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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

10 hours ago, trmoore54 said:

Hi to everyone and thanks for the thoughts...

Man, that was a beautiful book!  And perfectly centered too, great pick up!

11 minutes ago, tigers comics said:

Traveling to San Diego this week and i would like to know which stores or store was a good place to check out.

Mainly looking for Golden age and silver age books 

Empire Collectibles run by Bob is a great choice!  The only other one that comes to mind is Southern California Comics.

10 hours ago, Straw-Man said:

let's let our green river and massachusetts brethren cohabitate a bit.

Very nice!  Great pedigree copy!

Picked up a "Green River" book (one of my favorite pedigrees):

23 hours ago, CGC ASM said:

I seem to recall this book was also a CGC 7.5 the first time it got slabbed long ago...

Do you or anyone else happen to have a photo of it when it was a 7.5??

1 hour ago, Comicdey said:

Unless I'm missing something 8.0 had a tiny tape pull 

That appears to have been on the plastic case.  I had requested larger scans of the front cover when it was initially offered by CL, and that defect was not present when they emailed me the photos of the 8.0.  But there did appear to be a bottom right corner crease.

8 hours ago, CGC ASM said:

I seem to recall this book was also a CGC 7.5 the first time it got slabbed long ago...

So this book has likely now been pressed for a third time!  Is there a limit to how many times before the book is so flattened, it starts to damage the structure of the comic?  And does the "1/6" written on the cover have the potential of getting smeared with every additional press? 

On ‎2‎/‎9‎/‎2017 at 2:31 PM, ickwinzs said:

Just got this in the mail from a fellow Boardie! Thanks again Chay!

That is a sharp looking copy!!

I once had an ASM #36 CGC 9.2 that arrived with rust on the staples. I paid a pretty penny at auction, and was horrified. I sold it in a later auction at a loss because I can't do rust (especially on a 9.2).

 

Gorgeous #20, I'd leave it as is too. Mine is a 7.0 with a near flawless spine save for a 2 mm split at the lower staple. I thought it was a sure VF.

I'm the same way, I don't like rusty staples on a high grade book

 

Thats one of the reasons why I always buy graders notes for slabbed books. I've had a few times where I stopped a definite purchase because of notes disclosing rust.

That's extremely smart to do, especially for a high dollar book. I remember back in the day, I would call in to CGC to get grader's notes for "free" and talk to Steve Borock or Mark Haspel on the phone as they discussed all the notations and defects on a particular book. They would even tell me what the primary grader, secondary grader and final grader's individual scores were on a copy

I once had an ASM #36 CGC 9.2 that arrived with rust on the staples. I paid a pretty penny at auction, and was horrified. I sold it in a later auction at a loss because I can't do rust (especially on a 9.2).

 

Gorgeous #20, I'd leave it as is too. Mine is a 7.0 with a near flawless spine save for a 2 mm split at the lower staple. I thought it was a sure VF.

I'm the same way, I don't like rusty staples on a high grade book

Wow Andrew, what a nice looking 20!

 

I've looked at quite a few copies of this book the last 6 months and this looks to be as nice as any I've seen.

Thanks Mike!

The only thing that stands out is a single crease on the spine but looks uber tiny as well as some blunting on the bottom right hand corner of the FC. Even with those two things I'm thinking a 9.2. If its not been pressed then there are most likely some bends or a dent that would show up in the notes. Maybe a rusty staple (I hope not)? An awesome looking book with white pages! If the notes show fixable entries (or none at all) that book has CPR written all over it.

There is a small non-color breaking dent on the front cover above Spidey's right hand and a small non-color breaking bend on the back cover which is near invisible. Fortunately, no rust on the staples. I think Joey could definitely work some magic on this book, but I don't plan to ever send it in for pressing.

Anyone feel this book looks nicer? There is one single very light stress mark on the spine. I can tell you it hasn't been pressed:

Unfortunately I got there very late in the afternoon but was able to meet Joey who was extremely cool, knowledgeable, and gracious with his time. Saw Al from Amazing Collectibles perusing the room and working the dealers and had a chance to say hi to Bob of Empire Collectibles. Lots of wheeling and dealing going on in the booths for sure. Thanks to Terry who is a great guy, and for putting on the show. I believe the Action #1 was a CGC 7.0 but can't remember what type of resto it had?

 

It had a "conserved" label or something like that. That was a weird booth. A glass case with the Flash Showcase book, an Action 1 and two boxes of beat up dollar books. That guy with the scarf looked exactly] like his photo in the Overstreet guide

I believe there was also a Superman #1 in the case

Did anyone else notice the massive pile of cracked open CGC cases in the men's bathroom trashcan?

 

I also had a great time. Thank you, Terry.

I was actually in the restroom when they got dumped in there

Unfortunately I got there very late in the afternoon but was able to meet Joey who was extremely cool, knowledgeable, and gracious with his time. Saw Al from Amazing Collectibles perusing the room and working the dealers and had a chance to say hi to Bob of Empire Collectibles. Lots of wheeling and dealing going on in the booths for sure. Thanks to Terry who is a great guy, and for putting on the show. I believe the Action #1 was a CGC 7.0 but can't remember what type of resto it had?

I don't think I've ever seen a 9.8. That book is insane!

Yeah, it's absolutely stunning!! And a #39 CGC 9.8 is available as well