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I've got Mike taken care of. :-)

Not sure if I'll be going to Nickel City but I do have signings with Billy Dee a few times a year. I can do any books for Billy Dee whether at that show or another. Please PM me and I'll get you details on where to send items.

Dan is speaking not just of himself but everyone. We know that there are creators who charge at their book for signing CGC books in artist Alley (Scott Snyder, Jim Lee, Chris Claremont, etc etc etc). When people are signing at the DC booth or the Marvel booth they can't charge their. It wouldn't look right. So people have loaded the lines to get their items signed at those booth signings instead of paying the creators to sign at artist alley, private signing like Jim Lee does, etc. I'm not going to name names, but lots of people out there know that this happens. I spoke to some of the people at Marvel after this. They don't have a problem with a person going up and getting a CGC signature. They don't have a problem with a person getting three different books. But they do when someone goes up with 5 of the same cover, and the person behind them has 5 of another cover all prepped the same way. The artist then knows that this isn't a collector getting them done for themselves. Even Dan Slott knows that some people just collect CGC books...but he's smart enough to know when the person in front of him isn't a collector in most cases. This is the reason that I and some other people don't get creators to sign items at booth signings like this...we set up private signings, arrange a time to sign at their booth, after hours, etc.

CHARLIE SHEEN SIGNED TOPPS "MAJOR LEAGUE" Trading Cards FOR SALE FOR SALE - TOPPS MAJOR LEAGUE Trading Cards - 5x7 Signed by Charlie Sheen - CGC encapsulated as a photo - $200 As these are considered photos there is no grade. Cards are in sealed packs and will be opened for this signing. 5 AVAILABLE

Wizard World Philly - Accepting Submissions ************************************************************************ Twin Cities Comics will be accepting submissions for Wizard World Philly Below is the link to the guest list and will update as guests are added: Guests: Philly Guest List SIGNATURE FEES *Gene Simmons - $175 per signature *Famke Janssen - $100 per signature *Jesse Eisenberg - $125 per signature CREATOR SIGS *Creator signatures subbed under your CGC account is a fee of $5 per signature (note - there are some exceptions for creators that normally have extremely long lines or maximum # of books they will sign at a time where prices may be higher) *If you do not have a CGC account, we can submit the books under our account - Costs are: CGC fee (dependent on tier), fast track fee optional, $5 fee per signature, and return shipping of $13. (For additional books, return shipping is $3 per book) *For more than three new signatures on a single book, please also add $5 for each signature after the third new signature if you do not have your own CGC account. *Creator signature fees extra (if any). CELEBRITY SIGS *Celebrity signatures subbed under your CGC account is a fee of $25 per signature (note - there are some exceptions for celebs that normally have extremely long lines or maximum # of books they will sign at a time where prices may be higher) *If you do not have a CGC account, we can submit the books under our account - Costs are: CGC fee (dependent on tier), fast track fee optional, $25 fee per signature, and return shipping of $13. (For additional books, return shipping is $3 per book) *For more than three new signatures on a single book, please also add $5 for each signature after the third new signature if you do not have your own CGC account. *Celebrity signing fees extra and subject to change if they are changed at the show. Please see the signature areas on the conventions websites for current prices. *Items other than comics accepted...PM for specifics. ADDITIONAL FEES Costs under your own CGC account: $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag $10 invoice form fee if you do not send your own filled out CGC SS form Costs under our CGC account: CGC grading fee - actual cost based on tier of service ($10 fast track optional) Invoice fee - $8 per customer invoice Return shipping - $13 for the first book, $3 for each additional $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag Acceptable form of payments: USPS money order, Personal Check (will hold item until funds clear) or Paypal with added 3% fee. No Paypal Personal payments will be accepted. If you have any questions, let us know. Thanks!

