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Had to be in early at work yesterday and stay late so I took a break later afternoon and caught a showing. I absolutely loved it. The Riddler's costume was a little strange but he was a great character. I'm glad this didn't have a streaming release as then I would've watched it at home and not gotten the same sound quality as the theater had. It certainly wasn't a 'Bruce Wayne' film but that didn't impact my viewing experience.

I'd think Comics General would be a better spot than PGM Hopefully your presser has insurance and a claim can be made after some reasonable/agreed upon amount of time to locate them. Obviously your 1st course of action should be going over all the steps with your presser. I've never been in that situation so I can't offer any specific advice. Good luck

I feel old

amazing - pressing is 250 working days (Econ or Modern) and grading is 220 or 146 for those tiers (all non fast track) 470 working days max - geez 2 years is ~520 working days

no idea - I just saw the link. I'd day try calling that office, or there's an 'Ask Cgc' forum where you could posts question(s)

there's a London CGC office https://www.cgccomics.uk/submit/how-to-submit/

here's that thread I mentioned where someone posted about learning to press CCS prices are found from the links at the CGC home page

I would recommend using a professional for any books which you would think about submitting to CGC. It's a long process to become very competent. Now if you want to do it as a hobby then why not There's a recent thread here where someone went thru that process and posted about it

how do you find past sold prices on mycomicshop? Playing around with the search now but all I get are ones currently for sale

I've got a New Mutants #1 I can't find. I went thru all my boxes multiple times to no avail. I wonder if I accidently included in some Ebay sale of groups of comics I've sold. Or maybe I was at your house.......

I thought they offer both witnessed and authentication services

Great! Good luck with it!

Did you get this signed yourself or come across it another way? Kirby usually signs the splash page rather than the cover is why I ask. For a comparison, here's a book of mine that was verified (as well as showing it to multiple others who thought it had a good chance of being legit)

for me , starting in the late 70's, it was Neal Adams art or cosmic storylines. Any Adams art I found in the back issue bins or Jim Starlin Warlock/Cap Marvel & any Galactus/SS stories I bought up.

Started collecting in the late 70's thru 1990 or so. At first from a spinner rack in the back of a pharmacy then at at LCS soon after when one finally opened near me. Originally mostly DC but then I soon started with Spiderman/Xmen/Thor/FF/DD I always jealousy eyed the key books hanging on the wall but didn't buy them with the thought of getting rich one day as 1) who knew they could be worth so much. Sure I saw FF 1/AF15/etc in the glass case but never imagined others would get the prices you see today. 2) Where would I sell them anyway? Ebay wasn't around then. 3) I didn't have much money at all anyway So the ones I did buy were limited to $20 or so at a time and I just bought the ones I really liked and wanted to have regardless of condition. One of the happiest moments of my collecting life was when I was rifling thru the back issue bins and found a poor copy of GL 76 for a buck or two. I felt like I hit the lottery.

If you've held onto them this long then consider keeping them and having you dad will them to you. That could give you a cost basis adjustment when the time comes. Obviously consult a professional about that. Isn't that how the rich protect their assets from taxes?

How are you arriving at a $5k valuation? Valuation implies a good idea of the condition, but if you're asking how to know when to press books then it sounds like you need some help in that area. Read the sticky in the Buddy Can You Spare a Grade Forum. If you have access to a scanner, take scans of the front & back covers (or pics if you don't have one) and up close pics of the corners (or zoom the scans) & the book an an angle. Members can then give you estimates on the grade and whether a press could help. I usually say the FMV you would give CGC is the replacement cost for your raw book as is rather than the pressed/graded book. If you overestimate the FMV and the resultant grade would've fit a lower tier then CGC will not refund you any more. Conversely CGC may or may not upcharge you. Of course it will take longer to get your book back using a lower tier As far as your example, you would also need to add in shipping costs in addition to thoe 3% walkthru chargers (if you stick with 5k FMV) You can see update sshipping fees under the 'News' section from the home page

The Overstreet guide only mentions that staples are 'clean' at the highest grades. Of course CGC standards are not O/S standrads but you'd think they generally line up. So I guess it could depend on the meaning of 'clean'

I saw this the other night streaming it from HBO. I'd give it a B- I appreciate the 'movie wthin a movie' idea but that concept alone wasn't enough to make the film stand out. The 2nd half becomes a standard fight & rescue movie. They didn't have the same fight choreographer as before and it showed. As said in the review Kav posted, Keanu Reeves in the original was the definition of 'cool'. He's 'cool' in the John Wick movies. He's not 'cool' here. He looks confused for much of the movie - even after the initial part where he's supp to be confused. For that matter he looks like he just came off the set of John Wick. They could've tried to make him look a bit different. He kept repeating that same 'extended hands force' maneuver way too much. The motorcycle chase thru the city has a nice bit which I won't spoil here I agree 1000% pct that they should've gotten Hugo Weaving back. It would've been worth the wait.

Hi & Welcome! Think of FMV as insurance if something were to happen to your book(s) while in posession by CGC (& not any shipping company) One way to think about it is what would it cost you to find a raw book in similar condition to replace it. You can make use of the "Buddy Can You Spare a Grade" forum where forum members will give you their estimates of the condition based on pics you upload. If you want to try that then read the sticky post in that forum Here's a link to CGC FMV info https://www.cgccomics.com/submit/declared-value-policy/ Once you get an idea of the condition of the books you'd like to submit, then you can look for estimates of value from the Overstreet guide, Ebay or other websites (GoCollect, comicspriceguide) etc I'd suggest that you try to group books by the same submission tier as that will spread out your return shipping cost back to you. You can ship everything together to CGC All that will help you figure out your cost per book and then based on value for an estimated grade you can decide if it's worth your time & money. Of course books can always increase in value in the upcoming years (or decrease). Whether you're planning on selling them ASAP or holding for a long period also factors into it. It's a lot easier just collecting and reading them, eh? Merry Christmas too! PS it's pretty normal that the same set of questions get asked a lot over time. There's a ton of knowledge on these boards so experiment with the search function too.

Caught a noon matinee today. Theater was half full. Bursts of applause for the Spidermen reveals. Enjoyed it morethan the new Matrix movie

Joey's site is cfpcomics.com. Thought there's a banner saying the are not taking submissions thru december in order to work thru the backlog

didn't see this one in the last several pages. Back when I started collecting, one of my fav pastimes was hunting thru the back issue bins for as many lower grade Adams covers as I could afford.

is this a fingerprint?

Here's the first page from the 'How To' book I use: