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Awesome. I don't think I've seen that dancing TaR issue before.

Well, if you ever feel you have too many copies, keep me in mind.

Where are all of the Venus 19s?

I found a pack which looked like the Gleason but turned out to be Guardians of the Galaxy 13 Shattered variant.

Interesting; I didn't know it was Direct-only. Do you know if that was due to content or other as the Essential reprints had newsstands.

What is a private garage sale?

Resurrecting this thread for some story discussion. With the show coming up soon, I figured it was a good time to actually read these comics and see what's up with that Cure-looking guy. I'm about 16 issues deep and it will be very interesting to see how this is adapted for TV. On the comic itself: Is there an overall storyline underneath everything? Once it was beyond retrieving his artifacts and demons, it seems like it is a loose story about everything/anything rather than a singular plot.

Send me a PM with what you have. I’m better at pics than issue/title. And I have to check my own stuff; pretty sure I have the tennis cover but need to verify.

If you’re in a selling mood I’m in need of a few post-code covers.

Welcome! How did your dad decide upon these 112 comics? Were they purely investment from the start?

Anyone mention Books of Doom 1 yet?

Never said it's not what CGC does either Yes, you kinda did. edit: Ahhh, you got me; I read it too fast.

My point was that CGC does not have to assign it anything in terms of a nebulous idea of its value. The idea is that they WAIT UNTIL IT IS GRADED... then look up what is now a historical average value for FMV. If it is high enough to bump it to the next tier in terms of the initial fee, then they have the option of doing so. (In many cases in the past, they have chosen not to do so.) Apart from being pure presumption on what CGC does, isn't "looking up" a historical average for a specific book in a specific grade assigning it a value? Even if that value is a range or a threshold, a value is still put on the item. Perhaps I am missing your distinction.

Jennifer mentioned two websites it's useful for customers to use. Never said that is what CGC does.

Not sure why this is not clear. They don't assign a value... they let the market decide Fair Market Value which creates a historical record maintained by various services, including GPAnalysis as mentioned before. That answers how they determine that a collectible is undervalued in terms of the fee after it has been graded when compared to the initial form entry (which is an estimate based on the ungraded state of the book in question). The submitter determines their own declared value which does not change. Now I don't think it has been mentioned if they go by 12-month average, 90-day average, the last sale at the time of assessment, or whatever... but I hope it's something like the 90-day average which seems to be a reasonable medium point. Assign has many definitions; I think they should just remove that sentence entirely. Let's say you write down a $200 value for a comic. In order for CGC to say it's undervalued, do they not have to "assign" it a value > $200? Also, CGC never said (at least I don't think so from reading this topic) they use GPA to determine FMV.

I know of a couple books that were selling for well over the declared value max that did not get bumped. Ultimate Fallout #4 and Star Wars Clone Wars #1 are just a couple examples. Even raw are way above now. Exactly. Will be interesting to see if this becomes the norm or is an anomaly. Everyone says it's no big deal until it happens to them. Would be quite a bump, but within CGC's guidelines to upgrade specific Moderns they believe are a 9.8 up to Express or Walkthrough tiers with the associated charges. But all that is "what if" / "what about that" until or unless more examples pop up.

This one is pushing the Golden boundaries (or may be way past it depending on who you ask) but thought it was odd enough to purchase. A double-length $0.15 issue with a nice cover image. Zero copies on the census but probably due to no one submitting.

There are a couple tears on the front which are difficult to see. But as low grade owners love to say “it presents well”.

This example, to me, is a very odd and specific case. While ASM 300s were selling for $2000+ people were still submitting as Modern. Were those getting bumped a tier and people understood in those scenarios, hence no commentary?

They clearly state in policy they are not altering the declared value which is how they handle the insurance claim if one arises. https://www.cgccomics.com/submit/declared-value-policy/ This guy (NWO) always knows everything -- except when he doesn't, which is often. I also enjoy the first sentence of that third paragraph: "CGC does not assign values to collectibles. If CGC determines that a collectible is undervalued and does not qualify for the tier or services selected, it may adjust the tier and charge the appropriate difference in CCS services, grading and/or services fees based on its determination of the collectible’s current Fair Market Value." Perhaps it's semantics, but how can one not assign a value yet determine something is undervalued using a determination of the Fair Market Value?

I don’t know what’s going on anymore.

How’s a 145K sound ? Those apples good enough for ya? WTF is OTIS? And last I checked $145k <> $200k.

Not saying anything specific to this case, but comics can definitely move inside the CGC case, especially if not packed properly and the box is tossed around the shipping facility. Happened to me on a Cinderella Love where the staple tore the cover and became detached.

Therein lies your problem. Many very intriguing things he knows for certain but never much to back it up.

Jason was easy to deal and communicate with on a big book I was selling. Paid promptly and all that other good stuff.