No, really I don't gamble.

As I am sure that you know by now i have a hankering to have the best New Mutants collection. I recently attained the #1 spot, but is it the best? I did find a copy of New Mutants #70 in a 9.8 but before I did I had a copy in a 9.6 that I was fortunate to get. the copy looked beautiful and i felt that it should be a 9.8 without a problem so back in June I handed the book over to CGC during Wizard World Philadelphia.

They took the book with them along with a raw copy of #58 and #59, I did not have these books either at the time and I thought these were the best chance of getting a SS 9.8. A few of my friends go to the casino's, a few more play the lottery with an abundant amount of scratch offs, and I have my friends who bet religiously on sports, but I don;t gamble....or do I.

As many of you were waiting and waiting....and waiting for your books to come back from CGC so was I. Maybe not to the extent of others but I am waiting for still more through other means. The three that I turned over in June though are on the way back. It did take forever to go from verified to about to be graded. Once it changed it only took a week to become marked with "shipped/safe" But what are my grades?

Did that 9.6 get that 9.8. Was i going to have another beautiful signature series book. I looked at the numbers. My raw 58 was a 9.6. I am OK with that. My raw 59 was a 9.4. I can deal with that. My #70 which was previously a 9.6 was now a 9.4. What happened? How did it go down. Did Louise Simonson drop it, maybe sneezed? How did it change.

I know that CGC does not guarantee a book grade and I am OK with that, but I realized I do gamble, but with my hobby. I sent more books to CGC with the hopes of them becoming a SS 9.8 rather than just the 9.8 that they are. I am gambling with the hopes they will keep their grade rather than on the Eagles winning a football game, or the Phillies winning the World Series.

I have more books at CGC but I had someone else send them in from the Baltimore convention and I sent a few to Joe Pierson at CGC for NYCC which I will be attending the last day and I might gamble with one more book to get John Romita's signature but what do I do if my gamble's don't pay off. What if I lose more than I gain? What if I feel I will never have the best New Mutants collection?

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

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