ADAMANTIUM

Didn't Campbell post recently that he has most of the OA from GEN 13?

Just because it was under $12! not a big fan of black panther, but I've never really read any either  and from 1973, it's probably only collected in high grade and this is just a VG-to VG copy----- well you never know-- this day off before the con tomorrow, I thought that I'd try something new  1st in his own title

54 minutes ago, TheCollector2016 said:

Eliza Dushku cancels.

I thought real hard about buying auto/photo-op with her, so I'm glad I opted out  I got Jay and Silent Bob last year, and Eliza Dushku was in Jay and Silent Bob strikes back. I also remembered her from a cameo in the big bang theory  

OH YEAH!!!

ANy BodY Want SOme HawaIIan Punch  

@Likwid6

Also be sure to take a CGC witness for any comics/magazines for those sigs 

I'm sure you've got it covered, if you need any help or question's feel free to ask or pm  the con is 2 day's away !!

24 minutes ago, Likwid6 said:

(Long time lurker, but first post!)

First time going to a major con out of town and just want to say the info on these boards has been tremendous--thanks you guys!  Can't wait to stand in line for some sigs this weekend.

Welcome to the Boards You'll be in good company  

1 hour ago, Ssantoss said:

A selection from today's mail, everything arrived at the same day, yay! Some random, a few appearances and a pile of Wolverine. Oh, and some Kool-Aid in the middle of What If Vol 2 nr 87 from 1996. How long is Kool-Aid usually safe for consumption?

 

 

This is the first time I've ever said this for real  but

DON'T DRINK THE KOOL AID haha

1 minute ago, 1Cool said:

If you can believe it they seem to be even tighter now then this time last year (from what I am seeing come back)

Around December wasn't bad, same with January IMO. Amazing what a couple of months can do.

4 minutes ago, 1Cool said:

At least my customers are loving the books that did get slabbed because they are flawless.  Even the slightest spine tick and it's downgraded to a 9.6.  Seems to me there is 10 and 9.9 grades for flawless books and 9.8 should be able to have 1 minor spine tick.

That's what I was thinking, but didn't have the eloquence to say it. It's like 9.8 is the top and they don't think that there is anything after that. This is the way it was last year IMO around this time during the "case scandal". I submitted around this time last year like 10 books and all of them came back 9.6 with no 9.8 and they all looked nice.

4 hours ago, Grib said:

I got back my 182, came in at a 9.4. Fantastic book. I'm very happy with the grade. Like the other books it was bought at a news stand/ Stationary store when I was a kid. I was bagging books before they made comic book bags, I used the larger penny saver bags that I got from a friend who delivered the PSer.

 

That's some sweet goodness  Love when being a kid pays off  

ah CGC comics is 506, didn't see it at first 

Thanks @RattyLa

http://fanexpodallas.com/schedule/

This is the schedule progam, in it shows the tables and #'s, it's small print and hard to manage... @mysterio

On 3/15/2017 at 7:33 PM, marco7170 said:

Does anyone know if you will be able to pick up tickets on Thursday and if so what time? 

I believe that they've now sent out an email with this info...at HALL D from 11 - 8pm on Thursday

9am-6pm FRI

9am-6pm SAT

9am-3pm SUN

between these times to pick up wrist bands

I also tried to find CGC's booth in the program and didn't see it.

It may be obvious once there, but:

Does anyone have CGC's booth #??

5 minutes ago, GaSouthernGrad said:

Don't be afraid of the packaging.  As long as you can slap two pieces of cardboard around a comic and wrap it in bubble wrap then you are good.

Then I might do that, is the form pretty straightforward? I mean for first timers? The LCS was charging me like $40 per modern, so I'd probably save some money on my own account  but haven't worked out the math, for as mentioned: bubble rap, cardboard, shipping to and from, what insurane etc. It just always seems a hassle, I know you get some kind of percentage discount though so (don't laugh or scold I'm a little embarrased about the whole thing) I'm probably losing money at the LCS...

Just now, GaSouthernGrad said:

Why not just submit it yourself?

I don't know, I should  but I don't send that much and my LCS only charges me what they're charged. I haven't had the will to submit on my own or to get my own account. Whenever, I get money enough to buy the level of CGC I want, I end up spending it on my collection. Plus I don't sell, lame excuse, but I'm not familiar with packaging etc. I am a little nervous to do it on my own, because I've been satisfied with the LCS and have been using them for a couple of years. I know that I should  

Mine were submitted to CCS through LCS in early January and then on to CGC, they got to be a CGC by now, right? Well time to call the LCS, it was the longest teir TAT.

If CGC is moving quickly should be soon. Its been 10 1/2 to 11 1/2 weeks  

Thanks I'm hoping for the best  should post when they all get back from SS and CGC,  don't know how long it will take

Hopefully, it's in the 9.'s

Wahooo!!!

Best wishes to all  

I don't know if this is an appropriate question but here goes:

Did they do this type of grading so that once graded and having the sticker, people can show what is a 9.6, 9.8, 6.0 etc, so people can then take pictures and compare to other graded company items.....?

I'm still going with 6.0 to 6.5 depending on what the inside looks like. The subscription crease doesn't bother me to much, but it might drop it to 5.0 to 5.5. Looks like the crease doesn't break color all the way down, so nice mid-grade copy  oh I forot the stain, I'll stick to 5.0 to 5.5

PGM-Xmen 266

This is the one I'll bring to the con this weekend to be signed by Jim Lee, looks like maybe a little soft corner at top left of spine; great centering though and 3 sharp corners  any help appreciated

On 3/25/2017 at 11:04 PM, Kevin76 said:

I recently got an ASM 300 9.8 White...Saw it in the comic store display case for $225.00+tax, Pressed out the spine roll and came back a 9.8...so glad I didn't have to pay the $1500 ebay price tag. Now onto finding a raw 9.8 copy of 301 to have graded.  

how much do you charge for your services  I found one raw, didn't press it though, thought it'd come back in the 9's at worst 8.5, came back 8.0  even those who held it in hand raw were surprised.....plus at LCS nearly every copy they've had for a while has been priced at $300 raw......