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80sRockNut

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  1. Apologies in advance if there is a thread that addressed this question, but after several searches, I may be missing it. I am going to attend the upcoming Baltimore comic con and have several comics that I would like to get signed. Looking at my comics, I am hoping to get the signatures in colors that will stand out (I have seen alot of signatures in black Sharpie that can barely be seen). Should I come armed with a wide variety of colored Sharpies, or do most signers have a variety of colors with them? Thanks for your help.
  2. Thank you all for your advice / guidance. I mainly collect cards (sports and non-sports), so I am very familiar with grading cards ... grading cost versus end value. As Bax777 pointed out, I spend 99% of my time looking through the SOLD auctions on eBay. The hard part about researching the comic books was that (a) there were not a ton of graded comics SOLD and (b) the modern graded comics were mostly in the 9.2 to 9.8 range. I did not want to assume that most - or any - of mine would grade out at those levels, but based on the criteria that I read on the CGC grading page, I think that several or many will. With that said, I may have some confusion on CGC's pricing. If I am reading their schedule correct, their base fee for grading a modern comic book is $20. I see that there are additional fees for screening, pressing and restoration, which all seem to be based on the book's FMV. Are there any other fees that I am missing? Also, is it safe to assume that the additional services would probably not be a good investment for these modern comics? Thank you again for all of your help. Lou
  3. Now that I am almost fifty and running out of space on my side of our basement, I finally went through a box of comic books that I bought when I was much younger. It doesn't feel like it was that long ago (I can actually remember buying them), but the calendar says that they are now 35-40 years old. Not sure how that happened, so I was shocked to see that I stored them in plastic covers with cardboard backs. I was an insufficiently_thoughtful_person as a kid - and my wife would say not much has changed - but somehow I kept them in beautiful condition. I am thinking about sending some in to get them graded (and maybe pressed and/or screened), but wanted to get recommendations on which ones to submit first. I scanned through eBay one night, and the issues below look to be good candidates for submission. I appreciate any and all advice. Lou