...and How I acquired my 900th CGC comic!!!

Hello Collectors Society friends!

Several weeks ago I submitted another large lot of books I had purchased raw off ebay or from www dealers in 2013. I find very challenging to hunt and select books to submit for my registry...it's much more interesting than purchasing them already graded!

The majority of the submitted books comes from the late bronze / early copper age.

I find this era particularly though because books were not immediately bag&boarded after purchase and the low quality of the paper and cover means spine stress and corner dings even in unread copies...

These are the turnaround times (from "received" to "shipped/safe" status -- MODERN tier):

36 working days -- received by CGC on 28/10/2013, 28/11 verified; 5/12 scheduled for grading; 6/12 graded, 18/12 shipped/safe :36 working days

This is one my best grading performances...ever!! STATS for my 90 graded books:

9.8 x28

9.6 x25

9.4 x3

9.2 x4

The winners are a #1 Spider-Man UPC Gold Cover in 9.6, a #700 Amazing Spider-Man Ditko Cover in 9.6, the Chromium Marvel Collectibles all in 9.8 with with just 2 exceptions in 9.6. I am particularly proud of the Silver Surfers and the Punisher runs too!

Now I own 920 CGC graded books, 900 of which are in my registry sets!!! Considering that I discard/sell books worse than 9.0 of any age, it's not a bad result, isn't it? My target for 2014 is to hit the 1000th registered book!!!!

9.9 is still a mirage to me...I keep on submitting perfect books but no 9.9 yet sigh sob. 0/920 is not a good average ... but, probably, if I only submitted more worthless modern books I would be luckier...

TITLE ISSUE FORECAST CGC

Amazing Spider-Man 666 9.6-9.8 9.8

Amazing Spider-Man Ditko version 700 9.6-9.8 9.6

Amazing Spider-Man Midtown Comics 700H 9.6-9.8 9.8

Amazing Spider-Man Quesada 700E 9.6-9.8 9.8

Daredevil 252 9.6-9.8 9.6

Ghost Rider 2099 1 9.6-9.8 9.6

Hulk 2099 1 9.6-9.8 9.6

Infinity Crusade 2 9.4-9.6 9.6

Infinity Crusade 5 9.4-9.6 9.6

Infinity Crusade 6 9.4-9.6 9.6

Marvel Collectible Classics: Avengers 1 9.6-9.8 9.8

Marvel Collectible Classics: Spider-Man 1 9.6-9.8 9.6

Marvel Collectible Classics: Spider-Man 2 9.6-9.8 9.8

Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men 1 9.6-9.8 9.8

Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men 2 9.6-9.8 9.8

Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men 3 9.6-9.8 9.8

Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men 4 9.6-9.8 9.6

Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men 5 9.6-9.8 9.8

Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men 6 9.6-9.8 9.8

Mighty Thor 338 9.6-9.8 9.8

Mighty Thor 342 9.6-9.8 9.2

Mighty Thor 353 9.6-9.8 9.6

Mighty Thor 360 9.6-9.8 9.6

Mighty Thor 364 9.6-9.8 9.6

Mighty Thor 365 9.6-9.8 9.4

Mighty Thor 371 9.6-9.8 9.6

Mighty Thor 372 9.6-9.8 9.2

Mighty Thor 373 9.4-9.6 9.6

Mighty Thor 374 9.6-9.8 9.8

Moon Knight 1 9.2-9.4 9.2

Punisher 1 9.6-9.8 9.6

Punisher 2 9.6-9.8 9.8

Punisher 3 9.6-9.8 9.8

Punisher 4 9.6-9.8 9.8

Punisher 5 9.6-9.8 9.8

Punisher 6 9.6-9.8 9.8

Punisher 7 9.6-9.8 9.8

Punisher 8 9.6-9.8 9.8

Punisher 9 9.6-9.8 9.6

Punisher 10 9.6-9.8 9.8

Punisher 2099 1 9.6-9.8 9.6

Ravage 2099 1 9.6-9.8 9.8

Silver Surfer 1 9.6-9.8 9.6

Silver Surfer 2 9.6-9.8 9.6

Silver Surfer 3 9.6-9.8 9.4

Silver Surfer 4 9.4-9.6 9.6

Silver Surfer 5 9.6-9.8 9.8

Silver Surfer 6 9.6-9.8 9.6

Spider-Man Gold UPC Cover 1 9.2-9.4 9.6

SuperMan Man of Steel 1A 9.6-9.8 9.6

SuperMan Man of Steel 1B 9.6-9.8 9.8

SuperMan Man of Steel 2 9.6-9.8 9.8

SuperMan Man of Steel 6 9.6-9.8 9.8

The Falcon 1 9.4-9.6 9.2

The New Mutants 1 9.6-9.8 9.6

The New Mutants 2 9.6-9.8 9.6

Uncanny X-men 237 9.6-9.8 9.8

Uncanny X-men 239 9.6-9.8 9.8

Wolverine 3 9.6-9.8 9.8

X-Men 2099 1 9.4-9.6 9.4

Just a note about some of the books... The following comics had originally some flaws but I considered they were perfect candidates for pressing...and thanks to Matt Nelson services they had an enormous improval!!!

TITLE ISSUE CONDITION before pressing CGC

Infinity Crusade 2 Rolled spine 9.2-9.4 9.6

Infinity Crusade 5 Doesn't lie flat 9.2-9.4 9.6

Infinity Crusade 6 Doesn't lie flat 9.2-9.4 9.6

Spider-Man UPC gold 1 Lower left corner crease 8.5-9.0 9.6

Uncanny X-men 237 Slightly rolled spine, light fold 9.2-9.4 9.8

Uncanny X-men 239 Rolled spine 9.2-9.4 9.8

CIAO AND BUON NATALE!!!

BYE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

FEDERICO - ITALY