Keen Detective Funnies (Not Yet Processed)

[The Black Hand ®]

I don't usually toot Metro's horn, ( they're pretty good at that themselves) but they have a boatload (buttload if you're from Worthington, Ohio) of Keen Detective Funnies that just arrived.

http://www.metropoliscomics.com/bookSearch.php?&order=&sort=asc&pageNum=0&pageSize=40&display=gallery&aSearchPos=down&searchType=collection&title=&set=616

[The Black Hand ®]

I noticed that v2n3 was cracked out of it's cgc holder.

[TheWatcher]

#23 also

[The Black Hand ®]

Does anyone know what their cgc grades were?

[sacentaur]

Vince, you been hittin' the snake oil bottle again?

 

An apparent nice set of books - if they were in anyone else's hands...

 

Oh, someone should let them know that the 2#11 isn't the Larson copy; I own it.

[The Black Hand ®]

Vince, you been hittin' the snake oil bottle again?

 

An apparent nice set of books - if they were in anyone else's hands...

 

Oh, someone should let them know that the 2#11 isn't the Larson copy; I own it.

 

[metropoliscomics]

Does anyone know what their cgc grades were?

 

The grades we have them at were the grades CGC gave them.

 

 

[Straw-Man]

Vince, you been hittin' the snake oil bottle again?

 

An apparent nice set of books - if they were in anyone else's hands...

 

Oh, someone should let them know that the 2#11 isn't the Larson copy; I own it.

 

how many times, i wonder, has a nice book with a little foxing been touted/sold as a larson?

[The Black Hand ®]

Does anyone know what their cgc grades were?

 

The grades we have them at were the grades CGC gave them.

 

I see I have to ask very specific questions about the books.

What color label did they have, blue , purple or green? I like to know why a book was cracked from it's slab and what the cgc notaions were.For instance any minor color touch or glue. If it was cracked by a previous owner or by you guys. Does anyone consider wanting that information unreasonable? It's a super cover, my favorite of the run.

 

[G.A.tor]

2 of them there I want

rick

[The Black Hand ®]

2 of them there I want

rick

 

Which two?

[Shield]

I don't usually toot Metro's horn, ( they're pretty good at that themselves) but they have a boatload (buttload if you're from Worthington, Ohio) of Keen Detective Funnies that just arrived.

http://www.metropoliscomics.com/bookSearch.php?&order=&sort=asc&pageNum=0&pageSize=40&display=gallery&aSearchPos=down&searchType=collection&title=&set=616

 

At least my wife isn't a fudge packer like yours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is your wife out packing fudge with Alice again?

[metropoliscomics]

Does anyone know what their cgc grades were?

 

The grades we have them at were the grades CGC gave them.

 

I see I have to ask very specific questions about the books.

What color label did they have, blue , purple or green? I like to know why a book was cracked from it's slab and what the cgc notaions were.For instance any minor color touch or glue. If it was cracked by a previous owner or by you guys. Does anyone consider wanting that information unreasonable? It's a super cover, my favorite of the run.

 

 

The books were in blue holders. No label notes of any type incl glue/ct. etc.

 

We sold these 2 books in the holders to a person who hates CGC holders. He cracked them out.

 

S

[The Black Hand ®]

Does anyone know what their cgc grades were?

 

The grades we have them at were the grades CGC gave them.

 

I see I have to ask very specific questions about the books.

What color label did they have, blue , purple or green? I like to know why a book was cracked from it's slab and what the cgc notaions were.For instance any minor color touch or glue. If it was cracked by a previous owner or by you guys. Does anyone consider wanting that information unreasonable? It's a super cover, my favorite of the run.

 

 

The books were in blue holders. No label notes of any type incl glue/ct. etc.

 

We sold these 2 books in the holders to a person who hates CGC holders. He cracked them out.

 

S

 

Thank's Steve!

[The Black Hand ®]

I don't usually toot Metro's horn, ( they're pretty good at that themselves) but they have a boatload (buttload if you're from Worthington, Ohio) of Keen Detective Funnies that just arrived.

http://www.metropoliscomics.com/bookSearch.php?&order=&sort=asc&pageNum=0&pageSize=40&display=gallery&aSearchPos=down&searchType=collection&title=&set=616

 

At least my wife isn't a fudge packer like yours.Is your wife out packing fudge with Alice again?

 

Not until december when all the ladies get together for their fudge packing party. Me and the other husbands really want to help, but no men allowed. I tried to explain that men are better at packing fudge, but they won't buy it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[G.A.tor]

2 of them there I want

rick

 

Which two?

