956Ref Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hello, Please grade my GSX 1 raw. I can tell its a nice looking grade, just trying to get a pulse on how nice it is. Thanks in advance. FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos_in_Canada Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Nice book 9.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B2D327 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) 8.0 wear on spine, lower right corner ding, what appears to be a small tear on the upper right edge at the end of the blue marvel banner. White pages for page quality. Question: has this book been trimmed to your knowledge? I ask because of the area where Storm’s cape touches the edge. The centering on the cover seems fine from where the spine folds to the front cover and the interior splash looks out of square. Below is an example of the cover with similar centering and you can see the amount of space between the cape and edge for comparison Edited December 29, 2020 by B2D327 FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Nice V F 👍 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 8.5-9.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 18 hours ago, 956Ref said: Hello, Please grade my GSX 1 raw. I can tell its a nice looking grade, just trying to get a pulse on how nice it is. Thanks in advance. BeatleBlueCat. Dec 17, 2020. WINNING BIDDER = 51 feedback 100% activity with this seller. So this is your forum account, Michael? You were waiting for someone to ask, "where did you get this?" and then point out that you graded in VF- so everyone could say, "Wow. Nice book"? How transparent. Now you've revealed your Forum ID. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 GIANT-SIZE X-MEN # 1 - (VF-) -1ST APP OF NEW TEAM,2ND FULL WOLVERINE,COLOSSUS | eBay eBay Item Bid History Bid History: Details (ebay.com) Chaos_in_Canada and 1950's war comics 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B2D327 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 3 hours ago, James J Johnson said: BeatleBlueCat. Dec 17, 2020. WINNING BIDDER = 51 feedback 100% activity with this seller. So this is your forum account, Michael? You were waiting for someone to ask, "where did you get this?" and then point out that you graded in VF- so everyone could say, "Wow. Nice book"? How transparent. Now you've revealed your Forum ID. Good job. Posted 7 hours ago (edited) 8.0 wear on spine, lower right corner ding, what appears to be a small tear on the upper right edge at the end of the blue marvel banner. White pages for page quality. Question: has this book been trimmed to your knowledge? I ask because of the area where Storm’s cape touches the edge. The centering on the cover seems fine from where the spine folds to the front cover and the interior splash looks out of square. Below is an example of the cover with similar centering and you can see the amount of space between the cape and edge for comparison Edited 7 hours ago by B2D327 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, B2D327 said: Posted 7 hours ago (edited) 8.0 wear on spine, lower right corner ding, what appears to be a small tear on the upper right edge at the end of the blue marvel banner. White pages for page quality. Question: has this book been trimmed to your knowledge? I ask because of the area where Storm’s cape touches the edge. The centering on the cover seems fine from where the spine folds to the front cover and the interior splash looks out of square. Below is an example of the cover with similar centering and you can see the amount of space between the cape and edge for comparison Edited 7 hours ago by B2D327 Taking this centering into consideration, and the characteristics of the right edge into account, I don't see an immediate tell for trim here other than size, which is never conclusive by itself. As soon as I can I'll initiate a search for CGC 6.5s through 8.5s, the images from past internet sales to find a match if I can. Edited December 30, 2020 by James J Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
956Ref Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 To my knowledge the book is not trimmed. This is the book in my hand in a Mylar. The second is my undercopy which I was trying to replace, and it seems storms cape is the same distance from the edge of the page. @B2D327 @James J Johnson I’m also alittle confused as to your post about the eBay. My name is not Michael. I clicked on the links...seems that profile bids on books from the same seller...are you accusing the seller of using a fake account to shill bid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Uf; even used the exact same pics from the sold listing. Waiting to see how this all is explained as you see that seller shills auctions and you now have that book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
956Ref Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) I scanned the book on my scanner. Then put it away....realized I should probably put some profile shots...rather than take a 2k book back out of the bag.. because of extra handling, I just went to the post and copied the pictures of the profile that I thought complimented my scans. Its really that simple. Edited December 30, 2020 by 956Ref Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
956Ref Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, manetteska said: Uf; even used the exact same pics from the sold listing. Waiting to see how this all is explained as you see that seller shills auctions and you now have that book. I just put another pic in the mylar next to my undercopy that I mentioned. Im not goint to keep handling expensive raws outside the packaging over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, 956Ref said: I scanned the book on my scanner. Then put it away....realized I should probably put some profile shots...rather than take a 2k book back out of the bag.. because of extra handling, I just went to the post and copied the pictures of the profile that I thought complimented my scans. Its really that simple. It’s possible you are caught in the middle of this and it’s also possible you are BBC. Unfortunately it’s going to take real evidence at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
956Ref Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 9 minutes ago, manetteska said: It’s possible you are caught in the middle of this and it’s also possible you are BBC. Unfortunately it’s going to take real evidence at this point. DAVE you are on my Kudos board! You were one of my early transactions, I mean C'mon isnt that evidence?? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, manetteska said: It’s possible you are caught in the middle of this and it’s also possible you are BBC. Unfortunately it’s going to take real evidence at this point. He most certainly is in the middle, but it appears it may be from the opposite end, as the victim of shilling via second chance offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, 956Ref said: DAVE you are on my Kudos board! You were one of my early transactions, I mean C'mon isnt that evidence?? LOL BTW, here's your book. Same black dot in the same place on the back cover margin. CGC graded it 6.5. Giant Size X-Men #1 CGC 6.5 OW/W - 1st App of the New X-Men! Marvel Comics 1975 | eBay SpidersComics and wormboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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manetteska Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 7 hours ago, 956Ref said: 8 hours ago, manetteska said: It’s possible you are caught in the middle of this and it’s also possible you are BBC. Unfortunately it’s going to take real evidence at this point. DAVE you are on my Kudos board! You were one of my early transactions, I mean C'mon isnt that evidence?? LOL The ID did sound familiar but I could not place it late last night. Apologies, then, on two levels: 1. Jumping the gun (though now a sneaky second chance offer makes sense) and 2. That you were probably swindled by this seller on a rather expensive book. If I can help you out here, send me a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledgehammer Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 6 hours ago, James J Johnson said: BTW, here's your book. Same black dot in the same place on the back cover margin. CGC graded it 6.5. Giant Size X-Men #1 CGC 6.5 OW/W - 1st App of the New X-Men! Marvel Comics 1975 | eBay James J Johnson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
