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My upgrades that need to be upgraded.

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[ADAMANTIUM]

Last year,

after I post give me another 2 seconds to update the upgrade slabs, these pics are on 2 different devices  

 

 

Edited December 13, 2019 by ADAMANTIUM

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[Comics4All]

1 hour ago, Krismusic said:

huh I am confused what happened was this a dealer who had a slabbed 8.5 of forever people for a 8.5 great price but when he checked the book was 9.0? 

It's never just you when you don't understand what @Hollywood1892 is saying!

JK (sort of)  Holly! You are awesome! 

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Updated my post

Thanks for your patience 

 

[Ken Aldred]

The upgrade that means the most to me is my copy of Giant-Size X-Men 1; my favourite Bronze Age comic.

My original copy was purchased in the 80s as a NM-M grade, but when I received it, it was an absolute POS.  Appalling. I don’t still own the offending item.

In the late 2000s, I bought this 9.0 from Joeypost for a great price, and it presents much, much better than the grade.  
 

So, a very happy, contented resolution in the end.

 

 

 

Edited December 13, 2019 by Ken Aldred

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[Gotham Kid]

Upgrade of probably one of my favorite early Detective covers

[Hollywood1892]

Can you guys talk about how your upgrades came about?

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10 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said:

Can you guys talk about how your upgrades came about?

I found my raws at different times at the same place, Half Price Books!

For $15 piece

it's then that I wanted a copy, a reader is as good as any sometimes! 

I upgraded through saving and the thrill of the hunt was on

for decent slabs, but nothing as lucky as yours 

I also have an All Stars Comics #58 as a raw reader, which I have not upgraded yet, the hunt is still on for that one!

 

 

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32 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

Upgrade of probably one of my favorite early Detective covers

That top one looks familiar...👍

 

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[KirbyJack]

I don’t have pictures, but about 35 years back, I upgraded my Avengers #1 from an absolute rag to a nice, qualified vg. I say qualified not because it was slabbed so (didn’t exist then), but because it was a vg except for a two inch piece of scotch tape in the middle of the cover. I lived with it until a dealer friend strongly urged me to let a friend of Bob Beerbohm remove the tape for me.

The guy botched it so badly that I cannot quite describe it. He must have used half a bottle of white out. He redrew, free hand, with a sharpie; the date, price and number.

Anyway, my dealer friend felt so bad about it that he took the comic and replaced it with a strong, unqualified, unrestored vg+ Avengers 1. For free.

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33 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said:

Can you guys talk about how your upgrades came about?

I bought a copy.

Later, I found a better copy and bought that.

The end.