mattn792 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 1999 - Man, who wants to own a book in a picture frame? (Wolverine 145 had just thrown me back into collecting in earnest) 2000 - Hey, you know...if I'm planning to buy a top grade book and not read it and store it for the future...maybe this "CGC" isn't such a bad idea... (First purchase, Wolverine LS 3 in 9.8 - now a triple signed SS 9.8) 2011 - I haven't bought a book in like two years! Stupid trip to Afghanistan! Hey, what the (bleep) is this Signature Series thing??? (Yellow labels, bah! Like I'm going to take a whopping five minutes to research THAT...) 2012 - Wait, why not have a bunch of my favorite books signed by their writers and/or artists?!? Brilliant! (I went a tad bit overboard at first, but have reached a happy medium) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tv horror Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 1950's War comics wrote: "delayed gratification is an extremely integral and important part of life !" There's a double meaning somewhere in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnenock Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I buy slabs to crack(often)and I slab books to sell (rarely). Though if I buy a 9.8(rarely), I tend to keep it in the slab. jimjum12 and Steviehuv66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 9 hours ago, blazingbob said: If there is something particular you want me to bring to the show off my website please let me know. I cannot bring all of my inventory to the show. Would have it on hold for you, no obligation to buy it. Just important that at least I have it there for you to look at. I will let you know. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 8 hours ago, tv horror said: 1950's War comics wrote: "delayed gratification is an extremely integral and important part of life !" There's a double meaning somewhere in there? Come off it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury Man Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I think slabbing is great for big keys, that you are trying to sell. But some people are slabbing books, and it's just a head scratch. Books that really have no desirability, need or scarcity. I'm sure it clogs the CGC system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Mercury Man said: I think slabbing is great for big keys, that you are trying to sell. But some people are slabbing books, and it's just a head scratch. Books that really have no desirability, need or scarcity. I'm sure it clogs the CGC system. Not having enough graders to meet the demand could be another cause comicquant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I’m slabbing books with CGC because grading is subjective and after 42 years of collecting it’s time. Post 1975 are fun to slab because it’s cheap and most of mine are 9.0 or better. Silver and earlier bronze I’m spending a little more time screening as the costs are higher and I have way more with defects. Gold are the most fun as so many have tiny census numbers and a relative paucity of sales data so my threshold to slab is pretty low. Magazines just seem too expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaard Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Marwood & I said: Come off it! I see what you did there. Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 28 minutes ago, Gaard said: I see what you did there. That'll teach me to leave the curtains open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 On January 27, 2018 at 9:35 AM, blazingbob said: So why hang out on the CGC boards? Oh wait, you want to hang out with some balls. Leave it to bob to make this into a BSD contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM8 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I used to slab to sell, mostly. However just like raw books, unless its a hot issue then they tend to sit. And sit. And sit. You may be the best price on all Feebay but that doesn't mean someone wants to pay $60 or more for the pleasure of a 9.8. My last order of 30 books took more than a year to offload and I'm not a gouger by any means. Now I prefer to sell raw with as many photos as possible to maximize the bucks. That said I do slab the more valuable books in my collection. Protection and knowing what they're worth for insurance's sake are my rationale. FN-2199 and adampasz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 35 minutes ago, lizards2 said: Leave it to bob to make this into a BSD contest. Wannabe JollyComics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I like the idea of a "legitimized" grade but protection and valuation are big parts as well. The hunt for a raw or under-graded slab to have graded is the fun part for me. If its not for my Spidey run then it typically needs to be a key or a book I'm attached to for one reason or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) oh yeah, answer the question: I suppose on super big books I'm not confident in my grading/spotting resto abilities, so those I buy slabbed. I went through a slabbing phase around here in the beginning and it ran it's course, thank God. A 9.6 Moon Knight #1 (1982), like Bob said, once you buy book raw, pay shipping, pay CGC, pay return shipping, seems kinda, um, stupid. Now I get as stupid as the best of 'em and I did correctly guess the grade on the raw book when I bought it. Like I said, I just buy raw now cause I mainly like to read stuff in original form. Edited January 28, 2018 by NoMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Buying a slabbed book is buying somebody else's risk, time, shipping risks and grading expenses. badback83, Steviehuv66 and Amazing Spidey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I like to use them as a cup coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, oakman29 said: I like to use them as a cup coaster. I thought you used them as fly swatters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 47 minutes ago, blazingbob said: Buying a slabbed book is buying somebody else's risk, time, shipping risks and grading expenses. If I'd known I was screwing you over like that, I would have bought more...,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 They don't buy my raw copies very often (my prices are pretty low) but they never hesitate buying my graded copies at top prices. The buyers are unpredictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
