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If anyone can clarify,

If sending a book in to be pressed is that wait time separate from the grading wait time?  
Thanks!👍🏻

At some point faith enters the picture—- that the folks who are grading have Integrity 👍🏻

Sent several mags out today...ever the optimist I’ll hope to get back to you all in a couple years

And if they hurt my mags I’m gonna be fuming

Thank you all for the grading and pressing advice!   I’ve decided to send it off — I’m curious to see what the CGC pros grade this as . I’ll provide an update in 2024👍🏻

shop around, and negotiate—amazing how flexible these places may be...what I’m saying is don’t necessarily accept the first offer👍🏻👍🏻

On 1/15/2022 at 5:01 AM, Gaard said:

From the link...

"Staple impressions occur when a barrier is not used during pressing..."

Does this mean that if a comic has staple impressions it has been pressed?

I don’t believe so- I think this can occur in manufacturing

On 1/10/2022 at 2:34 PM, Gregd said:

Yes- I sorta got a bit obsessed. Lol. But showed some of what I picked up since I started below.

The Eerie publications are stunning encased. Was shocked by the color on these in person.

And yes- I bought (2) Creepys 4 since another 9.6 came up here on the boards. 

The pics are terrible- sorry!

I have a sneaking suspicion that you’ve caught the illness...it messes with a person’s head, gnaws at Them keeps em up at night...one of the cardinal symptoms driving the above you ask? Uniformity—Needing ALL the Frazetta grades in 9.6. !😂 Great haul👍🏻

On 1/9/2022 at 5:24 PM, Gregd said:

This one should be coming in the mail soon thanks to a fellow boardie 😊

 

.  That's summit - level stuff.  wowzah!

On 1/9/2022 at 1:09 PM, Gsims718 said:

Ravage 2099 #1 error no-foil cover

Here's a fun one, hardly ever see it come up for sale.

$100

Omega Men #3, 1st Lobo, NM, great copy

$80

Green Lantern #55 Brightest Day Lobo ring variant, NM and very rare

$150

Green Lantern CGC 9.8 set - #'s 48, 49 and 50, all newsstand

$400 for all three

Danger Girl #1 Chromium A Go Go variant NM

$80

Jurassic Park #1 Amberchrome edition, just a minor bump to the front left corner

$80

Hardware #1 Platinum edition CGC 9.6

$150

 

per PM

In 2022 I’m hopin for three skywald mags 👍🏻

Nightmare 15 in 8.5 or better

Nightmare 18 in 9.0 or better

Psycho 18 in NM- or better

and lastly, a pet unicorn 

On 1/8/2022 at 10:12 AM, grendelbo said:

Pics get blurry when zooming in. Little hard to make out detail.

I'll day 8.0-ish. Staple imprints should not effect the grade in this range. They probably would in 9.4 or higher.

Thanks for posting.

Thanks again! My phone has picked a poor time to not focus consistently. I’ve posted new pics nice corners lays flat and smooth. Staple impressions that don’t break the covers

On 1/8/2022 at 9:24 AM, The Lions Den said:

This is a very common issue with square-bounds in general and Warren mags in particular. As long as there are no punctures in the cover (or they're very minor) it shouldn't affect the grade much...  

 

Thank you so much!  You are always so helpful! Truly appreciate you!

I have what is a really nice book. Staple impressions can be seen in front and back cover. Doesn’t tear covers- front or back  I’ve seen this on high grade books but am wondering if this affects the grade? 
I’ve included some pics to hopefully help. Thanks!

On 1/7/2022 at 6:44 PM, Gregd said:

Beautiful book! Do the staple impressions on front or back impact grade?

Thanks, that's a great question and one I'm just not entirely sure about so would defer to the experts here

A favorite cover👍🏻 Looks very nice in hand and am tryin to determine if worth the time to get slabbed . Thanks!

Sadly, prices are going to go up to account for this. My guess next year when most discover they owe taxes on their used, already taxed goods.  The fun in treasure hunting will lose its glow as more “little guys” decide its just not worth the hassle to list things...or the deal they would’ve offered is no longer feasible.  

On 1/6/2022 at 6:35 PM, grendelbo said:

Your scan/pic is trimming the edges and corners of the book too closely.

 

thank you!  I rescanned!  Hope that's better!

Greatly appreciate the input!  I honestly don't see these come up in high grade.  Was this low distribution (sorry, now I'm deviating from the grade request).  Thanks!!!

On 1/4/2022 at 5:10 PM, SteveDuin said:

Issues 1-17....

For those just starting out (and seasoned as well), I wanted to pull up a link to a thread originally posted by NERV.  All credit to the original poster and to those who added their wisdom.  I recall there being a great thread on skywalds, but alas, it eludes me...

I don’t believe such reporting requirements exist for PayPal  friends and family and with some semantic gymnastics it could be said that every one who engages in a friendly exchange is well,  a friend 

Greatly appreciate thoughts on my copy of Creephshow- tryin to decide if worth sendin to slab. The white on bottom left of the back is lamp light