Guardian Comics

On 9/7/2022 at 11:51 AM, awakeintheashes said:

 yeah they are..

"Sounds like an Ultimate Fallout" made me literally lol. 

That was my personal favourite too...with "C2E2 2022, the gift that lasts forever" or something to that effect, being a close second  

He also does mention that the last time he escorted Crain off of his property, a gun may have been involved...you seriously can't make up this craziness.

If you go to YT and search Clayton Crain No More, it should be the top hit and you can get the jist of the FB live video...as well the comments rival the stuff we write here.

On 8/11/2022 at 9:16 PM, Troy Division said:

Refresh my memory, but doesn't CGC have legal representation that also posts as a boardee?
I'd love to get their thoughts on all of this...if someone could share their board name so we can tag them...

That would be Mark Zaid

On 8/11/2022 at 2:37 PM, CJ Design said:

Each of these has one 10.0, three 9.9s and six 9.8s 

Sure do (what are the odds?)...welcome to the party!!!

Free popcorn for everybody

Seeberger….”do you smellllll what the Staples,  are cooking???

On 8/9/2022 at 2:36 PM, awakeintheashes said:

Quoting this so that it's not lost in the flurry of responses to CGC.

Don't all three of these abominations according to the census all have one 10, and three 9.9's...coincidence???

On 8/9/2022 at 1:18 PM, manetteska said:

Let's not forget this, purportedly from Black Flag.

Not only are Influencers and Collectors separated, but, if I'm reading this poorly formatted post correctly, the Collector's line will only have 100 of the 350 print run. Assumingly, the other 250 are for Influencers.

Not to mention the fluctuating price; is the $100 for Ghost Rider and $125+ for Deadpool? How much is Venom? What does the + mean after $125? Does it change as supplies get low or how you feel that day?

Deadpool price is $125 is for the "industry standard " four staples, $5.00 surcharge for each extra staple up to ten!!! 

On 8/8/2022 at 9:25 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

Who took the time to post this?

I have no idea, but whomever did,  not only wins the internet today, but for the rest of the week as well.

On 2/14/2022 at 6:44 AM, Bosco685 said:

Well we saw two of those characters in the trailer last night, so I'll assume we are headed this way.  Especially wanting to enlighten Dr. Starnge

On 1/14/2022 at 11:07 AM, THE_BEYONDER said:

Is Jim a fan? 

Every Youtube link anyone sends me, I can't delete fast enough!!!

On 1/11/2022 at 1:35 PM, greggy said:

You'd be flat out bankrupt.

JJ

On 8/25/2021 at 8:44 PM, jaybuck43 said:

I go away for a few months to deal with work related stuff and I come back to this fun.  Y'all looking for some tin foil?  Well, grab a Costco size amount for what I'm about to lay out.  

November 2018 WATA and Heritage announce a partnership.  WATA will grade games for heritage and heritage will exclusively sell WATA certified games in their upcoming auctions, finally entering the video game market.  https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1014?articleID=221058

January 16th 2019 Heritage enters the graded video game business, selling 25 graded Wata Games.  Their big sale?  $3,360 for a 9.4 collectors choice Legend of Zelda.  Cool.  Everything else sells for significantly less (300s or so) https://comics.ha.com/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news/certified-vintage-video-games-make-big-debut-at-heritage-auctions.s?releaseId=3570

A month later?  A "private" seller (It's not hard to find out who this person is) sets a record transaction for the largest single game sale in history.  $100,150 for a sealed copy of Super Mario Brothers https://kotaku.com/sealed-copy-of-super-mario-bros-sells-for-a-record-bre-1832635737 The buyer?  Jim Halperin, Rich Lecee, and Zac Gieg.  Does that first name mean anything?  Of course it does! The founder and co-chairman of Heritage bought the game that they then used to announce the fact that they are selling video games!  So Heritage is buying a game and setting an all time record and signaling that this is a huge area to invest in.  Not to mention, the release was one week before the first signature auction featuring video games at a Heritage auction https://www.ha.com/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news/copy-of-super-mario-bros.-video-game-sets-world-record-price-of-100-150.s?releaseId=3583 

