William-James88

I have 3 books like this and as you say, there is no colour break. So you think that it's definitely from use as opposed to being manufactured that way? And yes, if you were wondering, I was posting this to know if they would be good candidates for sending to you specifically. I am finally getting my books in order after all this time. But being in Canada, with that higher shipping charge both ways, I have to make it count!

I am super thankful for having found Jason on these boards. Books were at a terrific price and I am so damn glad ÙI have some beautiful new Fawcetts for my collection. Plus, him being a fellow Canadian really helped when it came to shipping (and avoiding customs). Great comunication too.

I dont think so, slabs are not vacuum sealed.

Did you just have that one book ship back from CGC to you? Because if so... Ouch!

Thats what I am doing for moderns I would slab. And that way I am sure which grade i am getting. But man, if you think this is bad, did you ever check how much Signature series would cost a Canadian? The only way it works ok is when a LCS or similar local person makes a group order (which is what I did fir Stan Lee sigs back in the day)

Thanks! And to answer my own question, that conserved label is indeed something entirely different, its grey. Market wise, what is the impact on value? Is it on par with GLOD and PLOD?

This whole conserved thing is new to me. Is it a GLOD? And you joke but its true. Glue and slight colour touch already get blue fir GA, no telling how leniant things will get. Also, I edited my comment above to ask a question, could you answer it for me?

Thanks man, was not aware of that! Surprised to see tear seals there, I was sure that would still be restoration. Edit: wait, that means that of I have an old blue label (say around 2010) of a GA book witj staples replaced and have it cracked pressed and graded, it would come back in a conservef label?

The answer is VERY OFTEN. It is actually a standard in the world of golden age books (or at least it was last time I checked) to the point where literally disassembling a book so that you can remove rusty staples and replace them with period staples is not considered restoration. And since rusty staples will be punished in grading there is high incentive to replace those staples. So consider it more a norm than an exception, at least in terms of being an acceptable practice. Also, to answer a question above, even if the staples arent rusted, you may remove them to fix a major spine roll and avoid tearing the centrefold or cover. We have many threads on the subject over the years if you want to learn more about the legitimacy of disassembling books: So, yeah, lots of disassembled books floating around.

Ok so this was my only win from the C Link auction so far (man, the few Fawcetts I wanted went for a high price!). It follows the trend of first appearance or GTFO that I am seeing a lot of in the past 5 years. Showcase 19 second appearance of Adam Strange. Bought this 3.5 graded copy at less than guide price of a 2.5 https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fbids.asp&id=1415233 Clearly, I will buy CGC books and thus have nothing against them (I do like how CGC has standardized the prices/grades for vintage books and asks us to further scrutinize restoration), but I can't help but feel that this being slabbed didn't help the seller maximise their profit in the least. Grading must have cost around $40 when all is said and done while they could have sold this book raw and gotten just as much or more for it. But hey, I ain't complainin', their loss is my gain (no joke, this book in the same grade raw has sold for more https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/showcase-18-adventures-on-other-worlds-dc-1959-condition-vg-/a/121826-11688.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515).

Nice! Glad to see a fellow Fawcett fan. I love how affordable these GA books are.

This has been going on for a while, months now. So much so that Mycomicshop has this message right front and centre on their site for all to read: We are shipping all orders on time, but please expect possible delays in transit. The post office and other shippers are overwhelmed and some shipments may experience significant delays. Some international orders have seen delays as large as 2-6 weeks.

Hello, there is a quality control error on this recently slabbed copy of Detective Comics 400: https://www.cgccomics.com/certlookup/2081315007/ It indicates erroneously that it is a CK Elite Edition, which this is not. I sent a message using your contact form but I am including images here to link to that message.

I want to use both the laughing emoji and sad emoji on your post simultaneously.

As we all know, the Golden Age is the wild west when it came to production standards and there are a myriad of production defects that CGC won't take points off like bindery chips, missing staples, miscuts, odd inks and the like. I am wondering if this is one of them too because I am noticing it on 3 of my GA books. At first glance, it looks like a non colour breaking crease, something due to wear and tear. But when you look closer and especially at the back, it looks more like a production defect, like a crease formed when making that large roll of paper that will be used in the printing press, where we see the connecting fibers. The cease isn't a fold going in one direction or another, instead we have a thin embossed line on both sides. So first question, am I right on this, that it's a production defect and not a crease done after production? Second question, would CGC deduct any points on a defect like this? Third question, the way this is made, would pressing do anything? Would it flatten that embossed line and remove this type of crease or not? Here are some examples:

I have a Detective Comics 400, and everything looked fine. But as I was storing it next to all my other CGC books, I saw the label at the top had the notion "CK elite Edition". I had never seen that before and when I googled it, I could only find examples for modern books (like store variants). I have no clue why that would show up on a bronze age Detective Comics 400 that looks just the same as any other copy. is this a label error?

I will be honest, as a fellow canadian that does not sound too bad. 10$ a book is what I wish I would always pay. However what sucks is you only pay "this low" if you max out everytime, which means you are spending more money one way or another. And the tiers really put a hole in things, you have to make sure that you have 25 books for the same category. So you are more likely to just do moderns that are worth at most $200 rather than those more expensive books which may jump to different tiers depending on the value you estimated being off (or you simply not having enough $1000 plus books to send).

But opening an account with fed ex removes the 10$ brokerage fee customs will charge you.

That's true, If you are selling pricey books on e-bay slabbing is the way to go. But you are in montreal, you can use Kijiji or you could sell them on the boards here https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/forum/63-comics-market-forum-only-selling-area/

You missed a few expenses: 1. Shipping cost form Canada to CGC 2. Taxes on service fee which is noted in the customs form.

Those prices are correct. Its because they have to ship it through priority mail that asks for a signature to ensure that you get your books back. That's the price for their assurance (and yours too). And remember, you will pay that price PER TIER. meaning if you have books that end up being valued differently or from different eras, or if you want one book to be signature series, or if you want some books pressed and others not, they will be shipped seperately back, so that shipping cost can double/triple/quadruple and on and on if you don't spend/ship in bulk. If you are thinking to yourself, "well that might not be worth it", well you'd be right. That's why, as a fellow Canadian, the books I would rather have slabbed, I buy already slabbed and the rest I just keep in a mylar. If you want to sell your books (which is what you indicated), just sell them raw. Gettign them CGC's just eats into your profits.

CGC is rough on stains and water damage. I would say 4.0.

Yes, but by that I mean the book can't be a 10.0 or 9.9.

Ha! What a book!

When did you say that? You just said you thought it was undergraded and asked for our thoughts, and I am telling you it is not undergraded Also CGC never revealed their own standards, I can only give you the grade it's in at the moment, which is 2.5. Since CGC did use the overstreet principles as a basis for their rules, I would not rule 2.5 out of the outcome. I have seen just as many posts of people asking why they got back a low grade on a book that they thought looked better. It can happen to this book too.