MattTheDuck

On 4/15/2024 at 8:18 AM, SpineTic said:

I know I'm impressed by her skill.

 

If she's interested in emigrating to the United States, please let me know.

On 4/14/2024 at 1:26 PM, MOOSE82 said:

I just broke open a storage unit that I've had for 25 years. Completely forgot all the issues that I had in storage I have quite a few issues of fantastic four from number 49 through #150 i've got issues of tales of suspense between 48 and 98 I got Daredevil from issue three to age issue age nanny 89 I've got a few high issues of Thor I also have some X men from issues 51 through 140 and then I have some tales to astonish from issues 52 through 121 few amazing Spiderman from issue 61 to 82 some Avengers from issue seven through issue 117. These runs are not complete. But a lot of the issues in those runs are there like I said it's been twenty-five years since I've been involved with this and I'm out of touch obviously I have a very simple question I posted it earlier i've joined some Facebook groups to try to learn and try to catch up on the grading game and so forth seeing a lot of negative information about turnaround times for grading of taking up to a year and so forth to get comics back I want to know has that been the experience of the people in this group or are the turnaround times as advertised under the CGC website i'm asking because it's a lot of money obviously but I have some pretty good comics and if they are in good enough condition I'd like to get them grayed but I don't want to wait a whole year to get them back any responses are appreciated thanks so much

 

Here's my "advice" for what it's worth.  The first question to ask yourself is why you want to have books slabbed.  Is it to sell them?  Is it to preserve them?  Is it for display purposes?

The second question is one you've already touched on - where do you think these books would grade?  I would look at the big keys you have - FF #49 & #50, ASM #121 and #129 and so on - first.  Those will be the ones most worthy of slabbing.  I think what you'll find is that at least some of these books may not provide a really huge price bump if you're intending to sell them.

The third question is: how much money do you have to spend on this project?  Slabbing isn't cheap and you may want to focus on the key books for that reason as well.

The fourth question - and you've already touched on this as well - is how patient a person are you?  You won't have any real problem with the books being out of your hands if you already haven't seen them for a quarter of a century without really noticing.  But it's different when you've sent them off and paid for the privilege of having them in someone else's hands.  Yes - it will take months, at least, for your books to be returned to you.  There's some indication turnaround times have improved a bit, but that might depend on the tier they're sent in under.  If it will freak you out if it does take a year, it might not be worth it.

Good luck!  Be sure to let us know what decisions you make.

It could just be the pictures, but the colors on the more expensive 6.5 seem a lot brighter to me. This is most pronounced in the yellow at the top and the Hulk in the bottom right. 

As you know, I'm always willing to spend more of your money than you are, but if it were me, I'd take the more expensive copy as it presents quite a bit better in my view.

I wonder if they hired a new crew just for pulps.

On 4/11/2024 at 4:20 PM, Bumble Kitty said:

Atom-Age Combat 2 FN- (fine minus)  $ 85   Staining front cover, "A" written in Combat logo, looks like someone tried to erase it

In most instances, two weeks seems like plenty to evaluate slabs and decide whether they need to be returned.  Most sellers here don't offer that much time.

If you were not around to receive and inspect the work, the "clock" ought to start when you returned and could.  If you haven't already, contact Customer Service and explain the situation.  Perhaps a full or partial refund could be offered.

You have collected some of the most amazing pieces.  Every time you have a sales thread it just blows my mind.

On 4/10/2024 at 2:28 PM, KirbyJack said:

I started getting serious in 1988, and I had put out an APB on FF 1. I got a call a couple of months later, but with the opposite problem: the book was too nice! VF, $900, and I had the money !

    I turned it down.
The most I had spent up to that point was $75, and my family thought I was nuts to do that. It was the biggest regret of my comic life, and the last time I let public opinion make a decision for me. 

I just never had a shot at any books like that, sad to say, but I was way too passive.  The most I paid during my "first phase" of collecting was $30 for a really nice ASM #94 and $25 for a JIM #113 that was marked as "Fine."  Almost every other back issue I bought from 1973-1978 was $1.00 or less, but again, the quality of most of these books is not particularly high.  It was not until 1992 that I breached the three-digit barrier when I had another brief burst of collecting and picked up a very, very nice ASM #19 for $100 when, on a whim while on a work trip, I stopped at an LCS in the southern part of the State.

On 4/10/2024 at 1:31 PM, KirbyJack said:

1974?

I'd have turned it down, too.

Might have been 1975 - all I know is I had to have my mom drive me over to look at it so it had to be before 1976.  I had previously told the LCS owner that I was looking for some older Silver Age books like that one but by that time I had all the chewed-up, low grade books I needed (all of which, of course, I still have).  Man, was I disappointed.  What I wanted was reasonably nice, complete books, but after I turned the #10 down, he never called me again although I continued shopping there for a few more years.

I'd be in today, but I declined a $10 remaindered copy of this book in 1974.

Very nice books, everyone!

Probably showing on Syfy because whoever schedules their shows to rent thought more people would watch it than the other choices they had.

Capcom

Just now listening to a radio story about this.  Asking people to call in and tell them about their expensive collectibles.  Don’t expect to hear Mitch.

An eclipse gone rogue

I initially perceived that as "parking ticket lawyer" and was trying to figure out how you could keep from starving to death, much less buy any awesome comic books.

Hope you still have your " seemingly nice" copy but don't blame you for declining to reveal.

The good news is the next woman he beats up can expect him to be severely punished with a month or two in jail.

On 4/7/2024 at 4:40 PM, CGC Mike said:

I found a setting and changed it to open on the last post read not too long ago.

Nice work!  That's why they pay you the big bucks.

There have been some recent improvements to the mobile app which solved my biggest beef with it which was threads always opening on Page 1 rather than at the last post you read.

The last time we played this game, I was left out until the 20th .  Thank you @DR.X!

Any Fiction House?

On 4/5/2024 at 5:33 PM, KirbyJack said:

I’m just telling myself “it’s a typo”.

Over and over again. 
 

Just a typo. 

Sometimes you can use language to send more than one message.  "Subtext"

On 4/5/2024 at 9:16 AM, Straw-Man said:

sorta fell into my lap; been w/o one for awhile, so glad to have it!  spidey grr came with it, headin' over there now...

Feel into your lap?  Care to elaborate.  I have a lap that could use one of those.