From Fine to Near Mint - Huge Bump on this Wolverine Classic

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Ай бұрын

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@juniorgermosen5238 Ай бұрын

Keep up the Great Content.❤

@comicpadre8603 Ай бұрын

In my experience the older the book the easier the grading scale. I have Golden Age books in the 9's that wouldn't come close if they were moderns.

@Whoatemychipz Ай бұрын

I know it's a lot of extra work but I love it when you put what you paid + FMV. I'm pretty new to comic books and it's fun learning values of keys during these videos.

@ImproveCollectingComics Ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. Just keep in mind I have a backlog of videos and prices are still dropping at the moment, so prices may be lower than what's in the video.

@michaelaguilera7694 Ай бұрын

You the man with the pressing but you need to sleep you got ostrich pillows under your eyes

@ImproveCollectingComics Ай бұрын

Too much gaming in my 20's.. and genetics I guess. Because I sleep a lot lol

@comicbookchris3509 Ай бұрын

A little pesonal history with direct Wol 1 limited and a fk up on clean up of a newstand. I bought 200 copies in 1982 for discounted .50 each. then sold the last 50 for $7 ea in the early 90s! I bought a newsstand 1 for $140. It had one tiny color break on the spine but was overall 60% to get 9.8. Then I had a huge brain fart. I went dumb. On the back left side on the white border was a black tiny dot. I didnt feel a bump but wondered if it was an embedded dirt particle. I took an exacto knife, yes i did, to try and flick the dot out. I put a noticeable small hole in the book! It came back 9.4 and sold for $230. I never used an exacto knife before or since. Lost prob $300 as it was at least 9.6. One of the reasons I dont do anyone elses books.

@nerdyoldwoman9651 Ай бұрын

Sorry that happened to you, but your story makes me feel not so bad about some of my own, shall we say, "learning experiences" in my journey to become a half way decent comic book cleaner! I suppose we all have to learn from our mistakes!

@ImproveCollectingComics Ай бұрын

Ouch, sorry to hear about that! This year, I started using the plastic pick from this kit I bought on Amazon. amzn.to/4b6EAZP

@comicbookchris3509 Ай бұрын

@@nerdyoldwoman9651 Oh, so true. The wreckage to do this craft right has been fun. I estimate that I've lost over $10,000, closer to $15,000. in value by just being stupid. If you want to see where I really srewed up check out the thread where Kaptain Myke helped me out with my light box carnage on this KZfaq video... S2 E9 C-NOTCH METHOD & FIXING RIPPLED COVERS by KaptainMyke

@comicbookchris3509 Ай бұрын

@@nerdyoldwoman9651 Oh, so true. The horrors to do this craft right has been fun. I estimate that I've lost over $10,000, closer to $15,000. in value by just being stupid. If you want to see where I really screwed up check out the thread where Kaptain Myke helped me out with my light box damage on this KZfaq video... S2 E9 C-NOTCH METHOD & FIXING RIPPLED COVERS by KaptainMyke

@comicbookchris3509 Ай бұрын

@@nerdyoldwoman9651 Oh, I've only lost probably $15,000 in profit, lol. I'm a bull in a China shop doing a craft meant for level headed people.

@thomascapps5693 Ай бұрын

You are the master at pressing for sure

@TheRobertSalazarComics Ай бұрын

That is amazing! I hope you continue to succeed with your submissions!

@VidTubeWatch Ай бұрын

Fun haul Jim.

@user-tl3lq6uk4o Ай бұрын

I believe that the square-bounds of that era are unpredictable (usually toward the positive). I think with staples, glue and cover wrap you have a lot of funky looking happening. I feel it's a real challenge to find a good cover wrap on most squarebounds from that time.

@rangerscott1997 Ай бұрын

Congrats on your submission

@BigMoneyGripMCV Ай бұрын

i have my Wolverine 1 newsy in for 4 signatures at a couple of cons with a facilitator :) i got some great CPR on it before sending it. i can't wait to get it back! I am begging for remarques but probably won't get them. You never know!

@johnnydropkicks Ай бұрын

I think your grader was Loose Larry after he had a long lunch with Harsh Harry.

@ImproveCollectingComics Ай бұрын

Nice. We gotta keep those guys separate!

@guycorp1325 Ай бұрын

For me at least, square bound books are harder to assign accurate grades.

@ImproveCollectingComics Ай бұрын

Thanks.. at least I'm not the only one lol

@linkmaster6486 Ай бұрын

Bro i got a question. I just submitted amazing Spider-Man 238 and it came back a 4.0 and it says the tattoos were removed but before sending it in I checked multiple times and that book had those tattoos in it. What do you recommend I do? Crack it open and resubmit?

@ImproveCollectingComics Ай бұрын

You might call them and tell them this. They may let you resubmit as a mechanical error?