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Hello, I know these early silver age and FFs have a bunch of different cuts and wraps. I use to have a FF 9 who had some resemblance to this cut but with this book being so pricey and valuable now I am nervous about it. I am worried about trimming on the right side as the comic code is close the edge of the paper as well as the text bubble towards the bottom. Inside the cover the distance from the black line of the ad is larger and gets smaller as it reaches the top. Let me know your thoughts and analysis. Much appreciated. This is a recent acquisition and I just want to make sure if I send it in it doesn’t surprise me with a resto label.

I purchased a nice entry level raw Hulk 180 from Terry, great communication, pleasant to deal with. Positive experience all around and would not hesitate to deal with again!

This was helpful. Thanks for asking your rep these deliberate questions. I will hit you in the pm.

Thanks for this, maybe anyone else can chime in? Fill in the rest of the mystery...

So did this end up resolving in a positive manner? I am debating on getting insurance now that the market has boomed and some of the books values have increased more than I imagined. I also want to send my books to get graded. Does CIS cover shipping my raw book to my presser, then to cgc, then back to me? I am looking to get insurance that will cover the trip of the book as it rounds the bases and guarantees I have coverage until it is safe back in my hands. It seems like a couple threads Ive read on this are sparse in full information. Thinking about using my homeowners state farm insurance as well, but don't know if anyone has had experience with them as well. All info and comments would be appreciated.

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Do the second gen light blue labels have different backings? I have two older slabs but the label on the back is different, and havent found much information on this.

Sam purchased a large awesome Star Wars collection from me. In the middle of the deal the Snowapocaplyse as they are calling it in Texas hit and many days without power or running water hit our city, Sam was understanding and patient and communication was present the entire time. Much respect to him and a great boardie to do business with. I wouldn't hesitate to do business with him. A+

Stumbled across this thread and thought I would offer my two cents on a topic that I probably didn't read enough to know if Im completely on topic. I believe the initial question is are people grading magic cards like they are grading sports cards and pokemon cards? From my knowledge people have graded high end investment cards for years with PSA/BGS. Although I use CGC to grade my comics, I use PSA for my sports cards, and if I choose to grade my magic collection in the future will use them as well. True investors will need time before they start spending money on slabbed cards in cgc cases. There's always an acquisition period. As far as grading cards becoming common place question. I don't think this will ever get as common as sports cards or pokemon, because of playability. I have been playing since about 1993 and people want to play with authentic cards. When people play with proxies they will just write on a piece of paper, not go buy fakes. I have a group of friends that I used to play with on the circuit and we traveled for big tournaments. You see guys making card pools to help ease the cost. Before they decide on a deck they make some proxies, play test then swap out for the real cards once your done and decided. This helps with having to resleeve over and over and gives you the ability to playtest with multiple decks. On that note, if I made a deck to play with for fun, casual or tournament, I would use real cards whether the deck was valued at 2k or 200. This seemed to be true with most magic players I encountered over time. Magic is fun, and when people complain about the buy in, the thing they need to remember is that you spend money on certain cards but that is billable to different budgets. When I spend $500 on a luka doncic rookie card, I am spending $500 on a collectible asset. When I spend $500 on an Underground Sea, I get a collectible asset, a form of entertainment, and a socializing tool. So therefor you can allocate that spending to different categories of your budget besides your investment funds. I have many cards I purchased years ago to play with, that I have not touched in years...but I keep them because they have graduated from entertainment tools to assets....e.g. My Legends Moat and Abyss. Now to the slabbing part. I have not slabbed and graded by Duals, Moat, other reserved cards, because of the far chance that I want to play with them and because I have no intent to sell them. The market for graded MTG simply isnt there yet. I've looked. Only few investors looking for certain cards. Modern keys like Tarmogoyfs, Snapcasters, Lilliana's were all high dollar cards at one time and I had multiple playsets, but the reprinting has destroyed any "INVESTMENT" value on them. They still have value as a commodity for playing and entertainment which is why they will never be 5 dollar cards, but you wont find people hunting for them graded. Wizards attempt to draw people in with countless reprints, masters sets, and the insane power creep is killing the game and keeping it alive at the same time. I can tell you that for people who played before there was a rarity on a card, inserts, etc...the game is not the same anymore. Don't get me wrong I played two decades over many sets. I am not hating just saying the game has changed and so has the direction of leadership at wizards. I love magic, and have fun playing it. But I will now only play legacy vintage and sometimes modern. I dont play regularly cause of work and most of my friends hanging up the deckboxes, but going to a shop and playing EDH casually is not my thing. PS - for new investors in magic, buy reserve list cards, play with them, save them and watch the value grow. Limit how much you put into because the growth is slow and you can get more returns from other asset categories. Dont invest in sealed product its a gimmik, and youre banking that someone will overpay down the road to "hit" a gem. Its basically gambling like whats going on with sealed sports cards. Some will make big bucks, but the unsavy will lose big. I hope I didnt rant. I enjoyed this post though. I may even dust off some decks and solitaire play tonight. I have U/R Delver somewhere in my office, and mono green land destruction in my garage .

