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On 12/14/2021 at 5:06 PM, MattTheDuck said:

You know, since rusty staples can lead to progressive damage to a book, that should absolutely be noted on labels.  I sure wouldn't pay high grade prices for a high grade slab with rust.

I've passed on many nice books with rusty staples that also show slight rust discoloration migrating on to the paper.  If it's just a very tiny spot of rust I might be able live with that , since many silver age books commonly have very small amounts that are imperceivable and hard to detect, even on high grade copies.  Really depends on the severity and degree of spread on the staples...  

On 11/28/2021 at 11:49 PM, Larryw7 said:

I've heard that Jason has a source who send books into CGC for him, but it's just the stuff of legend.

Sadly have to agree. It's extremely likely many more Silver Age high grade books have passed through his cunning hands and been submitted over the following years 

We're all aware of where Daniel is nowadays and his KSH ebay account.  But the better question is where is the infamous Jason Ewert after all these years?  Where is he at now peddling his micro-trimmed wares?  

On 11/22/2021 at 2:19 PM, Straw-Man said:

is there a new 8.0/white game afoot???

On 11/22/2021 at 2:10 PM, DST said:

I'll play @mosconi

 

On 11/16/2021 at 7:07 PM, MGsimba77 said:

Beautiful Spidey books!!  Congrats on some fantastic copies 

On 11/13/2021 at 8:29 AM, namisgr said:

These were some of the comics I owned raw, and so got the chance to read them and marvel at the paper preservation before encapsulation.  But I also bought plenty of white page-graded books already slabbed for my collection, too.

Just fresh looking beauties!!  Loving that #85  

On 11/13/2021 at 10:21 AM, Straw-Man said:

since i posted my 5 wp'ers from each of the 4 marvel s.a. runs i collect, i've added two more endeavors--s.a. dd's, and every s.a. subby cover.  the dd's are complete, still working on the latter.  anyway, here we go...

Incredible looking books Straw-Man!  The colors really do pop on these issues, especially on the DD #7!!  Congrats on all the great copies 

On 11/13/2021 at 8:32 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

A truly incredible accomplishment Dave -- something to be proud of for sure!  I too will be very curious to learn what your next collecting goals might be.

It was a pretty good week for my Spidey collection as well ... I was finally able to swing a deal for this beautiful book, upgrading from my 9.0:

With this book, I now have #10 through #100 in 9.4.  I still need to upgrade my 9.0 copies of #7 and #9 to be able to say I have #6 through #100 in 9.4.

On 11/13/2021 at 8:32 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

A truly incredible accomplishment Dave -- something to be proud of for sure!  I too will be very curious to learn what your next collecting goals might be.

It was a pretty good week for my Spidey collection as well ... I was finally able to swing a deal for this beautiful book, upgrading from my 9.0:

With this book, I now have #10 through #100 in 9.4.  I still need to upgrade my 9.0 copies of #7 and #9 to be able to say I have #6 through #100 in 9.4.

 That is a truly spectacular copy Sweet Lou!  Don't see that everyday, congrats on the fantastic pick-up! 

On 11/13/2021 at 6:15 AM, MAR1979 said:

While White Page are very nice, I personally don't understand paying extra for something not visible in a slab. I also don't collectors who will pay more for a 9.4w than 9.6 ow/w. To each their own of course and on raw books it does make some sense but again to me not if in a slab. Talking difference between w and ow/w or even ow only , I can understand some collectors not wanting cream or especially brown pages as it may be evidence of improper storage.

 

 

Although the page quality is obviously not visible on slabs, "white pages" typically represents the over-all health and excellent storage environment of the book over the years.  I've also found that most White pagers have vibrant cover colors and inks which give them great eye appeal to collectors.  Not to say you can't find that with other page qualities, but I enjoy collecting them and have paid premiums for almost all nice looking White pagers, especially tough to find ones, and have not regretted it at all 

On 11/11/2021 at 11:15 AM, DST said:

Well today is the day!  The final piece, ASM#7 has been found, has arrived, and is now in hand completing my linear run of AF15, ASM 1-20, and Annual 1 all in the same grade and page quality (5.0 White Pages).

