MAY1979

Me personally it's a big nope.

Very nice! When I was a child the grizzled proprietor of my local newsstand added a copy for free to books I was purchasing. He said "thanks for being a regular, take it on the side". He probably also knew 1.50 was way out of my league.

I feel your pain. We've all had it happen

@CGC Mike appears the 4 I have with warping the comics have not yet suffered spine damage. I am not the original submitter of any of them. I do hope they can sent back before the soon and inevitable damage occurs

I have 5 books that were CGC graded/slabbed in 2024 Just pulled them. 4/5 have the warping :(. The other is not a standard sized comic and currently appears ok. Of the 4, the grade dates are: Jan 31 2024 - 2 Mar 14 2024 - 1 June 12 2024 - 1

Based on past history, at very best expect it to be a long wait for any official response. The good news is DC Digests due to the nature of their size are not affected

At this juncture CGC has not even acknowledged there is an issue. Its going to get much worse

For Grading Opinions; https://boards.cgccomics.com/forum/42-hey-buddy-can-you-spare-a-grade/ 182 missing stamp... likley will fetch just as much unslabbed. If 181 I'd say go for it.

nor purchase any books slabbed in 2024

Not as long as they have no viable competition...

They went from throw-in type pages to keepers due to increased Spider-Man Demand! The only "remotely affordable" 1970 Spider-Man pages still left.

My self-submitted copies I purchased when new do not have tears, seems unfair I only received same 9.8 grade

19 and 20 only IIRC

A quick sale at 750 is a fiscally smarter move than a looong wait for 1k...

whatnot and the uniformed comic bandwagon buyers on that platform are both on the down slope. Unlike the whatnot hype/spin makers state its likely a death spiral. Droves of uninformed buyers have left a hobby they never should have been in, replacements for them are almost non existent Depending on uninformed buyers to make a profit in comics is short term + unsustainable and may no longer even be cyclical. The blazingbob or even better anthonysnyder [not for comic art] business models are ones that are viable to make a living or nice living in what is the new normal and how it will evolve...

Noticing those here who vehemently and sometimes nastily insisted book was a sound investment at 5K are totally quiet. Direct Sale in 9.8w will negatively and consistently breach 2000 mark possible as early as later this year.

That does not account for inflation. To break even a book needs to be liquid at 2x the price from 20 years ago. Even then to break even Compared to the S&P 500 a book needs to be liquid at least 5x or is it 6-7x the original cost. At 6500 appears you are close to even overall from an investment standpoint.

Just have them sit unsold, simply not worth submitting IMHO

Agreed. Here's how I see it in my total opinion: They must score 9.8w in order to at least break even. Unless you reel in 2 competing registry collectors at auction don't expect to pull in a profit. Even when Groo peaked in 2022, from what I said then and still do was a nothing burger announcement, the only books that really benefited were the "Keys".

Are peeps still shelling out solid coin for the first "White Rabbit" (MTU 131) ?

Folks teach your Daughters never ever to do that its extremely stupid as a great way to get roof-ied.. Not to mention thoroughly disgusting. Ad is way too long for TV, must be Theatrical. 100 of these commercials will not impede prices from their OVERALL continuing free-fall, which will last until end of decade.

It takes a village

Must resist crude jokes....

I Don’t Want to Belong to Any Dazzler 1 Club That Will Accept Me as a Member

I've cracked and re-submitted 3 original (circa 2000/2001) CGC slab/label books over the years here were my results. Original Grade | Resub Grade 9.6w | 9.6w 9.6ow/w | 9.8w 9.6ow/w | 9.6w 2 of the 3 received page quality bumps! 1 went up in numerical grade. The only 1 of the 3 I had pressed retained it's original grade and page quality. I'm not alone in receiving page quality increases, to the point I feel it's a joke that people pay extra for White compared to Off White-White on pre 1981 comics when appears all CGC does is flip a coin to decide.