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Thanks so much!

All done updating. I put a fair price as there are a handful of these books graded that go for 1500-2000....to that point I want to keep the lot together as a whole. One transaction please. Not many lots like this rolling around. With Star Wars values increasing almost weekly. Market is red hot and still tons of meat left on the bone for you dealers and speculators. Feel free to DM. Already got a few messages and one offer.

I was almost done typing it all up and stopped to respond to a message and it all deleted. Terrible.

Star Wars Darth Vader 3 – 4 Copies CGC 9.8, CGC 9.6, 2 NM First Doctor Aphra Star Wars Darth Vader 3 Second Print NM First Doctor Aphra Star Wars Darth Vader 3 1:25 Larroca Variant NM First Doctor Aphra Star Wars Heir to the Empire 1 NM First Thrawn and Mara Jade Star Wars 11 1:25 Mora Variant Star Wars The Rise of Kylo Ren 1:25 Crain Variant First Avar Kriss VF+/NM- Structurally NM but some color rub Star Wars Doctor Aphra 1 1:25 Whitter Variant CGC 9.8 Star Wars Doctor Aphra 2 1:25 Pichelli Variant – 2 Copies CGC 9.8, NM First New Team on Cover Star Wars Doctor Aphra 3 1:25 Asrar Variant NM Star Wars Doctor Aphra 6 1:25 Bartel Variant NM Star Wars Doctor Aphra 7 1:25 Frison Variant NM- Factory Defect Color rub on back all issues have it First Wen Delphis Star Wars Doctor Aphra 7 NM First Wen Delphis Star Wars the High Republic 1 – 2 Copies NM (Cover A) Star Wars the High Republic 1 1:25 Sway Variant NM Star Wars the High Republic 1Villanelli Trade Variant Clone Wars 1 Ashoka Homage (limit 600) Star Wars the High Republic 1 Villanelli Virgin Variant Clone Wars 1 Ashoka Homage (limit 600) Star Wars the High Republic 2 NM (Cover A) Star Wars the High Republic 2 1:25 Whitter Variant NM Star Wars the High Republic Adventures 1 1:10 Nathan Variant NM Star Wars 7 John Tyler Christopher Negative Space Luke Skywalker Variant NM (LTD 4000) Star Wars Kanan: The Last Padawan 1 1:25 Plunkett Variant NM First Sabine Wren and Ezra Star Wars Kanan: The Last Padawan 1NM First Sabine Wren and Ezra Star Wars Kanan: The Last Padawan 6 NM First FULL Sabine Wren and Ezra Star Wars Bounty Hunters Second Print Bermejo Variant NM 29 BOOKS TOTAL ASKING $5900 OBO

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Howdy Everyone I have for sale a high end Star Wars spec lot. Lots of goodies in here and lots of first appearances. I have had this in my send to CGC pile but figure I will give it a shot here first. Some unexpected house repair bills have come up. Rules No body on banned or probation list. I accept payment through check, or money order because of the size of the lot. Books will ship after money clears. Might be open to Payment Plans and Partial Trades, just Message me and we can talk. No returns unless damaged in shipping. I will ship overnight insured or registered mail insured your choice. Included in price. Pictures of fronts of slabs and raws, if you want individual pictures of certain books let me know. Most of the books are in NM range, many 9.6/9.8 candidates, a few with defects that I will mention. In my opinion lot has tons of room to grow, I’ve had a private offer so price will be loosely firm.

No doubt! Sometimes all people need is a nudge to gamble.

Because a 7.0 looks better than a 6.5 and I was chasing a moral victory more than the dollars. The case also had a crack in it, so Instead of just recase it, I figured lets CPR it. If it had been a new cracked case I would have just recased it without a CPR attempt.

Yup, If im being honest I am 0/4 Old Label CPR. The others are... 9.6 ASM 361 to 9.4 9.4 Crow 1 to 9.2 6.5 FF9 to 6.0 All were in the same submission so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. Both CPR by a very respected presser on the boards too. So I think I may be done with CPRs for awhile.

I had a sealed 9.2 Batman 232 sent in for signing with Neal Adams...came back a 9.0. Was surprised because it was old label and had a couple pressable defects. Booked looked gorgeous in hand. Better than some of my 9.4 -9.6 moderns.

This seems interesting. I feel like this is the right place to ask...but how do you price value of pence variants? I feel like i've heard they are worth less than the US regular counterparts, but I cant seem to find any real knowledge of this. I recently picked up a wwbn 32 pence variant from a fellow because I was in the market for a book for a doug moench signing. I would put it in the 6.0 range, but don't know if there's a SS Pence in census and what the value would be at? I hope I didnt overpay for the book. I paid close to fmv of an english book, and since I was in a time crunch I was a little more flexible on terms, but I just want to make sure I didnt head dive into a concrete pool . Thanks for the help.

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I went through this a few months ago. Selling books to buy my first home. Except they were all 90s image... you'll probably raise a couple more bucks than me

Thats a purrrrtty book! Nice GLWTS!