Codog

I should also note, they shipped fast, I was just slow getting to my mail.

On 4/18/2023 at 2:06 PM, Codog said:

 

 

Hellions #6     David Nakayama Virgin     Unknown Comics     NM     $10.00
X-Men #1     David Nakayama Virgin     Secret Variant     NM     $25.00  (I think this may be #11, either way I want it)

My books arrived minty fresh, excellently packaged.  Thank you Louis!

On 5/20/2019 at 10:51 AM, Richard Holbrook said:

Just another data point.

Grading 16 modern books

Received 4/19

Grading/QC 5/20

Estimate at time of submission was 20 business days I believe.  This is just my second submission.  I remember the turnaround from G/QC to the Finalized/Imaged/Shipped was a day on first submission that had 6 books.  F5, F5, F5... was definitely going on

Shipped 5/22  (12 books@9.8, 3@9.6, 1@9.4 if you care to know!)

Just another data point.

Grading 16 modern books

Received 4/19

Grading/QC 5/20

Estimate at time of submission was 20 business days I believe.  This is just my second submission.  I remember the turnaround from G/QC to the Finalized/Imaged/Shipped was a day on first submission that had 6 books.  F5, F5, F5... was definitely going on

Arthur Adams

Steve Ditko

Adam Hughes

Jim Lee

Ron Lim

Todd McFarlane

Ed McGuiness

Frank Miller

John Romita Sr.

Alex Ross

This is difficult to do, I can't rank them or even feel confident I won't want to change this in 5 minutes...

Thank you Mystafo, I was nervous to do this as I didn't want the cover to hold while insides shifted about as you mention.  After reading numerous agreements with this method on another recently discovered thread, I meekly attempted to tap the book into a more aesthetically pleasing position.  I finally found that appropriate amount of force to very gradually slide the book and I'm calling it a win.  If this were an older book or perhaps even just more expensive I don't think I would have gambled at all.

I wonder, for books that are crooked that have a wedge inside, could they be damaged or the wedge become poorly positioned if this method is attempted?

That is awesome!  Identifying enemy to fling slab at...

Got a key delivered today that is sitting with the left edge tilted up noticeably.  I figure that is just something that occurred on its way here and it really stands out to the eye.  Is there a recommended method of recentering or even just straightening a crooked slabbed book?

Thank you for your time!

Excellent Bomber-Bob, now you've made me happy to have it in there

The Lions Den - I'm all for learning, thank you also!

TwoPiece - Thank you for the clear answer!

I'm new to slabbing books, so I'm sure this is a laughably n00bish question.

This was a hard picture to get w/o glare, but if you look at the bottom center, you can see what I believe to be some sort of space insert.  That or that is an impressively symmetrical interior crack.  Would someone please tell me what this is?  I just don't know for certain what I'm looking at and of the other books I got back, none have this.  I plan on giving this book to a friend and just to be able to act like I know what I'm talking about wrt whatever this is.

Thank you for your time!