Obvious Scam

[joe_collector]

I don't know who this guy is, but he's been buying like a madman, and looks to be selling off his raw purchases as NM to NM++++.

 

This pic of a NM++ raw book is obviously from a CGC case, and I wonder what the original grade was?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=35761&item=2238626843

[joe_collector]

Hey, does this image/book:

 

 

Look like a brightened version of this one:

 

 

 

Image Dimensions: Exactly the same (291x445)

 

Photoshop Merge: 100% by my eye

 

P.S. that last image is a copy of zillaf4's CGC 9.4 WBN #32 that sold for $510:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=35761&item=2235886589&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[BronzeBruce13]

good catch... there is a white defect (possibly scanner crud) over the "F" and the bottom LC looks a bit different... but its pretty obvious it's the same book.

 

A raw, true NM- copy is hard enough to find... a raw NM+?... be serious, and grade it.

[joe_collector]

good catch... there is a white defect (possibly scanner crud) over the "F" and the bottom LC looks a bit different... but its pretty obvious it's the same book.

 

Yeah, I enlarged that LC a bit and saw some serious pixel-work there. Obviously an attempt to cover up the wear that caused it to be a CGC 9.4 and not a 9.6 or higher.

[uclapeterg]

Is someone going to bid on these books?

[DiceX]

Good catch.

They are the same scan with a color adjustment.

See...

[DRDOOM-migration]

Good catch.

They are the same scan with a color adjustment.

See...

 

Nice Catch

 

 

 

DR.DOOM

[joe_collector]

Good catch.

They are the same scan with a color adjustment.

 

A huge on the graphics example.

[Darthdiesel]

Good catch.

They are the same scan with a color adjustment.

See...

 

"You're a GIF-maker, dream-taker..."

[joe_collector]

Okay, this auction seems to have been taken down by EBay, but the rest remain. Any bets on whether the ASM 129 buyer actually gets a comic or not?