James J Johnson

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Djangology, as in Django Reinhardt or Eldar Djangirov?

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With an estimated population of 75 existing cards, the Wagner is another card that really isn't as scarce as many others that sell for far, far less.

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I'm like Mr. October, only year-round.

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You're very welcome.

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Here's some food for thought. CGC yellow label signature series slabbed books typically bring a premium above their blue label unsigned counterparts in similar grade. This is a case where foreign material is added, ink, marker, paint, gel, etc. to the book. Technically it's been color touched. The rationale behind the addition of that ink or paint differs but the adding of the ink/paint is intentional and whether a deliberate attempt to improve the apparent condition or simply to have the creator's track for a keepsake and its additional value to the whole, the result is the same. Added ink/paint to the book, as in color touch. The major difference in this result, after signing or color touch, is that a minimally color touched book, say a few dots of color on several spine stresses typically adds from 1/1,000th to 1/100,000th the amount of ink to the book that a creator signature does. Now I'm not speaking of moderately to extensively restored hack jobs with acrylic paint or marker/crayon swathed over large areas. I'm referring to minimally restored books with barely detectable (for all except CGC) precisely placed dots of color used to conceal small fractures in the color. A book with even a modest sized sharpie signature on the cover will have thousands of times the amount of ink added to the book than one with several dots of color touch. If you consider this, and the fact that a book with several dots of color that can't easily be seen can be bought for roughly 1/5th to 1/2 of the price, maybe they're not quite as bad or dastardly as most think when bought with full disclosure at a price that adequately reflects the restoration.

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For anyone apprehensive about the safe and secure storage of their books, who knows better than to use a public storage facility, doesn't want to use a safety deposit box, and flat out doesn't trust ebay to safeguard their items, what about Heritage acting as a "Vault"? I'm sure their facilities are just as secure as Ebay or other vault-like storage depots for hobby collectibles, and I've never heard of any consignor's items disappearing into thin air. What about some type of "pre-consignment" storage at Heritage? Books kept secure by Heritage until they are directed to either offer for sale to the public as BINs/make offer, or at auction? If you're concerned about break-ins or safeguarding your pieces at your current location or in your current situation, possibly between homes, or spend a lot of time away from home and have not opted for some type of secure storage off the premises, consignment or pre-consignment through Heritage may possibly offer the secure solution?

I see it differently. There's nothing wrong with restoration and not everybody who alters comics or buys an altered comic and eventually resells it is a scumbag if that restoration is fully disclosed at all points of sale. In a failed effort to ascend the hallowed high ground, some are actually ignorant of that fact, though it seems inconceivable that someone could think that once a comic is restored, it should be discarded or burned and then discarded. I've actually read things that silly. "That Action 1 is restored! It has no value, it should be thrown out. I wouldn't pay a penny for it", as asinine as that may be. Nothing wrong with the sale of a restored book, as long as full disclosure is made, although this very basic principle still eludes some who mistakenly consider themselves "knowledgeable hobbyists".

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Good call. Moisture damage + moderate to severe mold = Pass

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Never. No Buck Rogers = No bucks. The grading of books is the fuel for the market's propulsion. As true today as it was in 2000.