2 of them in my WTB..I think v2 #4 and v2 #8?

rick

[sacentaur]

"Not Yet Processed"

 

Is this now becoming the norm in business?

 

I was really hungry today, so I stopped by a glitzy restaurant because I felt like a good steak.

 

Looking at the menu, there were many pictures of lots of delicious looking food items, including dishes I rarely see being served nowadays. However, under the price category it said, "Ask Waiter to Inquire".

 

When the waiter did come over, I asked how much for a steak. He replied that I should make my best offer. A bit off balance by all of this, I told him that I'd pay $35 for a nice cut, but he left and then returned saying that their beef was on consignment from a rancher in Missouri and the best they could do was $95.

 

I of course balked at this, but now almost starved I asked about a bowl of clam chowder. The waiter returned shortly thereafter and said it was $32.50, but since I was such a good customer, they would give me a packet of those small round crackers for free.

 

I knew this was ridiculous, but by this point I was so famished that I reluctantly said OK. When the soup finally arrived, I was disappointed - it wasn't as tasty or in as big a bowl as I expected, but hey it satisfied my craving for now.

 

As I left the restaurant after paying the bill, I felt kinda dirty like I had been taken advantage of. I don't thnk I'll say anything however as I don't want any hassles or to cause any problems.

 

Anyway, I'm bound to be hungry again soon, so perhaps I'll stop in again to see if I can try something better tasting off the menu, and maybe get a more reasonable price too.

 

 

[esquirecomics]

"Not Yet Processed"

 

Is this now becoming the norm in business?

 

I was really hungry today, so I stopped by a glitzy restaurant because I felt like a good steak.

 

Looking at the menu, there were many pictures of lots of delicious looking food items, including dishes I rarely see being served nowadays. However, under the price category it said, "Ask Waiter to Inquire".

 

When the waiter did come over, I asked how much for a steak. He replied that I should make my best offer. A bit off balance by all of this, I told him that I'd pay $35 for a nice cut, but he left and then returned saying that their beef was on consignment from a rancher in Missouri and the best they could do was $95.

 

I of course balked at this, but now almost starved I asked about a bowl of clam chowder. The waiter returned shortly thereafter and said it was $32.50, but since I was such a good customer, they would give me a packet of those small round crackers for free.

 

I knew this was ridiculous, but by this point I was so famished that I reluctantly said OK. When the soup finally arrived, I was disappointed - it wasn't as tasty or in as big a bowl as I expected, but hey it satisfied my craving for now.

 

As I left the restaurant after paying the bill, I felt kinda dirty like I had been taken advantage of. I don't thnk I'll say anything however as I don't want any hassles or to cause any problems.

 

Anyway, I'm bound to be hungry again soon, so perhaps I'll stop in again to see if I can try something better tasting off the menu, and maybe get a more reasonable price too.

 

 

[metropoliscomics]

"Not Yet Processed"

 

Is this now becoming the norm in business?

 

I was really hungry today, so I stopped by a glitzy restaurant because I felt like a good steak.

 

Looking at the menu, there were many pictures of lots of delicious looking food items, including dishes I rarely see being served nowadays. However, under the price category it said, "Ask Waiter to Inquire".

 

When the waiter did come over, I asked how much for a steak. He replied that I should make my best offer. A bit off balance by all of this, I told him that I'd pay $35 for a nice cut, but he left and then returned saying that their beef was on consignment from a rancher in Missouri and the best they could do was $95.

 

I of course balked at this, but now almost starved I asked about a bowl of clam chowder. The waiter returned shortly thereafter and said it was $32.50, but since I was such a good customer, they would give me a packet of those small round crackers for free.

 

I knew this was ridiculous, but by this point I was so famished that I reluctantly said OK. When the soup finally arrived, I was disappointed - it wasn't as tasty or in as big a bowl as I expected, but hey it satisfied my craving for now.

 

As I left the restaurant after paying the bill, I felt kinda dirty like I had been taken advantage of. I don't thnk I'll say anything however as I don't want any hassles or to cause any problems.

 

Anyway, I'm bound to be hungry again soon, so perhaps I'll stop in again to see if I can try something better tasting off the menu, and maybe get a more reasonable price too.

 

 

Hey look everyone -- it's Greed Carey. The award winning "collector" with the uncanny ability to soak his fellow hobbyist like they've never been soaked before. I could go on and on but I could not improve upon the words of our beloved Dave Anderson.

 

 

"My Response"

 

Hello CGC Forum Readers-Although I don't read the forum comments as a rule, I am aware of some of their content. Over the years I know my name has appeared from time to time, but after reading some of the comments posted about me recently, I feel the need to respond. The instigator of these comments was Steve Carey who has distorted facts related to some recent dealings.

