....or, i can't wait to get my hands on you

Back in January, i made my first ever 30 book submission. I thought that i had sorted through and picked out the best of the best to add to my collection. It was a mixed return with 25/30 books coming back 9.6 or higher. I looked closely at the few books that received lower grades than i hoped, and studied why they were graded as such. A few weeks ago i made 2 seperate submissions, one was my 4 book coupon submission, the other, a 10 book Modern Fast Track submmision. This time, i wrote a list of predicted grades, grading conservatively, beside each title. All of my books were shipped this week and would like to post my predictions/actual grades below. Needless to say, i am one happy man today.

Starting with my 10 book invoice (all J Scott Campbell covers too. First grade is my prediction, second is actual grade.

Legend of the Shadow Clan #2 9.6/9.8

Age of Ultron #1 Midtown Sketch 9.8/9.8

Age of Ultron #1 Midtown 9.8/9.8

Guardians Of The Galaxy #1 Midtown 9.8/9.8

Nova #2 9.6/9.8

Vampi #8 9.6/9.6

Vampirella And The Scarlet Legion #1 RI 9.6/9.8

Vampirella #1(2010) Red Sketch 9.8/9.8

Vampirella #1(2010) Negative 9.6/9.8

Vampirella #1(2010) 9.6/9.4

All but one book met or exceed my predicted grades. And that 9.4 is really no big deal. When i saw my posted grades and compared them to my notes, a big smile and a wave of happiness enveloped me. My eye for high grade moderns is getting better. Keep in mind, that these are my 3rd and 4th submissions ever. I don't have the well trained eye that some of you have. However i am getting much more accurate.

Now onto my 4 book submission. This is the one that made me most happy. Not so much the fact that they received the grades they did, but that 2 of the books graded much higher than i expected. This time it was 2 JSC covers, and two others.

Wolverine #312 9.8/9.8

Danger Girl:Revolver #1 Comicmarket Edition 9.8/9.8

New Mutants #98 9.2/9.6

and finally the one that blew me away.....

Batman #1 Sketch New 52 9.4/9.8

I was positive it would never get the 9.8. But it did. And i am a happier person for it. I know its not THAT big of a deal to you non-modern collectors, but i get the satisfaction of saying i have a Batman #1 1:200 in 9.8. And it will look quite nice next to my 9.6 of Batman #2 1:200, and my 9.8's of Justice League #1, 2, and 3 1:200's. As well, i get to add 10 more 9.8's to my JSC registry set edging me a little bit closer to the #1 spot, which i am about 4000 points behind.

Thanks for reading,

thepastorofmuppets

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