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JohnM2020

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  1. Chat forum is entertaining with some responses from the collective wisdom of the forum. With risk of getting some of the ridicule in this thread on COAs (being addressed dozens and dozens....), I'll ask it another way. What is CGC policy towards COAs and where is it posted? Below are references from the CGC webpage, which isn't too clear of a policy statement w/r/t COA. Here's a scenario I'm trying to understand as a "noobie" to CGC & forums. If I send a comic for signature to qualified signatory company, Desert Wind, I get a COA. When I get the comic and COA back, and at some later date decide to get the comic graded, will CGC accept the COA for grading and the yellow signature series label? From below, I can infer that the CGC position is to get the comic sent from Desert Wind to CGC (as is offered), otherwise CGC won't grade and provide the yellow signature series label to preclude intentional fraud/forgery. I can ask CGC but thought I'd ask the collective. If nothing else, it gives some members yet another opportunity to practice and sharpen their sarcasm. Thank you. What if my book has a COA (Certificate of Authenticity)? Please do not send COAs to CGC along with your books. We will not need them and cannot guarantee that they will be returned along with your submission. and this from 2001. CGC's New SignatureSeries Service CGC is pleased to announce a new service called the CGC Signature Series. Finally, the comic book hobby will have a way of knowing that the signature on a comic book they purchase is a legitimate signature of their favorite professional and not a forgery. By CGC Before this, a collector would buy a signed comic book and get a piece of paper, called a "certificate of authenticity" stating when and where the comic book was signed and who signed it. Unfortunately, there is no way to know if another comic with a forged signature was given to them with that piece of paper. The CGC Signature Series offers an excellent way to authenticate an artist’s or writer’s signature and prevent the buyer from unknowingly purchasing a forgery. The comic book will be signed by the artist or writer and, along with the correct, corresponding documentation to ensure authenticity, sent directly to CGC for certification. That comic book will get the same impartial, expert, third party grading you expect from CGC, but it will also be given our new yellow label stating who signed the comic book, the date it was signed and then put in our state-of-the-art CGC tamper evident holder.
  2. Bottom line 'newbie' question up front: Is there any appealing a grade? BACKGROUND Collection goes back many years and I realize there's a lot of storage considerations I should have done that I didn't. Regardless, new to the whole pressing, grading and signature that is available in today's comic world. I 'leaped' at the opportunity to have Claremont sign multiple comics and I am extremely disappointed in the hit/miss for grader notes and cannot understand the lack of consistency of grading IF you have grader notes (phone call to CGC disabused me of any notion that if you pay for grader notes you'll get them....). Additionally, I paid for pressing on all comics sent in (yes, acknowledge all the chat room advice/commentary -- no guarantees on pressing). I got back one of my comics grading out @ 5.0 which is about 3 grades below what this newbie's "untrained" eye and examination thought. What I cannot understand is it came back with ONLY 2 grader notes! 5.0 - light spine stress lines to cover - moderate creasing to cover Another comic had one note: 9.4 - light creasing to cover Another comic had one note: 9.4 - light spine stress lines to cover What really made come on line to ask this question is that I also had one comic I knew was in good condition at best and didn't have high expectations. I just wanted the signature and was not surprised/disappointed when it came back 4.5, with LOTS of grader notes. 4.5 Grader Notes: moderate creasing to cover moderate spine stress lines to cover moderate staining to cover moderate wear all corners of cover subscription crease back cover breaks color
  3. 2020 Noob question. Jim Shooter is lined up for the CGC signature series and he has credits for scripts, editor/editing, and Editor/Editor-in-Chief. What I've not been able to determine is there any 'value' to his signature as the "Editor/Editor-in-Chief" vice editor/editing an issue or series?