Mavro

Any updates on this? I heard they were reaching out to customers that ordered starting with Z and working their way backwards, but nothing yet at M. 

An email from Frankie’s went out today which included all of the formal court documentation related to the bankruptcy case. The attached is an excerpt related to unrealized preorders. My question, what do we think of this plan? I paid for two graded Dell’Otto books (one signed) and I’m not sure that two ungraded versions of the book make sense as an appropriate settlement  

Also, is this thread a good place to talk about the case or is there another forum somewhere where customers are discussing next steps?

On 1/25/2023 at 5:05 PM, troy.division said:

Sent my gold foil back to CGC today for the mechanical error.
Now the (possibly two month) countdown begins for it to return back...

Luckily, the turnaround isn’t too bad. I just hope mine don’t come back with the same issues again. 
 

Pink arrived today and is about to go hang out with its gold and silver friends in the ME line. At least the QC#6 stamp isn’t scuffed. The book was just graded last week so whatever issues CGC thought they resolved, they haven’t. Paying extra for crazy fast Fast Track isn’t worth it if I have to go through the ME process for every book. Come on, guys. Get it together. 

On 1/9/2023 at 9:07 PM, I like pie said:

Agreed. It's a tough situation for BTC. Like I said, they already sent them back to CGC twice to re-holder for the same problems and they didn't fix it.

BTC was getting a lot of pressure from customers, mostly because of the price tag on the book.

Whether it sold for the original price of $150 or the secondary market price of $1,500, I definitely agree that CGC should never have let these books ship the first time, let alone more than once.

And BTC should have taken care of this instead of making it our problem. 

My gold was delivered today and is going back as soon as CGC sends me the Mechanical Error info. Silver is also going back due to a black mark inside the case. I actually find it insulting that CGC thinks this is acceptable. 

On 2/1/2022 at 8:39 PM, calicomic said:

Neal Adams! I would send in like 100 books.

Unfortunately with his underline health condition I am not sure he will be at any shows

He is truly one of the last remaining great artist from the 60's/70s.

You can actually submit directly to Neal through his site. He’ll sign your books and submit them to CGC for a yellow label. 
 

https://www.nealadamsstore.com/Send-Neal-Your-Book-to-Sign-and-Ship-to-CGC_p_2271.html

Hi,

I have a book that has aged out of the 8-month submission tracking window (Three Jokers), and two more that are about to age out due to the Johns & Co signing delay.  How can we track these books going forward?

Thanks

On 1/18/2021 at 12:35 PM, Rich_Henn said:

Amazing Spider-Man #55 (2nd print 1/50 ratio variant) s/s Patrick Gleason - $245

Three (3) spots only at the moment

I’ll jump in again and say:

1. John Romita Sr
2. Todd McFarlane
3. Brett Breeding
4. Tom DeFalco
5. Mark Bagley again. I just picked up a few new books I would love to send back in.

Any update on this?  Now I need to know how it turned out.

henrydragoo got it right.  They've been getting swamped with submissions for SS events so our comics take a while to go through the process.  I also wish there was more visibility in the process but it is what it is.  It doesn't stop me from refreshing the "Submissions" page every day.

Hi folks,

I was hoping to get some feedback from this great comic community.  I have a CGC 9.8 Action Comics #1000 (blank cover) that I want to submit for signatures, but since I can't choose more than one creator, I am forced to pick just one.  Who do I pick?  Here are my options.  The last three (in blue) are appearing at the same event.  I would do them all if I could.

• Geoff Johns
• Louise Simonson
• Dan Jurgens
• John Romita Jr

I grabbed the image below from Google for reference.

If your primary concern is getting a lower grade then put your 9.8 back in the box.  I get that 9.8+ is everyone's default target, but I've always felt that the signature of someone who actually created the comics we spend so much time and effort collecting is worth more than whatever it says in the top left corner.  I was actually just talking to a friend today about a similar topic.  A 9.8 Bloodshot #1 isn't worth much, but to me, it was the first (and only) comic my father ever bought me.  We were at the Big Apple Comic Show (before if became NYCC) and Valiant was still a new company so the line to buy Bloodshot was short. I treasured that book.  We spent years going to shows tracking down the artists and writers and having them sign around the very cool gold foil. Then one day it rained a little too hard and a leaky roof destroyed my comic along with the handful of other books in my massive 15-book collection.  I've since bought a graded 9.8 Bloodshot #1 and plan on sending it the second someone that worked on it shows up for a Signature event, and if the grade goes down because of it, that's fine.  To me, the hobby of comic collecting is more about nostalgia and connecting with the artists/writers rather than the grade.  I don't even read these damn things.

I would love to see Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding double up for a Sig Series.  I have a stockpile of Superman comics from the 90s that I would send in a heartbeat.  Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove would round out my list.