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Thanks for the kind words! As you know, this grail is a Gerber 8 and is rarely available, so this may be your only chance to ever own one!

Just received a book that I purchased from NoFunComics. Packaged securely and arrived quickly. Excellent communication and a very pleasant guy with whom to deal!

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That 46 is sweet. Will need to buy one if I get the opportunity. It's very challenging and expensive to chase these More Funs!

Thanks for the compliments, gents, on both the More Fun 52 and the thumb! Much appreciated!

Thanks, brother! It was a hardest book ever to track down, and then pry away from someone!

Beautiful All Star Comics run!

My More Fun Comics 52 - Cosmic Aeroplane pedigree.

Nice More Fun Comics 53! I eventually need one to match my More Fun Comics 52! Those Spectre covers are

Can't go wrong with some Spectre-covered More Fun Comics

Perhaps because globally, there's a lost quarter of economic activity? Or, an entity is unable to pay its debts as they mature. This happens when an entity's liabilities exceed its assets. As you can probably tell, my financial savvy has reached legendary status that transcends even these Boards.

Unfortunately, this is just the beginning. In Italy, they've closed bars, restaurants and most shops, except for supermarkets and pharmacies. Besides personally losing a fortune over the past few weeks, my company's stock is at a 52-week low, and heading lower by the day. In fact, all companies will significantly miss earnings for the foreseeable future, and those lucky enough to get a bonus, can expect a crappy one at best. The cruise industry, airlines, hospitality industry -- many of the big players will be going out of business. Not to mention tax season is right around the corner for those that don't withhold. As recommended by the great Mohamed El-Erian, individual investors should "resist our inclination to buy the dip". On the comic front, dealers can't move inventory, because they've cancelled most cons, and customers aren't risking their health to visit their local comic book shops (or to even physically go to work anymore, for that matter). Every time there's a dead-cat bounce in the market, the next day it falls twice as much. Stay on the sidelines, kids. Don't catch a falling knife....

The market's collapsing for the same reason as the subprime crisis: too much borrowed money fueled a bubble, and now it's unwinding. People buying comics on credit cards, layaway plans, etc. -- everyone's a dealer -- all thinking they could flip the books anytime for more than they paid. That only works in a rising market. Once the comic prices stopped rising, the speculators and fast money shifted into video games, further depressing the comic prices. And the remaining buyers only want to cherry pick the cream of the crop - good page quality, no chipping, no writing, etc. It's simply not enough to just own a coveted key anymore (with the exception of certain grails, like Tec 27 and Action 1), the book has to be nearly perfect. This is due to some OCD fool that started nit picking wrap centering, page quality, chipping and other previously irrelevant attributes. That terrible trend caught on like fire, and now all the remaining buyers only want the best. Collectors like me, that used to be happy just owning a book, are now forced to seek out the best, not because we're looking to sell or really care that there's a chip in a book, but because if you ever want/need to sell it, only the perfect copies sell for full value. For example, look at all the orphaned copies of AF15 on eBay that will never catch a bid. Some are beautiful, but because their page quality is cream or they have chipping, they are pariah. Not a good combination.

Nice. I figured they would try to sell it again after some time. It's a pretty book, even in hand.