Phoenix Comic Con - Accepting Submissions ************************************************************************ Twin Cities Comics will be accepting submissions for Phoenix Comic Con Below is the link to the guest list and will update as guests are added: Guests: Phoenix Comic Con Guest List SIGNATURE FEES CREATOR SIGS *Creator signatures subbed under your CGC account is a fee of $5 per signature (note - there are some exceptions for creators that normally have extremely long lines or maximum # of books they will sign at a time where prices may be higher) *If you do not have a CGC account, we can submit the books under our account - Costs are: CGC fee (dependent on tier), fast track fee optional, $5 fee per signature, and return shipping of $13. (For additional books, return shipping is $3 per book) *For more than three new signatures on a single book, please also add $5 for each signature after the third new signature if you do not have your own CGC account. *Creator signature fees extra (if any). CELEBRITY SIGS *Celebrity signatures subbed under your CGC account is a fee of $25 per signature (note - there are some exceptions for celebs that normally have extremely long lines or maximum # of books they will sign at a time where prices may be higher) *If you do not have a CGC account, we can submit the books under our account - Costs are: CGC fee (dependent on tier), fast track fee optional, $25 fee per signature, and return shipping of $13. (For additional books, return shipping is $3 per book) *For more than three new signatures on a single book, please also add $5 for each signature after the third new signature if you do not have your own CGC account. *Celebrity signing fees extra and subject to change if they are changed at the show. Please see the signature areas on the conventions websites for current prices. *Items other than comics accepted...PM for specifics. ADDITIONAL FEES Costs under your own CGC account: $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag $10 invoice form fee if you do not send your own filled out CGC SS form Costs under our CGC account: CGC grading fee - actual cost based on tier of service ($10 fast track optional) Invoice fee - $8 per customer invoice Return shipping - $13 for the first book, $3 for each additional $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag Acceptable form of payments: USPS money order, Personal Check (will hold item until funds clear) or Paypal with added 3% fee. No Paypal Personal payments will be accepted. If you have any questions, let us know. Thanks!

MegaCon - Accepting submissions ************************************************************************ Twin Cities Comics will be accepting submissions for Mega Con Below is the link to the guest list and will update as guests are added: Guests: Mega Con Guest List SIGNATURE FEES *J Scott Campbell - FYI...he is scheduled to be there but his booth manager said there is a possibility he may not. We will set up a private signing if that happens. Cost is $30 per sig. *Tim Curry - While he is a guest at the show, he is not signing at the show...only having pre-signed photos there for purchase CREATOR SIGS *Creator signatures subbed under your CGC account is a fee of $5 per signature (note - there are some exceptions for creators that normally have extremely long lines or maximum # of books they will sign at a time where prices may be higher) *If you do not have a CGC account, we can submit the books under our account - Costs are: CGC fee (dependent on tier), fast track fee optional, $5 fee per signature, and return shipping of $13. (For additional books, return shipping is $3 per book) *For more than three new signatures on a single book, please also add $5 for each signature after the third new signature if you do not have your own CGC account. *Creator signature fees extra (if any). CELEBRITY SIGS *Celebrity signatures subbed under your CGC account is a fee of $25 per signature (note - there are some exceptions for celebs that normally have extremely long lines or maximum # of books they will sign at a time where prices may be higher) *If you do not have a CGC account, we can submit the books under our account - Costs are: CGC fee (dependent on tier), fast track fee optional, $25 fee per signature, and return shipping of $13. (For additional books, return shipping is $3 per book) *For more than three new signatures on a single book, please also add $5 for each signature after the third new signature if you do not have your own CGC account. *Celebrity signing fees extra and subject to change if they are changed at the show. Please see the signature areas on the conventions websites for current prices. *Items other than comics accepted...PM for specifics. ADDITIONAL FEES Costs under your own CGC account: $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag $10 invoice form fee if you do not send your own filled out CGC SS form Costs under our CGC account: CGC grading fee - actual cost based on tier of service ($10 fast track optional) Invoice fee - $8 per customer invoice Return shipping - $13 for the first book, $3 for each additional $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag Acceptable form of payments: USPS money order, Personal Check (will hold item until funds clear) or Paypal with added 3% fee. No Paypal Personal payments will be accepted. If you have any questions, let us know. Thanks!

