Cool books that hit my grading desk.........9890
 The Fifth Golden Girl
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| Forgot to post this beauty last week. Restored, but what a great job!  |
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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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GAC private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by sborock WOW!!!!! |
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 I hear their hourly rate is outrageous!
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sportshort private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by sborock I feel like that guy on the lower-left corner of the cover. losing my mind over how fantastic this book looks. |
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 I showed my wife and she was so happy for me she started to cry.
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Batman66 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @sborock eh, it's just an action comics 1, it's easy to forget about it, lol. | ||
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 Maybe they just like me better. Nah, that's not it.
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BPaxson002 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| You should get permission from the owner to use the after slab as marking material for CBCS. Plus ask them to keep you informed if they ever put it up for sale. That will get you some great press for nothing. | ||
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The Fifth Golden Girl
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sborock private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by BPaxson002 When you sign the submission form, you agree to let us use the images for advertising and such. |
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 I AM... THE Bat-Manuel
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MurrayC private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Ever consider having a contest where you ask us to guess the final grade? The prize could be a small discount on grading or something? | ||
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The Fifth Golden Girl
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sborock private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by MurrayC Problem is that I never remember the grades after I grade them. Too many books! |
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 Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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Scifinator private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @BPaxson002 - Terms of use dictates CBCS already has authority to use post encased images. Edit- Oops, didn’t see that @sborock already noted such |
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| That's at least the second Action 1 that's been in this thread. Not bad considering there are only thought to be 100 or so still in existence. | ||
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 Where's his Bat-package?
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That. Is. Gorgeous.  I am SHOOK. |
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The Fifth Golden Girl
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sborock private msg quote post Address this user | |
Not the highest of grades, but I just love this cover! |
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 Not trying to be an ass since February 12, 2020.
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Quote:Originally Posted by CatCoversreally? But I suppose comics were produced in the thousands back then rather than tens or hundreds of thousands like more recent books. |
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The Fifth Golden Girl
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sborock private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by HulkSmash Actually comics were selling in much higher numbers of each single issue than today. |
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 Beaten by boat oars
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| The amount of new comics being sold today would've been cancellation territory back in the day. | ||
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The Fifth Golden Girl
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sborock private msg quote post Address this user | |
Nice high grade 30 cent variant... |
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 Collector
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Jabberwookie private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by HulkSmash Golden age books deal with the Triple whammy of having had to live through paper drives, lack of a collectors market and the seduction of the innocent coming out and causing parents to trash their kids comics...or their own! |
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CatCovers private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by Jabberwookie All very true. Plus just the wear and tear that 70 or 80 years can have on newsprint. |
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| @CatCovers I always forget that part! I’d be curious if anyone has figured out what the natural “decay rate” is? Meaning how many comics just get lost/ destroyed each year just from normal factors. |
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CatCovers private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Jabberwookie I'd bet there are too many environmental variables (heat, humidity, method of storage) to really get a useful rate. I mean, say you bought two copies of Action 1 the day it came out. One you put in mylar immediately (it didn't exist yet, but let's ignore that) and stowed away in a chest in a Wyoming basement. The other you left unbagged and stuck on a shelf under a window in an old shed in New Orleans. They'd look very different today. But I was also thinking just the wear and tear of life. Floods. Fires. Mice. Bugs. People moving and throwing out old junk. Kids growing up and tossing things out. A hundred other things that end with what could have been a million-dollar book destroyed or sitting in a landfill. It's hard out there for a comic.  |
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| Regardless. Gorgeous books! Thanks so much for sharing. Just wonder . . . how did the lucky owner come by such beauties??? | ||
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KYDU private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by sborock Would love to see the slab results!!! |
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KYDU private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by sborock So I checked and CBCS has graded 7 copies of Action Comics 1. 1 in 9.6 and 3 in 9.4, also 1 9.0 those are all restored. The only unrestored copy is 0.3 These high grade copies didn’t really exist before so that means there is a serious restoration trend going on here. Can’t wait to see the Mile High copy one day. |
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| Quick question from a newbie so forgive me if this is a faux pas, but can you say anything about what restoration was done? Whatever it was, it looks stunning now! | ||
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The Fifth Golden Girl
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| @KYDU I saw the MH/Church Copy before he put it away for good in 1998. It is a beauty to behold! |
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The Fifth Golden Girl
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sborock private msg quote post Address this user | |
Weekend grading! |
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Where's his Bat-package?
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
I really appreciate the weekend work. At least you have amazing books like this to keep things interesting!  |
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The Fifth Golden Girl
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| @Byrdibyrd Thanks! It really is a labor of love. Would not be doing this otherwise.... | ||
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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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GAC private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by sborock @sborock would it be fair to say that if that book was to get graded would it likely become the highest graded AC1 book out there? |
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The Fifth Golden Girl
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| @GAC Yes, by far... | ||
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