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post a nice 6

I'll take the cap 112

take it

i'll take the xmen 51

I'll take the DD 67

NICE nice book. Yes, this book is really hard to find without cover rubbing. Good luck and be sure to post it when you get it back from CGC! Great book, I love the cover and its a fun book to flip through. They gave this one out with a case of action figures. It was packaged as is in the top of the case, minus any type of bag/board. If you are not adverse, I'd have it pressed. That crunch on the lower left could likely be greatly improved. I would think your going to be in the 8.0/8.5 range as it sits.I think the graders cut some slack on this book given the difficulty getting nice copies. My copy has a spine tic that I would think would make it a 9.6, but its in a 9.8 holder. Here's mine: Let me preface this by saying I mean no disrespect. But they screwed that grading up fairly good. Not only the spine tick, but the upper left-hand corner is pretty bad and the right-hand corner is pretty soft/white. Patrick The white line on the upper left corner is on the slab, not the book. If you look in the area, there are a lot of them. The white on the upper right is the micro paper showing through. The corner is actually pretty squared. As I said, there's a tic about half way down and I had the book at 9.6.

NICE nice book. Yes, this book is really hard to find without cover rubbing. Good luck and be sure to post it when you get it back from CGC! Great book, I love the cover and its a fun book to flip through. They gave this one out with a case of action figures. It was packaged as is in the top of the case, minus any type of bag/board. If you are not adverse, I'd have it pressed. That crunch on the lower left could likely be greatly improved. I would think your going to be in the 8.0/8.5 range as it sits.I think the graders cut some slack on this book given the difficulty getting nice copies. My copy has a spine tic that I would think would make it a 9.6, but its in a 9.8 holder. Here's mine:

Didn't realize until I looked at GPA for the pence copy... A recently graded 8.5 sold in May for about the prior price of a 9.0 ($22k), an 8.0 sold about $2k north of the prior average of an 8.0 ($13.1k) and a 7.0 sell was about $1k north of the prior average. A 7.5 was about a $1k down, but that could have been a bad example of a book in that grade. Anyone see any of these and have a comment? Could we be seeing the higher graded copies of this one hitting an upward swing? You used to be able to find all kinds of high grade copies for sell. I've noticed that there aren't as many out there as there were 8-10 months ago.

4.5/5.0 Pence copies show as having sold for $1400-$2250. If you're going to sell, I would grade. Otherwise, I'd slide it into a mylar and enjoy.

If they have them in house and show rec'd, I don't think you have to worry about them getting lost.

Looks like they're picking up steam. I had my MFT's shipped the other day and I had an EFT go from Rec'd Monday to Verified/SFG yesterday and then all the way to shipped today

Just in, may not have even hit the census yet...

My Modern Fast Track... Received: 5/21 Verified: 5/23 Scheduled for Grading: 6/5 Graded: 6/9 Graded/Quality Control: 6/30 How is this even possible? I was rec'd 7 days prior, graded 11 days prior and to quality 3 days after Today is 29 business days for a modern fast track.

Picked up a nice stack of silver and bronze from Mark's most recent thread. All were graded tight, shipped in a cardboard Fort Knox, and on my doorstep in under a week. Well done Mark (thumbs u

This. I don't think the shop near me even sells long boxes. Also, I started making my own short boxes out of poplar and oak. I router cut grooves along the insides so I can slide a partition board to keep the books standing up nice and tight. I'll try to snap a pic for anyone interested in doing something similar. I think it's a mistake to store comics or other books/paper inside wood. There was a thread about this awhile ago when someone posted they stored their comics in a ceder chest. I agree, I wouldn't store in cedar. However, I don't agree that there is a problem with storing in wood in general. How many keep their books on wooden shelves? Same thing.

That's what I got about two weeks ago. My books were sealed in the inner well but just had to be encapsulated in the outer shell, and that could take 1-2 weeks. Well, we're past that now. At this pace they must be running one encapsulation machine for 3 hours a day. Don't sell them short. They run it from 9-11, take a 2 hour lunch, and then from 1-3, so it's four hours. In case you're wondering, they grab a stack of value tier books and spend 3-5 in the can. :smirk:

I got the email that the JSC Spider-Man from Sideshow will be shipping in the next week or so. Will be nice to have the set all together.

That makes sense, but its something that also leaves me scratching my head whenever I think about it. I can't seem to get a line on whether or not they are just comic experts that are really that bad at running a business or if they just don't want the amount of the market share that they have. Any business leader would hire part-time staff through the con season if thats their peak. I get that you wouldnt want to staff to your peak, but you have to do something to offset the capacity need; otherwise your business model will crumble when you cant meet the demands of your consumer. Its cap planning 101. Even those that dont understand workflow system and design know when they are overwhelmed. You send one or two company leaders or mid-level team members and a team of PT employees to man the con table and run the SS program. But that's what CGC does at most shows :shrug: The reason grading grinds to a halt around WW Philly is because it's an on-site grading show - so the graders, encapsulators, QC people, etc are physically in Philadelphia for the weekend. But that's not the case for any other show where there's no on-site grading. Then you don't do on-site grading. If you're charging more for consumers to bypass the FIFO work model with your fast tracking service, why push them back behind on-site? Three times the estimated turn around is crazy. Also, PT workers would also be something that should be deployed in their office around intake, encapsulation, QC, and shipping. You may not want a PT person handeling a book outside of being bagged/boarded or slabbed, but they could do quality, check in submissions, or update the status. Maybe they do deploy them, but it's clearly not working.

That makes sense, but it’s something that also leaves me scratching my head whenever I think about it. I can't seem to get a line on whether or not they are just comic experts that are really that bad at running a business or if they just don't want the amount of the market share that they have. Any business leader would hire part-time staff through the con season if that’s their peak. I get that you wouldn’t want to staff to your peak, but you have to do something to offset the capacity need; otherwise your business model will crumble when you can’t meet the demands of your consumer. It’s cap planning 101. Even those that don’t understand workflow system and design know when they are overwhelmed. You send one or two company leaders or mid-level team members and a team of PT employees to man the con table and run the SS program. It’s more like they don’t care, which is really frustrating as a consumer until you consider the potential why. As much as we, the forum, like to complain about the steps, or lack thereof, taken by CGC, perhaps it’s their way of making sure that they control the amount of volume that goes through their doors. Perhaps this is a focused way of making sure they only have a small portion of the market. Some companies would just rather stay small. If you look at it from that perspective, you have to agree that in the long run…they are going to be very, very successful.

You still have a long way to go my friend. My 5/21 Modern FT submission is still in Graded (24th business day).

This. I don't think the shop near me even sells long boxes. Also, I started making my own short boxes out of poplar and oak. I router cut grooves along the insides so I can slide a partition board to keep the books standing up nice and tight. I'll try to snap a pic for anyone interested in doing something similar.

Paypal is often the way payments are done. Some higher dollar books are only sold with a payment option of check or money order, but I would advise against that for anyone new to the board until after you've proven yourself over time. If you don't allow Paypal as a new seller, folks will avoid you. As the seller, you send invoices through PM after the sale ends. As a buyer, wait until the seller sends you the invoice through PM.

That's a very nice presenting copy.

A few new additions to one of my CFD display cases..