This project started back in January 2019.  I had already had an ASM1 and ASM14 both in grade 5.0 in my collection.  It was during this month that I upgraded my AF15 from a 4.0 WP to 5.0 WP, which made this entire run a possibility.  From there I set my sights on procuring the original Sinister Six first appearances and Annual 1 all in the same grade and page quality.  I bought the Annual 1 first, a 5.0 WP to match my AF15 and ASM1, and over the next few months picked up the rest of 2, 3, 4, 9, 13 and 15.  I sacrificed some big books in my collection, including an X-Men 1 3.5 WP and DD1 4.5 WP to finance these purchases and make this all happen.  Nothing makes me happier than collecting ASM, so even though it was extremely difficult to part with those big SA keys, I don't regret it, especially with where I sit now.  By November 2019 I had acquired all of the first appearance and crossover keys between AF15/ASM1 and ASM20 (notably 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 15 and 16.  I thought I was done, but the collecting itch remained to fill in the gaps and make it a complete run from 1-20.  I know the completionists out there will suggest I acquire ST Annual 2, FF Annual 1, TTA 57, and ST 115, but I'm good with keeping this run all within the ASM title, with the exception of AF15 of course.  Two years later, on November 3rd, 2021, while I was sitting in an autobody shop parking lot at 8:30am waiting for my car's state inspection to be done, the final piece, ASM7, popped up on the ebay app on my phone.  I clicked buy it now, finally completing/accomplishing my goal

 

If you'll all indulge me, in the next few posts I'll do a little countdown from ASM20 to AF15 so you can see all of the books individually.  Thanks to everyone on the boards who kept their eyes peeled and supported me along this journey.

 

Congrats Dave on this incredible accomplishment, extremely happy for you!!!   That is such a beautiful run of books and I've always loved the symmetrical focus of your white page Spidey collection, so impressive and difficult to attain!!  Can't stop looking at all those great issues.  Took a lot of sacrifice and determination but well worth the effort.  Now we'll need to find your next collecting goal once you're ready to get back to it, after a well deserved break 

My first instinct was to say 6.0 but the spine wear and spine creasing along with the back cover bends I feel bring it down to a 5.0.  A press could bring it up to a 5.5 but think 6.0 may be out of reach for this copy.  Love this cover btw!

That's a gorgeous copy!  The bottom right corner crease, spine wear, and slight bend on the back cover I feel will bring this down to a 7.5.  The page quality looks amazing, looks like you've stored this very carefully over the years 

Looking at about a 3.5 on this key issue.  Spine wear is considerable and the back cover does not appear to be a printers crease but instead wear and tear from handling or storage.  Great Spidey books!

I'm leaning towards a 2.5 on this copy.  The staining, spine split, missing piece and rust on the top staple are going to hold this down from going much higher.  But the vibrant colors make this a very attractive copy nonetheless.  Congrats on the book  

On 11/5/2021 at 11:38 PM, Mecha_Fantastic said:

It was also kind of nuts that that new guy had to go to such lengths to explain his simple misunderstanding, which had a perfectly logical explanation. You leapt up like a dog in heat to condemn that dude and willingly (some would say happily) gave your personal info to Dupcak, a scammer of the type you supposedly spent years catching, yet one of the biggest, most notorious, and most obvious went right by you. You trust that scammer and convicted criminal more with any personal info than you do any member here. 

That makes no sense, James. None whatsoever. There's only way it all makes sense, and it's made even clearer by you running away from any solution to the conundrum that is this situation. 

Excellent points. Curious if moderators have the ability to track IP addresses? If they can tie JJJ with Danny, then we're all done here 

Incredibly JJJ still hasn't responded to Buzzetta's solution.  Just happens to ignore that request every time  

On 11/5/2021 at 10:29 AM, Buzzetta said:

I gave you a method to do it without providing your eBay ID.  You still have not addressed that. 

Nothing but crickets from JJJ regarding this.  He's still thinking up excuses why it won't work and will get back to us later.

On 11/5/2021 at 10:01 AM, James J Johnson said:

I have no idea. I've never tried. I have one forum account. The only one I've ever had. I have one ebay account, the same one I've used since soon after ebay began. I don't send messages to myself. So I have no idea if it can be done because I've never tried. 

So why not show the ebay message trail between yourself and Daniel and black out your information as Buzzetta explained to you several pages ago?    

On 11/5/2021 at 9:54 AM, shadroch said:

I don't know. Were you around when bugabbo used to create an id only to argue with himself?

I must have missed those threads!  Would be difficult for JJJ to create an ebay message trail with time stamp confirmation from the day of the Dazzler #1 inquiry from Daniel.  But I could be wrong.  Would love to see the attempt 

On 11/5/2021 at 9:46 AM, James J Johnson said:

Thereby providing my ebay ID so the witch hunt can continue on ebay as well, forum members doing their best there on ebay to destroy my ability to buy or sell if I choose to, carpet bombing my messages with hatred and accusations as is being done here? That sounds like it would be great for me, right?. Why wouldn't anyone who isn't a complete airhead do otherwise? Bulletproof plan. Expose my 20+ year Ebay account, a flawless one, to widespread mischief. Sounds like a reasonable request, Kav. 

Buzzetta gave you a solution to that a few pages ago