OMG!!! Harley Yee graded this Fantastic Four #7 a 9.2 ?!?!?!?!?!

[ericc123]

I am simply stunned! Look at the scan. It's not even a good scan and I can see major spine wear.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2204208577&category=32731

 

Eric

[murph0]

Well.... it IS a Winnipeg.. so... just kidding definately doesn't look like a 9.2 from the scan.

An 8.0 perhaps.

 

Brian

[BachelorOfComix]

Yikes! You would think he would slab a book like that if he really felt it was a 9.2.

[MikeS]

Forget the spine wear - it has a name written on the cover. I can almost handle a date stamp, but a name written on the cover is a VG in my book.

[BachelorOfComix]

Forget the spine wear - it has a name written on the cover. I can almost handle a date stamp, but a name written on the cover is a VG in my book.

That's harsh dude. How do you feel about written arrival dates on covers?

[deathlok]

Is the name written on the front a trait of a Winnipeg collection?

[BachelorOfComix]

Is the name written on the front a trait of a Winnipeg collection?

Yes.

[greggy]

Is the name written on the front a trait of a Winnipeg collection?

Yep...especially on the Silver marvels. However, there were a few Winnipeg DCs from the 1960s with no signatures.

[MikeS]

Yeah, I was exaggerating a little bit. Guess everyone has their pet peeve - mine is writing on the book, especially the cover. I can handle a date stamp though...I would probably pass on a written arrival date on the cover unless I really needed the book or it was a good deal otherwise.

[deathlok]

Is the name written on the front a trait of a Winnipeg collection?

Yep...especially on the Silver marvels. However, there were a few Winnipeg DCs from the 1960s with no signatures.

 

If slabbed would it get a Q label or Universal?

[greggy]

Is the name written on the front a trait of a Winnipeg collection?

Yep...especially on the Silver marvels. However, there were a few Winnipeg DCs from the 1960s with no signatures.

 

If slabbed would it get a Q label or Universal?

Universal! I guess it's factored into the grade. When I spoke with Steve a few months ago, he said that the signature is how most of the Winnipegs can be identified, as apparently Daniel Greenlagh of Showcase New England (purchaser of the collection) didn't really keep a master list. They actually found a better pedigree collection a year after the Winnipegs that they dubbed the Golden State collection but Steve mentioned that the only reason why the books aren't given the pedigree name on the label is that there wasn't a master list or any COA provided.

[blazingbob]

Yes, the Golden State collection was a much better collection. I picked up about 10-20 books from that collection.

 

[Red Hook]

Here is a scan of a CGC graded Winnipeg book I own. It's got that (to some) annoying signature on it, as noted on the label. I suspect if it was graded today, there would be some clarification on the label that the signature was a characteristic of the pedigree. Of course, I still can't figure out why a guy would sit and scrawl his name on the cover of all his books, unless he was 8 years old. Why not the back? By the way, this scan is in two parts that I welded together so forgive any anomolies.

[Aman619]

if that Avengers 3 is a 9.0 Winnepeg, then poor Harley's FF is a 7.5.

But remember ... Harley only called it a NM-.

In his day (our day) thats what it would have been graded and sold as.

 

But Harley surely knows better and definitely was playng some sort of game by grading it NM-.....

[Aman619]

I still can't figure out why a guy would sit and scrawl his name on the cover of all his books, unless he was 8 years old.

 

you probably nailed it right there. I dont know how old the Winnepeg collector was, but Id guess he WAS 8 years old or so when he scrawled his name on ALL of his funnybooks so his brothers, cousins, neighbors, bully on the block couldnt take em and say they were theirs!! They were just funnybooks!! big deal.

 

I "shared " my collection with my next door neighbor back then. And we decided to write our initials on th eback covers. But we werent so smart... we used a fat black marker and wrote in inch-high letters!!

 

 

sigh...

[Red Hook]

Some people can't stand the sig at all, it doesn't bother me very much,....of course placement is important too....on Yee's FF7 at least the background is dark and the signature doesn't interfere as much as it does on a book with a light background, or, as is the case with my Avengers #3, right on the logo.

 

I'd love to know a little bit more about the guy....Dennis Kjolso.

 

I also have seen scans of CGC graded Winnipegs where the note "name written on cover" is not included.

[greggy]

I also have seen scans of CGC graded Winnipegs where the note "name written on cover" is not included.

The copy that you posted was slabbed during the time that CGC put notes on their labels regarding visible markings on the covers. They have since ceased to do so anymore.

[greggy]

Also, does anyone know when Dennis stopped signing his books? This DC from 1966 has no visible signature.

 

[supapimp]

maybe he liked marvels better than DC's?

[murph0]

I totally agree. I own 2 Golden State books, both Strange Tales. They're extremely nice, and I've seen a couple others. From what I've seen the books are superior to Winnipeg copies.

 

Brian