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So I sent my very first book to CGC.

I'm pretty happy with the results.

This will be put up for sale, but still in the researching stage.


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This will be put up for sale, but still in the researching stage.
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Wow congrats! What's the history on this?

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:high-five:

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Congrats! Talk about a great first book! :clap:

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It's Around $1500 I believe. :thumb:
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Sweet book, man!

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*SQUEE* yeah!

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Whoa. Where'd ya find that?

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Nice first submission! :clap:

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Wow, very impressive. Can't wait to hear how you found the book.

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So I wish that the story was a bit more dramatic, but here it is. (I wish I could tell you I got it in a trade from some Templar Knights, but I did not)

I was at a show, and pre-show a good amount of the dealers go digging through the boxes of the ..... um.... not so regular dealers looking for treasure.

So I walk up to a booth (one of the WCVC dudes is with me, I'll keep his name out to protect the innocent) and I see a Valiant tab in a box.

SWEET! I love seeing Valiant tabs.

I pull the tab forward and the 1st book I see is the Plat. I stop for a moment, clear my mind and double check the price box. I mean, I know what a Plat is, and I've checked the price box of TONS and I mean TONS of BS #0s And no tho one has no price.

So I pause for one quick moment thinking of the perfect thing to say to my homie next to me.

................................. ( I pull the book out of the box show it to him and say......)

"You think I should get this?"

His answer was PERFECT!

"I'll split it with you."

And there it is. I walked over to the dude and pay and it's mine.


I then showed a few of the other WCVC dudes and they thought it could be a 9.6-9.4. Regardless, it needs to be CGCed. So off it went, and good news, it's a 9.6.

Now, once Comikaze is over this weekend, I'll get a price and put it up for sale.

I wish there were ninjas and radioactive slime and and Land Speeder involved..... but nope. Just pulled it out of a box. It was just sitting there waiting for me.

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You just never know what you are going to pull out of a long-box. That is why you keep looking. :clap:

That is the ultimate find, in my opinion.

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mkb28 wrote:You just never know what you are going to pull out of a long-box. That is why you keep looking. :clap:

That is the ultimate find, in my opinion.

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Elveen wrote:The dig is the fun. You just never know.
Exactly. Do you know how many thousands of people have probably looked in that box, saw it and said "Meh. I have like ten of these..."

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Awesome! I love hearing stories like this! :clap:

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jmatt wrote:
Elveen wrote:The dig is the fun. You just never know.
Exactly. Do you know how many thousands of people have probably looked in that box, saw it and said "Meh. I have like ten of these..."
+1

Great, great story. This really is a needle in a haystack story. How many of these are there? 10-20?


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