Callaway29

Please provide pre/post press grade estimations...thanks.

I'm late to the party. Awesome sales thread...

Just sold a big book to Terry. Easy to deal with and super fast payment. Highly recommend.

Not disagreeing, place is hot mess, but I’ve seen the vertical box setup used for sorting/cataloging/organizing before…

+1 - google CFP.... And as others have stated...pictures are needed to make even a semi-informed recommendation... Lastly, congrats! IH1 is a "mega" key and something to be proud of in any grade...

I submitted a raw and was AMAZED it came back 9.8. Production errors are many and common due to the quality of paper...manage expectations with this one.

Binged this weekend. Slow at times but I really enjoyed it. One heck of a performance by Oscar Isaac...

Wow! What a dumb move...

He always talks about preparing physically, don't hear much about performance prep though....

I have no words, but here are some words... There's no way anyone actually buys this, right? RIGHT?! And I've been a little aloof as of late, but are we really putting keycollector in the same category as him/it/this now? I don't think he deserves that...nobody does... Dylan is in a category by himself (he will read this as a compliment).

Record sales, hype, and first appearances aside...always loved this cover!

This had to have been pressed before submitting, right? Regardless, congrats on the favorable outcome...

Gift grades do happen though…as do unjustified beatdowns… Just how it is…

Gonna stir the pot here… If the book came back a 9.4, would a check be sent to roger to make up the difference? I don’t think so… This whole arrangement was doomed from the start…

Phew, nice clickbait title. I immediately rolled my eyes and thought to myself, “Here we go again, CGC found another way to make more money off the same books (resubs)”.

I remember years of people pooping on 110 saying it would never reach comparable “major key” $$ because of the cover. I fought them at every turn…glad to see it finally coming to fruition.

An unfortunate happening. It’s not my place to say but I will anyway… Please keep in mind often times when compromising, an indication of a fair deal is when both parties aren’t happy with it. All the best in finding common ground…glad to see the boards providing that mechanism.

You lost me. Perhaps I missed some intricacy in a previous comment that drove some of your statements…and like you, I’m not going back. I thought your point was that without empirical evidence we don’t know if it’s happening in the market as a whole, not in the context of a specific auction. That changes things… I was all ready to post: “If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” Anyways, I’m not the type to kick a dead horse. Carry on…

#1) If that was an accusation, it’s not appreciated. #2) I forget the circumstances surrounding each situation, but very astute people have exposed shilling on eBay through independent forensics (linking accounts of sellers and buyers through various mechanisms). #3) You’re turning this into a philosophical argument. One is naive if they think people aren’t exploiting loopholes in this market of speculation, where many are motivated purely by greed, where the opportunity for unethical individuals to cheat the system to make more money without consequence exists. It’s simple human nature. I don’t need a report from an investigative body to tell me it’s happening… #4) I don’t believe that you don’t believe it’s happening. And yes, I get your point that “believing” and “knowing” are two different things, but frankly it’s a moot point imo…because it IS happening. It’s common sense…

Shill bidding is a thing, surely you aren’t suggesting it doesn’t exist? Does it happen on every lot? No… Do people ever get deals in an auction setting? Of course… But I suspect it’s more common in this market than one may think…

And whether one agrees with it or not, taxes are a huge factor for many sellers when doing g&s vs f&f.

PS: I yawned while looking at yawn gifs…

Sold for about $8K back in 2008. I coulda sworn I saw it on HA more recently than that though (~4yrs ago is my guess)...because I recall contemplating placing a bid. It did not have Joe Sinnott's sig last time I saw it, just Jack's... https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/fantastic-four-1-9-bound-volume-marvel-1961-62-/a/828-43316.s?ic4=OtherResults-SampleItem-071515&tab=ArchiveSearchResults-012417

I'm at 6.0... PQ?