[Groop]This guy must be on crack!
Grossmann, Gary
GaryG@DOR.WA.GOV
Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:10:01 -0800
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I think the whole CGC 9.9, 9.4, 10.0 thing is a big pile of rancid cheesedip
sprinkled with mulch. Tasty as that sounds (my mouth is watering), it's
mind boggling that people will pay outrageous prices for things because
under a microscope you can see a difference and they think, apparently, that
in the future someone will pay even more! Especially when the real joy of
comic book ownership is the appreciation of great art and great writing
(rather than whether there is a tiny wrinkle at the staples.)
-Gary G.
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From: MisterElie@aol.com [mailto:MisterElie@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 9:17 AM
To: groop@groo.com
Subject: Re: [Groop]This guy must be on crack!
Let's see, according to the latest CBG, a 9.9 graded comic by CGC is listed
at selling at an average +2456% or 25.56 times the NM guide price.
According to my latest Overstreet Guide (32nd ed.), Image's Groo #1 is worth
$3.50 at a 9.4 NM.
So let's do the math: $3.50 x 25.56 = $89.46. Now, the ebay comic is listed
at CGC 10.0 and my CBG doesn't have that price. So, taking both the latest
Overstreet price into account and the opening bid of $500, someone would
have to be willing to pay 143 times the price of the latest guide for that
comic! And that's just the opening bid.
So, any takers? And if so, I have a 1962 Studebaker GT Hawk to sell you.
Less than 100,000 miles, manual column shift, overdrive, new paint job, good
working order. Asking $95,000 - firm! :)
Elie
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<DIV><SPAN class=634405817-10022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think the whole CGC 9.9, 9.4, 10.0 thing is a big pile of rancid cheesedip
sprinkled with mulch. Tasty as that sounds (my mouth is watering), it's
mind boggling that people will pay outrageous prices for things because under a
microscope you can see a difference and they think, apparently, that
in the future someone will pay even more! Especially when the real joy of
comic book ownership is the appreciation of great art and great writing (rather
than whether there is a tiny wrinkle at the staples.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=634405817-10022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-Gary
G. </FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma></DIV>
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Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> MisterElie@aol.com
[mailto:MisterElie@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 10, 2003 9:17
AM<BR><B>To:</B> groop@groo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop]This guy must be
on crack!<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Let's see, according to the latest CBG, a 9.9 graded comic
by CGC is listed at selling at an average +2456% or 25.56 times the NM guide
price. According to my latest Overstreet Guide (32nd ed.), Image's Groo
#1 is worth $3.50 at a 9.4 NM. <BR><BR>So let's do the math: $3.50 x
25.56 = $89.46. Now, the ebay comic is listed at CGC 10.0 and my CBG
doesn't have that price. So, taking both the latest Overstreet price
into account and the opening bid of $500, someone would have to be willing to
pay 143 times the price of the latest guide for that comic! And that's
just the opening bid.<BR><BR>So, any takers? And if so, I have a 1962
Studebaker GT Hawk to sell you. Less than 100,000 miles, manual column
shift, overdrive, new paint job, good working order. Asking $95,000 -
firm! :)<BR><BR>Elie</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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