Earliest CGC Signature Series - Stan Lee (when was it?) 0

[valiantman]

Anybody got the earliest CGC Signature Series Stan Lee?  We know there are (tens of) thousands in the past 10 years, but I'm wondering if there are any from the early days of CGC Signatures Series?

The earliest that I can go for Stan Lee is 2006.  CGC Signature Series started in 2001, but I don't know if any of them were Stan Lee.  Anyone got Stan Lee SS from 2001 or 2002?  

Edited September 3, 2019 by valiantman

[THE_BEYONDER]

6 minutes ago, valiantman said:

Anybody got the earliest CGC Signature Series Stan Lee?  We know there are (tens of) thousands in the past 10 years, but I'm wondering if there are any from the early days of CGC Signatures Series?

The earliest that I can go for Stan Lee is 2006.  CGC Signature Series started in 2001, but I don't know if any of them were Stan Lee.  Anyone got Stan Lee SS from 2001 or 2002?  

SS didn’t exist when I signed up here in 2003

[THE_BEYONDER]

@AlexH

[valiantman]

2 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

9 minutes ago, valiantman said:

Anybody got the earliest CGC Signature Series Stan Lee?  We know there are (tens of) thousands in the past 10 years, but I'm wondering if there are any from the early days of CGC Signatures Series?

The earliest that I can go for Stan Lee is 2006.  CGC Signature Series started in 2001, but I don't know if any of them were Stan Lee.  Anyone got Stan Lee SS from 2001 or 2002?  

SS didn’t exist when I signed up here in 2003

Well, umm... 

[THE_BEYONDER]

3 minutes ago, valiantman said:

Well, umm... 

I stand corrected 

[valiantman]

4 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

8 minutes ago, valiantman said:

Well, umm... 

I stand corrected 

No worries.  According to CGC, that Tomb Raider #1 is the oldest CGC Signature Series.  https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/42/

They planned for 100, but it looks like only 70 got done back in 2001 (two of those 70 might be prototypes from earlier than August 5, 2001).

[RockMyAmadeus]

The earliest Stan Lee of which I am aware was signed 8/6/04. It's a Spidey #14

https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/verify-cgc-comic.aspx?cgc-comic-cert=0609056001&grader-notes=yes

Stan signed a minimum of a quarter million books.

[James J Johnson]

3 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

The earliest Stan Lee of which I am aware was signed 8/6/04. It's a Spidey #14

https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/verify-cgc-comic.aspx?cgc-comic-cert=0609056001&grader-notes=yes

Stan signed a minimum of a quarter million books.

And that quarter million that he signed are far outweighed and overshadowed by the quarter billion forgeries bought and yet to be bought in the marketplace. Unless you're keenly aware of Stan Lee signature styles running the gamut of his signing years, start to end, or buy a piece with an unshakeable provenance, CGC signature series Lees are the major reliably foolproof means to add an authentic Lee to a collection. They're all witnessed, removing any shred of doubt or opinion concerning authenticity.

[greggy]

6 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

I stand corrected 

[AlexH]

15 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

The earliest Stan Lee of which I am aware was signed 8/6/04. It's a Spidey #14

https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/verify-cgc-comic.aspx?cgc-comic-cert=0609056001&grader-notes=yes

Stan signed a minimum of a quarter million books.

I'm pretty sure that one was mine. However, my records show there were 2 other signings before 8/6/04. I will have to check to see if I still have scans for them. 

[AlexH]

I could only find this scan

[Mercury Man]

On 9/3/2019 at 7:22 PM, RockMyAmadeus said:

Stan signed a minimum of a quarter million books.

and prolly a dozen corset's

[AlexH]

And I found the first one (I believe) 

[Mr. Spider-Woman]

Would this be the sort of thing CGC kept track of? Do they have a database?

[ADAMANTIUM]

4 minutes ago, AlexH said:

And I found the first one (I believe) 

That's a classy signature

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Spider-Woman said:

Would this be the sort of thing CGC kept track of? Do they have a database?

Other than the census or graded copies, signature series info hasn't been released to us as far as dates and names..... only how many have been signed and not by whom....

Would be hard to believe that cgc doesn't have this info, but isn't available at the moment...

Edited September 7, 2019 by ADAMANTIUM

[ADAMANTIUM]

someone should start a meme or gif that says

CGC CAN NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY THE RECORDS OF NAMES AND DATES OF SIGNATURE SERIES 

You'll never get it out of me coppah!

 

[bluechip]

22 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

That's a classy signature

 

That JIM 121 is actually from Stan's personal collection.  All the books which he signed that day and which were sold via Heritage were from his collection.  CGC has amended labels in the past when it's clear they were from Stan's stash, and that one is, so it might be worth giving them a call or email

Edited September 7, 2019 by bluechip

[AlexH]

On 9/7/2019 at 7:49 PM, bluechip said:

That JIM 121 is actually from Stan's personal collection.  All the books which he signed that day and which were sold via Heritage were from his collection.  CGC has amended labels in the past when it's clear they were from Stan's stash, and that one is, so it might be worth giving them a call or email

If you have a Heritage account, have a look here at past sales. This should help.

https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=790+231+52&Nty=1&Ntt=stan+lee+file&Ntk=SI_Titles&No=288&erpp=204