80sFan

On 4/12/2023 at 7:44 PM, Doctor Fate, PhD said:

Curious question in Nintendo power and other retro gaming mags for grading…. Obviously inserts like posters and such need to be intact I know. But Do subscription renewal insert cards need to be intact for a blue label grade? Is the magazine considered incomplete without them? 

Here's one from eBay that got a qualified grade because the subscription insert was missing. If it's partially torn, I'm not sure. I have a few issues of NP that have half-torn inserts but have not submitted any yet.

The Nintendo Power #1 9.8 is now live at Heritage Auctions. Will be interesting to see what it goes for. Also interesting that the Mario Bros. movie is coming out next Wednesday. I think it might have been better to wait until the movie had been out for a 3-4 weeks and list next month, but the movie release still should help.

A Nintendo Power #1 CGC 9.4 just sold for $24,000 (with 20% buyers premium) on Heritage Auctions. It's the highest grade copy, 4 of them of 219 graded. A #31 graded 9.4 (4 graded higher) sold for $4,080.  The market for high grade copies of these seems to be strong.