Parzival

I am big into Jurassic Park.  It’s my version of your love for Archie comics.

If you don’t want to sell them on eBay find your “Archie Community” on Instagram.  Whatever the fandom a community exists.  It is very possible those fans want what you have and would buy them in lots.

Good luck!

Make your own.  Once you get a CGC order returned to you it’s basically a shipping kit you can return with some painters tape and ingenuity.  Learning how to pack comics and prepping them for shipment using what you have is a very learnable skill and part of the hobby.  
 

Don’t crush the comic.

The contents should not move around once sealed.

Make it stable and easy to open with painters tape.

Make sure every item in the box is clearly labeled.

Have fun!

It’s applied as a usable balance across the board on whatever service you select.

I never send off multiple copies of the same comic in the same shipment.  Let’s say the grader is sitting down to grade your 4 copies and the grader thinks the first one is a 9.8.  I think subconsciously they will compare each comic and the grades will suffer.

Also it’s $20 for piece of mind and you won’t be wondering what if you had.  Having said that.  Find a comic presser you like and work with them.  It’s usually cheaper with a better result.

They look cool but they are nothing special.  You could get them at a higher grade off of eBay now for the cost of sending them in.  I love the Hidden Fates ETB card but it’s not rare.  
 

Side note.  Don’t grade on spec unless you are a SME, and only collect what you love.

On 4/18/2024 at 10:48 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

@Parzival @TheCollector2016

And anyone else I missed, they checked back with the list of facilitators.

I know comicsketchart.com has a website, or I've used them before. They make good on "mistakes" within reason.

Best of luck!

Thanks for looking out!

We still don’t know of a reliable CGC facilitator for this show?

On 1/5/2024 at 2:20 PM, Gator Guru said:

The last signing was the greatest devaluing of a signature in history. I for one am hoping he doesn’t sellout for another cash grab.
 

I went ahead and sold all my signed books of his anyways aside from his rare Platinum #1.

I got back 2 T. McFarlane sigs.  Really lame that he shorted his sig which was not what was advertised. 

I grade what I like.  However I have graded keys because of their worth to someone else.

On 1/28/2024 at 7:38 PM, Heronext said:

Return it

yeah.  Tell them you want a lower grade.

Yeah but the text doesn’t make sense.  The reference the same labels we got in 2023.  For instance that’s the same Black Cat label. 

Same labels from last year.

Makes no sense because CGC will give signed cards blue labels, and certify the autograph they didn’t witness.

Well they changed that today.  No membership requirements.

Thank you.

On 2/24/2023 at 8:53 AM, MattM CS said:

Hello @Parzival!

These books will receive a Green Qualified label usually because of the signature and numbered copy written on the book. Let us know if you have any other questions. 

Inside not outside.  Read and look again.

On 2/24/2023 at 2:00 PM, Pizza Boy said:

Shouldn't it get a Blue? There's no sig on the cover...

Yeah they never read.  I even gave pictures.

I have a collection of convention sketchbooks that are usually signed & numbered by the artist on the inside.  What color label does CGC give them?

It’s a shame.  It is an official Pokémon center card & CGC grades some really questionable movie, and TV show cards.  Off to PSA it goes.

The Pokémon Center in Japan released these awesome starters cards with the release of Scarlet & Violet? Will CGC grade or? 

What color label to convention sketch books get with signatures on the inside of the book?  I have a few Mignola convention sketch books but he signed & numbered them in the interior.  Thank you.

The Jurassic Park Topps comic set is incomplete.  As of now only the first movie is covered.

Please add the Return to Jurassic Park series & The Lost World Jurassic Park series to complete the Topps run.

Thank you.

Please include a list of comics you wish to be added to this set, with certificate numbers in plain text.

Thanks!

I’m not sure I see the value in the increase they are asking for.  Time will tell.

Thank you.  Do select magazine or comic.  Will it be an issue that the sketchbook is signed, and numbered since CGC wasn't there to verify it?  Do sketchbooks have some other label type?  Thank you.

I have seen a few CGC graded sketchbooks on eBay.  But when I visit the CGC site I don't see a place on the form to submit them.  I want to send in my Hellboy 10th Anniversary SDCC sketchbook.  Please advise.  Thank you.