CGC opens UK branch ! 0

[quicksilver]

Shock...!

 

https://www.cgccomics.uk/news/article/6392/ccg-london-office/

[PunisherPunisherPunisher]

Don't worry the books still head to Florida for grading

[Bronty]

The principals of Heritage own CGC, and Heritage just opened a London office, so...........

[quicksilver]

8 hours ago, PunisherPunisherPunisher said:

Don't worry the books still head to Florida for grading

Wonder how much extra they'll be charging us limeys for the privilege...

[Tri-Color Brian]

With all the work they do, I would think they could have at least two more grading offices in the U.S.  Maybe they can't find that many people who can actually grade...

[lou_fine]

On 7/3/2018 at 2:16 PM, quicksilver said:

Shock...!

 

https://www.cgccomics.uk/news/article/6392/ccg-london-office/

This really shouldn't be that much of a shock since this was already posted and talked about on the boards here back on February 1st:

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/428211-cgc-will-open-an-office-in-london-in-april/

What's even less of a shock is that the office is probably still not open even though its original target date was for April 2018.

I was actually there a couple of weeks ago and spoke to a real nice young gentleman there.  He said that the office was not yet opened, but that CGC was hoping to have it opened by the end of the month (highly doubtful from my point of view).  Although he seem to know about banknotes and autographs, he was really curious and fascinated as to why there would be an interest to grade comic books.  Spinks seems like one of those old crusty high brow places for the well to do from the appearance of their offices, and probably more so considering that they've been around and doing business since 1666.

Although I mentioned to him about some of the key books from the GA and the recent increased interest of the comic books due to the movies and TV shows, I only realized afterwards that he probably did have a point.  Especially in light of the fact, that probably well over 95% of the books graded by CGC are MA books fresh off the newsstand and really doesn't have any true collectible value on their own, except for the fact that they've been graded. 

Edited July 8, 2018 by lou_fine

[quicksilver]

Very interesting point Lou...although it's not what the company was I presume originally intended for, CGC has kind of manufactured an artificial value in modern age books.