Popular Post LadyDeath Posted December 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2022 On 12/7/2022 at 7:19 AM, Funnybooks said: Your 1.0 trash is another collectors 1.0 treasure. Why judge someone who decides to encase their book? Low grade is better than no grade! Treco, comicjack, Funnybooks and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr. Lady Luck Posted December 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2022 New One of my favorite acquisitions of 2022. badback83, jayhawker, Dr. Balls and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Balls Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 On 12/7/2022 at 3:25 AM, Big Brother said: Somebody please explain something to me: This comic is graded 1.0, almost at the bottom of the ladder. Why would you keep it in the slab? How much damage could you possibly do to it by READING it?? What is the point of keeping a book in lousy condition in a slab? It's already trashed! Seriously, why? Zzutak answered this perfectly. I'm just adding that I tend to buy key PCH books in lower grade, almost exclusively slabbed because I don't want any surprises on grading, or issues inside the book. I recently had a pretty nasty grade drop from a competitor-graded book to a CGC-graded book because the competitor missed a pretty important component of grading: tanning. If a grading company can miss something like that, so can hundreds of other sellers on raw books. I don't want to drop several thousand dollars on a book and have to deal with a major defect and trying to wrestle out a return, etc etc. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted December 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2022 I haven't bought a PCH for a good three months. This one just delivered. One of the great PCH books for stories I reckon. Raze, BuscemasAvengers, Mr. Lady Luck and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Another one in quick succession and this completes my limited purchases for '22. I particularly love the colours on this book. Mr. Lady Luck, Raze, Point Five and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 FYI - for those possibly bidding on the CSS 22 on eBay, it has four staples and isn’t mentioned in the description. Don’t know if manufactured like that or added after. Also don’t know where the other two come into play; I see two on the front cover, four at the centerfold, none on the back cover, and nothing noticeable on the spine. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) On 12/14/2022 at 1:38 AM, manetteska said: FYI - for those possibly bidding on the CSS 22 on eBay, it has four staples and isn’t mentioned in the description. Don’t know if manufactured like that or added after. Also don’t know where the other two come into play; I see two on the front cover, four at the centerfold, none on the back cover, and nothing noticeable on the spine. If it's the same book I'm looking at, the seller also has some dubious feedback. I don't understand why some people are willing to drop big bucks with a seller on ebay who isn't whiter than white?.....but it's not my money. Place is a minefield as is. Edited December 14, 2022 by Paul © ® ™ 💙 ⚽️ Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thewritestuff Posted December 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2022 Lots of great Unseen comics! Here's my favorite... badback83, buttock, sartrexpress and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) On 12/13/2022 at 7:38 PM, manetteska said: FYI - for those possibly bidding on the CSS 22 on eBay, it has four staples and isn’t mentioned in the description. Don’t know if manufactured like that or added after. Also don’t know where the other two come into play; I see two on the front cover, four at the centerfold, none on the back cover, and nothing noticeable on the spine. Just saw the book and it looks funny, Trimmed maybe? The insides look small than the cover by a little bit...I dont know if this seller is bad because I got a Vault of horror 25 last year from this seller. Had no problems. Edited December 15, 2022 by Raze added info Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) On 12/13/2022 at 5:38 PM, manetteska said: FYI - for those possibly bidding on the CSS 22 on eBay, it has four staples and isn’t mentioned in the description. Don’t know if manufactured like that or added after. Also don’t know where the other two come into play; I see two on the front cover, four at the centerfold, none on the back cover, and nothing noticeable on the spine. Those extra two staples were obviously added after, and not very professionally at that. Notice how tight the opposite pages are at the bottom. Didn't seem to matter though; 46 bidders, $4,712 hammer price. This issue has really taken off since last year, and seems to be the grail for pre code crime, thx to it's notoriety as the star in the 1954 Senate investigation into comic books. Edited December 15, 2022 by fifties Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sartrexpress Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 some recent upgrades Inaflash, C. Spaulding, davet75 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sartrexpress Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 some Dark Mysteries from my run davet75, Jayman, Inaflash and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/15/2022 at 7:29 PM, sartrexpress said: some recent upgrades If I had your money, I could burn mine! Nice haul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sartrexpress Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 2:03 AM, fifties said: If I had your money, I could burn mine! Nice haul! I've been doing this for a while.. doing it mostly in upgrading through trades and resale.. I have comics no money. SandiaSteve, buttock, thewritestuff and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 11:11 AM, sartrexpress said: I've been doing this for a while.. doing it mostly in upgrading through trades and resale.. I have comics no money. I prefer the comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mysterio Posted December 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2022 Spent more than I planned to, but wasn't going to let it go. frozentundraguy, Treco, badback83 and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 On 12/17/2022 at 2:58 PM, mysterio said: Spent more than I planned to, but wasn't going to let it go. I was happy you bid as you did. Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ and mysterio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 On 12/17/2022 at 1:58 PM, mysterio said: Spent more than I planned to, but wasn't going to let it go. Ain't that the way it usually is? mysterio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 On 12/17/2022 at 5:48 PM, buttock said: I was happy you bid as you did. buttock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted December 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2022 Here's a neat one you don't see every day... Eerie #1 UK edition. Love these colors! Mr. Lady Luck, Black Bat, comicnoir and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...