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A couple of beautiful books!  And that Rocky Mountain ped is stunning 

On 8/5/2021 at 9:50 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

OK, I'm just going to say it because it makes me so mad.  Some people will violently disagree with me, others may feel like I do.

But as far as I'm concerned ... whoever did this completely ruined a beautiful book.  What a shame.

https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?id=1506423

Have to agree with you on this one Sweet Lou.  Way too much writing on the cover is distracting my eyes, and the ink smudging from this pen looks extremely bad.  I don't mind a small, well placed and clear signature, but these hand written messages from Stan on the cover don't do it for me  

I feel it's one of the best looking BA covers out there!  And I'm happy with my 9.6 

Congrats on the sales and great books for the winnahs! 

21 minutes ago, chrisco37 said:

Now only 10 books remaining…

 

Congrats on the pick-up!  That is a great looking copy 

On 5/25/2021 at 1:25 PM, zzutak said:

Before and after.  PGX whiffs on the cutouts, the apparent grade, and the Mile High pedigree. 

http://www.comiclink.com/img/comics/scans/RAD9FAF12016927_155725.jpg

Not sure how anyone can take a PGX 10.0 seriously?!  The company has little credibility in the industry.  Their so-called resto expert thinks Ditko had been signing with a silver sharpie   

4 hours ago, Straw-Man said:

li'l ped upgrade coming to cajun country!

Beautiful books!  Congrats on the pick-ups and gotta love the ped 

1 hour ago, jmg3637 said:

Had allof these prior to the existence of CGC.  Only ever submitted one book myself.  My xmen 1. That c was me back PLOD 8.5

Sorry to hear about your X-Men #1.  That is frustrating and one of the big risks in collecting raw books.  Especially if you are dealing with restoration that is very slight, professionally done, and nearly undetectable, and you happen to miss it when assessing the comic's condition 

Have to admit, it is a very interesting name 

Don't know much about this character, and curious what is the strong attraction regarding this pre-hero monster?  Is there something that separates it from the other various monsters that were being introduced at this time?  Very cool looking cover though, looks like it's gotta be a Kirby creation!! 

6 hours ago, Straw-Man said:

and more good news; my 129, which isn't in my collecting focus anymore [i used to be complete thru 400, but only want thru 12/69 these days], is a 9.0!   that'll be for sale here as soon as it arrives.

Congrats!!  Those are some great results 

1 hour ago, pickycollector said:

Old label beauty!  Got a hunch if you re-subbed that #4 you might looking at a 9.2  

2 hours ago, pickycollector said:

Here is the bc for my #9, looks better from that side but so hard to say

It's very difficult to tell from the bc.  You might have to look at it from another angle to get a better feel for it.  If the cut looks ultra sharp and clean and there is absolutely no overhang, then I might be suspicious too.  Here's an example of what I'm talking about...  Incredibly hard to tell from pictures alone though.  But whatever you do, don't stop posting them, they are amazing copies!!! 

8 hours ago, pickycollector said:

The lack of cover overlap on upper edge for my #9 and #22 always did bother me, fearing some micro-trimming, what you people think? Do you have CGC copies of books from that period with no or almost no overlap?

The upper edge on the #9 might give me some concerns, as you mention.  The edge appears quite razor sharp and I'm not used to seeing that on most early Spidey's.  Have you ever had any past transactions with a guy by the name of Jason Ewert?  He was notorious for micro-trimming back in the day, and who knows what he's up to nowadays?  Still incredibly gorgeous books pickycollector and love checking them out!!  And have you ever had thoughts of subbing to CGC and seeing what grades these raws would attain??  Here's my #9...

1 hour ago, Frisco Larson said:

I don't have a pic of my 3, my favorite early Spidey, but I DO have a pic of my 2nd favorite ... the #9!!!

I think I just love em all!!  

2 hours ago, Straw-Man said:

but, to be sure, they're both great!

Those are without question two of my fav covers! 

I love reading about these pedigree stories!  It's fascinating to learn how these collections came about and how they survived in such amazing condition over the years.  I'm especially intrigued with the Green River pedigree, where two very young brothers began acquiring and hoarding comics in the early 60's from their father's drugstore!  I mean how many "young teenagers" at that time were meticulously collecting and storing high grade books (and even picking up multiple copies of certain issues!) with thoughts of their future re-sale value?!  They were well ahead of their time!! 

And the story of how the books came to market is just as interesting:

2 hours ago, chrisco37 said:

Picked up this one recently & have 2 more good ones coming soon.  This one is now my lowest number ASM!  Super excited about this one.  Really good colors.

 

That book looks gorgeous!  Colors are really popping and one of my favorite Ditko cover's! Congrats on the pick up 

6 hours ago, pickycollector said:

What a sweet book!  Always enjoyed this cover for some strange reason, digging DD's old costume 

1 hour ago, ickwinzs said:

you guys are killin me!!!! But these 3 just showed up!!

 

 

 

 

Beautiful books and nice symmetry!!  Congrats on the pick-ups