Oh lord, we were so young and naive......18312
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sborock private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Here we are with the millionth comic graded by CGC. Mark Haspel (VP at the time) and Paul Litch (Grader at the time) with some dumb clown who was the President at the time. Thought we were going to help save the comic hobby and help our great community. Never thought about how it was really going to take such a weird turn so many years later  Thought you all might get a kick out of this picture.  |
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 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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| Like Einstein splitting the atom. | ||
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 You think I'm joking, I'm not.
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Whatcha holding there? Lol |
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 No rust here...
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Nearmint67 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @sborock Memories.... | ||
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 The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| For what its worth, you saved me a lot of headaches and money because I don't know how to grade myself. Regaless of the path it took, there was some positive things that occurred... | ||
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| Back in the day when I was young I'm not a kid anymore... | ||
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| Awesome Picture Steve. I remember those older days well. Specifically 2 Wizard World shows in Philly from around the turn of the century. You were doing on site grading, met you early with some Golden Age books for grading. You gave me & my pal a tour of the back room & showed us the set up, same the following year ,remember you being white as ghost from all the grading on Sunday afternoon. Take Care - Joe P.S. Will you be at NYCC this year??!! |
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 I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out.
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power_struggle55 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| at the time you guys did wonders for comic collectors. I mean before cgc. if a collector wanted to keep a valuable comic in good condition and display it. Theyd bag and board it. as a kid I used to think if a comic was....then it was worth a lot of money cgc was for a time the only way to truely preserve a comic and then the best one to so...but now have more headaches and issues with returns. But CGC still has prestiege and will forever be the first of its kind. btw who's idea to create a service and how did the idea come about? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by doozerdoo1 Can't make it this year Joe |
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| Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end. We'd sing and dance forever and a day.. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by power_struggle55 NGC, at the time (1998) was/is a very successful coin grading service and wanted to get into another collectible. John Maben at NGC played around with collecting and buying/selling comics for a short time in his younger days and suggested that they try comics. The rest is history. If I ever get the time, I would love to chronicle the history of certification and the great stories (some bad ones as well) from my tenures at CGC and CBCS. Heck, maybe I will start a thread and just post when I can. It would be a heck of a long thread with so many posts though..... |
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The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| @sborock I'd subscribe. I'd love to read it personally. |
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| I always like reading about the history of our hobby. Maybe the next book could be titled "All in Color for a Dollar" or something similar lol. I've read "All in Color for Dime" and a couple of other books about our hobby and am always interested in stories about this hobby. | ||
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock I say do that! I would read the hell out of that thread! |
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I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out.
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power_struggle55 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| same. You could publish a book...or at least self publish. Id buy it. have a book about the creation of New York Comic Con written by one its co-founders (my grandma is a good friend of him). a book about the history of cgc could be simular | ||
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 would be nice to have a snugger fit.
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock Would love that if you did.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by power_struggle55 This was never true. |
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sborock private msg quote post Address this user | |
From when we graded the All-American #16 Church Copy. |
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 -Our Odin-Rest in Peace |
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| I agree with others here, I'd read a book about your experiences. If only you knew someone who has published a book .... hhhhmmmmm LOL | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock That would make for interesting reads and give us all something to chat about. Like the pic of you, Mark & John with that awesomeness he is holding.... Uuuumm, more please....  |
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 I blame the forum gremlins.
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock Yeah, but what a story! |
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 I'll probably wake up constipated.
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Quote:Originally Posted by figment I agree! @sborock please do it! It would be THE go to thread. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Nearmint67 I miss John so very much! We used to spend hours and hours on the phone late at night discussing comics, family, comics, friends, comics, the state of our hobby, comics, politics, and comics, comics, comics. Treasure the moments we have with each other in this great hobby, I have lost too many "comic" friends over the years and our hobby seems to have a little less light to me now because of those great hobbyists and creators who are no longer with us.... |
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| Back in the day looking over a list to pick books from that were worthy of sending into CGC. The great Brett Carreras (VA Comic Con) was uncertain about using CGC at the time, as we were a new company, so I helped him decide what would be best to get graded. He told me that I picked well and he made some good scratch! BTW....He followed me to CBCS and is still one of CBCS's largest submitters!  |
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