csaag

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

On 2/28/2022 at 7:34 PM, Bird said:

I agree that the TATs are causing issues with things like this. Length of memberships is becoming an issue as well, and forget paying by check if the check is dated when you mail it.

And yet TATs increased again today, something like 30 more days for both modern and economy. 20 or so for standard as well.

 

 

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

On 2/23/2022 at 1:01 PM, FlyJ said:

@MattTheDuck so buying one an doing it myself it a really bad idea I take it ...even for books I just want to make look nicer in my personal collecion? @csaag not sure if this is a stupid question or even if you know but does that mean that they press in their UK office or does that go to the U.S for that? thanks to both !

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)

On 2/23/2022 at 12:42 PM, FlyJ said:

@revat is it only worth getting things pressed by CGC ? the reason I ask is some books I wont want to submit  for grading and assumed there may be better local options (companies/shops etc) where i could get it done quicker and cheaper...I am also based in London U.K so I assume its even longer for me when it comes to submitting books for grading and getting them back ! ha (bit thats another story)

 

there's a London CGC office

https://www.cgccomics.uk/submit/how-to-submit/

On 2/23/2022 at 12:32 PM, FlyJ said:

@csaag @theCapraAegagrus my main reason would be to press books ad submit to CGC and also to press ones i like so they look fresher in my collection. What is the rough cost for pressing a book (im sure it varies on the book)....but roughly

Thanks

 

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

On 2/3/2022 at 12:25 PM, shadroch said:

Between completed sales on ebay and www.mycomicshop.com, you can see what 99% of books sell for.  It might take a bit before you can easily navigate them but the more you use them, the easier they will be.

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

On 1/28/2022 at 1:34 PM, shadroch said:

and the seventh box had a 9.6 New Mutants 1. 

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.......

On 1/28/2022 at 9:27 AM, SOTIcollector said:

No.

A CBCS yellow label and a CGC yellow label are very different things.
 

A CBCS yellow label means that somebody at CBCS thinks a signature is authentic.  
 

A yellow CGC label means that witnesses from CGC actually watched the comic being signed by the person. CGC offers a significantly higher level of certainty that the signature is authentic. So a CGC yellow label is not at all the same as a CBCS yellow label.

I thought they offer both witnessed and authentication services

On 1/27/2022 at 4:16 PM, nebyort said:

I know for the most part he only signed first page but you can find some covers signed by him

purchased off boards by a known seller

sending to the name that shall not be spoken for verification 

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.

On 1/17/2022 at 8:15 PM, KCode98 said:

So have you guys made away like a bandit in the night value wise!? I know even in the 90's before there was CGC or anything you could get Hulk 181 for $300-700, ASM 300 were $20 books, X-men 1 1963 could be found for just a few thousand. Being a kid I had no chance at the big ones but if I had a job and was still into it I would be a wealthy person today.

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.

On 12/24/2021 at 6:04 AM, B-RadC said:

Hello, I am new to the whole grading & authenticating process of getting comic books ready to sell. First, I would like to know how one is supposed to accurately determine the "Max Value" of the a particular book before it is graded? Second, the lowest tier costs minimum $60 for 1 comic book. is it even worth grading anything valued less than $200? Any information that could help me grade some of my books cheaply & efficiently would be greatly appreciated.

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

On 12/19/2021 at 1:40 AM, 815K1 said:

What’s their number?

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?