jlouque

Thank you @frozentundraguy. I love the gift as well as the poem. It is so awesome to give and receive these gifts from people you don't personally know. It brings a very heart-warming feeling to me each year. Merry Christmas to everyone!

Sorry, just getting to posting pics of my gift I received last week. I am so excited to open it but will practice restraint for as long as I can. I did atleast read the poem that came with it. Thanks so much FrozenTundraGuy.

I would like to participate as well. My prize donation will be the following Batman/Joker themed books: Batman Vol. 3 #50 (The Comic Mint Exclusive Francesco Mattina Joker Wedding Cake Variant) Batman Who Laughs #3 (Ricardo Federici variant cover) DCEASED #1 (John Giang Variant Cover, limited to 1500) Shipping within the U.S. only please.

I received an email yesterday stating that my Marv Wolfman signed books are being shipped. For reference, they were signed on 7/11/22.

rexinnih I was in the middle of asking if anyone received their Wolfman books when you posted this. Yeah, that looks like Vigilante peed himself. LOL

Has anyone received their books back from the Marv Wolfman private signing? I know the last day for CGC to receive them was 4/15, but I am not sure of which date he would be signing them. 8 weeks was stated with CCS pressing and grading. 8 weeks has come and gone already twice.

You also have to keep in mind that some of the foreign editions of comics are released later than the US versions so people may not be as interested in those because it is more like a reprint. Even though it is the first printing of that book in that country, if it is released months or years later than the US counterpart it is usually not valued as high. Just my 2 cents.

I am wondering if anyone has received any of their books back from the July 2021 Comicpalooza private signing of Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman. I submitted my books for CGC Signature Series that day with the onsite facilitator and have still not received the books back. Since it has been so long, I can't even check for the submission status on CGC's site any longer.

Thanks for the explanation. I figured this probably came from someone's attic or a shed.

I picked this book up cheap yesterday and was curious what everyone thought the grade would be. It is super dirty looking but fully intact with the pin-up poster in the center with tight staples. Also, I am wondering what conditions caused the splotches. Thanks everyone.

I have a suggestion that would help all of us get better at this grading thing. Once the rounds are over and the actual grades posted, why not also post the grader notes so we can see what we may have missed? They are free these days.

I had 2 bullseyes, 1 a single grade off, then 2 abysmal 4 point off grades. 9 points is my total for this round.

I did the same thing. I figured it had to be on the census, but it was not and still is not. I was thinking it would be between a 1.0 and a 2.0, then the census idea tricked me and I went with the 3.0 because there were none in the census between 0.5 and 3.0. I should have trusted my gut instead.

My total of 10 points is much worse than I expected. 3 points for the golden and silver age books and 7 points in the bronze and modern. Man I was much tougher on those newer books.

I have been selling books on ebay and in the VCC for years now and have a few I want to sell to purchase others. - PayPal is the only method of payment accepted - Shipping to U.S. only via USPS Priority Mail - Shipping for 1 graded\slabbed book is $16 which will include insurance If you need references from people who have purchased from me in the past in the CGC boards I can direct you to several members. Message me if you are interested in purchasing any of these. Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #4 CGC 9.8 - SOLD (1st Silk) $350 Batman Beyond #25 CGC 9.8 (1st Elainna Grayson) $125 Something is Killing the Children #1 (Jenny Frison FOC virgin variant) (1st Erica Slaughter) $250 Message me if you are interested in purchasing any of these.

Count me in.

Thanks Jennifer. I figured that was the case, but just verifying.

One of my orders was received at CCS on 7/22/21 and the status is still just "Received at CCS". Be prepared to wait a very long time. With the current turnaround time of CCS plus modern grading, my books will now take 16 months before I can hope to see them again.

I am curious, pertaining to CGC grading, are CGC working days a typical 5-day work week? I know there are also holidays in which CGC would be closed, I am just trying to determine when I may have my books back from grading. Thanks

I finally got to open my gift! Thank you Ashsaytr! The books are great! @ashsaytr

Does anyone know an approximate timeframe for modern books in the Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging phase to complete? Is this a lengthy phase? It has been a few years since my last submission and the overall timeframe was much shorter then.

I'm in as it sounds like fun. I didn't know this happened previously.

I would like to know how the max value per item works. I submitted 20 books to CGC a few months back and some of those would be worth over $400 if graded 9.8. However, the value of several of those were below $400 at the time of submission. So, is the value based on when CGC receives it or once it is graded? Also, it really is an estimation of value before submission, as a novice collector may not know if the grade of the raw comic is a 9.4 or 9.8. I am a bit concerned that some of my books that only cost around $20 to submit back in April now could cost $75 each for grading.

I submitted 20 books under the Modern category to be graded. They were received by CGC on 5/3/21, they were scheduled for grading on 6/25/21, and I was charged for grading on 8/25/21. However, submission tracking only shows scheduled for grading. How long after payment is made for grading before the books are graded?

My CGC ID is jlouque and my ebay ID is jjlouque. I always have a few books for sale there.