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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 10:08:38 GMT -5
You don't have to understand it, though, without judging folks. I haven't spent thousands yet on a singular slabbed book. But I have spent hundreds, and that's my decision. If you find that problematic, well, then I find THAT problematic. Don't like it, then don't do it. Then you can continue to live your life as happily as you wish knowing that's one less problematic problem you have to concern yourself with.  Shouldn't you only find it problematic if I get really obnoxious and start picketing comic shops in a protest of slabbed books?  I have no problem with people who read a slabbed book, or buy one to read and one to slab. The only real problem I have is with pure speculators; the kind that never read any of the comics and simply slab them and store them away as investments. And I mean those that literally never read ANYTHING and have zero interest in comics as an artform. Obviously, they have every right to do this. It's perfectly legal. It's just the anti-content/art aspect of it that I find personally distasteful. I am anti-your-anti-!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 10:12:52 GMT -5
Hey now! I didn't create a thread about slabbing! I don't even say that word. Ni! If you create a thread about grading, the mention of slabbed books is inevitable as they represent a niche of graded copies. This brings out the bah-humbug crew too... |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 24, 2016 10:17:35 GMT -5
Shouldn't you only find it problematic if I get really obnoxious and start picketing comic shops in a protest of slabbed books? I have no problem with people who read a slabbed book, or buy one to read and one to slab. The only real problem I have is with pure speculators; the kind that never read any of the comics and simply slab them and store them away as investments. And I mean those that literally never read ANYTHING and have zero interest in comics as an artform. Obviously, they have every right to do this. It's perfectly legal. It's just the anti-content/art aspect of it that I find personally distasteful. I am anti-your-anti-! I'm going to create a giant slabbed comic costume and seal myself in it as a protest to free all those poor comics! "Would you want to spent the rest of eternity like this? Free you comics!" Look for me at a convention near you! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 10:20:47 GMT -5
I am anti-your-anti-! I'm going to create a giant slabbed comic costume and seal myself in it as a protest to free all those poor comics! "Would you want to spent the rest of eternity like this? Free you comics!" Look for me at a convention near you! Best Halloween costume idea ever. I can dress as a $ sign and we can go trick or treating together. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 10:22:13 GMT -5
I am anti-your-anti-! I'm going to create a giant slabbed comic costume and seal myself in it as a protest to free all those poor comics! "Would you want to spent the rest of eternity like this? Free you comics!" Look for me at a convention near you! Careful, someone might press you to try to improve the grade and resubmit you, and spine roll will hurt you a lot more than it will a comic... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 10:23:59 GMT -5
The fact that Trevor and Trebor are both posting in this thread is really messing with me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 10:25:01 GMT -5
The fact that Trevor and Trebor are both posting in this thread is really messing with me. They should change their avatars and signatures to match each others and really mess with you -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 10:26:55 GMT -5
The fact that Trevor and Trebor are both posting in this thread is really messing with me. They should change their avatars and signatures to match each others and really mess with you -M I KNOW. I was going to add in my last post that I use their avatars to help me tell who is who. And they both agree on this subject, so that makes it even MORE confusing. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 10:35:42 GMT -5
Ha ha, found this line on a message board & it cracked me up..."sometimes books move inside the slab. Sometimes they can even be damaged in the slab (know as 'shaken comic syndrome')"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 10:50:38 GMT -5
There is nothing logical about collecting and said collectibles being worth millions of dollars when you get right down to it. People decide that Action Comics #1 is worth millions because it has historical significance as an object. Okay, I get it, but fundamentally it's still a collection of paper that cost cents to produce. If you didn't care much for Action Comics #1 and had a copy to sell, would you refuse to sell it for what it's worth simply because it cost cents to produce and because, in your opinion, it's illogical to be worth millions? |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 24, 2016 11:05:39 GMT -5
The fact that Trevor and Trebor are both posting in this thread is really messing with me. Thank God burt and bert are not contributing to this thread People who complain about slabbing "permanently" preventing comics from being read must be paraplegics Back to that Argosy pamphlete- its a catalogue, nothing like what Overstreet came up with later. In fact there were earlier attempts than Overstreet to compile info on exactly what was published in the comic book field. These mimeographed lists were sold via mail via the fanzine network. Jerry Bails and others would have contributed to them. Overstreet wound up being the best and most comprehensive |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 11:09:51 GMT -5
But Argosy did list prices for back issues and based prices on condition 5 years before Overstreet was published (and before Bails book which came afterwards and inspired Overstreet, who sought to collaborate with Bails. The Argosy was not a comprehensive price guide, it was a price list for a store that did mail order, but it is evidence that "grading" of comics was already occurring in 1965, which is what the OP essentially asked...
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 24, 2016 11:12:40 GMT -5
There is nothing logical about collecting and said collectibles being worth millions of dollars when you get right down to it. People decide that Action Comics #1 is worth millions because it has historical significance as an object. Okay, I get it, but fundamentally it's still a collection of paper that cost cents to produce. If you didn't care much for Action Comics #1 and had a copy to sell, would you refuse to sell it for what it's worth simply because it cost cents to produce and because, in your opinion, it's illogical to be worth millions? I have no problem accepting the reality of collectibles, I can just view it from an alternative viewpoint. I'd also have no problem selling it for what it's worth. If I had a copy, and some rich guy wanted to part with a few million, I'd be glad to oblige. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 11:14:36 GMT -5
If you didn't care much for Action Comics #1 and had a copy to sell, would you refuse to sell it for what it's worth simply because it cost cents to produce and because, in your opinion, it's illogical to be worth millions? I have no problem accepting the reality of collectibles, I can just view it from an alternative viewpoint. I'd also have no problem selling it for what it's worth. If I had a copy, and some rich guy wanted to part with a few million, I'd be glad to oblige. At least you're honest about how much you'd judge the collector, but have no issue selling the collector a copy and receiving large sums of money for it. Go you. |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 24, 2016 11:15:14 GMT -5
They should change their avatars and signatures to match each others and really mess with you -M I KNOW. I was going to add in my last post that I use their avatars to help me tell who is who. And they both agree on this subject, so that makes it even MORE confusing. Really? Trevor and Trebor the Unconquered is that similar? If I change it to Robert the Unconquered will that help? |
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