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Quote:Originally Posted by dielinfinite I personally think it would maintain the same grade if they (CGC) are charging $5 to crack slab as they are personally doing right at facility vs sending in already cracked. But Thanks for the info. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by hitmantyler Oh, my. This line of thinking will end in tears. Every cracked slab, whether the cgc cracked it out for $5 or not, has the potential to change grade. |
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| Regraded, no doubt...grade could change. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by hitmantyler They would have mentioned it similar to the Spawn Thank You book, which was a retailer exclusive. Even at his free signings they check to make sure you dont have a retailer badge. It is however impossible to list every homage/parody book not done by Todd. ASM 300 swipes are a dime a dozen. Full disclosure, I am sending off a gold, silver, and both Alamo signing event books he did for 301. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by dielinfinite I personally think it would maintain the same grade if they (CGC) are charging $5 to crack slab as they are personally doing right at facility vs sending in already cracked. But Thanks for the info. Quote: Originally Posted by DrWatson I just had the theory since they (CGC) are the professionals would result in no damage, like had correct tools for opening. You learn something new daily, thanks for input |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Hcanes Very Cool! Was thinking of picking Alamo Books off eBay. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by hitmantyler They won't be the only people handling your book. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson I figured as much after how they are charging to crack, guess it's a facilitator who will remain hidden. |
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 Suck it up, buttercup!!
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| Must resist shitty CGC case and scribbles on covers....resist...resist!!! CGC just sent email that even with a free account you can submit for press and signing. Was almost thinking about my news stand Spawn #1 but I have a Spawn Hardcover signed and the giant Spawn Artist edition signed and some other books signed on the inside. Was even thinking of my Coyote issue but I don't want to flip though boxes. Must resist!!!!! |
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| @KatKomics I couldn’t resist. I need the signatures lol. My spirit is weak with signatures even with the CGC case | ||
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| I think $89 is alot of $$ However, I know how much yellow labels from McFarlane will garner attention from the masses. So I sent in a bunch even though I would never ever do that if it were for my collection only. Despite the $89 + shipping buy-in, there will be demand for them if they grade where I think they will. So I did it. Of course, I will be ditching everything as I have no love for graded comics at all |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Nuffsaid111 Think the last time he did a CGC signing it cost over $200 so this $89 is cheap as its signing and grading included. I will have to wait until next year and hope he does one |
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Quote:Originally Posted by hitmantyler Yep - relatively speaking you are correct. I am, quite frankly, used to obtaining Todd McFarlane signatures for free on raw books. I have had great success at both NYCC and SDCC over the years. These are for my personal collection. So $89, relatively speaking for me, is alot. That said - they're being sold off because I know there will be those out there that desire a yellow label of McFarlane for far far more than my outlay of $$$ |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Drogio The background webbing is colored differently on the green bagged vs non-bagged versions. |
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| Already have a Spawn #1 9.8 signed by him so I'm good. What I don't understand is when he was at Fan Expo this year everyone was told that he has informed CGC & CBCS that he would not confirm signatures to either company. What's the big deal, you're at a convention, you've made your money with your books, toys and other merchandise, why deprave your fans by only doing selective/private signings? | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by nik Cause resellers, they give him a junky unrelated item to sign and profit off him. It's why celebrities/comics/etc charge as much as they do, resellers. They want you in to be in "debt" at minimum their autograph price, also helps wean out the resellers as most won't pay for a autograph unless they are going to make profit on it. I think even saw Todd in a video signing and person asked for a sketch and he did a quick one and said something like, now your kid can go through college with this. |
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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| Looks like I have 34 books going out to the Todd McFarlane by USPS Express Mail as I am too late to do Priority Mail. Tomorrow my friend is going to go through them with me to figure out which to press. There are only two that need to be cracked out of a slab. Here is the list: CBCS Grade Publisher Title Issue Variant [Sig 1 Sig 2 Sig 3 Sig 4] N/A Marvel Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 309 Cover by Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane] N/A Marvel Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 316 Cover by Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane David Michilinie Jim Salicrup] N/A Marvel Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 317 Cover by Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane David Michilinie] 9.6 Marvel Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 317 Cover by Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane] 9.6 Marvel Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 323 Cover by Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane] N/A DC Batman (1940) 423 Cover by Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane] N/A Marvel Incredible Hulk (1962) 330 Cover by Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 1:25 Todd McFarlane RI [Todd McFarlane J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 Cover A - Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña Jonathan Galpion] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 Cover D - Greg Capullo Virgin [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 Cover G - J Scott Campbell [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 Cover G - J Scott Campbell [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 Cover G - J Scott Campbell [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña Jonathan Galpion] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 Cover J - Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 Cover J - Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 Cover O - Jerome Opeña Virgin [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña Jonathan Galpion] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 NYCC Silver [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 NYCC Silver [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 NYCC Silver [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 NYCC Silver [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 NYCC Silver [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 NYCC Silver [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 NYCC Silver [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 NYCC Silver [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 300 NYCC Silver (Todd McFarlane) [Todd McFarlane Jason Shauwn Alexander Jerome Opeña J Scott Campbell] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 301 1:25 Todd McFarlane RI [Todd McFarlane] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 301 1:25 Todd McFarlane RI [Todd McFarlane] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 301 1:25 Todd McFarlane RI [Todd McFarlane] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 301 Cover A - Todd McFarlane [Todd McFarlane] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 301 Cover C - Greg Capullo Virgin [Todd McFarlane] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 301 Cover G - Francesco Mattina [Todd McFarlane] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 301 Cover L - Alex Ross Virgin [Todd McFarlane] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 301 Cover N - Bill Sienkiewicz Virgin [Todd McFarlane] N/A Image Spawn (1992) 301 Cover P - J Scott Campbell Virgin [Todd McFarlane] |
