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  1. apparently, metropolis/comicconnect, who are among cgc's biggest customers, submitting tons of books regularly. small wonder. very small.
  2. yes i sold a large number of books to rick as well several months ago. after reaching out to a number of dealers, he made the best offer and was easiest to deal with. the state of the market is obviously huge in determining what a dealer will offer you for your books. when it's hot, i'm sure it will be more generous, and when it's post-bubble bursting horror show like the last two years, it's the opposite of generous. what was aggravating is the double standard that many of them use. all but two of my 15 books were white pages and several were pedigrees. almost all were major SA keys. when you are buying these from a dealer you will certainly be paying more. but when trying to sell them, you won't be offered more than if they were C/OW pages, especially in this lousy market. perhaps if the market was on fire that would have been considered a bit more. maybe. another bit from the dealer's playbook is that they will always try to make you tell them what you want for the books. it's like they went to the same school and were taught this on day one. rick actually gave me an offer instead of worrying that i'd shop it to another dealer and try to get more. it's sad that dealers i have bought from for many years could not step up a bit more with me when i needed to sell. but the good news is that rick @G.A.tor is a class act. if i need to sell big books in the future and do not decide to go the auction route, rick is the first dealer i would reach out to.
  3. this was a gorgeous presenting copy for the grade, in spite of the lousy label designation. really nice looking copy!
  4. a few reviews i saw imply that this movie is so bad, it's great, kind of like tommy wiseau's cult classic THE ROOM. is this at all true, for those who've seen it? obviously it cannot be bad in quite the same way since it's done with an enormous budget and a cast of real actors. but it's said that dakota's performance is only slightly better than tommy's, as is her effort level.
  5. the original tv series SHOGUN starring richard chamberlin in 1980 led to my obsession with japan. in retrospect it was not very good, the novel was far superior. hopefully this time they do it right.
  6. hope everyone has a great time and looking forward to seeing pics. unfortunately not able to attend this year, and will miss the comics and the people-
  7. if the US would just invade and annex canada, your shipping problems would be over! lets go back to the good old days of 1812 and try to make that happen people! as far as the other CL stuff goes, they dont have a buyers premium, unless they recently changed something. HA and CC both do have big fat ones. CL you pay what you bid. not counting shipping of course. maybe there is a fee if you pay by credit card. but if you mail a check, no secret fee or BP.
  8. Liman saying that a prequel would be better than the original is blatantly ridiculous hype. the original EDGE OF TOMORROW is one of the most compelling sci-fi movies i can remember. i watched it again last week for around the 5th time, and it never, ever gets old for even one moment. they need to stop making sequels and prequels to things that DO NOT MERIT THEM! let it be a great one-off!
  9. awesome to see you back and posting jimbo! sending lots of positive energy your way!
  10. the best example of this is 9.8 vs 9.9. good luck seeing any difference with the naked eye. 9.9s are the most blatant case of a money grab for nothing more than an ultra rare label, not an ultra rare book.
  11. i agree in a big way. love both books but this one is my preference. just picked this white page copy up in an auction recently...
  12. you are probably right in terms of value, but i find that 6.0 books often look bad. for some reason, i have seen better 5.0s than 6.0s. i always prefer to get a 7.0-7.5 if i can afford it, or a 5.0-5.5. 6.0 and 6.5 have always bugged me- it's neither mid grade nor upper grade, and as i said, the few books i have had in that range always looked pretty lousy.
  13. thank you! so glad to help in the little way that i can! the boards are really a special place in times like this. thanks to @skypinkblu and @DavidTheDavid for all your work in this endeavor-
  14. i'm going to list this comic-related artwork, all proceeds go directly to jimbo- it's my sold out limited edition giclee print BATMANIA. this was one of my most popular print editions, and sold out last year. but i kept a couple, and am offering one here. size is 26 x 24 inches on epson hot press bright heavyweight matte paper. (more details on artofalexgross.com if you need them.) signed and numbered limited edition. here's a pic of my son with an example so you can see the size. $249 shipped free anywhere in the usa or canadia-