-
When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
-
Posts
5,420 -
Joined
Content Type
Forums
CGC Journals
Gallery
Events
Store
Everything posted by scburdet
-
PGM detached cover First app. bloodstone
scburdet replied to ADAMANTIUM's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
Looks like about a 7.0/7.5 minus the detachment (corner crease, a few bends, soiling), but I don't think that would be high enough to convince a CGC grader to give it a qualified grade. Around 3 is the standard for a detached cover. -
PGM detached cover First app. bloodstone
scburdet replied to ADAMANTIUM's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
Can you post the full front & back photos? I believe if the book is significantly higher grade ignoring the detachment, you can get a qualified grade. -
PG This Bats 251: Grade Is In
scburdet replied to BuscemasAvengers's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
I'll be a little more optimistic & say a c/p gets this to 9.0, but I would only invest 8.0 as-is in an offer price -
PGM Fantastic Four 120
scburdet replied to Mr.Fantastic's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
Front: some spine stress lines, something color breaking about the marvel comics bar, outer corners a little rounded. Back: around the smiley face & gift wrapping on the other side is what look like some ink transfer or something. Hard to say from photos. Outside the shadow, it looks like a color breaking line through the BR corner of the business reply card 7.0/7.5 -
PGM Special Marvel Edition #15
scburdet replied to Tom789's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
3.0, outside shot of 3.5 -
PGM - Crime and Punishment #44
scburdet replied to Mars76's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
Exactly my thoughts before I scrolled down to the replies. If it was the spine or the little piece, I would say 7.0/7.5, but combined, maxing out at FN. Still sharp -
about 1/2 dozen World of Warcraft books around the 9ish. Good for a WoW lover, not great candidates for CGC grading at the cost/book. Probably good candidates for your frequent suggestion of Mylar toploaders
-
Basically jives with all I've found. MCS mentions a lot of Byrne story & art in early CPL issues, but not Layton art. Obviously, it was his publication so there could be something in 1-8, but I haven't even seen so much as a blog post with someone showing images of those issue. They must have been around at some point if MCS has them listed. I can't imagine making the inventory entry if there was never anything to sell Felt pretty fortunate that there was even a copy this nice out in the wild for sale. There are others, but a lot look—to be charitable—pretty crappy.
-
Please check out the thread guidelines. 1 book/post w/front & back photos and 3 books/day limit. I don't know WoW comics, but my brief research suggests getting a lot of these graded will be a large expense with little chance of adding value. If these were in pristine condition with a shot of getting a bunch of 9.8s—maybe. From what I can see generally, you are likely to be paying more per book to grade than their FMV.
-
6.5±0.5
-
around 7.0, unless the corner is a production issue. I too doubt that hypothesis. Classic looks better than the grade IMO
-
I am not familiar with the CBCS process other than knowing they do sig verification. The downside to slabbing this one is that the unverified signature will be inside. A green label where you can see the signature allows a buyer to do their own amateur verification. Taking anything on faith with collectables is dicey. Beyond that, you just have to assess based on sales/personal preference whether the investment in signature is worthwhile. Sign/grade is going to be more expensive unless you have a standard tier book, where it will be about the same cost, or a higher tier book where it could be cheaper. A lot of collectors thumb their noses at signed blue chip books, other collectors love them. There's no real rule here other than what you want personally.
-
PGM Master of Kung Fu #19
scburdet replied to atticus.fetch's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
no. Not unless it was near perfect, which this isn't -
PGM Master of Kung Fu #19
scburdet replied to atticus.fetch's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
👈 Huge Man-Thing fan 7.5/8.0 just b/c of the creasing along the outer edge Revise down to 6.0 tops b/c I missed the crease at the BRFC. Kind of blends into the yellow if you're being lazy about scanning the book -
From my new/old hobby of picking up benchmark creators from before they had mainstream success. I'm sure there must be something that pre-dates this, but it's the earliest published pro/amateur art by Bob Layton (cover inks).that I can find. Perhaps more notable for an unpublished Ditko Blue Beetle story
-
The one short color-breaking crease on the BRFC probably set the bar 8.5±0.5
-
PGM - PGM Detective Comics #321
scburdet replied to Mars76's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
7.5/8.0 I can see enough stress lines that break color & ink loss (scuffing?) to expect something just under VF+ or NM -
Maybe I'm seeing things that aren't there, but I see some stuff especially around Nightcrawler's head. 7.5/8.0
-
6.0 on this one too. It's cliché, but this book/series was one that got me into collecting & hunting back issues
-
6.0. The wide shot of the cover looks higher grade.
-
PGM MARVEL PREMIERE #48
scburdet replied to amolinadesigns's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
Possible bindery tears on both corners? slight miswrap, a little bottom edge wear along the front left and the BRFC looks slightly rounded. 9.2±0.2 Yellow covers are pretyy good at hiding stuff, so give it a good going over before you send it to CGC. -
I can't quite tell if the paper is fully intact on the BLFC. If pressed and that's not a large tear, around 6.0