I will be having someone there.

Yes I can.

Books are due to me by May 5th.

************************************************************************ Twin Cities Comics will be accepting submissions for Comicpalooza Below is the link to the guest list and will update as guests are added: Guests: Comicpalooza Guest List SIGNATURE FEES CREATOR SIGS *Creator signatures subbed under your CGC account is a fee of $5 per signature (note - there are some exceptions for creators that normally have extremely long lines or maximum # of books they will sign at a time where prices may be higher) *If you do not have a CGC account, we can submit the books under our account - Costs are: CGC fee (dependent on tier), fast track fee optional, $5 fee per signature, and return shipping of $13. (For additional books, return shipping is $3 per book) *For more than three new signatures on a single book, please also add $5 for each signature after the third new signature if you do not have your own CGC account. *Creator signature fees extra (if any). CELEBRITY SIGS *Celebrity signatures subbed under your CGC account is a fee of $25 per signature (note - there are some exceptions for celebs that normally have extremely long lines or maximum # of books they will sign at a time where prices may be higher) *If you do not have a CGC account, we can submit the books under our account - Costs are: CGC fee (dependent on tier), fast track fee optional, $25 fee per signature, and return shipping of $13. (For additional books, return shipping is $3 per book) *For more than three new signatures on a single book, please also add $5 for each signature after the third new signature if you do not have your own CGC account. *Celebrity signing fees extra and subject to change if they are changed at the show. Please see the signature areas on the conventions websites for current prices. *Items other than comics accepted...PM for specifics. ADDITIONAL FEES Costs under your own CGC account: $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag $10 invoice form fee if you do not send your own filled out CGC SS form Costs under our CGC account: CGC grading fee - actual cost based on tier of service ($10 fast track optional) Invoice fee - $5 per customer invoice Return shipping - $10 for the first book, $3 for each additional $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag Acceptable form of payments: USPS money order, Personal Check (will hold item until funds clear) or Paypal with added 3% fee. No Paypal Personal payments will be accepted. If you have any questions, let us know. Thanks!

Accepting Submissions for Alamo City - Val Kilmer, Dave Bautista, Karl Urban, Dolph Lungren and more ************************************************************************ Twin Cities Comics will be accepting submissions for Alamo City Below is the link to the guest list and will update as guests are added: Entertainment Guests: Alamo City Celeb Guests Creator Guests: Alamo City Creators SIGNATURE FEES CREATOR SIGS *Creator signatures subbed under your CGC account is a fee of $5 per signature (note - there are some exceptions for creators that normally have extremely long lines or maximum # of books they will sign at a time where prices may be higher) *If you do not have a CGC account, we can submit the books under our account - Costs are: CGC fee (dependent on tier), fast track fee optional, $5 fee per signature, and return shipping of $13. (For additional books, return shipping is $3 per book) *For more than three new signatures on a single book, please also add $5 for each signature after the third new signature if you do not have your own CGC account. *Creator signature fees extra (if any). CELEBRITY SIGS *Celebrity signatures subbed under your CGC account is a fee of $25 per signature (note - there are some exceptions for celebs that normally have extremely long lines or maximum # of books they will sign at a time where prices may be higher) *If you do not have a CGC account, we can submit the books under our account - Costs are: CGC fee (dependent on tier), fast track fee optional, $25 fee per signature, and return shipping of $13. (For additional books, return shipping is $3 per book) *For more than three new signatures on a single book, please also add $5 for each signature after the third new signature if you do not have your own CGC account. *Celebrity signing fees extra and subject to change if they are changed at the show. Please see the signature areas on the conventions websites for current prices. *Items other than comics accepted...PM for specifics. ADDITIONAL FEES Costs under your own CGC account: $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag $10 invoice form fee if you do not send your own filled out CGC SS form Costs under our CGC account: CGC grading fee - actual cost based on tier of service ($10 fast track optional) Invoice fee - $5 per customer invoice Return shipping - $10 for the first book, $3 for each additional $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag Acceptable form of payments: USPS money order, Personal Check (will hold item until funds clear) or Paypal with added 3% fee. No Paypal Personal payments will be accepted. If you have any questions, let us know. Thanks!

