How did I do compared to Part 1?

I hope you enjoyed hearing about Wizard World Philadelphia. I hope whoever goes to the Chicago show could post a few journals. I would like to know how it goes. As for the first day for me I dropped my books off first thing Friday. I got them back first thing Saturday. I then took them to my Father?s because I really didn't feel like lugging ten freshly ?slabbed? books around, and then after I dropped them off all I wanted to do was look at them. The question is how did I do? Did I grade properly, did I score or did I fail?

The first book I mentioned was a PGX copy of The New Mutants in a 9.9. I guessed that CGC would not honor the grade that their rival company gave and even low balled it at a 9.6. They Gave a 9.8. I am pleased with the grade. (Although I do wish they gave it a 9.9, I wonder what the minute difference was.)

The Second book I mentioned was Daredevil #505 Deadpool variant. I mentioned that I thought they would grade the book at a 9.8 but once again low balled it to a 9.6. I would rather under-grade and be pleased then the other way around. They graded it a 9.8

The third book in this grouping is a copy of X-men Vol.1 #42. I purchased this from the back issues bins of my first favorite comic book shop. This one has begins my concerns. I graded this 6.0 by my grading standards (not to mention the Overstreet?s grading guide). Then I started to look at other books CGC already graded and rose what I thought was respectable to an 8.0. We apparently agreed somewhere in the middle and the book was graded a 7.0

My fourth book graded is X-men Vol.1 #142. This was another book that I decided to compare against others I have graded that I purchased through e-Bay. Comparing it to the #141 of the same series I thought it should have been a 9.6. However I stuck to my guns and graded this 9.2. It was graded a 9.2. I don?t know how I feel about that. I think I might invest in a magnifying class and look them both over and use the numbering system for each defect.

My fifth book is a copy of Uncanny X-men #213. I no longer have to do the volume count since it is an official title change. I bought this and looked it over at the convention I originally bought it at thinking a 9.8 was assured?.I will never do that again without opening the bag (or at the very least asking them to open the bag). It was graded 9.6. This one is going to go up for sale (as soon as I get the courage) and I am going to try again.

OK those are my first five out of my ten. If you like compare what I said there to what I said here just so you know I am not full of it. Did I pass?.Did I fail? I?ll let you decide because I think I still need work. For now on though I won?t compare anything to an already encapsulated book?.I will grade the way I know how, not to mention I will ask for any bag to be opened to get a better look at it. I think I purchase a beautiful copy of Sub-Mariner #10 for only $20, but we're not talking about raw books here. Maybe next year I will get it graded.

Thanks for reading.

Tnerb