CGC vs XXXPHOENIX grading contest PART 8 : 30 books just graded!

Hello to everybody!

IT TOOK A LIFE .... CGC received my books on the 5th of June 2012 CGC but graded them early this week....let's compare their grades with my forecasts!

All of them were purchased thorugh internet, mainly on ebay as NM/M...

This is what I got! 5x9.8 8x9.6 6x9.4 3x9.2 4x9.0 2x8.5 1x8.0 1x7.5

I am quite disappointed this time. Considering I bought them as NM/M (mostly uncirculated)and that I thought of having carefully graded them ...getting 11 books below 9.4 is probably my worst submittance performance ...ever

One of the few nice surprise was NEW MUTANTS 95 second printing in 9.8! HIGHEST GRADED!

If neither Tnerb nor bagofleas owns it...it really must be rare in this grade!

Marvel books from 1982-1991 are probably the hardest modern books to be found in high grade due to the low quality of the paper and to the spine stress normally found even in uncirculated books.

No surprise it's so hard to build a high grade Byrne Fantastic Four or McFarlane Spidey set...

I will keep in my collection all books graded 9.4 or higher and few of the 9.2.

TITLE ISSUE FORECAST CGC

Amazing Spider-Man 302 9.4-9.6//9.4

Amazing Spider-Man 303 9.4-9.6//9.2*

Amazing Spider-Man 304 9.4-9.6//9.4

X-Men Alpha 9.6-9.8//9.8

X-Men Omega 9.6-9.8//9.8

X-Men Prime 1 9.6-9.8//9.8

Uncanny X-Men 281 9.6-9.8//9.6

Uncanny X-Men 282 9.6-9.8//9.6

Uncanny X-Men 283 9.6-9.8//9.6

Uncanny X-Men 292 9.6-9.8//9.6

New Mutants 97 9.4-9.6//9.6

New Mutants 95A 9.4-9.6//9.8

Marvel Comics Presents 1 9.4-9.6//9.4

Marvel Comics Presents 4 9.4-9.6//9.0*

Heroes Reborn the Return 2 9.4-9.6//9.8

Infinity Crusade 1 9.4-9.6//8.5*

Infinity Crusade 2 9.4-9.6//9.0*

Infinity Crusade 3 9.4-9.6//9.6

Infinity Crusade 4 9.4-9.6//9.6

Infinity Crusade 5 9.4-9.6//9.0*

X-Factor 25 9.6-9.8//9.2*

Fantastic Four 259 9.4-9.6//9.0*

Fantastic Four 261 9.6-9.8//8.0*

Fantastic Four 262 9.6-9.8//9.4

Fantastic Four 265 9.6-9.8//7.5*

Fantastic Four 266 9.6-9.8//9.4

Fantastic Four 268 9.6-9.8//9.4

Fantastic Four 269 9.6-9.8//8.5*

Fantastic Four 270 9.6-9.8//9.2*

Fantastic Four 278 9.6-9.8//9.6

CIAO!

FEDERICO