LAST CALL...Items MUST be in my hand on the 24th.

Tim Curry signing opp - Items needed by April 24th TIM CURRY SIGNATURE OPP!!!!! THIS IS A LIMITED SIGNING AND THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEND-INS FOR THIS OPP. Items must be received by April 24th and the signing will be mid May. ************************************************************************ SIGNATURE COSTS: *$150 per signature (magazine or smaller...oversize items are more) You may submit under your own CGC account or mine. Costs under your own CGC account: $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag $10 invoice form fee if you do not send your own filled out CGC SS form Costs under my CGC account: CGC grading fee - actual cost based on tier of service ($10 fast track optional) Invoice fee - $5 per customer invoice Return shipping - $10 for the first book, $3 for each additional $5 cracking applies to graded books $5 prep fee applies if you do not send along a proper window bag Acceptable form of payments: USPS money order, Personal Check (will hold item until funds clear) or Paypal with added 3% fee. No Paypal Personal payments will be accepted. Non-comic book and/or non-CGC graded books will have a Celebrity Authentics hologram attached for a COA. If you have any questions, let us know. Thanks!

Hayden Christiansen - Sold out of the few that we had but they might be able to get me a few more Felicity Jones - Felicity Jones will actually be postponed. They were doing a private signing for us for our customers before the show but had to change her schedule but they did say that we will be able to get them signed later this year. So for those that are doing cast signed books, we still will get the available people on the items and then we can add her later.

Thanks for the referral Pirate. We will be able to get Craig Kyle and Joe Quesada for you at SDCC this year and if you would also like Stan Lee we will have a couple signings with him before then. Will message you directly for our contact info.

Signing is confirmed for April 27th. Items for the signing need to be here by April 21st.

Twin Cities Comics will be involved in this. Unless Dom doesn't like me anymore. By the way Dom...haven't seen you in a while. Do you still have the beard or did you choose not to join Isis?

We can have them signed without Liefeld...price will be the same.

STAR WARS FANS!!! Hayden Christensen was added to celebration and autos sold out in less than an hour. I was able to secure a very limited number of spots. Price is $300 per. We also know they are adding one more Rogue One guest and they are securing a very limited amount of spots for him as well. Price is $300 per signature. Will announce the name as soon as he is officially announced. Need payment on the signatures by Friday APril 7th and need items to be signed by Monday April 10th. We will have oversized items sent directly to our hotel instead of here.

FYI...we now have a tentative date for the Paul Rudd signing. Looking at May 4th. Evangeline Lilly has already signed. We will be cutting off orders for the variant as well as send-ins in mid-April.

No you can't guarantee anything. But if you don't have the book in hand and when the books come in if the entire print run is damaged it doesn't matter if there is a pre-sale or not and no customers get books they might want. A seller doesn't need a GUARANTEE during a pre-sale. Even the BEST "proven and near-perfect track record" people on the board can't control ship damage and things. But to say that a dealer can't take orders doesn't make sense. Don't comic shops have pull bins so they know how many copies of books to order? Diamond has shorted LCSs before. LCSs have had books come in damaged or had full runs with printing defects. If there are 20 people that want a copy of a book that he can provide but a board dealer is not allowed to take orders to know how many to submit, maybe they only do 5 because they don't want to get stuck if the demand is low. Now they get those 5 books and because there are 20 people that want it the price spikes when it shouldn't have. Who loses there? The customers lose because they pay more than they should have. This isn't a perfect world we live in.

