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The difference is that banking is highly regulated by current federal laws, but those laws don't extend to safe deposit boxes.

Of course, you can only take their word for it that they don't have extra copies of the key they give you. The woman in the article I linked to above was also told that the bank couldn't access her box without her key, but apparently, they had extras. How else could someone else's stuff have been in her box, yet she was still able to open it with her key?

And as of today, with more than 11 days to go, it's already at $56,000! I think we're about to see a new high for 9.6s.

But there were zero bids.

And here's the link.

Or die.

I'm guessing the X-Men #94 was reading over your shoulder when you wrote the first post. And then you had more privacy when you wrote the second.

Yes, I agree that it's extremely unlikely, but if it does happen, the banks usually put up a lot of resistance. And even suing them is problematic. This is from the NY Times article. (btw you don't need a subscription to read it.) :

Check out this article: https://abc7news.com/archive/8973198/ A woman opened her safe deposit box to find that the bank had opened it, removed her stuff, and rented it to someone else. That shouldn't have been possible, since they shouldn't have been able to open it without her key. But it was obviously not drilled into and replaced, since her key still worked in the lock. The bank had obviously lied about her having the only copy of her key. Also, she wasn't behind on her payments, and the bank never returned the box contents to her.

They have climate-controlled units, though.

True. Some storage unit companies are very shady.

I know it's extremely rare to lose the contents of a safe deposit box, but it's really alarming to me that the banks will fight you tooth and nail before making restitution. The best place to store a 50k book is with CGC. Just send it in for pressing and grading, and they will hold on to it for you for months and months. 😂

After reading this article (and a few others), I would no longer even consider using a safe deposit box: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/safe-deposit-box-theft.html

Well, yeah. But Galactus is no Spider-Man. (Is this a reference to Marvel Zombies?)

He can sense when someone is about to shoot and then move out of the way before the shot is taken. I don't think he can actually move fast enough to get out of the way of a bullet that is coming toward him. At least, I hope he can't, because that would be OP.

I had the same reaction (and was about the same age as you at the time). Spider-Man took on the X-Men and made them look like a joke. I can see spider-sense giving him an advantage, but I don't think Wolverine would ever leave himself open to being swatted like that.

Do his teeth regenerate? Because otherwise, picking at his enamel with the sharp point of an adamantium claw is going to leave Wolvie needing dentures. (I know he once regenerated from a single drop of blood, but I just can't accept that as canon.)

I hope someone answers this. I've been leaving my slabs in their mylar sleeves, but maybe I should take them out.

$88k for a 9.6 is crazy, especially when HA just sold one for a mere $66k. I used to be of the opinion that it was always better to go with HA for selling comics, since even though it charges a hefty 20% in commissions, it usually makes up for that by attracting higher bids. Maybe that is true for less in-demand titles, but it looks like TMNT #1 is so highly sought after that the bidders will go after it wherever it pops up. This is especially relevant to me, because I have a 9.6 that I intend to one day sell. And for the first time, I am considering using an auction house other than HA.

I don't know what can be claimed, but I would add that it would certainly reasonable to claim a figure that at least covers the cost of packing materials, postage, and lost time. Also, what on Earth is the postal service doing that allows their packages to spend long periods of time soaking in water? I mean, did the postman drive into a lake?

Yes, and even though we may very well be entering a collectibles bubble, I think TMNT1 is probably one of the safest titles to hold onto due to its scarcity and how iconic it is.

It just went for $66,000! Subtracting the Buyer's Premium, the seller will get $52,800 (if I calculated right).

It actually is $175,000 now. 😂

https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/8508/

What an odd place for a zipper.