All things considered, it was worth it...

After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, I?ve received my books back from CGC (check out my 04/06/2009 journal entry if you wanna see my estimated grade of each comic prior to submission). Obviously I?m disappointed with some of the grades received, but overall I?m happy with the results and I will definitely consider submitting my own books again. Unfortunately, next time will be more expensive since CGC raised their rates and changed the Modern tier from 1975-Present to 1980-Present. Glad I got these in when I did, and I even submitted a few more prior to the 05/01/2009 price change!

Here are the official results from CGC:

Daredevil #196 CGC 9.6

Daredevil #257 CGC 9.6

The Punisher #10 CGC 9.8 (highest on census)

Hulk 8 CGC 9.8 (highest on census)

Wolverine #1 CGC 9.4

Wolverine #3 CGC 9.6

Wolverine #4 CGC 9.6

Wolverine #5 CGC 9.8 (highest on census)

Wolverine #6 CGC 9.6

Wolverine #7 CGC 9.8 (highest on census)

Wolverine #8 CGC 9.4

Wolverine #9 CGC 9.8 (highest on census)

Wolverine #10 CGC 9.6

Uncanny X-men #105 CGC 9.0

Uncanny X-men #268 CGC 9.4

Spectacular Spider-man #17 CGC 9.6

Spectacular Spider-man #18 CGC 9.6

Alpha Flight #17 CGC 9.4

The Champions #17 CGC 9.6

Captain America Annual 8 CGC 9.0

Lessons learned: you can never predict exactly how CGC will grade a book, but you can significantly increase your chances of receiving the grades you want by submitting more than just a few books at a time; if you have any reservations about sending in a book for fear that it might not grade as high as you?d like, don?t send it in- just buy a copy that?s already graded. Overall, I?m very satisfied with the way things turned out- every issue even came back with WHITE pages (nice!). We?ll see if this keeps me in the top 500 on the census for awhile, although I?ll likely sell some of these in an effort to upgrade my collection. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the journals. It?s been a fun process.

Til next time?

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