So I was away from the net for a few days and just got a chance to read up on this thread. As a facilitator here’s a few things I’d like to touch on (some have already been talked about) in no particular order. And my apologies if any of these is a little confusing as I'm typing this while being a passenger is a car. WITNESSING FOR CGC When I facilitate a signature for someone I am the person handling the book. This means that a witness I bring, or use from the CGC booth accompanies me but I do not give the books to a witness to get signed. If I will not be the person actually handling the book (for instance if I have to cancel a trip but can still get the book done through another facilitator) I am up front with the customers and this gives them the chance to cancel if they don’t feel comfortable. If I sent in a book of mine, I would want to know who is actually handing the book. When it comes to witnesses, I know some facilitators who will “divide and conquer” by taking one witness with them to one signing and send another witness to another creator. Personally I believe that the CGC Signature Series program should have two sets of eyes on each book as it’s signed but I know other people do not agree and believe that an independent witness is ok. To me why would it be ok for a witness to be the only person at the signing but not the facilitator. The argument I have heard is that the facilitator is the person who is benefiting from the book being signed and I can understand that reason but personally still feel two people should be present when a book is signed. If CGC is going to allow a witness to be at a signing by themselves without the facilitator I have no problem with this as long as the witness is not in the industry such as a CGC dealer. (This would be in addition to the current witness restrictions of relatives, employees, owners, etc). When a dealer witnesses someone elses books there is too much of a chance that they might do their own books (and I know this has been done before as I have seen it done). I know there have been times where “witnesses” were at a convention and later they were selling comics on their ebay stores that were signed at the convention they were working at. There is too much of a chance for fraud (ie a dealer witnessing their own items) in that instance. PRE-SALES First, I believe that pre-sales should be allowed in certain instances. When you have guaranteed access you should be able to “pre-sell” which is no different than just taking orders. When you can order any amount of a book you’d like, when you have an agreement with a retailer, publisher, etc. The one instance I do not think should be allowed to pre-sell is convention exclusives where you are not guaranteed to get book. People have brought up the issue that pre-sales shouldn’t be allowed because you can’t guarantee grades. This is true, but I don’t think this is an issue if you are upfront with people that if for whatever reason you can’t get the appropriate grade a person is not required to purchase the item. If I go to a store and pre-order an item and the item comes in damaged, or the store gets the wrong item, they would not require me to purchase it. There’s no difference between that and pre-selling comics. But when dealing with convention exclusives, that would be like an appliance store pre-selling the newest game console when they aren’t even sure if they are getting them. With pre-sales, I believe that requiring a deposit is acceptable. But I don’t think a dealer should take a full amount months in advance in most situations. When they are pre-selling CGC 9.8 or CGC 9.8 SS and taking money months before a signing, I do not agree with that. (Facilitating for SS when a customer is sending in their own book is a bit different as it’s not a pre-sale). If CGC does allow pre-sales, they should be regulated and transparent. That means there should not be any PM sales threads. I don’t do them and don’t believe others should either. There is a selling forum for a reason and sales threads (pre-sale or regular) should be there. PRICES All I will say is that the market dictates things through supply and demand. Something is only worth what someone else is willing to pay. While some people are willing to pay money for a Rolex, others may not. We all have things in life that are important to us that we will spend money on. And we all have creators and/or celebs that we will pay for their sig and some that we wouldn’t pay a dime for. Someone said that some creators charge of their own account…this is correct. Someone else said that some creators charge because other creators tell them they should. And yet another person said that some creators charge because a dealer tells them they should..again that is correct. The bottom line is this...we all (collectors, dealers, facilitators, CGC, etc) want the best for the hobby/business that is comics. There are some issues out there as I see it and I hope that over time we all come together to make things better.

Hey Rich...you want to know how much I spent on signatures in 2016? I don't even want to know...I'd probably cry. FYI...2017 YTD my total is over $60K.

Here are the other covers we should be having for sale and cost if we get approval to have these covers signed. True Believers: Deadpool #1 CGC 9.8 SS (Reynolds and Liefeld) - $599.99 Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe TPB CGC 9.8 SS (Reynolds and Liefled) - $599.99