Real Elijah Snow

I love details. I think your story is fantastic. 

9 minutes ago, slym2none said:

tl;dr, next thread!

 

Seriously, great read, and while every story is unique, this one isn't like any I have read around here!

 



-slym

Condensed version:

Bill sold him a showcase 4. He's happy about it. 

On 3/17/2020 at 1:38 AM, godparticl said:

Got a return for it, so I guess it can be someone else's problem. Still, that shouldn't be a 9.6 at all

That's still slabbed, correct?

That's an admission of guilt if I've ever heard one. 

If no physical pencils exist, then I'm totally fine with the inks. It's the only original art that exists for a given page. 

If pencils and inks exists, pencils all the way because that's the original. The inks usually look better to me, but owning the superior and first version of the work is ultimately more important to me than what I like to look at more. I only own a couple of inks where there's a pencil version floating around somewhere, and they actually bug me a good bit. A good example would be Secret Invasion pages. I'd be buying the heck out of them if they were pencils/inks together, but they are separate, so I only have a couple of them. 

Looks split to me. 

On 1/10/2020 at 9:11 AM, Timely said:

I'm kind of shocked that Budd Root is the #4 search in the last 30 days. Perhaps I sold my load a bit too early!  lol!

I'm not surprised...Budd's work continues to be amazing.  I'm not just saying that because he's a friend and I have a bunch of his stuff. I don't think...  I do know that he's one of very few guys I get commissions from, and it's a thrill every single time. 

10 hours ago, shadroch said:

Babe Ruth is dead eighty years but more people know him now than when he was alive. I'm pretty sure Jordan will be, as well.

Lol I was literally about to make the exact same analogy.  

One of my favorite series. 2 covers!!

22 hours ago, TIREGUY said:

Any Thoughts on new avengers 54 sdcc variant. I believe it is an affordable alternative to strange tale 169.

Do you know of any tires that are going to increase in value? I've literally never made a penny on any of my tire investments. 

21 hours ago, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

Is there any reason I shouldn't buy multiple copies of Batman 89 and Hell Arisen 3 for $20 each? My LCS has 6-8 more 89's and 8-10 Hell Arisen 3's. He's offered them to me for $20 each and I picked up 2 Bats and 3 HA3 from him. I hate selling online but have 10 shows in the next 12 weeks so I have ample opportunity to turn them. Is this a no-brainer and I'm just over thinking it?

Why would you do that when you could just put the money into He-man/She-Ra promos and baseball cards? Priorities, bruh. 

Detective #868 DPS 

Batman #607 splash 

Batman #580 Splash 

Batman #576 pg 20 

Batman #596 pg 19 

per PM. 

2 hours ago, Twisted_Road said:

A bit tangential because it is a book versus a comic, but supposedly Almost Got 'Im (golden book) surpassed BA 12.and WD 1 in FMV for a 9.8. Two websites reported that a CGC 9.8 copy of Almost Got 'Im was sold for $2,288 late last year. I still haven't seen where this book was sold so I can't verify first hand. 

Huh. There was a sale recorded on GPA for that, so it would have been an Ebay sale or one of the other sites that report to gpa..I had 4-5 of these still sealed a few years back and was told that CGC wouldn't grade them. My copies were flawless, and no doubt would have graded 9.6-9.8. I sold them for decent $$, but nowhere near that sale. Has CGC changed their stance on this book, or is that one that slipped through?

5 hours ago, Ryan. said:

What. 

Ryan, because of his birth sign he can see both sides of the talk, and CGC should xerox every book they slab because reasons. He basically has cosmic awareness. 

1 hour ago, O. said:

The eBay auction winner is a close friend, and he's as real as it gets in our market.

The second he showed me the seller's eBay messages refusing to honour his winning bid, I told him she probably got a higher private offer off eBay.

Despicable behaviour on the seller's part.

 

Yeah, that's awful. 

I was watching this one too. Any thoughts on where it would have ended without shenanigans? 

There is almost zero chance that this book would receive a 9.9/10. 

I've subbed nearly 20,000 books, and have gotten exactly 2 9.9's and both were lenticular covers done onsite. 

With few exceptions there is no reason to sub books with the expectation you will get above 9.8. Unfortunately it doesn't matter if a book looks flawless as even then the chance of it getting a 9.8 far outweighs the luck involved in it getting higher. 

Just got hit with the auto pay last week. I'm leaning towards cancelling before the next one. 

On 12/16/2019 at 5:31 PM, Blastaar said:

No idea what I have here...all I know is that it's from Wizard magazine. Any insight on artist would be appreciated. 

I see some Bisley in this.. Not 100% sure by any means, but some of it reminds me of him.

On 12/9/2019 at 2:04 PM, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

It’s a beater but it’s the first time I’ve ever found one. And fifty cents at the flea certainly doesn’t hurt either! 

 

 

Sam 1- Justin 7.        Your move, cupcake. 

On 12/3/2019 at 1:30 PM, Dave Good1 said:

I looking to buy on of these as well. Anyone know where I can find one?

Turtle's music still has some on the shelf. 

I've had a sub for years now, and just tried to navigate the new site for the first time. It's ugly, and it's cumbersome to get data quickly. I know I'm just repeating what others have said, but it's true. Lots of extra clicks. Pointless.  

On 11/28/2019 at 5:51 AM, Rick2you2 said:

I now recall that I did buy something a long time ago, and he cut the price a little when I asked. 

While a lot of posters are getting a bit gushy here, and I agree he is fair and pleasant to deal with, don’t forget he is still a dealer who is there to make money. He is not your Aunt May. 

He's not my aunt?