comicginger1789

My grades were in days ago! Last year even!

Agree with the above...a CGC 10 of a book less that 10 years old is not the same as one older. If we knew the book, I could assist in past sales data info as well as suggesting a possible starting value. When in doubt, price high. If you are actively advertising to sell and get nothing, your price is not right and that tells you dropping it is needed in order to sell.

I know that CGC grading can take some getting used to. What I would do is pick a couple of these books you speak of (the ones that command good value in 9.8 but case cost or less if they fall to a 9.2). See how it goes. Either your eye will hold up and you will be happy or you will learn your grading is perhaps too lenient and you know that selling these books raw is the way to go. As for selling the "utter junk", sell off in lots but sprinkle in some books that don't sell from "the rest". So a collector sees some decent bronze age stuff they might want, mixed with the junk and if priced appropriately, you can move those books. For example I sold a lot of 10 Spider-Man books for $50 the other day. 90s spideys but I tossed in a mid grade issue #103 and the lot sold quick. Way I figure it, selling 103 by itself might have yielded $30-40 and I would have never gotten $20 for the rest (or it would have taken a while)..

Yuck....that was tough

5 for me im with everyone I thought the showcase was a 9.8 but dropped it to a 9.2 for thag stain/foxing. Sigh

Perfect thanks!

I am also in the 7.0 camp, maybe 7.5

Check with Mike but I think that means we all get $500? Sweet

Hi all, I am wanting to know about the Rocketeer graphic novel from 1985...does it just contain reprints/collect all of the stories from the Pacific Comics Presents issues? Is there any new content in this graphic novel (ie some reprinted stories plus new). Thanks!

I mean, if a seller guaranteed a grade, that means little...but I agree, seems more likely to be a 7.0 or so not 8.5. Your assessment of the book being miscut is correct.

If you have already sold off the best stuff, selling the rest of that is a drag unless you find another fan who wants. That would be my approach...put it out there as a lot and take the best offer. The time spent trying to do it individually will be a lot

Tough for me, not many standouts. I narrowed in on Popular Teenagers 21, Confessions 8 and Popular Teenagers 19 simply because of the female imagery and the white cover backgrounds which I like a lot. I also went with True To Life 15 (war and romance work for me) and Top Love 18 (again the white background with the colours and the woman smoking...I just like it). I can see why Top Love 8 gets love (it was probably next on my list) along with Popular Teenagers 5 but the business of that cover (too much top text) and the blues on Top Love 8 pushed them lower for me personally.

For those who care, my top 3 were easy...Popular Teenagers 15 is my favourite, with the snow and car scene. Followed by Flaming Western Romances and Top Love Stories (just two ya don't see often and I like the images and way they are drawn). After that it was hard for me...many are kind of plain and ones I would put near the bottom of my LB Cole list. I ended up picking True To Life Romances 10 (creepy broken neck girl with a nice black background cover) and Confessions Of Love 14 (who doesn't love a bunch of flames in the background).

I don't think poorly pressed is an opinion...they seem to provide some of the reasoning in the other defects (water logged, moisture). Whoever pressed this ruined the paper in this manner. Rippling and other things like markings imprinted into the cover are another...CGC graders have seen enough pressing now to decipher if the flaws were caused by that or by reading, and them putting poor pressing identifies that specifically as the cause. Never use a presser who has not pressed for more than 5 years OR Never use a presser who has pressed less than 500 books in their life AND Always be wary of a presser who uses a press that cost them less than $100. Those are my golden rules

There are definitely collectors of Canadian price variants. Usually it pertains to key issues (for example, the CPV for Amazing Spider-Man 252 is quite desired in high grade). But I am sure if posted you'd be surprised who might come up with a decent offer because they have to have it.