DefconFrat

Sold via PM! Thank you all for the interest, great group of folks here. 

Still available, first $16,500 takes it. 

Still available! 

More pics of the book. Dropped price to 19,000 but open to reasonable offers. 

5 hours ago, s14roller said:

Was this pressed?  

No, it has not been pressed. 

1 hour ago, Bomber-Bob said:

Okay, sounds like you packed it well . This is very puzzling. You should have the grader's notes. Does it say anything about the severity or length of the spine roll ? In your original pic there was a slight spine roll so it should be mentioned.

Just checked the grader's notes - just says "moderate spine roll" but nothing about length.  What are your thoughts as far as getting this remedied Bob? Any ideas/suggestions? 

5 minutes ago, Bomber-Bob said:

Interesting. Working on the assumption that it was somehow shipping related, something like this can happen if the book is allowed movement inside the box or perhaps inside the mylar. Specifically, did you use a mylar bag or rigid mylar with an open top. If bag, was it sealed on top with tape. Did you tightly secure(tape) the two rigid sheets of cardboard ? Is it possible the mylar inside the two pieces of cardboard had some 'leeway, freedom of movement ? It sounds like you protected the book from outside impact but maybe you did not protect it from movement. 

I used a mylar bag and properly sealed the top with tape. Then, the book inside the mylar bag w/ backing board were taped securely to one of the rigid pieces of cardboard, exactly like the first pic of step 3 in your post. Next, I placed another rigid sheet on top of that and taped them tight, sandwiching the comic/backing board together between the rigid sheets.The two rigid sheets of cardboard were VERY tightly taped using packing tape - I did this to ensure the book wouldn't be floating around between the cardboard sheets. I knew the box would likely get tossed around during shipment, therefore I made absolutely sure the book would not be shifting around at all. Should have taken pictures for documentation as I packed it up, but hindsight is 20/20. I extensively researched how to ship valuable comics to make sure I properly prepared the book for shipping

34 minutes ago, ALewis1978 said:

 

I've never had to deal with a possible "quality of service" issue with CGC, but for what you probably paid to get it graded, slabbed and being one of the top demanding comic books, I'd be calling them to see if they are willing to do something about it.  Maybe re-slab it for free.  Not sure if pressing would be a good idea.  Books in too bad of shape can actually take a hit from pressing.  I had a Hulk 181 that was a 6.5 that I had pressed and re-graded.  During pressing, the cover detached at one of the staples and it came back as a 4.5.  I didn't use CSS for that press job, but not sure if the result would have been any different if I did.  To be fair to the guy who did press it, he did warn me before hand that it wasn't a good pressing candidate and it was my call. 

26 minutes ago, Bomber-Bob said:

I totally agree on all your points. Also, notice there is a inner well wedge on the right side of the Back Cover.  I think the Grader's notes would help us ascertain what happened here. It's possible the OP did not properly package up the book for shipping and caused the spine roll = this is the way it arrived at CGC. I just can't imagine the encapsulation was the cause. Still, the alignment of the book in the slab looks completely different than the pic. Note the OP's picture does not even have the book in a bag and board. Perhaps his handling was the cause ? Maybe sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard in a mailer. 

Appreciate the advice, will be calling them Monday morning to see about getting this resolved. As for shipping, I carefully followed CGC's shipping tutorial - mylar bag with backing board, sandwiched between two rigid sheets of cardboard, then with enough bubble wrap to keep a Faberge egg safe and secure. Shipped in a fairly large box with about 4" of space around all sides of the book to account for bubble wrap. The spine roll/alignment seen in the ungraded pic is how it was packaged - based on the preparation,  I do not see how the alignment could have been affected during transit. 

Thanks for the input guys, first time dealing with something like this. Should I contact CGC and sent it back to be re-slabbed? Not sure if that was something I could do myself or if CGC would have to do it. 

Hi folks, 

Selling an unrestored Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 3.0. Cream to off-white pages, no blemishes/scratches on the case as I just received it back from CGC this afternoon. 

Asking 16,500 but will consider reasonable offers. "I'll take it" in this thread or PM gets first dibs and multiple claims will be decided by the time stamp when I received them. 

Payment by PayPal and buyer is to cover any additional paypal fees associated with the purchase. Free shipping to the US only and I will be using registered mail. I will accept returns if the comic is not as described in this thread. 

Thanks for looking! 

Well folks, finally received the comic back from CGC today. Graded at 3.0 with cream/off-white pages, thanks to all who helped determine a rough estimate of the grade while waiting on CGC. Will be posting a "for sale" thread here shortly. 

1 minute ago, Shawnismaximus said:

Wow. That's incredible. What did you pay for the box? Did you know immediately when you saw this comic that you struck gold or did it take some reasearch for you to realize? 

$40 for roughly a couple dozen comics from this era, had no idea this comic was in the box nor what it's value would be. Definitely had to thoroughly research what I'm working with; big baseball card collector but never got into comics. I've never won the lottery but I would imagine this is what it feels like. 

Appreciate the responses folks, great to be a part of the community here. Bought a box of comics at an estate sale and this happened to be the diamond in the rough. Not a collector by any means but knew that old comics might be worth something, never thought I'd come across something like this. What's the general consensus for the best place to sell this comic assuming it comes back in the 3.0-4.0 grade? 

Hi folks, 

Just sent this comic in for grading at CGC. Looking to get a rough estimate of what I'm looking at here. Meant to take more pictures but aside from the creasing and slight spine roll it is in decent shape. Thanks.