This is Who We Are

On 3/18/2023 at 3:45 PM, batmiesta said:

Going by memory,

Captain Britain #1#8

Monsters unleashed #2#3#4#5#8

Planet of the apes # 7#13

Psycho #3 

Monsters of the movies #4

Rampaging Hulk #9 

 

May the unboxing be in your favor 
 

On 3/17/2023 at 5:16 PM, scburdet said:

I'm approaching a year on a magazine that was supposed to be signed last April & graded with an advertised 4-6 week turnaround time. I do know that the magazine, signature & comics are all separate operations, as are the different tiers of comics. Magazines have been abysmally slow, with waiting for the new holder being the latest excuse for prolonged waits. I'm a little surprised that a 7.5 exterior didn't warrant some explanation, but it's not been uncommon for comics I get back a 9.0 & higher to not have notes. 9.0/9.2 I'd say are 50/50 on getting notes, with the chance decreasing as the grades go higher.

I wasn't hanging around here when you posted, but there is some color rub on that outer cover. I agree, 7.5 seems a little harsh, especially for a magazine. I would have been at more of an 8.0/8.5 leaning higher b/c the black covers are so damn hard to not have rubs or spine stress show up like a sore thumb. In talking to the guy who handles my submissions, it's easy to be the victim or the beneficiary of what's happening at CGC at a given time. Not the case for this book, but he's noticed, for example, that if something gets too hot, it's a bad time to send that book b/c they see too many of the same book & just get too nitpicky. This is a unicorn book, so maybe someone just had a slightly off day, or saw something that we can't in photos. Never hurts to call, or post in the Ask CGC forum with an issue like this.

Thanks!  I appreciate that.  A 9 is top of census. It’s a nice copy and as a double cover these were destroyed at the manufacturer when discovered so I should be stoked with this unicorn 

Well, after more than a year, I'm finally getting the book back.  

Psycho Yearbook nn 1974 Skywald Publications Double Cover.  With no graders notes, hard to determine what evaluator(s) saw but that interior cover is as clean as I’ve seen

On 3/15/2023 at 6:04 PM, batmiesta said:

What did you send? 

Found order number-status  my single mag is Still under status of grading- arrived around 2/17/22  

You’re much more disciplined than me with not looking — can’t wait to hear what yours come back as👍🏻.  
 

maybe those good souls at CGC are in process of moving my other two mags to the front of the line and that’s the hang up— truly a small inconvenience on my part for their generous display of good will 😎

Kinda weird they now require you to input order number to check on status— guess I’ll dig deep in my emails to retrieve that receipt from a year ago 

On 3/15/2023 at 9:08 AM, batmiesta said:

2/23/22

12

3,300

MAGAZINE ECONOMY

Shipped

3/15/23

Well I’m happy for you!  It’s definitely out of order though as mine was submitted the week prior … still waiting but hopefully soon 👍🏻

On 3/3/2023 at 10:00 AM, Makmorn said:

Clear as mud..

So inserts are graded separately, but they don't count towards the grade? (only visible grades are Box, Manual, Cart)

If inserts are missing does that go against the Manual grade? or the overall grade? or not at all?

Sorry, just trying to understand.

 

I appreciate you asking this!  I've got some nice CIB stuff, but no registration card and don't want the qualified label.  Looking at other CIB graded games, it doesn't look like the ancillary items are graded (only listed).  Wonder then if say the ancillaries are missing if they make it a point to identify on the back of the label...."poster missing" etc...

On 3/4/2023 at 3:06 PM, batmiesta said:

I actually don't give a  anymore, past caring. 

I bet you'll change your mind when we finally get that answer about the good will gesture question you posed earlier in the week  .  I'm ever an optimist

On 2/26/2023 at 1:23 PM, batmiesta said:

I appreciate you letting us know Mike, is it a sign of the times that we jusr accept this? Or does anyone else think as a good will gesture CGC should give us a couple of free magazine submissions? 

 A free magazine submission or two would make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside towards CGC

On 2/21/2023 at 7:05 PM, batmiesta said:

And another.

When that finally returns to you enshrined in plastic, I will hope to see it proudly displayed in the “this week”… thread 👍🏻

I’m tending to distrust auction style sales with increasing frequency 

On 2/17/2023 at 3:55 PM, batmiesta said:

Still no end in sight. 

My book arrived last February- I had no clue this was coming with the case-thing— I would’ve opted for the old case knowing what I was signing up for.

guess I’m a bit concerned being a part of the experimental group with the new case.  Hopin for the best though 👍🏻

On 1/6/2023 at 3:24 PM, batmiesta said:

You think that's long, 

2/23/22

12

3,300

MAGAZINE ECONOMY

Scheduled for Grading

Hey, I got mine in a week before you!  I’m thinking twice about future submissions.  

