Action Comics # 1 [6.0] Unrestored up up and away!

[G.A.tor]

hey, where'd that comicartwork guy go? poof!

[sfcityduck]

Maybe he was working on a deadline, and he's going to press.

[Aman619]

was he saying the book is pressed? or just starting trouble?

 

 

...or both!

[HOTFLIPS]

Rick, I have a home in Fort Lauderdale. State Rd 84[now 595] and University Blvd.

There is also a Bowling ally there.You know it?

I bowled a 78 there once.

know the area well...we had a house in Kendall/Miami,and I lived in Parkland (between Boca and Ft L)...

many many bowling alleys down there! if they were around in the early 1990's, I bowled them...most all from WPB down to Cutler Ridge

 

There is also a pool place/bar over there i go to whenever im down there. Met a girl there who was a bartender. and she told me she worked at a stripclub up the road. Thought she bartended there too, was that a surprise.

[nearmint]

hey, where'd that comicartwork guy go? poof!

 

He's scanning his numerous Golden Age DCs in 9.0-9.2.

[Ze-man]

Can you press a comic with a bowling ball?

I bet I can

 

Depends on how good you are. If you can roll the ball over the exact spot on the cover with a pressable flaw it can improve the grade, but if not done correctly the spin of the ball can split spines and cause cover tears. Then you have to factor in weight of the ball, heat caused by friction, and wax applied to the lanes.

 

Best to leave this type of thing to the pros in the Pressing Bowling Association.

[G.A.tor]

Can you press a comic with a bowling ball?

I bet I can

 

Depends on how good you are. If you can roll the ball over the exact spot on the cover with a pressable flaw it can improve the grade, but if not done correctly the spin of the ball can split spines and cause cover tears. Then you have to factor in weight of the ball, heat caused by friction, and wax applied to the lanes.

 

Best to leave this type of thing to the pros in the Pressing Bowling Association.

[adamstrange]

Whats youre high score Rick? Not on Wii.

I am sorry to say, that in almost 25 years of bowling, I have never had a perfect 300... I have had multiple 12+ strikes in a row, but they always carried over from one game to another (called an Andy Verapapa's 300)... most strikes in a row for me is 16 (9 to end one game, 7 to start the next)...

my high score is 289 (opened with 10 strikes, then 9 pin spare)

 

Wow!!!!!!!

I know you are modest but you are seriously a great bowler.

back in Ft Lauderdale/WPB in the early 90's, I bowled "semi" professionally(entered all the sanctioned tourneys, etc)... but let me tell you, bowling on a league, vs bowling on a tourney, is like night and day... everything from lane dressing to "pressure" it is unbelievalable how one does NOT transition always, to the other

 

My brother's a good bowler and explained some of those differences to me.

 

Have you bowled an 800 series? My brother's is more impressed by that than a single 300 game.

[tth2]

or, my other approach is just as you mention, I only bid last second (ebay/comiclink) or during live (heritage)...

 

Rick;

 

There's one big problem with this second approach of yours.

 

I've missed out on quite a few books for the very simple fact that I forgot all about the end of the auction or was tied up somewhere else and did not have access to a computer.

 

Of course, this always seems to happen when the books go for a lower amount than I would normally expect or was planning to bid.

The moral of the story is that you need to arrange your life's schedule around comic auction end dates. That's what a "real" collector would do!

 

Says the guy who doesn't even surf half of the major sites.

I'm not a "real" collector anymore.

[G.A.tor]

Whats youre high score Rick? Not on Wii.

I am sorry to say, that in almost 25 years of bowling, I have never had a perfect 300... I have had multiple 12+ strikes in a row, but they always carried over from one game to another (called an Andy Verapapa's 300)... most strikes in a row for me is 16 (9 to end one game, 7 to start the next)...

my high score is 289 (opened with 10 strikes, then 9 pin spare)

 

Wow!!!!!!!

I know you are modest but you are seriously a great bowler.

back in Ft Lauderdale/WPB in the early 90's, I bowled "semi" professionally(entered all the sanctioned tourneys, etc)... but let me tell you, bowling on a league, vs bowling on a tourney, is like night and day... everything from lane dressing to "pressure" it is unbelievalable how one does NOT transition always, to the other

 

My brother's a good bowler and explained some of those differences to me.

 

Have you bowled an 800 series? My brother's is more impressed by that than a single 300 game.

that is impressive and fairly rare...757 is my best 3 game series...

[shiverbones]

does value increase with pressing or does it count as professional restoration

 

Where on earth did that question come from. Not that it isnt o.k with me I guess.

He is spamming every thread with the same question.

Can you say "instigator"? (The quick way to get a Gator... just add water)

 

[EastCoastExchange-migratio]

I'm still trying to figure out how CGC gave the pages cream-offwhite when the photos clearly indicate otherwise.

[The Black Hand ®]

They indicated cream to off white to me and I'm old and tired with bad eyes.

[Transplant]

I'm still trying to figure out how CGC gave the pages cream-offwhite when the photos clearly indicate otherwise.

I'm sure you're able to tell based on the photos much better than CGC who actually got to look at the book.

[EastCoastExchange-migratio]

I'm still trying to figure out how CGC gave the pages cream-offwhite when the photos clearly indicate otherwise.

I'm sure you're able to tell based on the photos much better than CGC who actually got to look at the book.

 

Maybe I am...

 

Front and Back Cover White

Picture 1 Mostly Off-White

Picture 2 White

Picture 3 White

 

 

 

 

[Transplant]

Check out the 2d interior picture near the top of the spine. That looks dark to me and you're assuming that they're showing you the page that might make it qualify for Cream. If you've got pictures of a $300k item, wouldn't you show every page. Especially since it's now slabbed? Hell, I'd make an HD video for potential buyers to review.

[EastCoastExchange-migratio]

Check out the 2d interior picture near the top of the spine. That looks dark to me and you're assuming that they're showing you the page that might make it qualify for Cream. If you've got pictures of a $300k item, wouldn't you show every page. Especially since it's now slabbed? Hell, I'd make an HD video for potential buyers to review.

 

A video would be really sweet. I certainly like you would want to see the comic in hand before spending that kind of money, but maybe there are others who are just content with having CGC's opinion. With CGC having graded it the monetary value will always be there. I read somewhere that CGC will give cream or tan designation even when it's only minor (corner of a page, quarter size, ect.) Really I don't agree with this notion if the book is otherwise 90% perfect white. It can affect the value of a book maybe not on this Action #1 because of its magnitude but others lesser of course in value. If they say parts of this book have cream pages then the label should read cream to white pages instead of cream to offwhite pages. That is only fair. A broader range is what I am looking for.

[tonytiger]

I stopped by their office and saw the book before it was sent to CGC. The book was taken out of the mylar. I saw the pages. There is no way that the pages are cream to off white. NOOOO WAY.

 

I thought they were ow/white. But what do I know?

 

Are they grading page quality differently now? I have cracked out a few books with ow/white pages. That is what the book looked like to me. The middle of the pages are white. The bottom of the pages are ow/white. The top has slight tanning.

 

 

 

[innocuous]

It took nearly as long to find this picture as it did to read this thread.

[EastCoastExchange-migratio]

If you've got pictures of a $300k item, wouldn't you show every page. Especially since it's now slabbed?

 

The probability of them showing you -or in this case photographing each individual page is slim to none. It just doesn't make since when you consider each page is worth potentially ten thousand dollars.. Once the book has been professionally graded there has to be that degree of trust, and like all books you either buy it or you don't.