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Another batch back from the graders (Part 2)

More X-Men, New Mutants, and X-Factor doubles More books that I submitted at the Wizard World, Minneapolis Con. Lots of dups. The "value tier" I submitted at the same time has much less duplicates. I'll post those when they arrive. These are the grades: New Mutants #1 9.6 New Mutants #1 9.6 New Mutants #1 9.8 New Mutants #1 9.8 New Mutants #1 9.4 New Mutants #1 9.4 New Mutants #1 9.4 New Mutants #1 9.4 New Mutants #1 9.8 New Mutants #1 9.6 X-Factor #1 9.6 X-Factor
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Another batch back from the graders!

Submitted 5/5, received 8/14 During the Wizard World, Minneapolis Con, in May of this year I submitted a few different tier levels of books. My modern submissions showed up today. I did peek online (because I'm weak willed). My modern submissions were a lot of duplicate books. A friend gave me some Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1. I also sent in a bunch of Wolverine Limited Series #1 (plus #2-#4), and X-Factor #1s (I have a lot of those). Here is a breakdown of the books and the grades:
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Bronze Superman

It's really bronze! This is my bronze statue of Superman "Superman - More Powerful Than Ever" that I picked up at the Minneapolis con in May of this year. The sculptor is James Shoop. I remember seeing it in the Warner Bros. store at the Mall of America around the mid 1990s. I thought it was awesome when I saw it, but it was too expensive for me to own. Well, the Warner Bros. store closed down and I didn't see it again. It turned out a friend of mine bought the statue (his wife worked the
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Another batch back from the graders, Finally!

The long long wait is over... Yesterday, after 4 long months, my books have arrived from CGC. I sent off a modern tier batch and 2 books in the economy tier. Both batches came back on the same day. The books arrived at CGC on 11/18. The moderns were taking so long at one point I had thought they were lost. Well, they are here, safe and sound. They grade as follows: Amazing Spider-Man 238 9.0 Amazing Spider-Man 239 9.6 Amazing Spider-Man 252 9.8 Alpha Flight 1 9.4 Alpha Flight 1 9.8
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Well, that took long enough...

Finally here and worth the wait! My "economy" submission from CGC is finally here! CGC received them on May 6th. And I got them back today (August 26th). They actually came to my door yesterday, but I was at work and you know how that goes. For a while I thought they would never get here.       For this submission I pick mostly X-Men books, with a smattering of Amazing Spider-Man and a lone Jonah Hex. Two of the X-Men books are from the Mile High II collection, but CGC told me that the
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That's weird

Can't post a new topic to the forums I just posted a journal entry "Well, that took long enough..." and was going to add pictures in the first message as a reply, but my journal entry does't show up in the CGC Journal forums. Also, I can't post a new topic. I'm not sure what I did wrong. It's always worked that way in the past. Any tips here?       Thanks,       Mike To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Books Back From the Grader (part 4 of 4)

It's finally over! Well, it's finally over in that I have received all of the books I sent to CGC at the beginning of November 2013. My last batch of (24) books arrived on Wednesday. I did have a few "What the heck was I thinking sending that one in?" moments as I saw some of the lower grade books. My fault for only "cover grading" as I made my stack. It was nice to get back several DDs in the 9.4 to 9.6 range. I was also pleasantly surprised with the (2) MSH #18s. I could never seem to
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Books Back From the Grader (part 3 of 4)

Man, this stuff is taking its sweet time coming back! After almost 4 months I received (2) books that I sent in on the "Economy" tier. CGC received these books on November 1st. Well, Saturday I got a visit from the postman. As always, I'm very excited to open up the package even when I know what the grades are (I peeked). I want to make sure my cases are in good shape, etc. Below are my Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1st appearance of Captain Marvel) and Marvel Super-Heroes #14. I bought thes
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Books Back From the Grader (part 2 of 4)

Modern submissions I picked my modern CGC submission up from the Post Office today. I only had (2) books submitted on this tier. Some may ask why only two books on an invoice. I had always wanted a graded copy of Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe and I higher graded copy of Spider-Man #1 (Platinum). The platinum issue is so hard to get in high grade because the cover has a tendency to flake at the spine. All of my platinum submissions prior to this have been 9.4 at the highest. The oth
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Books Back From the Grader

The wait for the others continues At the end of October I submitted another batch of books to CGC. I submitted on four different tiers, "standard", "economy", "value", and "modern". I went to the Post Office today to pick up my "standard" submission. CGC is a little behind on the 15 business days for this tier. The couple of books I submitted on the "modern" tier are "graded" as of today. The "economy" and "value" tier are still at "verified". I expect all of these books to be back to me
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Lois Lane has been Scanned!

Scanning all of those books took longer than I thought! Because of the journal entry "DO WE COLLECT SERIAL NUMBERS or GRADED COMIC BOOKS" by XXXPHEONIX http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6856669#Post6856669 I decided to scan all 31 of my Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane book s and put very short "blurbs" by each one. Prior to this I hadn't given much thought about uploading scans. I figured It wasn't that big a deal. Well, I found out a lot of
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My Second Batch of Books Are Here!

Thor and more Thor! I excitedly open my second box from CGC in as many business days. These are (15) Thor comics from the bronze age. Like the first batch I received, these are books that I had collected mostly during the 80's. I like to collect Thor for two reasons. First, I think the stories are cool. Second, back in the 80s as well as now, they were a lot less expensive compared to other comics, like the Amazing Spider-Man from, the same era. I was very happy to see one of my 30 cent
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My First Batch of Books Are Here!

Or "Only one surprise!" Well, I finally got my first batch of 20 books back from CGC. I expect the other 15 to arrive today or Monday. These are books I have in my collection that I pulled to get a "value tier" on a bulk CGC grading submission. So on this batch I didn't focus on any one title, just what looked to be in "high grade". Overall I'm happy with my grades. I must have missed something when I "cover graded" my Brave and the Bold #106. It came back a lot lower than I was expecti
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Auctions and the Stickers

I love getting CGC books but don't like the stickers. Well, this is my first journal entry. Yesterday I received 11 CGC books that I won at a ComicLink auction. I'm always excited to get my purchases even though I know exactly what's coming. I thought "Oh wow, 11 new books for my collection!" Then I remembered that I would have to remove 11 Comiclink stickers from my CGC cases. I'm not sure how others feel about this, but I like my CGC cases free from dealer stickers. I'm not sure what a
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