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Lol Have a client who paid extra money for overnight shipping to CGC, to "ensure" their Walkthrough submission would get graded and shipped to Heritage by this week. Box was marked with the Walkthrough abbreviation on all sides. Package was shipped last Wednesday 21st, delivered Thursday the 22nd. As of today (the following Wednesday the 28th) none of the submissions from the box (there were other walkthrough submissions and lower tier submissions) have been entered into the system. CGC can state that TATs are "not guaranteed" all they want, but this is completely unacceptable. What is the point of turn around times for 1 day books when it takes several days and the submissions isn't even entered in the system yet?

Wishful thinking, It won't change the reality you are aware of, unfortunately.

I believe that Walkthrough and Express submissions are the only ones that will get pushed to the front of the line. As far as I know fast track does not qualify.

Thank you both! That's all folks! Books will now be moved elsewhere.

HERE YE, HERE YE! I do declare.... That I have dropped the prices on all remaining books. Books still left for sale after tomorrow 12pm noon EST will be posted elsewhere for sale. Thank you to all who have viewed!

Got the book back from CGC about two week ago, but was holding off from posting.. Before: After: The book also had some nice scuffs on the inner well, in the center of the book over Cap's face. Can be tough to see in the photo of the whole book, but it is there, and distracting from an arms length away in person. So what do you think? Would you be happy with this, after spending time and energy on emails and 3 times of shipping the book to CGC.. ?

Popular Teen-Agers #5. CGC 2.5 off-white/white pages. Easily up there in L.B. Cole's best GGA covers. This is the first print by Star Publications, not the much more common Accepted Publications reprint from 1958. GPA is all over the place because sales of the Accepted reprint get mixed in. Even the census is misleading, not to mention CGC doesn't even notate it's a Cole cover on the label of the Star Publications version, but they do for the reprint.. Price: SOLD!

Just uploaded some better photos of some of the above books! I'll be posting just a couple more in this thread, starting with... World of Suspense $6. CGC 6.0 off-white/white pages. Fantastic cover by Bill Everett. Reds are nice but photo shows them a little darker than normal. Happy to keep this one in the collection. Price: $250. $225.

Strange Mysteries #20. CGC 3.5 off-white/white pages. Devil cover. Canadian Edition. Cool October 14th date stamp on the top of the back cover.. Price: $375 $325.

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Just a few more.. Thrilling Comics #65. CGC 4.0 off-white/white pages. A great airbrushed cover by legend Alex Schomburg! Price: $199 $160. SOLD!

One more and then I have to grab some nourishing food.. Suspense Comics #10. CGC 3.0 off-white/white pages. A Classic cover in my estimation, by none other than L.B. Cole. Price: $1000 $850

Next up: Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #14. CGC 3.5 off-white pages. Too many things on this cover to name them all. Price: $199 $150 SOLD!

Next up, Spy Smasher #1. CGC 5.0 Restored A-2. Silver Metallic cover from Fall, 1941. Price: SOLD!

Changing it up a bit.... Ghost Comics #2. CGC 3.5 off-white/white pages. Classic Lingerie cover by Maurice Whitman. This is the Superior, Canadian version, CGC just didn't notate it on the label. Only one I've ever seen. Price: $1500 $1350

Next, Batman #76. CGC 4.5 off-white/white pages. Penguin appearance. Last GPA sale of a 4.0 was $550. Price: $499 $425.

Next up, Batman #18. CGC 3.0 off-white/white pages. The only Batman/Hitler WWII Cover. Price: $1775. $1600 (book has a hairline crack at the top of the case from when CGC shipped me the book, case is still perfectly secure).

First up, Beware #14 (#2) CGC 3.5 cream/off-white pages. Price : $475. $399

Hey everyone, I have a few books I'll be posting. Photos provided, back cover photos are hidden in spoilers to save space. Usual rules. 1st get the book, via message or here. No probation list members/hos. No returns on graded books. Shipping is actual cost to buyers location via USPS or Fedex. Payment by paypal or check. New York residents must add sales tax. Offers are welcomed. If you don't know me, I can provide plenty of references.

Absolutely no way added staples would be a purple label. Except if the originals were taken out and replaced with non-period ones. Otherwise, its a grade hit of anywhere from a half grade to a few grades depending on the sitting condition of the book.

This is the exact issue I am dealing with on my submissions. For years now I have been doing standard conservation work on books (tear seals, spine split seals, reinforcement) and piece fills only at the spine area- because it was structural. Now, all of a sudden, my books are coming back in Restored holders. Talking to Matt Nelson about via it e-mail. I will be getting to the bottom of it.

I am currently dealing with two books coming back that should be in Conserved holders, that instead have Restored labels. I will likely be starting a new thread on that, bringing up specific points that differentiate Conservation & Restoration, depending on how the situation pans out. I work on comics as a profession, and getting books into Conserved holders over the last two years has become a speciality of mine. I don't claim to know everything- but will say at this point I have dozens and dozens of examples of books that have ended up in Conserved holders and (up until today) 0 books that I thought would be Conserved that have ended up in Restored holders. I know what is allowed and what is not. CGC has a HUGE quality control problem that needs to be addressed -immediately. In addition, their grading criteria/rubric has possibly changed which is equally problematic. Either way, good times!

From what I can tell this book is not trimmed.

Unfortunately this is way more common than you would think. It's a scratch on the plastic, scuff on the the innerwell, not the book. I have a copy of Walking Dead 48 that is like this only worse. I am pretty sure that if you send an email to CGC with photos showing its inside the case, and it's bad enough, they will offer a complementary re-holder (minus shipping costs?). Could be wrong.

I used to work at one of the big auction houses. Routinely, the director of consignments would show us a book with a post-it note over the grade and have us guess what it was. After a while, you'd go into it knowing the book was overgraded. I saw 9.2-9.8 books from all eras that were all overgraded (or sustained damage within the slab). In my opinion, based on all the books I've seen over the last 15 years, any grade above a 9.0 is subject to the phrase "buy the book not the grade". We buy and grade books based on arbitrary defects, yes, but unfortunately many people only care about the number on the slab...