www.justafanboy.com/ComicKeys/

He turns 70 in October so maybe he's retired for now

4 minutes ago, Marwood & I said:

Wasn't that Dans brother? 

If anyone is interesting in re-reading the first 17 issues plus the Annual, this is a great read.  Not every story was a winner though, but Stan was still getting into his groove with Spidey.  How Sandman was beaten with a vacuum cleaner is beyond me  

4 hours ago, october said:

It wasn't the pages that were sticking out that bothered me, as you are right, that's super common on a lot of SA Marvels....it was the lack of any visible overhang on the top or bottom edge. That's not common at all. In fact, I am not sure I have EVER seen a SA Marvel that didn't have at least a little. 

Top and bottom edges look painfully sliced and diced  

I remember reading in some older threads where board members had identified a specific series of bar code #'s, which reflected tighter graded books during that period.  I found it very interesting and even wrote down one such series that had been discussed: barcodes starting with 093 to 097 as very tightly graded.  I'm sure other boardies have information such as this, and of course it is subjective, but I find it quite enlightening to hear from others about their thoughts and observations on tighter and looser grading periods (or barcode series #'s which are identified as such)

43 minutes ago, ickwinzs said:

Just got this one in yesterday

 

That is a tightly graded 8.0!  It's a beaut 

1 hour ago, comicquant said:

Another awesome Ditko to add to my run!  Love these yellow covers!  

 

Now that is a beautiful book!  Gorgeous colors and a great Ditko cover  The yellows look vibrant, congrats!

1 hour ago, grube09 said:

Wow, Jeff & Andrew - killer copies!  That is a heck of a pick-up on that #3 Andrew.  Looks very sharp.  And a #14 in 9.2 Jeff?  Nothing more needs to be added  

Thanks Mike!  Lots of great books in this thread.  Jeff's Spidey #14 is amazing!

Out of curiosity, are all of Jon's books being pressed prior to CGC grading? 

Thank you!  

I'm very happy with this pick up.  No Marvel chipping or tears, and one of my favorite villains:

5 hours ago, comicquant said:

Thanks again to Jeff I've added this to my Spidey run today!

 

Now that's a beauty!  Amazing book