ramrod44

On 1/18/2024 at 3:57 PM, Silver Surfer said:

 Asking since they are all in Voldy slabs and can’t be posted here. 

Uh, quick re-cap for those of us who were too busy "furiously washing our junk" to pay attention. Please and Thank you.

On 12/12/2023 at 11:06 PM, Silver Surfer said:

An ASM #238 CGC 9.8 just sold on EBay for only &4,850, ouch. EBay is such a krap shoot and for some reason prices for CPV’s have been sagging badly lately. 

Fine by me. Depressed prices means Imma goingst ta get my 9.8/9.6 CPV freak on!      

On 12/1/2023 at 7:01 PM, sterlingcomics said:

 I won't be glued here but I will definitely check in weekly.

Nice to see you back.  

On 12/5/2023 at 4:18 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I really appreciate you stating and not minding me finding out the price too. I don't have gpaanalysis as i dont sell that much, and sales are scarce on ebay to know fmv. It is truly appreciated 

That's a score imo! Glad you made the grade.

 

No worries.

I've had GPA for it seems like forever, best $10 a month I spend. I use it all the time. 

No Batman #357 9.6 CPV sales listed on GPA but the 2 9.8 CPV's sold this year went for $660 & $840 while the two US newsstands went for $1092 & $1099! 

note: Clink sales are NOT listed on GPA. 

Even the last two ubiquitous Direct copies went for $798 & $600.   I think there is still a lot of confusion among collectors about CPV's and other price variants. Oh well, more primo opportunities for me.  I hope they stay sleepy....very sleepy.......so......very........sleepy......... 

On 12/5/2023 at 11:31 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

ah I see you "said" so Lord willing don't mind me posting if this is it, although not bad at all!

That's the one. I know Clink doesn't like listing books that sell for less than $300 in their Featured (Feb, May, August & Nov.) auctions so I didn't think I had much of a chance but my $249 bid just barely held up. 

On 7/28/2023 at 6:36 AM, CGC Mike said:

@wytshus   Do you know why this person is not able to add this comic?

On 7/31/2023 at 8:05 PM, Microchip said:

@ramrod44's pickups the other week might have spurred the market.   

Amazing books to have in that condition.

Thanks for the love  but I only won the #20. I already have a 9.8 #21 that was missed as a CPV twice! (The Squish Chronicle - page #122-#123 of this very thread) I bought it as a 9.6 (no CPV note on label) and had it pressed and regraded. (missed CPV note again) 

I do know who won the #21. A fellow board member was trying to negotiate a trade for my copy when it popped on eBay. I think he got a solid price. I told him I wouldn't consider cash offers less than 3k for my copy. Just like #37, I believe #21, #20 and #25 are wayyyy undervalued as CPV's. 

On 7/31/2023 at 12:18 PM, Silver Surfer said:

Nice. I need to dig through my storage of raw books. Did you see what the Swamp Thing #37 closed out at on EBay last night? It was only a 9.4 but I think it almost pushed $900 USD.

Yeah,..... my name is Dan and I'm a raging-hoarding Swampaholic. 

I faithfully believe that this key issue is wayyyy undervalued in CPV form. 

When (not if, trust me, they are out there) a 9.8 comes up for auction, I think it will sell for at least 5-7k with a ceiling of 10-12k. 

If it goes for less than 5k then it will be mine. 

On 4/22/2023 at 8:57 AM, CGC Mike said:

I am told that this problem is now fixed.

Just tried to register this comic, cert #4073168005 is not found. Any idea why?

Any help would be appreciated.  

On 7/11/2023 at 4:29 PM, Black_Adam said:

Happy to have this one back in my collection!

 

Congrats! 

In my experience I found that #204, #207 & #256 were the most difficult House of Mystery Wrightson covers to find in 9.4 or better.

Recent additions: 

On 6/24/2023 at 11:25 AM, Parabellum said:

Who added Amazing Heroes 139 to the Aliens vol 1 registry set?  That book has zero place there, it has nothing to do with Aliens vol 1 storyline.  It is just an interview with the artist and author.

That would be the dude who has the only other set besides yours listed in Aliens (1988-1992).

On 4/3/2023 at 2:56 PM, F For Fake said:

As a general rule, I don't sell my Aliens books. But if these things get stupid...hrm...

 Sell em to me! It would have to be cash plus trade but no worries cause I'm gripped up with goodies to trade. I got a chicken salad sandwich with only a single bite out of it, 7 blue marbles, a 4 dvd box set of Discovery channel animal porn, a leather fly swatter, a latex monkey mask and a rubber chicken. 

On 3/7/2023 at 4:01 PM, Pickledude said:

Has this been verified by CGC??  I have the same exact problem with a Fantastic Four #57.  Top Staple was never in the book.  No holes.  I need a guarantee from CGC on this prior to submission. 

I just checked and Joe Namath is not listed as a CGC board member so......No Guarantees.

Hello All, 

     I bought a copy of Avengers #4 at a flea market for $10 in 1993. I had it graded around 2001 (cgc 1.8, it was a beater) and sold it shortly after for $150. I've been passively looking to replace it ever since. Well, fast forward to last week. I'm looking thru Pedigree's auction and there it is, a cgc 8.0 beauty in the OLD label. I slapped down a lowball bid (GPA average of what the last 7 copies had sold for in cgc 7.5) and went on with life figuring I had no shot to win. Imagine my surprise two days later when I got the e-mail advising me that I had won.   

Cross 1 grail off the list of books to acquire before I die. 

I checked and it was graded in May 2003 (before the pressing craze). The grader comments noted: Back cover light rippling/warping, right bottom back cover small chip out, right center front cover small chip out, top interior small smear. 

I'm thinking with a squish it has a good chance of grading higher. 

Thoughts? 

Red Label also means they were graded before the pressing craze so they are candidates if valuable enough.

I've seen a 7.5 pressed to a 9.6. 

Still under construction. 

On 1/21/2023 at 6:26 AM, EricNeedHam said:

Ive been digging in my stash to look for it….ill post pics. 

On 1/21/2023 at 3:05 PM, divad said:

Unless you chose your copies when you unpacked the bundles. 

I actually did, the distributors facility was less than 3 miles (a short bike ride) from my house. When I was 12-13 years old I just rode up and asked, using my boyish charm, if I could cherry pick. Did that for a couple summers in the late 70's but it wasn't always successful, depended on who was working that day. As for the comics delivered to the stores I worked at in the early-mid 80's, they had already been handled by several workers who were not concerned with preservation by the time they were delivered in totes and checked in individually by hand. Because workers were pressed for time, many tics and stress lines were created loading, unloading, checking-in & stocking. Those metal wire spinner racks and wire endcap racks didn't help either.