Tales to Astonish Appreciation Thread 1 1

[burntboy]

I think your wife survived much better than your comic collection.

 

i think the "bride" will take that as a compliment.........

[sfilosa]

No more love for this thread.

 

And the sets in the Registry now. Who's going to be first to pop the cherry?

 

Is the next thread Strange Tales or a Journey Into Mystery.

[Silver Surfer]

Wait until the Heritage auction is over this weekend and I should have a few more to post.

[Red Hook]

My little set is up.

[sfilosa]

Yep, your #1.

 

But not for long.

 

Being stupid, I told Doug that the new sets will be up this week, so anyone want to guess who will have the best set?

[sfilosa]

Wait until the Heritage auction is over this weekend and I should have a few more to post.

 

I was thinking of bidding on some of those 9.0 and 9.2's.

 

I need some READER COPIES.

 

 

 

 

Actually, good luck, and hope you get a few.

[uclapeterg]

I was thinking of bidding on some of those 9.0 and 9.2's.

 

I need some READER COPIES.

 

(if you were trying to be funny...)

[Red Hook]

Yep, your #1.

 

But not for long.

 

Being stupid, I told Doug that the new sets will be up this week, so anyone want to guess who will have the best set?

 

I decided to enjoy my 3 or 4 hours as the Kingpin!

[Silver Surfer]

Wait until the Heritage auction is over this weekend and I should have a few more to post.

 

I was thinking of bidding on some of those 9.0 and 9.2's.

 

I need some READER COPIES.

 

 

 

 

Actually, good luck, and hope you get a few.

 

May all your 9.6 slabbs experience SCS. I'm still in the market for 9.4's but only for my favorite issues. Some of these 9.2's are just too nice and too cheap to pass on and I want to complete the whole run before I turn 80.

[sfilosa]

May all your 9.6 slabbs experience SCS. I'm still in the market for 9.4's but only for my favorite issues. Some of these 9.2's are just too nice and too cheap to pass on and I want to complete the whole run before I turn 80.

 

Hey I love 9.2's also. I would be more then happy to have them.

 

Let me see, issue #27, 35........hmmmmmm that's about it.

 

 

Just kidding. I actually have some 8.0's and 8.5's in my run and I treat them like my children (well stepchildren).

[Silver Surfer]

Well here's another cr@ppy 9.2 with white pages and only $79. Looks just as good as a 9.4 to me and costs less than a third of the price.

 

[sfilosa]

Well here's another cr@ppy 9.2 with white pages and only $79. Looks just as good as a 9.4 to me and costs less than a third of the price.

 

I was watching that one, just to see what it closed at.

 

9.2's are not crappy, but just because the scan looks nice, doesn't mean it IS AS NICE as an accurately graded 9.4. In theory, it shouldn't be.

 

I can show you scans that look great, but the book is only FINE (see most NM eBay raw book auctions).

 

Now if you are implying that 9.2's are great copies to have in your collection, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTLY.

[adamstrange]

Well here's another cr@ppy 9.2 with white pages and only $79. Looks just as good as a 9.4 to me and costs less than a third of the price.

 

I was watching that one, just to see what it closed at.

 

9.2's are not crappy, but just because the scan looks nice, doesn't mean it IS AS NICE as an accurately graded 9.4. In theory, it shouldn't be.

 

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.

---Yogi Berra

[Silver Surfer]

Well here's another cr@ppy 9.2 with white pages and only $79. Looks just as good as a 9.4 to me and costs less than a third of the price.

 

Now if you are implying that 9.2's are great copies to have in your collection, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTLY.

 

That's exactly what I was getting at. Hopefully a few more nice ones from Heritage this weekend and then I'll sit back for a while and enjoy these.

[Red Hook]

I'm # 2 ! I'm # 2 !

[sfilosa]

I'm # 2 ! I'm # 2 !

 

 

But you held the top spot for about 6 hours.

 

Now what I want to know, is why did your Avenger set go down almost 3,000 points.

 

Did you sell a big key, because you still have lots of books in the set.

[Red Hook]

A possible consignment coming up....

[Silver Surfer]

I'm # 2 ! I'm # 2 !

 

Move over you piker.

[Silver Surfer]

Damn those old labels, I can't make out the cert numbers from my scans.

[Red Hook]

I'm # 3 ! I'm # 3 !