Date stamps

[etanick]

I agree, centering of a book, Page quality, and brightness of the colors, etc..all play in part on the final prices. Not all books in any given grades are equal...thus you can see a wide range of prices.

[Gotham Kid]

No one will be buying any of my copies for $6K, so factor that into your appraisals. I appreciate hearing your opinion, though. Thanks for the research!

 

How many do you own ? Please say 50 copies

 

 

[Gotham Kid]

here is my 9.6 near perfect centering copy which can be a 9.8 on a good day at CGC if I resub.

 

 

why haven't you ?

[etanick]

because I am not selling so it isn't necessary to spend any money.

[Gotham Kid]

because I am not selling so it isn't necessary to spend any money.

 

(thumbs u

[warlocke]

No one will be buying any of my copies for $6K, so factor that into your appraisals. I appreciate hearing your opinion, though. Thanks for the research!

 

How many do you own ? Please say 50 copies

 

 

Nah. I only own four.

[divad]

The difference is that your GSX#1 has a contemporaneous date stamp from when the book was first released. CGC does not downgrade for those below 9.9.

 

The Flash 105 he mentioned has a date stamp from 1990. That will get downgraded because it is not a contemporaneous date stamp. It is just extra ink on the cover.

 

Yes, I know this distinction is arbitrary, but that's the way it is.

 

date stamp on cover...

 

I don't disagree, but that's assuming the date stamp was "contemporaneous" and not just in error . . .

[Gotham Kid]

No one will be buying any of my copies for $6K, so factor that into your appraisals. I appreciate hearing your opinion, though. Thanks for the research!

 

How many do you own ? Please say 50 copies

 

 

Nah. I only own four.

 

Hoarder !!!

[warlocke]

No one will be buying any of my copies for $6K, so factor that into your appraisals. I appreciate hearing your opinion, though. Thanks for the research!

 

How many do you own ? Please say 50 copies

 

 

Nah. I only own four.

 

Hoarder !!!

 

Hey, I just love the X-Men! Four is insurance for losing the other three.

[trmoore54]

The difference is that your GSX#1 has a contemporaneous date stamp from when the book was first released. CGC does not downgrade for those below 9.9.

 

The Flash 105 he mentioned has a date stamp from 1990. That will get downgraded because it is not a contemporaneous date stamp. It is just extra ink on the cover.

 

Yes, I know this distinction is arbitrary, but that's the way it is.

 

date stamp on cover...

 

I don't disagree, but that's assuming the date stamp was "contemporaneous" and not just in error . . .

 

non-contemporaneous = extraneous...

[divad]

The difference is that your GSX#1 has a contemporaneous date stamp from when the book was first released. CGC does not downgrade for those below 9.9.

 

The Flash 105 he mentioned has a date stamp from 1990. That will get downgraded because it is not a contemporaneous date stamp. It is just extra ink on the cover.

 

Yes, I know this distinction is arbitrary, but that's the way it is.

 

date stamp on cover...

 

I don't disagree, but that's assuming the date stamp was "contemporaneous" and not just in error . . .

 

non-contemporaneous = extraneous...

 

My point was, that having used those POS date stamps, it was very easy to be a decade or so off . . . it wasn't the year they were worried about!

[violentluke]

I have a cgc 9.8 branze age Thor with a date stamp written on it in what looks like marker, its pretty big also.

[etanick]

any chances of seeing a scan of that Thor? thanks.

[violentluke]

any chances of seeing a scan of that Thor? thanks.

 

I dont have a scanner or the comic yet, its on its way, but ill take a pic the best my phone can do

[violentluke]

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[chrisco37]

That's a grease pencil, not a marker.

[violentluke]

That's a grease pencil, not a marker.

 

Ah thanks for the clarification..Grease pencil much better than a marker?

[chrisco37]

I've never seen one "bleed" thru like a marker does. A marker would typically cause more damage to a book.

 

You'll find a decent amout of old books with grease pencil "date stamps", and CGC will typically treat them as such. A marker, as I stated above, would normally bleed thru and CGC will down grade for that.

 

 

[violentluke]

I've never seen one "bleed" thru like a marker does. A marker would typically cause more damage to a book.

 

You'll find a decent amout of old books with grease pencil "date stamps", and CGC will typically treat them as such. A marker, as I stated above, would normally bleed thru and CGC will down grade for that.

 

 

Ah ok, learn something new on here every day, but that makes sense so I guess a little common sense would of answered this for me.

[etanick]

http://www.pedigreecomics.com/auction-detail.php?issue_id=38260

 

I see a downward trend here and now unlike the sale on CL that didn't hit GPA, this will hit GPA shortly so there goes the bottom.

 

The SS 9.8 got just $6400 but it is one of 2...

http://www.pedigreecomics.com/auction-detail.php?issue_id=38259