tortoise Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Tortoise congratz on those TTA pickups I scored a couple more tonight. One a slight upgrade and the other brings me down to only needing 5 more TTAs to go Awesome. I almost went after that 29, but I was cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Astonish 29 and Strange Tales 89, along with Suspense 2, are among my very favorite pre-hero covers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 CLink has been good to me recently. Nice books, I was after TTA #40 but was sniped at the death. Oh well, I'll keep looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Just got these back from CGC today. Needless to say, I am very happy with these. Some others, I was disappointed. You win some, lose some. They seem to be all over the place with the grading. Books I thought were 8.0,8.5 were graded 7.0-7.5. Some were graded 1.0-1.5 higher than I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR.X Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 The purple on the Strange Tales #72 is the nuts. What a great haul on those. Sales thread soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 lovely, lovely books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 oh my goodness. those are sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Thanks, guys. The only way to go with CGC is to fast track for an extra $10.00 a book. Submitted these Feb. 20. Last batch I submitted took 4 and a half months without fast tracking. When I get a chance, I'll post more. Watching final four BB-ball right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Here's some more. This one tied for highest grade, but I thought it was an easy 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenTO Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 OMG!! Where the heck are you actually finding these Raws that are in such awesome condition!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtleboy23 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Back on page 335, I mentioned a collection that I was able to get first crack at in San Diego years and years ago. I just now got more of them slabbed. Also, I think the TOS 13 came from Jef Hinds. That was a short subject of conversation too. Some of these grades surprised me and others were disappointments. I'll post some of the books that I thought were low graded. Also, getting back to that collection in SanDiego. I only pulled books that were gaps in my collection at the time. I wasn't looking for upgrades. There were many other HG copies that I passed over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Ok I hate you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 The first two books, TOS 9 and 29 were the most disappointing. I thought they were better than this. The others I thought were higher, but nothing wrong with 8.0's. l This is a true story. I had the current highest grade copy of this issue (9.0). I held this copy and the 9.0 side by side and thought this copy was as nice or better.. So, I sold the slabbed 9.0 on Heritage years ago. Currently it is residing in Turtleboys collection. The JIM 77 and 78 I think were graded exactly right Well that does it. Glad I could share these with you boardies. These were the best books I had left that were raw in my collection. Still have some decent other raws, but not as good as this bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Toro Rojo Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenTO Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I worship the ground these books walk on I agree some of those look way better than the grade they got. You should resub them just to see what happens. Beautiful Beautiful books You've made everyone reading this thread jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I was just lucky to get a head start on some of you guys. Keep collecting and posting your new acquisitions for all to see. In the process maybe we'll bring more PH collectors and enthusiasts into the fold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenTO Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 maybe we'll bring more PH collectors and enthusiasts into the fold. That can only be a good thing (thumbs u They have no idea what they are missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvel_runs Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I was just lucky to get a head start on some of you guys. Keep collecting and posting your new acquisitions for all to see. In the process maybe we'll bring more PH collectors and enthusiasts into the fold. +1 Here on the head start... I have a few nice raw books at CGC myself that I'm hoping to get back in a few weeks. I may post some pics if they don't disappoint too badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
