comicginger1789

My grades were in days ago! Last year even!

Agree with the above...a CGC 10 of a book less that 10 years old is not the same as one older. If we knew the book, I could assist in past sales data info as well as suggesting a possible starting value. When in doubt, price high. If you are actively advertising to sell and get nothing, your price is not right and that tells you dropping it is needed in order to sell.

I know that CGC grading can take some getting used to. What I would do is pick a couple of these books you speak of (the ones that command good value in 9.8 but case cost or less if they fall to a 9.2). See how it goes. Either your eye will hold up and you will be happy or you will learn your grading is perhaps too lenient and you know that selling these books raw is the way to go. As for selling the "utter junk", sell off in lots but sprinkle in some books that don't sell from "the rest". So a collector sees some decent bronze age stuff they might want, mixed with the junk and if priced appropriately, you can move those books. For example I sold a lot of 10 Spider-Man books for $50 the other day. 90s spideys but I tossed in a mid grade issue #103 and the lot sold quick. Way I figure it, selling 103 by itself might have yielded $30-40 and I would have never gotten $20 for the rest (or it would have taken a while)..

Yuck....that was tough

5 for me im with everyone I thought the showcase was a 9.8 but dropped it to a 9.2 for thag stain/foxing. Sigh

Perfect thanks!

I am also in the 7.0 camp, maybe 7.5

Check with Mike but I think that means we all get $500? Sweet

Hi all, I am wanting to know about the Rocketeer graphic novel from 1985...does it just contain reprints/collect all of the stories from the Pacific Comics Presents issues? Is there any new content in this graphic novel (ie some reprinted stories plus new). Thanks!

I mean, if a seller guaranteed a grade, that means little...but I agree, seems more likely to be a 7.0 or so not 8.5. Your assessment of the book being miscut is correct.

If you have already sold off the best stuff, selling the rest of that is a drag unless you find another fan who wants. That would be my approach...put it out there as a lot and take the best offer. The time spent trying to do it individually will be a lot

Tough for me, not many standouts. I narrowed in on Popular Teenagers 21, Confessions 8 and Popular Teenagers 19 simply because of the female imagery and the white cover backgrounds which I like a lot. I also went with True To Life 15 (war and romance work for me) and Top Love 18 (again the white background with the colours and the woman smoking...I just like it). I can see why Top Love 8 gets love (it was probably next on my list) along with Popular Teenagers 5 but the business of that cover (too much top text) and the blues on Top Love 8 pushed them lower for me personally.

For those who care, my top 3 were easy...Popular Teenagers 15 is my favourite, with the snow and car scene. Followed by Flaming Western Romances and Top Love Stories (just two ya don't see often and I like the images and way they are drawn). After that it was hard for me...many are kind of plain and ones I would put near the bottom of my LB Cole list. I ended up picking True To Life Romances 10 (creepy broken neck girl with a nice black background cover) and Confessions Of Love 14 (who doesn't love a bunch of flames in the background).

I don't think poorly pressed is an opinion...they seem to provide some of the reasoning in the other defects (water logged, moisture). Whoever pressed this ruined the paper in this manner. Rippling and other things like markings imprinted into the cover are another...CGC graders have seen enough pressing now to decipher if the flaws were caused by that or by reading, and them putting poor pressing identifies that specifically as the cause. Never use a presser who has not pressed for more than 5 years OR Never use a presser who has pressed less than 500 books in their life AND Always be wary of a presser who uses a press that cost them less than $100. Those are my golden rules

There are definitely collectors of Canadian price variants. Usually it pertains to key issues (for example, the CPV for Amazing Spider-Man 252 is quite desired in high grade). But I am sure if posted you'd be surprised who might come up with a decent offer because they have to have it.

As others mentioned, condition is everything. Familiarizing yourself with that aspect will help. The only book I see of real interest is New Mutants 87. If in high grade (no creasing, bends, folds, stains, multiple spine tick marks) you could be looking at that value, maybe more. The rest of the issues listed...I am at a loss as to how comicbase came up with those values. I would think you would have a hard time getting even $1-2 each for the rest of those. Archie and related stuff is only highly desired (and valuable) when it is from the 40s and early 50s or contains some sort of desired cover (usually swimsuit or some sort of innuendo related image on the cover). Otherwise good luck selling Archie comics for more than $1-2, if not less.

Tough question. Are there any keys in the run? I would value those appropriately but as for the rest, I would try to gauge what individual issues sell for. If a random filler book in mid grade seems to sell once in a while on ebay for $4-8, I would be shooting for the lower end of this price considering I am making an offer to buy it all. Generally if you get a lot or a run of 100+ books (and the condition is VF or better on most), getting something like that in the $3-4 range per issue is good. And I am applying that logic to a title that is not heavily desired. Obviously if someone is talking about a run of Batman or Spider-Man, that per issue price even in a lot is likely to be double or triple or more

I'll give a quick personal example. CCS pressed a book in my first ever submission a few years back. The book came back a 9.0. It looked fine and a 9.0 is about where I had it placed when I sent it in. I was hoping a press would fix some things and get it closer to a 9.4. I eventually found a presser I liked, sent him the book and he worked on it more and submitted. The book returned a 9.6. So from that experience alone, I decided to spend a little more to get it done right the first time from now on. I don't grade many books at all compared to some people so perhaps their experiences are fine (and I would think if you had mostly 1990-now era books that sure, most of those a quick press is all ya need). But for older stuff, I prefer to spend a little more the first time to know it is the best it can be when I get it back.

I personally prefer to not use CGC pressing. I have seen too many examples of flaws that are still there even after they have pressed it. The thing is, they are pressing books en masse and don't put the same level of care and time that a private presser would. I take this aspect of the hobby seriously. It is not hard to press books but doing it well is the challenge. It is why I am willing to spend $20-30 for the right person to handle my books because I know they are looking them over after and, if needed, using other materials (tack iron, or working on the book more) to get the book to look its best. I just don't think CCS does this. I think they press and simple defects (along with just making the book lay flat) are fixed but other things like deep indentations which can take some time and sometimes multiple pressings might still remain

Perfect, I thought I had read that in the past. Did not know if this would change with the recent announcements is all. Thanks Mike!

Should I assume that 9.8 is the highest grade we will ever see in these contests? Even though CGC made their announcement about 9.9s and all that, I still books in that grade should be unicorns and should not be included ever in these contests. But that is just me...

I would say it makes quite a difference in higher grades. For example, a 9.4 book otherwise could drop a couple points (down to 9.0) If the books are in the Fine range or lower, it is unlikely this flaw would hurt the grade. Depending on the book and the grade it could hit, I would definitely consider pressing these books because for some, the value difference between 9.0-9.2 and 9.6+ is huge

Count me in!

Nice book I am curious to see how this all affects things. Will 9.8's drop? Probably not because only a handful of the people holding those would send theirs in to see if their book is a 9.9. Now if this happened en masse, and a good chunk became 9.9's after a re-grade, that could be interesting. Or perhaps it could close the gap between 9.9 and 9.8 values? It is all very intriguing but I don't remain affected as I am not living in that world of buying/selling (unless I struck the luck and found such a book by happy accident in a neighbour's attic that they told me to keep in thanks for helping them with yard work)

Hi all Looking to send in a few and this one might make it because I feel it is very sharp. Only flaw is seen on the last close up pic of the back in the white area, there appears to be some faint ink transfer (from another comic perhaps?). I tried some light erasing so I don’t think it can be removed. I’m curious how hard you folks dock such a mark. Thanks!