On 4/2/2024 at 1:34 PM, Yorick said:

Guess it's not the rarest romance then... 

Evolution of this awesome thread -

What are the rarest romance comics?

What are the rarest romance comics?

What are the rarest romance comics?

On 4/1/2024 at 9:48 PM, pmpknface said:

Is your keeper the lower left copy? If so, should have been WP!

Yes, I think the lower left ended up as the 5.0 and that's the one I still have

On 3/4/2024 at 11:41 AM, Robot Man said:

I thought I was bidding large for the My Romantic Advs 49 that closed last night on the Bay for  just under $400. 

Somebody got a steal!

Wish I'd seen it. For now I'll have to settle for this!

On 3/19/2024 at 5:39 PM, mycomicshop said:

Here's the full size image that is linked to from the listing on our website: https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_ii/originalimage/7421948.jpg 

And here's the close up of the price box from that image:

 

I see just a little bit of reddish/brownish tint to the left of the "25c" in the price box. A manager in our imaging department checked the book and says that image is an accurate reflection of what the book looks like in hand.

I agree that HA has fantastic images. They have very talented, very experienced in-house photography capability and it shows. We capture many more comic images than HA does, and at a lower average price point, so the context isn't identical, but we are working on moving our process closer to HA's. It ends up being a fine line between making the book look as good as possible without going so far that a buyer feels the book is misrepresented.

 

I don't see that in my digital images nor in the scan of the book from when I bought it (below).

But, as I don't have it and you have already gone over & above the call, I'd say case closed! 

On 3/18/2024 at 5:12 PM, mycomicshop said:

Hi,

We've replaced the images on your book. Here's the side by side of the before and after. We tweaked the brightness and contrast, and also found that one of our scanners was adding a little bit of a reddish/organish/pinkish color shift, which you can see in the image at left. We're taking that one out of commission and setting up a periodic imaging calibration test to make sure all our imaging stations are producing identical images. 

Thank you and I really appreciate that.  It looks a lot better but in the price box towards the spine it still looks like there is tanning that isn't on the actual book.  In my experience HA has the best scans in the business; I wonder why their competitors don't just copy what they are doing.  Even CGC's scans leave a lot to be desired.

Thanks so much for addressing my question and so quickly.

@mycomicshopWondering if you have any plans to improve the color quality of your scans? Thanks

Real life vs Your scans:

Death Valley #2 (Comic Media 1953) fs on myComicShop

It sucks but I wouldn't risk sending the books back through the mail two more times

On 3/5/2024 at 2:33 AM, Dr. Love said:

speaking of Charlton

What does it say if there is only one copy graded and it's a 9.8?  Probably not rare in high grade

On 3/3/2024 at 4:41 PM, Dr. Love said:

Here are the top 8 books from the HA 2/29-3/1/24 Golden Age Romance Featuring Fox Comics Showcase Auction:

 

3. Romantic Adventures #49 - one of the ACG "Fab Four", a perennial fan favorite.  As the highest graded copy and presenting nicely for the grade, it was certainly going to be one of the top highest hammers this time around.  

This one I bought from Joseph Koch Comics on eBay around 2002 for maybe $12-$20.  Slabbed it in 2014, sold it in 2020.  My baby is all grown up!

On 2/29/2024 at 9:13 AM, Ricksneatstuff said:

I don’t know for certain who painted what but I do know for certain I’m happy to have this one in my collection.   Alice gets the credit here.

 

Nice book!  I bought this raw off Metro's website for $93 in 2011, had it slabbed in 2019 and later sold it here on the boards

On 2/1/2024 at 7:47 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

I'm losing the thread here and would appreciate it if someone can clear up my confusion.

Am I right that this married couple being sued by CGC are completely separate from the scammer behind "the list" we've been talking about on this thread?  Because I don't recall any of the books on "the list" being stolen.

Different crime, different case

If CGC does not have this already, they should have a program where they buy a certain amount of graded books per year in the market, examine them, and release them back into the market.  Kind of like wildlife monitors who catch animals, tag them, and monitor their health from time to time.  Except with different books each time.

On 2/1/2024 at 3:48 PM, habsfan1 said:

They both began working in 2022

 

Anyone have thoughts about how a CGC employee's duties could include receiving and verifying items from eBay?  Does CGC deal on (what in the financial world would be called) a proprietary account?

No idea what the infraction is

On 2/1/2024 at 9:58 AM, NEO Sports Cards said:

Oh boy.

More nonsense 

 

 

I can only find the doc behind a paywall.  If anyone has a public source please post it here - thanks

On 1/29/2024 at 6:42 PM, joeypost said:

That’s good to hear. What level of management got back to you?

MN

On 1/25/2024 at 6:56 PM, joeypost said:

If they do it for one, they would have to do it for all. If that were the fact, the bosses would never get off the phone apologizing to people. 

I got one of those calls

After asking for it

Return it

Came across this & thought folks here might find it of interest

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/thats-rich-a-richie-rich-comic-sold-for-108-000-last-year-more-will-soon-be-auctioned-off-d1af95c7

Don't think there's a paywall but here are the first 3 paragraphs

This ‘poor little rich boy’ is becoming a sensation among comic-book collectors

Last Updated: Jan. 27, 2024 at 10:13 a.m. Published: Jan. 24, 2024 at 4:25 p.m. ET

By Charles Passy

A Richie Rich comic sold for $108,000 last year — more will soon be auctioned off

 

Philip Cole’s collection of classic Richie Rich comic books is being auctioned off next month. He is shown here holding his copy of Richie Rich No. 1.

 

Collectors of comic books have long obsessed about Superman, Spider-Man and the broader array of superheroes. And that has led to surging prices for some titles, including sales that have topped $3 million for the rarest ones. 

But now some collectors are turning their attention to an entirely different type of comic-book character and asking the question: Is it possible to get rich off Richie Rich?

Yes, Richie Rich, the character otherwise known as “the poor little rich boy” and the namesake behind a line of kiddie-oriented comic books that were popular in the ‘60s and ‘70s.

Bookstore but hey...

I'm sure someone posted this and I probably missed it

https://www.comicsbeat.com/cgc-slabbing-scandal-rocks-collecting-world/

On 1/11/2024 at 8:19 PM, jcjames said:

Boxes and boxes of these....

I knew a small shop that ordered 1000 Ultimates #1s.  By the time he was done selling his 9.8s on eBay I think the price had dropped to $15

On 1/11/2024 at 3:12 PM, 360flip said:

 

It looks like that shop has done some CGCs signature series stuff. Is it possible it's all legit and they have the heatgun and cutter to open up slabs and inner wells to get existing books out that are going for signatures?

For sure it could be a tool for opening up slabs they want to resubmit, as in crack (melt) - press - resubmit

This coming from someone who has never opened a slab