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Thanks. That previous one can’t be mine… Your numbering is sequential. Someone must have submitted two or weren’t constrained by the limit and had a stack of them.

I was trying to jog my memory and I seem to remember this was an event on the boards… Either it was an official event or it was facilitated by a board member here. You could have two items signed by BWS but you had to mail the items to them. I hope I got that right. I may have slabbed that Epic Illustrated #16 along with the Conan #1 possibly since I literally had and still have hundreds of copies of that magazine series.

It's weird. My Conan #1 was signed at the same time as that Epic Illustrated Magazine... but I can't remember if I had them slabbed myself or if I bought them. I had no idea he doesn't do Signature Series any more...

The original poster was talking about buying already graded books and flipping them for profit. One Board member said he already does this and it's pretty obvious how and where this can happen steadily. (It does not take a lot of effort really... You just have to not need the money immediately.) You do not have to leave your house basically. No physical leg work scouring the shops involved.

Sonic the Hedgehog is one of those series where it's currently impossible to assemble a 9.8 graded collection. (The census clearly shows this as there are some books where NONE are graded.) So if any of your books are 9.8-level in condition and would be the first to be graded as a 9.8, I would always slab it. Having the only highly graded copy of something doesn't always translate into monetary awards, but someone will always tend to want it.

I never even knew the True Believers edition existed... What's funny is that a lot of board members here received free copies of Venom: LP #1 from me as freebies when they bought something from me at the various VCCs. (Spawn #1s too and Infinity Gauntlet #1s.) These comics didn't used to be worth anything really and I also gave them away free to kids at conventions when I used to set up many years ago.

GPAnalysis just tells you about known historical sales from the larger venues. The CGC Census tells us there are about 261 copies of the Black Cover/Printing Error. That should let you know how rare it is in relation to the over 11,000 copies of the regular #1 edition of Venom: Lethal Protector that are out there. (Some of these versions may have been cracked out and resubmitted without having their CGC Serial Numbers resubmitted.) That means there are now ghost slabs that remain in the census but don't really exist. So while the Black Error version is pretty rare, it's about a 1:42 ratio of total error copies to total regular copies. 1:77 for 9.8 copies The WHITE COVER/Printing Error is apparently the really rare one with 2 copies slabbed so far. (And we don't know necessarily if that was a 9.6 that was resubmitted to be a 9.8.) Update: https://recalledcomics.com/VenomLethalProtector1Error.php In mid October 2014, there were 137 "Black Cover/Printing Error" gradings registered by CGC in their census with an exceptional number of very high grades (including a 9.9 and two in 10.0!) and a single "White Cover/Printing Error" variant graded at 9.6. So in seven years, an additional 124 were added/resubmitted. If that White Copy was cracked out, pressed and regraded into a 9.8. there is ONE known copy in the last 28 years, and it's probably the rarest error variant of a now quasi-valuable comic.

The $40 VueScan is the basic software. The basic software has the Advanced Features turned off as well. If you don’t need them, then that’s fine. The $99 version includes photo slide scanning, OCR, and advanced features (which I found I needed). The Microtek i900 (vs the i800 I guess) is also a photo slide scanner with an assortment of plastic slide templates. Most people don’t have slides anymore since they’re pretty much obsolete, but some families will have slides in their old photograph storage areas which can now be scanned instead of being sent out to a shop or service. (Mine does.) The advanced features is probably also where you can tweak a lot more of the color settings. That may also be why I upgraded once I realized the basic version was too limited. Some people may feel they do not need it.

I can probably help with as many are needed.

The cost of the scanner is only part of the cost actually. The VueScan software is not cheap in comparison. (It's $99 I think.) I also just picked up a used Microtek i900 scanner off eBay. I've been playing with the settings but @Ghost Town had some great initial color settings for his scans based on his Microtek i800. (You can find it via search on these boards I think... I'd have to look for it.) NOTE: There's also an easy way to clean UNDER the glass for the i900. You just have to be careful to press down on the hole between the cover joints with something like a pencil (eraser side) once you take the cover off. It then slides off and lifts up.

We have USPS informed delivery where they send you scans of all your mail and status of your packages. We also installed one of these for smaller items: Packages tend to still be left on our porch though and they'll ring/knock but not stay for a signature like it was said earlier. (Since the pandemic.) Amazon will send you a photo of the package usually as well to show you where they left it.

Originals HC (Gibbons) $10 *Planetary Book 2 & 3 HC $20 Teen Titans Earth One Vol 1 & 2 HC $20 Wolverine: Origins Vol 1 HC $10 (Way)

True. You sound like a lawyer...arguing semantics. I concede your point.

My point was that CGC does not have to assign it anything in terms of a nebulous idea of its value. The idea is that they WAIT UNTIL IT IS GRADED... then look up what is now a historical average value for FMV. If it is high enough to bump it to the next tier in terms of the initial fee, then they have the option of doing so. (In many cases in the past, they have chosen not to do so.)

Not sure why this is not clear. They don't assign a value... they let the market decide Fair Market Value which creates a historical record maintained by various services, including GPAnalysis as mentioned before. That answers how they determine that a collectible is undervalued in terms of the fee after it has been graded when compared to the initial form entry (which is an estimate based on the ungraded state of the book in question). The submitter determines their own declared value which does not change. Now I don't think it has been mentioned if they go by 12-month average, 90-day average, the last sale at the time of assessment, or whatever... but I hope it's something like the 90-day average which seems to be a reasonable medium point.

Are we all assuming that they're recording everything instantly? Most likely, your book may be through most of the process before the status has even been recorded. If your book has already been graded, then they know what the approximate slabbed value would be historically. Then it makes logical sense to see and understand if your fee needs to be adjusted or not. (And you'll probably instantly see why once you see your grade.)

Over the years, his signature and what he signs has changed a bit... (Naturally). In the 60's-70's, he didn't go by Sr. all the time. (John Romita, Jr.'s American debut was in 1977.) These sigs were obtained at a convention in 1975.

That was a lovely cubicle/partition shot posted earlier...

Well, I did both the spreadsheets, charting, and graphics for both contests... but the actual purchase/ CGC grading of books must have cost a lot of preparation, money and time on the part of @thirdgreenham and @BlowUpTheMoon so that would probably be the deciding factor. I've been away for a while and working from home for a year without a commute has put things into perspective... but I won't be the bottleneck if they wanted to do to this again. As always, Someone Else is welcome to take up the mantle.

Hi Everyone, THIS IS LAST YEAR'S THREAD. THERE IS NO 2021 MARCH MADNESS CONTEST UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE STARTS ONE. Stay Safe If you wanted to relive the final moments of the 2020 contest, it is here:

The Berkeley store bought my Eastman and Laird Portsmouth New Hampshire Con Personally Autographed and self-witnessed TMNT #1 for $75. Weird what you remember all these years later...

I don’t remember shopping at that store since it’s a BART (train) ride into the suburbs from Berkeley, but I used to frequent Comics and Comix and Comic Relief in the 80’s/90’s as well actually. Welcome to the CGC Messageboard. (Just passing through myself...)

#48 FORFEIT is just a placeholder and should be skipped unless some enterprising Board member changes their name to FORFEIT.

FORFEIT was what happened when both players didn't submit a grade for that round. I can't give that FINAL RANKING SLOT to another person since it goes by Bracket Round so just skip it. Unless some enterprising Board Member suddenly changes their name to Forfeit...

I knew I forgot someone.... Sorry! Had to this part by hand yesterday night. UPDATED...I'll check the list again shortly against the SEEDING ROUND Spreadsheet.