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Hands strangling to fist punching

Try the Bronze Age forum. Or check GPAnalysis.com

Emerging hero to emerging zombie

On 11/17/2021 at 11:31 AM, Rezin1234 said:

Since I will never own the full thing, I pulled the trigger and grabbed a piece of action comics 1. 
 

didn’t even think I’d own this. 

Very clean and sharp linework in those Zatara panels. Nice score!

If you can’t go with a Paper check or echeck, and a wire transfer is your next option, consider using Wise online… their bank transfer fee is typically cheaper than what a normal bank would charge.
I used Wise for a bank transfer to a dealer in the UK for a couple of golden age books. Wise charged me $15 IIRC versus $35 which is my bank’s fee.

I would crack a slabbed low- to mid-grade book if it could benefit from a clean and/or press.

Anyone with an update on Standard Tier submissions?
(Honestly, if I could redo, I would’ve gone up to Express and just paid the extra $45 if it means less grief.)

My presser shipped back in mid-August and the package has been received by CGC, but still no order number or a sign that it has been opened. 

For single comics that are pricier (i.e. >$25), I will ship the book in a toploader inside of a Gemini Mailer. 

For Golden Age or books that are >$500, I will double-box.

Comic book lots - I have used Media Mail for the past 20+ years and have never had any problems. But for pricier comic book lots, considering how much of a beating Media Mail packages get, I will bite the bullet and use Priority Mail just to minimize the shipping time and risk.

Trade Paperbacks have no advertising and thus, I've also thought they qualify for Media Mail.

On 9/24/2021 at 1:17 PM, TacosTacosTacosTacos said:

Were they pre-1955 books?

yes

Are resealed CGC slabs now happening? Now THAT is some alchemy that I have yet to read or hear about. 

Advice to the OP is to consider buying the grader's notes... maybe you'll uncover some more info on defects... but there are no guarantees that anything was noted.

Another possibility is that the defects may have occurred after grading and before encapsulation.

On 9/24/2021 at 12:13 PM, OuterBanks said:

 

Makes me wonder if it's best to let CGC do restoration removal - do they remove glue also?

If you decide to go through CGC/CCS for resto removal, it seems they now allow "glue on spine" for a regrade to a Universal. But it's really their call.

I say this judging from seeing so many low-grade Universal labels with the "glue on spine" notation lately.

On 9/17/2021 at 3:50 AM, HotKey said:

That limit doesn't go into effect until next year.

I know. I’m getting the bulk of my big sales done this year… sell off anything left of significant value on the Bay before hitting the threshold, then try other avenues next year.

On 9/15/2021 at 4:32 AM, Microbia said:

What an expensive printout, at least the lucky winner has comfort knowing it’s for a good cause!

I have All-Americans on my Saved Search feed and am reminded of this tripe everyday.

On 9/16/2021 at 1:44 PM, Sigur Ros said:

Last week I received an offer on a book and I accepted.  They didn't pay despite my reminders over the next 3 days and even eBay (automatically) said they reminded the buyer. I messaged a couple times too.  Nothing.  eBay lets you cancel for nonpayment after 4 days, so I did.  But when I went to leave feedback I could only leave positive.  Not allowed to leave negative.  It's stupid.   So I left positive feedback with attention grabbing punctuation saying they made offer and I accepted but they never paid or responded to messages.  They replied to their feedback with "quit your crying", lol.  So yea, I gave them one more positive for their 100% but since they replied to it, it makes it more noticeable so if anyone does read their feedback they will see it.

I check feedback from people who make offers.  If I saw a note like that I would reject their offer.  eBay wants nothing to do with it because they are 99% buyer-protective.  

I guess they'll have this mark on their account for non-payment, and I can block people who have a few of them (or something like that), but I didn't have that block on and they could have a history of this and I'd have no way to know unless people leave the feedback.   

I so wish they had competition.  I want to be done with them.

Ebay stopped allowing sellers to leave negative feedback ages ago. I despise selling on there more and more everyday.

I plan on coming as close to the $20,000/200 items sold threshold this year (gonna be close) and then it's SAYONARA Ebay!

On 9/16/2021 at 2:52 PM, Funnybooks said:

Bigger gouge yet not as noticeable on the back... and the rest of the cover really does present well. Thanks for sharing!

The main defect is that fold in the back. If it doesn't complete press out, and if it still breaks color, a 1" crease wouldn't clear an 8.0 grade.

Looking at the shadowing on the crease, how there are shadows along two sides of the ridge... I think it could be difficult to take out.

It's still a gorgeous book. Nicely centered and with great colors.

I think with a press, you can clear 9.2. I don't have a lot of graded copies that I could use for reference on the discoloration. But the color on the front is still very bright and clear. If you're going to get it pressed, might as well get it cleaned. 

I had an X-Men #95 that I bought recently as a raw 8.0 with some spine dings and lots of grime. I did a bit of the drycleaning/erasing myself, then sent it to a presser... they managed to get just about all of the dirt out. I haven't gotten it reslabbed yet but I think I could get a 9.0-9.2 after their work on it.

Found a reader copy of a personal grail of mine. I owned a copy of Action Comics 28 maybe 20+ years ago. Sold it along with a few other GA books to help pay for grad school, and this year I vowed to track down another copy. 

Picked one up on the bay for what I think is a steal... but it arrived today with a gouge on that front bottom corner. Looks like the damage was done with a dremel... the gouge is about 1/2" long and it goes through the first half of the book. 

Elsewhere, the book looks about G+/VG. Cover is attached; Centerfold is detached. Some chipping along the spine on the back cover. PQ looks about cream to OW. 

I think it's a nice reader copy considering it's 80+ years old... but I'm not crazy about that gouge. Wondering if this would dip below a 2.0.

Foxing is not the same as staining. "Foxing is an age-related process of deterioration that causes spots and browning on old paper documents such as books, postage stamps, and certificates. The name may derive from the fox-like reddish-brown color of the stains, or the rust chemical ferric oxide which may be involved."

You may get the creases pressed out, but foxing doesn't come out.

If you were to get that graded, foxing is more forgivable in GA books... not so much with Silver or Bronze.

Send pics of the back cover to some pressers and see if it can come out just from drycleaning. Hard to tell from your photo... the stains don't look reddish or blotchy... it could just be schmutz or dirt.

Some of the grime may come off, but the discoloration along the bottom of the back cover looks like foxing to me.

Considering the minor surface wear and the 1" fold, I'd call it an 8.0. You should look into testing out a white eraser on that back cover to see if the dirt can dryclean out.

Uncanny X-Men #121 is a tricky one to grade because of the white cover. I found a CGC 8.0 copy that looks very clean and without much cover defect just from glancing at it... thought it was a 9.0 for sure... but I bought the Grader's Notes and apparently there were tiny color-breaking spine ticks along the spine that are very hard to see without a loupe. I did end up cracking mine out of the slab and just enjoy it as a reader copy.