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Wow... thank you for that post! I am in the exact same position now... and you have cured me of my paranoia. Most of it. LOL Truly, though, thanks.
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Interesting thread. I must ponder this information for a moment...
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Assuming you won this auction... Marvel-Atlas STRANGE TALES #40, Art by Joe Manelly, Bill Everett, Very Fine 1955
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PGM Journey Into Mystery 83... EDIT: grade is in
oldrover replied to oldrover's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
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Hmm... yeah, I didn't take a photo of it before I shipped it, unfortunately. I would grade it, based on comps I've gotten back from CGC so far recently, at a 6.5 or so. If that's the case, how much of a drop might you guess? EDIT: If it's gonna take a drop due to the signature, then maybe I SHOULD try to get it back.
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I came upon a copy of FF48 in my stash that I'd gotten signed by Stan Lee WAY back about 15 years ago. Any experience as to how that will affect the CGC grade? I'm thinking maybe I should have sent it to (The Service That Shall Not Be Named) for their verification option, but the CGC imprimatur is valuable as well, so maybe it's a wash. Also, I didn't know they did that before I sent it to CGC. D'oh!!! (I'm trying to make every mistake possible in grading and selling my books LOL) Thanks for this board's willingness to share their experience and insight, as always!
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When to press? Advice sought...
oldrover replied to oldrover's topic in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues
That is what I'm doing already, so, very good. Thanks. -
When to press? Advice sought...
oldrover posted a topic in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues
I have a boatload of books to CGC, and I'm looking for a metric to guide me on pressing before they are slabbed. The thinking around here seems to be that pressing can deliver at least .5 on the grade. (if I'm off on that, please correct me) I understand to a certain extent it's an eyeball test on each one, but for, say, major keys... TTA27, ASM129, Hulk 181... is it a given that you press? Thanks to all on this board, BTW... you are very helpful and generous with your experience and insight. -
Question for veteran CGC'ers: I believe I erred in just submitting this without pre-screening... in your experience with CGC, if they pressed this to remove the pebbling, would that increase the grade enough to make it worthwhile? While I am generally resigned to the fate of this comic, I do think this grade is low. I'm surprised it was below a 7.0.
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Somebody posted guidelines for CGC'ing a while back, but I can't find them. The top of the TTA 35 cover is split about an inch. FYI. And why do the back covers load upside down? And now I've got two of the TTA27 back covers in there and can't get one out. Urgh. Whatever. Sorry about that. Thanks for your counsel and advice.
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LOL... no thank you... and you're exactly right. Actually, a Frankenbook kind of denotes something monstrous with no value. I may refer to this kind of book from now on as a Robo-book. Robocop was human... kind of. And this is an original cover... kind of. And overall, it's an improvement... kind of.
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Well, the verdict is in... Amazing Fantasy 15 8/62 Marvel Comics B-4 6.0 CREAM TO OFF-WHITE Restoration includes: color touch, pieces added, tear seals, cleaned, reinforced, re-glossed. And here are the grader notes... it's a Frankenbook... I'm not sure if I'd be better off selling it as a repro cover! LOL I