 

First, a little background: Over the last few months I listed a large private collection of Golden Age Books on eBay, many of which had restoration. If anyone were to go back to these listings, they would clearly see that MANY were listed as restored. I noted to the best of my ability any restoration that I could detect. Did I miss some minor restoration, apparently yes, who wouldn't when dealing with the volume I was working with, which is why I offered a full 7 day return priviledge on anything I listed with an extention granted for anyone who wanted to send a book to CGC. A very small percentage of the nearly $200,000 in sales involving hundreds of comics were returned for various reasons and each and every person

received their money back immediately.

 

In the case of Steve Carey, I sold him an Adventure 60 which was slabbed in a CGC Blue Holder for Geppi's Entertainment Museum graded 8.5 (this is a matter of fact and should be verifiable by CGC) and cracked out by me which I told Carey in advance. Since Carey knows more than CGC, he returned the book saying it was reglossed and I gave him his refund. He then asked me about a couple of other books that I had listed on eBay. I pulled them out and examined them very closely, told him I suspected there might be color touch on one of them (I wasn't positive, but told him that anyway so as not to have him potentially return another book) and that he shouldn't bid. (It turned out NOT to have color touch).

 

He eventually won a More Fun, but prior to shipping it to him I told him that when running my finger along the spine it felt a little stiff and might have a dot of glue on the spine, again so as not to have him return another book or waste his time. He offered me something like half of his bid price with the new information which I declined. No harm, no foul?

 

Personally, I would have appreciated the honesty, but Carey felt the need to leave me a neutral feedback because of this (my only neutral with no negatives and nearly 1000 positives), and yes I left him a nuetral in return. The final book Carey refers to is a More Fun 16 which someone else bought, asked for a refund (unrelated to any restoration issues) WEEKS after the auction ended, and shipped it to at least two other people trying to sell it (including Carey). The buyer requested that I relist it for him which I did.

 

The buyer and I are working on a mutually acceptable resolution which is none of Carey's business but he is still trying to cause trouble and interfere anyway. I should mention that Carey initially sent me an email after seeing this More Fun 16 calling it a "nice book" (again, a matter of record and fact). The final attempted deal with Carey is when he tried to sell me an overgraded over rated All American 16. As is typical with Carey, anything he has is great and anything anyone else has is junk. His copy of All American 16 has a subscription crease down the cover among other defects, and he represents it as the best known copy even going so far as to say that it's better than the Mile High Copy which I told him point blank is a ridiculous statement on his part.

 

Carey is trying hard to convince anyone who might buy it that it can be pressed to achieve a much higher grade because he knows that as is it's nothing special. I personally have seen several copies that blow it away even if the creases were to be pressed out. I still agreed to take a look at it but he reneged on his promise to send it to me for inspection and nothing came of the deal. I doubt anyone will pay his $75,000 asking price for a book that's VG if that. If trying to be honest with Carey in each of these transactions, even going so far as to cost myself a sale in two cases warrants all of the negativity generated on the boards, it should make one pause and consider the source.

 

Steve Carey is considered a bit of a joke by big comics dealers (they've told me so!) and is considered by nearly everyone who deals with him as a picky pain in the *spoon*. He has a huge double standard when it comes to buying and selling. I've known him for 20 years and he's always been that way. We recently reconnected via these eBay listings at which time he told me he had purged his collection of many of the books I had sold him many years ago because he found restoration, yet he never said a word to me and acknowledged that he didn't lose any money.

 

I'm sure Carey will respond with more lies and exaggerations through these boards as he isn't man enough to tell me directly, but please, anyone who cares, ask any major dealer or collector out there who has actually had several dealings with each of us, who they would believe to tell it like it is, or who they'd prefer to deal with, Dave Anderson or Steve Carey. I would bet the vast majority, if not all, would say Dave Anderson. In closing, I will not post anything else on these boards related to this. I've had my say and will let readers form their own opinions.

 

Regarding my Action #1: The people who have seen it and whose opinions matter to me know what my book is. Just ask Bob Overstreet, Steve Borock, Steve Geppi, Steve Fishler, or Joe Vereneault. Everyone else can choose to believe what they want as is their right.

 

 

[sacentaur]

...our beloved Dave Anderson.

 

Stephen, I just love it when you post, I really do.

 

With the start of the redmelvin27 thread, your timing of regurgitating Dave's lone diatribe of an old post couldn't have been any better!

 

You're the bomb, thank you!!