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CGC's census should show the distribution of grades; GoCollect also shows that information, I believe. I send very valuable keys via USPS registered mail. It's an extremely secure service that guards the package against tampering, requires signature upon receipt, and offers a very high level of insurance.

my point was that there are people that collect both, and just because you don't know anybody that collects a certain thing doesn't mean those people aren't out there.

For what it is worth, I've never met a serious collector of foreign editions, but have met several serious Underground collectors. So your anecdotal evidence means as much as mine. Which is nothing.

Good to know, and congrats!

My fear is exactly this - not that the graders would do it purposely, but that it would be a subconscious thing.

Well played.

If you are talking about the free shipping kit you get with membership, it does not come with a submission form. You can complete and print out your submission form online, on CGC's website, and include it with your comics. You also don't need to use the shipping kit CGC sends out. Any secure form of shipping your books is acceptable (i.e. you can use your own box and materials).

I'm about four longboxes of floppies behind, along with probably 20 tpbs

Don't forget the "light reading bends" that are present here and get mentioned a lot in the grader's notes :P

Lower right spine looks like foxing to me. Near the word "FREE" as well.

Oh, sh*t. There goes the planet.

It's called a "remarque."

I'll take misogyny for $200 please, Alex.

Advice regarding....what, exactly?

My guess is that a press would reduce the rippling (unsure by how much, though), but not any discoloration caused by the moisture.

Switcheroo? No.

Cost. To pay for the entire collection to get graded would cost a fortune. A way to fund that is to sell some of them.

I use GoCollect. You can add to your collection using the CGC registry number and GoCollect will automatically populate all of the information. It's great. As mentioned, it also tracks FMV of each item (and the total FMV of your entire CGC collection), depending on how much you trust GoCollect's FMV reporting.

Being "stuck" in SFG is very different from being "stuck" in Grading/QC. The majority of your comics' time at CGC will be during the "Scheduled for Grading" phase, which can be months depending on what tier your submission is. Quality Control is generally the final phase of the process.

If you still have that Subby, a press might help with the indentations

Well, if I recall correctly, comics at one point went from 3-month advance dating to 2-month dating, so "compression" happened somehow at some point. Marvel hasn't had their dates on their covers for a while, and DC may have just recently (as in, the past year) removed them.

$200 is pretty much my threshold as well, though I've made exceptions for one or two high-grade modern keys whose current FMV is just below that, for the sake of the long game or just to preserve them in a slab because I felt like it LOL. I can't imagine going through all that cost, time, and hassle to MAYBE squeeze a $9 profit, since profit seems to be the motivating factor here.

Don't bother calling. I've had two recent submissions get stuck in Grading/QC for a week. If it's just over a week, I'd wait a little longer.

The front section of Overstreet shows percent changes over the years, but that's by Overstreet guide value. I still would think it would give you the information you're looking for regarding general price increases/decreases due to hype/speculation as well as the financial crisis.