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| The fun will be seeing what prices people expect to get for these books when they all end up on eBay. I wonder if it will be like the Miller signed books that kept falling in price and have kind of had a rebound lately? Of course that's years after those rounds and rounds of signings he did. | ||
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| Bought myself a Spider man 1, black cover a year or so ago, signed by Mcfarlane, but not slabbed. I know its legit however, because it has his trademark spider web on the back cover, that he used to stamp books he signed with. Todd is young and I imagine will be around and signing for years. At least I hope he is...and I imagine his signatures will be eventually as common as a Stan Lee, or any other more common signature. For myself the 89 dollars plus costs is a lot for a signature I know I already have and since I dont resell for me, it doesn't make the best use of money, although for others I can see the logic...and they are welcome to do so of course. I will be curious to see if they do this with a few other artists as well, that might be of more pressing interest...Ross for example would be a great one for me... |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town I have a couple of those spider-web versions myself. IMO these will always be more than other McFarlane signatures because they are unique |
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 "Forum Overlord" bah ha ha ha...
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| @drchaos How many judo chops did you have to do to get that many of the Spawn 300s Silver? I sent out 2 of each: Spawn 300 Parody Spawn 300 Silver Spawn 300 3rd Print Spawn 300 Alamo Spawn 301 Parody I sent out two of each hopefully to get at least one 9.8 to complete my ASM rip........"Parody" covers by Todd. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Nuffsaid111some people don't realize McFarlane had a comic book store called Spider's web and the books he signed for sale there were all given that web stamp apparently ..met quite a few people that never realized their books were stamped till I showed them. I consider mine more legit and solid than any I see because of it though |
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I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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| Just got to the post office with my books before they closed. Since I was too late to use priority mail it cost me just over $100 to send them express. | ||
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| @drchaos with the amount of books, insurance, and having sent express the shipping cost doesn't seem bad. | ||
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| What is the return shipping cost associated with 30+ slabs? Got to be expensive. | ||
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I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater $0 from CGC but my Fedex Account is another story. |
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| To add to what Darkseid_of_town said, yes, Todd co-owned "The Spider's Web" comic book store that was located in Puyallup Washington back in the late 80's and throughout the 90's. Todd was living in Canada at the time, but would make appearances at the store. This was before the days of the internet when stores would advertise store signings via a flyer in the window and word of mouth. I was working for Diamond Comic Distributors, and one of my duties was delivering comics twice a week (yes there was a time when there were twice weekly shipments) and Todd's store was on my route. Whenever he would do a signing at the store, I would go down and hang out for hours with him, and the memories are very fond because we would talk about everything. One time it was just he and I, and he went through his entire run on Amazing Spider-Man and would discuss his covers. Another time he asked me to look at rough pencil drawings about his idea he had in his head for years, which was Spawn, and this was back in 1990, a few years before Spawn was released. Ton of other good memories too and he signed all of my comics throughout the times he would appear there. He really is one of the nicest guys out there, the Todd you see in his Facebook videos is the real Todd, he has a passion for comics and really does love and appreciates his fans. I remember being told about the Spider-Man #1 signed edition that was only offered through his store before they announced them as they were advertised in the Comics Buyer's Guide and people could order them that way or in-store. Only the copies part of that edition were stamped and signed, and what I mean by that is he didn't stamp copies that customers brought in themselves, only the copies that were sold via the store as part of the store's offering. Each copy came with a COA letter from the store, it was basically typed out and copies printed off. The comics were signed on the upper left side under the issue number box, and it was a quick signature. I am unsure how many were signed and offered through the store, as I never asked. The comic market was a lot different then, and there were no grading companies at that time. |
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 I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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@Kinsella5 you got any extra copies of diamond previews #3 lying around? |
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 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Kinsella5 Thanks for sharing your story. It raises an interesting and complex legal issue. I wonder if Mcfarlane the creator could legally collude with Mcfarlane the store owner to offer a value-added feature that is not available to other retailers. When two parties work together to disadvantage a third party, it creates legal issues. If Apple were to offer an I-phone feature that is only available on products purchased through Apple stores...well I suspect the other I-phone dealers would have a legitimate collusion or restraint-of-trade lawsuit. It's a legal technicality that I doubt they even thought of at the time. |
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| So, an entity working with a comic book company to provide covers that only are distributed is a complex legal issue? I don't see the issue. If it was then the stores that have variant covers that are exclusive to their store, and creators that bring variants that they signed/sell at conventions would be a no-no. I'd like to add that all my interactions with McFarlane have been wonderful. |
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