Now remember, HA OWNS this copy.  As soon as this happens, well guess what games start coming out of the woodwork. Heritage auctions off an 8.0 hangtag for $40,000 (not worth anywhere near that amount prior to the announcement https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/nintendo/super-mario-bros-hangtab-3-code-mid-production-wata-80-a-sealed-nes-nintendo-1985-usa/a/7229-93029.s?ic16=ViewItem-Inventory-BuyNowFromOwner-PreviousPricesHeritage-081514.  And don't forget, HA takes 29% of that sale (19% BP and 10% seller fee)  A month later?  They sell a hangtag 9.4 for $114,000 https://kotaku.com/super-mario-bros-sells-at-auction-for-record-breaking-1844365096.  Now mind you, this is a "newer" copy then the record breaker they bought in February 2019, yet the record has ALREADY been broken  in about a year.  So January 2019 the best game out there can barely break 100 grand and suddenly under copies are going for more than that. Six months later? February 2021 and Heritage again breaks the record, this time selling a 9.6 Early production for $660,000 https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/super-mario-bros-wata-96-a-sealed-hangtab-1-code-mid-production-nes-nintendo-1985-usa/a/7242-93028.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 

So where were these buyers?  Someone was willing to pay $660,000 but they couldn't contact the private seller 2 years earlier to buy that copy for $100,000? (that copy, though lower graded at 9.4 is an older version and therefore more desirable) They suddenly decided to jump into the market at 6 figures without being involved in this earlier?  O and it just so happens that Heritage sets the initial record and then starts breaking record after record where they take 30%.  Mind you their $33,000 investment into that first SMB has paid off massive dividends in that it brought other games out of the woodworks and got people buying (the $180,000 BP+commission on the latest SMB record breaker more than covers their investment in buying the first copy).  So, Heritage pumps up the value of a market (no game ever broke $100,000 before Heritage paid it), immediately enters said market, and profits off of the higher BPs it now sees.  

Flame away.  

So what you are saying is this….that first 100k video game was in a VGA holder and then cracked out and graded by WATA.  The owner decided to sell it (who was involved with Wata) and sold it to an owner of Wata…so weird, seems reasonable to me.

14 hours ago, VintageComics said:

Wow, I'm speechless.

I know you have faith. It's my belief that everything, literally EVERYTHING happens for a reason and there is a lesson in it all.

Reach out any time.

Johnny...all the best to you and your family.  Everything is gonna work out and I totally believe you are going to give it hell!!!!

If there is anything you ever need or want please don't ever hesitate to ask.

Jim

5 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Your collection should be worth about 10 times what it was before you left.

 

Welcome back 

Yeah 10x if he left last week!!!

This market is on fire like nothing any of us have ever seen before.

On 1/3/2021 at 11:50 AM, THE_BEYONDER said:

Jim @Guardian Comics and the crew were already sketched out by my day drinking . Not sure how they would have reacted to a flask. 

 

 

Those days are long gone buddy...If I'm not day drinking on the show floor making deals, something is indeed wrong.

2 hours ago, dylanthekid said:

The place where this book is for sale, the grade was stated as GD aka 2.0

Actually no grade is attributed to this book at all in your description....you wrote GD at the end of your title, when that could mean absolutely anything.  It's vague at best.

I do like these from your auction listing though....

"Offers: Every week we get offers for books currently listed for auction; It is an auction. We would greatly appreciate it if you just bid to show that you are serious. Respectfully, unless it is a crazy offer we will not accept. We would rather every single client has a chance at the book. If we believe your offer is higher (which is quite rare) than what the auction will fetch we may accept. we can then use the extra money to buy more great material available to everyone. Bottom line, just bid (some stuff always sells cheap which I'm ok with)."

SO DO YOU WANT EVERY SINGLE CLIENT TO HAVE A CHANCE OR DO YOU ACTUALLY ACCEPT OFFERS???

"Orders will be shipped via USPS or FedEx according to volume/speed and a few other factors. Our shipping manager will pick the best one for you; You choosing is not available at this time because it interrupts the assembly line."

WHAT ASSEMBLY LINE...OF DECEIT???

15 minutes ago, Iceman399 said:

A friend of mine on the boards sold me these guys.  I am now addicted to them.

Figured I'd find you here...oh boy.

Someone pointed this out to me on Urban Dictionary today....figured it was worth posting.