Why doesn't CGC grade certain comics? 0

[akindofbeef]

Cool. Thanks.

[akindofbeef]

Wow. This is fun. People collect comics for many reasons, and one reason is not better nor worse than another. I did collect comics as a youth, primarily to read and then set aside. I now collect comics because of the art and investment value - and I really don't see what other value a slabbed book could possibly have, other than for the cover art and investment, considering that they can never be opened. A slabbed book is worth significantly more than a raw book - simply because people are willing to pay more for a proven high grade. Therefore, a raw book has no value to me because I collect for investment - though I do see the covers alone as being a piece of fine art - and a raw book unprotected by the case will always receive some damage over time, reducing its value instead of raising in value. As far as PGX versus CGC, I greatly prefer CGC, and currently have no PGXs in my collection - which is about to change. As far as monetary worth of PGX verses CGC - based on what people are willing to pay on eBay - the same PGX book does tend to sell for slightly less than the same CGC book, but only slightly. I hate that I will have to resort to PGX, but when a simple number on top of a locked case raises the value of a book (whether that number is provided by CGC or PGX) I will continue to collect only slabbed books.

[Jeffro.]

Yeah. I won't buy a PGX either - but I also won't add a book to my collection unless it's graded. Any book that isn't graded might as well be thrown in the trash as far as I'm concerned. I guess I'm a comic snob. .

 

CGC thanks god for comic collectors like you.

[Jeffro.]

I think you should trim off the over hang and then send them to CGC

[gaz2810i]

Yeah. I won't buy a PGX either - but I also won't add a book to my collection unless it's graded. Any book that isn't graded might as well be thrown in the trash as far as I'm concerned. I guess I'm a comic snob. .

 

CGC thanks god for comic collectors like you.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

i love graded comics

[akindofbeef]

That actually crossed my mind, but I figured I would probably end up with a colored label that I don't want. Just for the record, I have made a final decision about what to do with them. I really don't want any PGX in my collection, and I really don't care about raw books once I have read them, and since CGC can't do anything with them, I will list them on eBay and pass them on to someone who doesn't mind PGX or raw. It's just really sad that CGC isn't able to figure out a way to case these, because many of them have really beautiful cover art.

[Vikingreed]

With all the nonsense I've read about PGX, there is no way I'm ever buying one of their graded books...

[AnhDepTrai]

CGC graded a few of these Jay's overhang comics, museum edition, at the beginning with old label but they stopped, not that they never graded them before. Here is the official answer from CGC:

 

Ask CGC

[gaz2810i]

That actually crossed my mind, but I figured I would probably end up with a colored label that I don't want. Just for the record, I have made a final decision about what to do with them. I really don't want any PGX in my collection, and I really don't care about raw books once I have read them, and since CGC can't do anything with them, I will list them on eBay and pass them on to someone who doesn't mind PGX or raw. It's just really sad that CGC isn't able to figure out a way to case these, because many of them have really beautiful cover art.

 

This saddens me

[Clifford R. Sapienza]

I too have Jay Co. comics and museum editions I would love to be graded. It seems like it would be a benefit to CGC to come up with a way to do this and not damage a book . I don't like the word can't . There is usually a solution to a problem if you put your mind to it. Yes the cost would probably be more but we usually pay a premium price for these comics so I would not mind  the extra charge.

[ItsJustRyan]

Thanks, Cliff for your first post, bringing back this thread from the dead these past seven years. We needed it in our lives.

[I like pie]

1 hour ago, ItsJustRyan said:

Thanks, Cliff for your first post, bringing back this thread from the dead these past seven years. We needed it in our lives.

Long time no see buddy. Welcome back!

[I like pie]

On 5/18/2020 at 10:04 AM, Clifford R. Sapienza said:

I too have Jay Co. comics and museum editions I would love to be graded. It seems like it would be a benefit to CGC to come up with a way to do this and not damage a book . I don't like the word can't . There is usually a solution to a problem if you put your mind to it. Yes the cost would probably be more but we usually pay a premium price for these comics so I would not mind  the extra charge.

They did grade them during a small window when they introduced the new cases, without the inner well.

When that ship went down and the put the inner well back, they ceased grading them again.

[ItsJustRyan]

1 hour ago, I like pie said:

Long time no see buddy. Welcome back!

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