Phil Coulson

I would've thought a pressing would remove that crease altogether and the long color break would be a big disappointment.  Great book, sorry about that imperfection.

Ha, if that were my book I'd trim it, just being honest.  Not from a view of trying to cheat someone because I'll probably never sell any of my comics until I die, but I literally couldn't go to sleep at night after seeing that.

On 9/29/2020 at 2:36 PM, ftlepore said:

It should be the 5.5 that sold on eBay, and that's not entirely true. The last 5.5s before this one sold for $2811, and two best offers were accepted for below $2700. I don't think that's too far off of the market price for a 5.5, and this one had the press/clean potential for me.

I also won the recent 7.0 that sold for $3100, but the seller cancelled the order three minutes after the auction ended (which sucked, and I assume was because he didn't get the price he wanted; great way to avoid the cost of putting a reserve on the auction). Meanwhile, two recent 6.5s have gone for $3500 and $3395, so the prices are kind of all over.

Either way, I didn't get it to flip it. I was looking for a copy of 181, and this felt like a good opportunity to see if it could be improved, and I felt like the price for a 5.5 was in line with previous copies in the past couple months.

That sucks about the cancelled ebay order.  Can sellers do that?  Isn't that the reason why they have to place a reserve?  Is there anything you can do about it?  Just seem dishonest to me.

The kind of 6.5-7.0 that I'd love to have because the fc presents so well.

I don't feel bad but honestly don't run across deals like that very often.

Are the new labels an option?  I prefer the old labels with comments like "1st appearance..."

18 minutes ago, KCOComics said:

Agree with the general feedback. 

I'll go as far as to say 5.5 with the dirt / staining, but a press and dry clean could go a long way. 6.5 potential 

Does cleaning come along with the standard pressing technique?  If not, how is a comic "cleaned"?

5 hours ago, Very Metal said:

https://my.comics.org/accounts/login/?next=/collection/list/

I created an account but it is waaaaaaay too complicated.  I'll keep using my Excel spreadsheet.