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Book sold for #13,250 

DHOKF 19 CGC 9.9

Given that a CGC 7.5 sold for $50K in March this almost sounds like a bargain 

Cap 2 CGC 8.0 sale

On 5/26/2023 at 4:07 PM, nochips said:

Captain America

158 VF+ Tanning $ 12.00

at 25% off

Note that there is no CGC graded copy of issue #97 yet in the CGC census.

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On 5/29/2023 at 3:13 PM, DavidTheDavid said:

Now let's do 30%! 

On 5/26/2023 at 3:56 PM, nochips said:

Captain America

125 VF/NM Tanning $ 39.00

at 20% off

On 5/26/2023 at 7:38 PM, nochips said:

Fantastic Four 144 NM 9.2 $ 25.00

at 20% off

On 5/27/2023 at 4:39 PM, nochips said:

Sub Mariner

27 VF+ $ 20.00

at 20% off

On 5/27/2023 at 4:38 PM, nochips said:

Sub Mariner

23 VF+ tanning $ 20.00

at 20% off

On 5/27/2023 at 5:49 PM, nochips said:

Thor

216 VF+ $ 12.00

at 20% off

Prize Comics Western #97 VF/VF+ : $100

On 5/28/2023 at 4:18 PM, nochips said:

Sealed DC 3 Pac A-3 NM minus $ 125.00

Wonder Woman 205

Brave and Bold 106

Phantom Stranger 24

On 5/26/2023 at 9:20 PM, mjoeyoung said:

I don't have to think it, CGC HAS to think it, and enough people need to have "confidence in the grading provided by CGC, and ... confiden(ce) in the incremental grading differences." (Microchip)

I guess you could purchase those books and send them back to CGC and demand lower grades.  

 

I know when I am losing my time and we are getting off topic here so let's agree to disagree and have a nice evening.

On 5/26/2023 at 7:06 PM, mjoeyoung said:

I see them, but 9.2s and 9.4s have to have SOME defects, or else they would be 9.6s and 9.8s.  Both of those books appear to have zero defects on the back cover, and probably no interior defects, so all the defects are on the front cover.  If you zoom the images to approximate comic size, they do appear pretty small.  I would not be surprised if these books had been pressed, leaving the "look" of bad defects, but structurally they would be "okay."  Is a slight color breaking bend not as severe of a defect if it doesn't bend anymore?

I think there is a growing schism between current grading (which is still about the number and severity of defects) and how people are buying encapsulated books (the look of the front cover is becoming most important).  It appears that more and more people are displaying their books, which would put an emphasis on front cover.

The fact that there may be "ugly" graded books which are graded correctly is a failure of the grading system to evolve with the times.  Maybe we could add 9.1s,. 9.3s, 9.5s, and 9.7s for books that are technically the higher grade, but are ugly.  

If you really think that these two books are accurately graded at 9.2 and 9.4 then you may need to revise your grading standards 

On 5/26/2023 at 6:12 PM, nochips said:

Daredevil

146 VF/VF+ $ 3.00

 

On 5/26/2023 at 5:19 PM, mjoeyoung said:

How exactly are these overgraded?  They seem to have less defects than your average 9.0 and more than a 9.6.  The mis-cut is definitely "ugly" but I don't think it affects these grades.  It does illustrate the problem with the current grading system though.  The grading notes state that the 9.2 has "light bends to cover and light spine stress lines to cover" and that the 9.4 has "very light spine stress lines to cover and very small crunch left bottom of whole book." I guess a 9.6 has very, very small defects.  How many verys equal one negligible?

Enlarge them and look at the lower right corner for the 9.2 and the lower left corner for the 9.4, I have CGC 8.0 copies that look better than both of those

I see both increases and decreases on some books, but there are some decreases that seem to be explained by the recent CGC's overgrading.

For example, two recent sales on Conan #14 have shown a significant price decrease but look at these two last sales, the books are simply ridiculously overgraded, it looks like the collectors are finally looking at the book and not just at the big number in the upper left corner before making a purchase...

Conan 14 ugly CGC 9.2

Conan 14 ugly CGC 9.4

Therefore, although GPA prices fluctuations give a good indication of current market values, it's important to see what kind of book was inside the slab. Overgraded books should logically sell for less and undergraded books should sell for more, so there is no general rule.

Too slow on the #11 

On 5/23/2023 at 8:03 PM, GACollectibles said:

Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #11 CGC 9.8 $275

 

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Adventure Comics #268 Fine+ : $45 Krypto app.

Adventure Comics #270 F/VF: $70  2nd app. Aqualad

Adventure Comics #271 F/VF: $175  Origin Luthor retold; Krypto app.

Adventure Comics #272 VF: $120  Krypto cover and story  SOLD

Adventure Comics #274 VF+ : $120  SOLD

Adventure Comics #275 F/VF: $150  Origin Superman-Batman team retold

Adventure Comics #276 F/VF: $60  Robinson Crusoe-like story

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