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Bob Storms, Worldwide and Angelo will be there. Dale Roberts looks to be there, as he has it on his calendar. I believe Superworld will be there, but I am waiting for Ted to reply to my e-mail. Greg Reece will not be there. I don't think CGC will show up. A few weeks ago, Harley told me he would be there. That's all the information I have as of right now. Of course, I plan to be there. Here's hoping it does take place.

I just purchased my ticket.

I suspect that he removed the color touch and then submitted the books to CGC. That is what I was thinking of doing, but I felt the second book would receive a 6.0 grade. I shake my head at the whole thing -- why didn't he just press and slab the books and make more money. I can't understand that mindset of trying to deceive. It reminds me of a class mate way back in high school: a smart student who would cheat on homework and tests. That behavior was baked into his DNA. We would kid back then that he would cheat even on opinion tests. It was funny back then. Now, it's real sad.

This explains a lot. I hate posting about this topic, as I wanted to put the experience behind me, as it left a very bad taste in my mouth. But I probably should, as a warning to others. A few months ago, I won two raw books on ebay from Scroogenightmare. The first book was described as having a front cover crease that did not break color. It had mostly a dark and black cover. Great, sounds like I could press it. The second book was a little higher grade. But both scans looked nice! When I received both books, I inspected the first book with a jeweler's loop and I found three tiny color touches along the spine. The front cover crease was awfully deep. Inspecting that part of the book, I found color touch. All of the color touch was very well done. No bleed through and I had to tilt the book a bit to get the right angle to detect the color touch. Very well done. The second book had a miswrap, as the back cover wrapped a little around the front, but that didn't bother me. Well heck, there was one spot of color touch on the white area. I couldn't figure out why anyone would do that?!! It was part of the back cover! At that point, I looked no further. I thought about having the books pressed (they would have benefited just a bit from a press) and the color touch removed. With the first book, I don't know. What would it grade with the color touch removed? I didn't want to take a chance that it came back at 6.0, or worse. I figured the second book would grade about an 8.5 with the removal and press. Of course, I was just making an educated guess. At this point, I asked for a refund. I was taken aback at his reply: He was an expert, there is no color touch, as he trained the first CGC graders when that company opened, blah blah blah. It reminded me when Robert Beerbong "snowed" me many years ago. When he received the books, he again stated there was no color touch and there was more than one way to detect color touch. He was going to send the books to CGC to confirm there is no color touch. He contacted me a few weeks later to tell me the books indeed came back from CGC in blue labels, and he was right and I was wrong. I checked for the books on ebay and they sold the first day. The second book came back at 8.5. But the first book, with the front cover crease came back at 6.5. But what disturbed me was a slight light distortion in the area of the crease. I talked to a boardie to get his take, as maybe I need a dose of reality. I was surprised that he also had a recent unpleasant transaction with Scroogenightmare! I don't know, maybe I don't know how to grade, maybe I can't spot color touch if I spilled a gallon of paint on my shoes and maybe I can't tell when a scan is manipulated because I no longer have 20/15 vision. But I do know when something smells fishy. All I know is I will never buy another raw or slabbed book from him. And I didn't know he worked for Heritage. Hopefully they parted ways with him, but if he is still there, they will NOT get any of my books for auction, regardless if I lose money selling elsewhere. End of story, as I am pissed off rehashing this experience.

I thought most of the Romance went for strong or outrageous prices. I struck out on quite a few lots over the last couple of days. Heck, I was not even the under bidder on all the expensive books.

Thank you to everyone who bought, commented or watched. I had a great time listing these books and I hope you had fun too. I will go through the thread and marked the books that are sold. If you want to make an offer, my ears are listening. Invoices will go out Monday evening and this thread will stay open until Sunday, May 17. That is eight days from now.

...and the last book... Young Romance 208 CGC 9.0 ow/w $ 50 SOLD TO crassus

Young Romance 196 CGC 9.2 white $ 110 SOLD TO greggy

Young Romance 189 (7.5) $ 15 SOLD TO Jonathan78

Young Romance 41 CGC 7.5 cr/ow $ 200

Young Love 122 CGC 8.5 ow $ 45 SOLD TO Jonathan78

Young Love 112 CGC 7.5 ow $ 60

Young Love 110 CGC 7.5 ow $ 60

Young Love 102 CGC 6.5 cr/ow $ 30 SOLD TO Jonathan78

Young Love 80 CGC 9.2 cr/ow $ 75 SOLD TO electricprune

Western Love 4 CGC 8.0 white $ 150

Wartime Romances 14 CGC 5.5 white $ 650 SOLD TO Changer

True Love Problems & Advice Illustrated 41 (8.5) $ 50

True Love Problems & Advice Illustrated 35 CGC 9.4 cr/ow $ 150

True Love Problems & Advice Illustrated 16 (8.5, lt/ow) $ 85 SOLD TO Comcav

True Love Problems & Advice Illustrated 11 (8.5, lt/ow) $ 100 SOLD TO bounty_coder

True Love Problems & Advice Illustrated 7 (8.0, lt/ow) $ 90

True Love Problems 6 (7.5) $ 75 SOLD TO SteveDuin Small tear fc upper left area

True Love Pictorial 8 CGC 5.0 ow/w $ 900 SOLD TO Comcav

True Confidences 1 CGC 8.5 ow/w $ 175 Crippen