I’m a collector dealer downsizing and price based on what I feel is a fair market.  However if you’d like to make an offer please do.  Feel free to make your best offer as I rarely counteroffer.  

I’m not a smoker so rest assured no unpleasant smells.

Photos are taken under an OTTLITE.  I don’t manipulate photos so you’ll be pleased with the appearance in hand.

All my listings are Buy It Now.  Feel free to make a Shopping Cart (by adding items to Cart) to combine your purchases for reduced shipping.  I do not send invoices unless one is requested… just complete the Checkout when you’re ready.  Payment is expected within 3 business days unless you notify me you need more time.  

Shipping is by USPS eBay Priority with tracking.  Your collectible is patiently packaged in a well protected mailer and is handed to a Post Office clerk in person.  Postage is calculated by eBay based on your location and don’t worry, if eBay doesn’t calculate the combination for multiple items, I’ll promptly refund you any overpayment.  I provide the lowest real shipping cost, extending my eBay negotiated discounts entirely to you, nor do I charge for handling.  In fact, eBay charges final value fees on shipping so I actually pay for some of the cost.  Many sellers use this hidden shipping discount as a way to offset their fees.  I don’t.  I give it to you.  I also ship very fast and often the same day as your payment is received.  

Buy with confidence.  I’m a long-term member in good standing with the American Philatelic Society and United States Philatelic Classics Society.  If you’re not happy I’m not happy and I treat my customers as I expect to be treated.  That is with courtesy, understanding, and absolute fairness.

Thanks for reviewing my offerings!

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A comment regarding comicbook “pages” quality.  

In the current state of grading, comicbooks are numerically evaluated on how free they are of post-production indications of handling.  Yet when considering grades and population statistics, it’s important to keep in mind the tale of two comicbooks.  One graded 9.8 with well-centered and saturated color registration, aligned cover wrap and staples, and the freshest possible white pages.  And another, also graded 9.8, with pale and mis-registered color registration, a crooked and off-center cover wrap, and off white to cream color page quality.  So long as both books are otherwise free of post-production handling then both receive the same numeric grade. 

Unfortunately, current grading philosophy is that these other factors are subjective bystanders which do not affect the assigned grade.  This most importantly, in my opinion, includes “pages” quality.  

White Pages are those that are in the freshest state as when originally printed.  This is an important indicator that the book has received great care during the previous 50+ years (Silver and Bronze Age issues).  All paper, and especially comicbooks, contain a woody pulp material, called lignin, which when exposed to light, heat, and humidity/moisture creates acids.  These acids gradually cause the paper to discolor and become brittle.  In the areas of philately and numismatics such environmental damage would significantly impair the grade and, accordingly, the market desirability.   In a similar way, a stamp or coin with remarkable originality and eye appeal receives spirited bidding and new records are set even within a grade.   While the comic collecting and investing market does tend to place a sometimes and somewhat higher value on freshness perhaps with time the grading philosophy and statistical monitoring sites will more objectively distinguish between these important aspects of eye appeal, freshness, and originality.  To say that there are 12 copies in grade 9.8 with a FMV is not as useful as saying there are 2 9.8’s in white pages, 6 in off white to white, etc. and the FMV for each can be quite different.  

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