Most Overgraded Comic Of The Week 8 8

[Dr. Love]

On 9/25/2023 at 12:16 PM, LearnedHand said:

Some observations:

• Sellers have over-graded books well before ebay existed. I think a lot of people who’ve entered the hobby after the advent of CGC, or that can’t recall the pre-2000 hobby, forget how often sellers at shows (or mail order) would substantially overgrade.

 

I havent forgotten. It was the predominant business model for comic dealers - NM if I'm selling, VG if I'm buying. And we're talking about the same book btw.  That's not even getting into deliberate undisclosed resto.

With the advent of Ebay giving all of us access to each others books, slabbing was a foregone conclusion. But the speed with which the lowly mark grabbed for CGC like a lifeline, this our beloved professional class helped bring into fruition.

[1950's war comics]

On 9/22/2023 at 3:56 PM, grendelbo said:

Ok.

not worth much even if it were NM  

[1950's war comics]

On 9/24/2023 at 8:27 PM, grendelbo said:

NM. So that'd be 9.4, right?

 

 

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in this case NM means Never Mind

[1950's war comics]

On 8/25/2023 at 1:55 PM, grendelbo said:

 

this one is no longer even worth cover price 

[trademarkcomics]

 

On 9/24/2023 at 8:26 AM, trademarkcomics said:

If you simply drop them a message, they will probably change their ads. 

 

On 9/25/2023 at 3:06 PM, Motor City Rob said:

 

I actually messaged the seller and asked if the 9.2 in the title was a mistake, and he got super offended, reminded me that I'm not a professional grader, and "politely" told me to go away. 

 

 

 

[Shazbot]

So close to Gem

Edited October 1, 2023 by Shazbot

[ADAMANTIUM]

SOLD!!   mintsssssss

 

[Ken Aldred]

On 10/2/2023 at 1:08 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

SOLD!!   mintsssssss

 

To be fair, the seller’s name is shipwrekd69, so again I suspect NM refers to its status as an example of a certain pedigree collection I’ve mentioned before.

The comic itself, of course, looks like it’s suffered an onslaught.

[FigaroToe]

Title indicated that the comic was "NM+" which I think it would be except for those cat scratches on the spine. Definitely not the worst of the others posted here, just thought the + was funny w/ that kind of damage.

 

Edited October 2, 2023 by FigaroToe

[Ken Aldred]

On 10/2/2023 at 7:12 PM, FigaroToe said:

Title indicated that the comic was "NM+" which I think it would be except for those cat scratches on the spine. Definitely not the worst of the others posted here, just thought the + was funny w/ that kind of damage.

 

You want someone to say that the cat scratches are permissible in that grade because of the adamantium claws, but I'll resist the temptation.

Great claw vs damage positioning, though. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 10/2/2023 at 3:34 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Title indicated that the comic was "NM+" which I think it would be except for those cat scratches on the spine. Definitely not the worst of the others posted here, just thought the + was funny w/ that kind of damage.

 

 

 

On 10/2/2023 at 3:34 PM, Ken Aldred said:

You want someone to say that the cat scratches are permissible in that grade because of the adamantium claws, but I'll resist the temptation.

Great claw vs damage positioning, though. 

I was thinking FeVEr, as in cat-scratch-fever, plays air guitar, but I restrained myself.

Until now when I didn't 😂

Edited October 2, 2023 by ADAMANTIUM

[Ken Aldred]

On 10/2/2023 at 10:07 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

 

I was thinking FeVEr, as in cat-scratch-fever, plays air guitar, but I restrained myself.

Until now when I didn't 😂

I know a few Ted Nugent song titles, but never listened to any of his stuff.

Never particularly popular here in the UK.

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 10/2/2023 at 4:49 PM, Ken Aldred said:

I know a few Ted Nugent song titles, but never listened to any of his stuff.

Never particularly popular here in the UK.

 

Me either really, it's catchy, but that's all I think about it really

 

[yrag9591]

Try this Batman 134 on eBay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256211942966?hash=item3ba76bfe36:g:DJsAAOSwpcdk-6u8&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwPlowJkGe%2BZM%2BtSClumeMai9VPQdbI6Wu6hfk4LAS91KQGMLbUqmJCnOx02%2FoSojfYgtWD8dfc59UhG%2FzbddSAzWfnKv%2BP36zDd%2BViUNoTxyM6q3cgmv%2BA8I3zbL2R93AHVJ91e7sJPO61chxwCE8oZX8aA6jl%2BQBp2R30NmpK7%2FZBViXYOEqmREvK6ggzYUWAJix6UqbSmCIysqqFhzbD8N5ezcD0CvH%2F99VRDhpMu7Vec6V34CMwHvh9hAhtNMjg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8Lx89PeYg

[Ken Aldred]

On 10/2/2023 at 10:50 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Me either really, it's catchy, but that's all I think about it really

 

Even from the song titles I could sense a degree of subtlety and intellect that didn't appeal to me at all.

[Gonzimodo]

On 10/3/2023 at 9:44 AM, Ken Aldred said:

Even from the song titles I could sense a degree of subtlety and intellect that didn't appeal to me at all.

I'm sure there have been many doctoral theses written on the deeper meaning of "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang."  

[grendelbo]

On 10/3/2023 at 5:15 AM, yrag9591 said:

Try this Batman 134 on eBay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256211942966?hash=item3ba76bfe36:g:DJsAAOSwpcdk-6u8&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwPlowJkGe%2BZM%2BtSClumeMai9VPQdbI6Wu6hfk4LAS91KQGMLbUqmJCnOx02%2FoSojfYgtWD8dfc59UhG%2FzbddSAzWfnKv%2BP36zDd%2BViUNoTxyM6q3cgmv%2BA8I3zbL2R93AHVJ91e7sJPO61chxwCE8oZX8aA6jl%2BQBp2R30NmpK7%2FZBViXYOEqmREvK6ggzYUWAJix6UqbSmCIysqqFhzbD8N5ezcD0CvH%2F99VRDhpMu7Vec6V34CMwHvh9hAhtNMjg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8Lx89PeYg

 

[trademarkcomics]

On 10/3/2023 at 7:40 AM, grendelbo said:

 

I love when sellers over grade then provide so many closeup pictures of how horrible the grade is! 

 

This one's not on that level, but it's a huge key so it caught my attention(and with great closeups of how crappy---er, nice it is!)...

Hmmm, is that tape at the top of the spine?

Why, yes...yes it is! And here's a closeup of the tape repair on this "high grade" key book!

 

Nothing says high grade more than tape repair!!! 

Edited October 3, 2023 by trademarkcomics

[Ken Aldred]

On 10/3/2023 at 3:14 PM, Gonzimodo said:

I'm sure there have been many doctoral theses written on the deeper meaning of "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang."  

I didn't want to say.

I believe there has been a considerable amount of Freudian analysis written about the complexities of his song, "My Love Is Like A Tire Iron".

Edited October 3, 2023 by Ken Aldred

[grendelbo]

VF 8.0

 

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