Aside from the wait., one can only hope there wont be growing pains with the new encapsulations

My apologies all if this has been discussed elsewhere but being cgc is grading videogames will/has this allowed for videogame sales on the boards?  I’ve got quite a number of retro games from nes, snes, gba, gameboy genesis GameCube and some ps1.  They are not sealed and most are cart only but most are in excellent condition. Tended to love horror games and the artwork

On 9/25/2022 at 5:39 PM, Rip said:

$355.00 for a Creepy 11 in VF 

Plus tax!!    

https://www.ebay.com/itm/314152400486?hash=item4924f13666:g:kV8AAOSw-DBjJ2xW&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoHQ5DNOr5Ndr%2B9xC6NGD%2B17FLYgt2TlDDV2Gwr8qRiawLPkW9mIbaSQTdqPK6Us6hS4n%2Bot0nZipM8SKq97OboqWVRsXs0jI43%2Faf%2B7YZd3u3nbmsetLVMl8%2BXdCcJcRlcyeFUlg03XjXXzS2VZC5WvPF6eaz%2FbCmzTDCvwaqBS15fwLuFRMSHV%2FkGDtvaZ%2FIife%2FPQ14RHboNXiEQjvZ%2BE%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_bL1PPuYA

Looking at some of the other sales- I’m thinkin he ought to write a book on selling because he’s producing some record high bids for mid to upper-mid grade mags and that’s with using only two scans per mag 🤔 -

Most impressive 

On 9/25/2022 at 5:53 PM, Gregd said:

Lots of bidding too 🤔 didn’t know this was a super hot issue 🤷🏻

Makes this certified copy in a 7.0 seem like a steal

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304583418031?hash=item46ea9620af:g:AwMAAOSwG7pizJm2&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338846873&customid=4b5994b7-48da-4469-95f2-27af69384dd2&toolid=10049&gck=4b5994b7-48da-4469-95f2-27af69384dd2

Gosh, guy— I almost hesitate to ask but what was the outcome or are these still in play???

On 9/10/2022 at 1:35 PM, Axe Elf said:

Not really, it just leaves them the option of taking the profit realized by their raw value or potentially amplifying their profit by making an investment of their own.

That's not comparable to leaving them a burden to deal with; it's comparable to taking the vacation behind Door #1, or trying for the new car by choosing a different door.

It’s cool- sarcasm isn’t for everyone

On 9/10/2022 at 1:25 PM, Surfing Alien said:

One of the few Frazetta's I didn't have yet. Some surface wear but it's flat and uncreased and one of the  better raw copies I've seen recently. Price was good too so took it home.

 

Definitely a top- 3-5 Warren cover for me— nice copy👍🏻

On 9/9/2022 at 11:02 PM, Axe Elf said:

Despite my general distaste for the commodification of books by encasing them forever in plastic, I am reluctantly convinced that the books in my Vampirella collection deserve it.  They really do.  Well, most of them, anyway.  They're just too freaking awesome to touch, let alone read, anyway--so I might as well lock them up in Drakulonian sarcophogi.

I am also dying to have them examined by a pressing expert like JP (no, I won't tag him, because I don't intend to bother him), because a lot of the ones that are like one blemish away from perfect may well be pressable into a state of virtually unblemished glory.  But I don't know enough about crunched corners to make that determination myself.

But even if I wanted to sink what, five grand plus shipping/insurance into having some pressed and say a hundred of them ultimately graded and encapsulated--and believe me, that's a big sell on top of what I have invested in them now--I'd have to feel a LOT more comfortable with the Quality Control at CGC and their turnaround times would have to come down a LOT for me to even THINK about sending them away with the nice postman for a summer vacation (sign here in case one of them doesn't come back so you don't sue us).

I don't know how much longer I'm going to live, and I just GOT these--this spring!  I want to enjoy them.  HAVE them.  I do look at a randomly selected few of them, in their boarded bags, from time to time, and to have nothing but an empty shelf to admire for 15 months or more, wondering if someone else is fingerbending my Vampirellas?  I just can't do it.

I do plan to leave my heirs full instructions on how to potentially amplify the value of the collection if they want to make the investment and spin the Big Ol' Wheel of CGC to see what they may gain, if anything.  But that will be their call.  I'll probly also leave them instructions for creating a sales thread to sell them raw here, if they prefer... 

Gallery Sale!  All Warren magazines on display must go!  Ten thousand dollars each, or 3 for $25k...

...oh, sorry, guess I dozed off there for a second.  I must have been dreaming.  Carry on...

I mean- it’s only about 150 for a press and a slab fast track- not including shipping.  A bargain and your shelf will only be unoccupied for about 4-5 months I believe 

leaving the encapsulation to your heirs is on par with dying and not having a living trust or burial insurance.  
Let’s not be irresponsible 🤣

On 9/9/2022 at 8:03 PM, Axe Elf said:

I still can't get over this.

I mean I think mine looks BETTER than that one--the image on the 9.8 is skewed a bit counter-clockwise to the page, whereas mine is printed square to the page--and it's brilliantly white!  Mine does have a LITTLE issue at the bottom of the spine, but if that's a 9.8, mine's got to be at least a 9.4 (but mine's still raw)--and this one book on Heritage sold for approximately 2.5x what I paid for the full run???

Even the $1300 for the #4 before it seems crazy, but this just leaves my head spinning.

I said I'd never sell these books while I was alive, but if someone was offering five grand per, I'd have to consider it.

PMs accepted.

j/k

Sounds like you need to start sending in to get slabbed. 

On 9/8/2022 at 2:58 PM, Gregd said:

It only takes two to create a new baseline in the price department- this one was fun to watch…from the nosebleeds

On 8/22/2022 at 3:34 PM, Axe Elf said:

Well I finally get to show off another Vampirella--sort of--the Special.

That's the problem with getting them all at once--I don't get to drop one or two a week in here like the rest of you. 

It took me a while to find one that fit within my "under $50 per book" guideline, but she was worth the wait.

C'mon!  You're holding back the piece that the back cover is completely missing