Services & Fees

The following charts are CGC's current prices for grading tiers.
Comics Services and Fees and Magazine Size Comic Services and Fees are separated into their own charts. Please remember that the turnaround times are estimates only and CGC does not guarantee them!

Please read the Shipping Your Books section before sending us your submissions and contact us at 877-NM-COMIC (662-6642) if you have any further questions.

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Comics Grading Tiers and Services

A $5 handling fee per invoice applies to all submissions in addition to the grading tiers below.

A $5 handling fee, per invoice, applies to all submissions.

*Modern service is limited to books published from 1980 to the present.

**Reholder service is for a chipped, scratched or cracked holder that has not been opened or had its seals broken. We will place your comic in a new holder.
NOTE: All Reholder submissions are subject to review for tampering and accuracy of grade. Mail-in submissions only.

***In the event that CGC, at its sole discretion, determines that the fair market value is higher than the value stated by the submitter, CGC will move the comic book to the appropriate higher tier and the additional charge will be the responsibility of the submitter.

†Please allow time for postal delivery for books being shipped out today.

††FMV (Fair Market Value). Minimum Charge per book $150.00, Maximum charge per book $3,000.00.

Comics submitted for Recertification with their original label ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO RECEIVE THE SAME GRADE.
Please remember that CGC does not return mylars or backing boards sent in with comic books. Also note that national holidays and the Fridays of a major convention are not counted as business days for submission processing.

Magazine Size Comics Grading Tiers and Services

A $5 handling fee per invoice applies to all submissions in addition to the grading tiers below.

A $5 handling fee, per invoice, applies to all submissions.

**Reholder service is for a chipped, scratched or cracked holder that has not been opened or had its seals broken. We will place your comic in a new holder.
NOTE: All Reholder submissions are subject to review for tampering and accuracy of grade. Mail-in submissions only.

***In the event that CGC, at its sole discretion, determines that the fair market value is higher than the value stated by the submitter, CGC will move the comic book to the appropriate higher tier and the additional charge will be the responsibility of the submitter.

†Please allow time for postal delivery for books being shipped out today.

Please remember that CGC does not return mylars or backing boards sent in with comic books.