Famous Monsters Forryever

On 11/21/2022 at 2:44 PM, The Lions Den said:

A sharp copy of a scarce book, and if it's genuine (which appears to be the case) the Zacherley signature is a nice bonus...  

 

Thank you!  One of my collection favorites because of the signature.  It fits so well on the cover.  And that silver sharpie!  Purchased it raw on EBay about a year and a half ago.  I was sweating I was going to get the dreaded GREEN label.  Very relieved. 

On 11/14/2022 at 6:44 PM, FoggyNelson said:

Looks better than 8.0👍

I think it's the unverified signature that dinged it. :/

I have 6 silver age magazines across 2 submissions that were in for Standard Magazine service, SFG 6/2 and 6/13 respectively.  Current TAT is 15 days so I emailed CGC 2 weeks ago.  They are searching for the books....  

Emailed them a week later for an update and received the following:  

I am still waiting for an update from my internal team at this time.  We are currently sorting through hundreds of submissions to locate yours and try to push it through for you. We do appreciate your patience and understanding. Please let us know if you have any additional questions. 

Fingers crossed!

**************** Update ***************

Both submissions just went GEI!  

On 6/2/2022 at 1:41 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Please hold, your call is very important to us and will be answered by the next available agent.

 

LOL!

Please press Alt-H for IQ Test. 

Sorry, old joke from the BBS days...

On 5/16/2022 at 9:06 PM, joeypost said:

Anyone see any movement on economy books?

FWIW my Economy MAGAZINE order from 9/28/21 went GEI a couple days ago.  About the same time Magazine STANDARD jumped from 41 to 70 days.

On 4/27/2022 at 7:38 PM, Iceman399 said:

Haha 8/10 and don't have a ship notification and can't seem to get to my old order as I don't have the stupid cgc number just the order number which isn't working

I am 9/28 Economy Magazine.  With a 187 day TAT, my handy dandy business day calculator states I should be seeing my books by .July 1 2022.

On 4/28/2022 at 12:49 PM, universal soldier said:

Without fully knowing what is under the hood, yes I think so. The submission tracking page is just data output so it should be that simple.

It's hard to say.  Surely it would have been done if it was simple, right?  My guess is that they archive older records off onto a different server.  Which requires the API to search for the CGC order number in the archive.  So a bit of a redesign might be in order?  

Alec

Hello!  First time posting here.  Hope you can help!

Set: Famous Monsters of Filmland
Slot: Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up Handbook nn

A 9.4 sold for $1500 in the last year.  This book, from 1965, has been sought after for as long as I remember.  A Universal 9.4, highest graded, only grades out at 150 points.  Can this be adjusted?

Thanks

Alec

Unable to find current pricing data for this issue

Beautiful classic cover of Famous Monsters of Filmland #17.  This one has seen better days.  Odd crease(?) on the obverse lower spine.  Several pics provided.  I thought it was tape at first but closeup, I don't think so?  Thanks for you opinions!

Alec

On 1/2/2022 at 7:33 PM, Lord Gemini said:

CCS is killing me...

I've had a magazine economy order Received at CCS since 4/27.  It recently fell off the 8 month "Submission Status" page and I can't lookup it's status again until it is SFG at CGC.  Good times....

Alec

On 12/30/2021 at 10:36 AM, wombat said:

Thanks. Mine were received on 5/12 so in theory I should be a few weeks behind you. But I'm still sitting at GEI. When did your books move to grading/QC if you remember?

About 3 weeks ago

On 12/29/2021 at 11:15 AM, wombat said:

I have probably asked you this before, but the 4/27 date. Was that when it was delivered or when they marked it as received?

Received by CGC.  I believe I mailed it to them at the end of March 2021.

Alec

Magazine Economy Received 4/27 just shipped.

Alec

4 Books Magazine Economy received at CGC 3/23/21 just SHIPPED. 

Alec

On 12/14/2021 at 10:52 AM, wombat said:

Magazine economy? And is that date "delivered" or marked as received? 

Yes, Magazine Economy...sorry.  

My 4 book magazine order received 3/23/21 just moved from GEI to Grading/Quality Control.

Alec

On 12/8/2021 at 10:51 AM, wombat said:

Any magazine economy updates? Probably pointless, but trying to estimate mine that was received on 5/12 (delivered 4/8). No pressing. 

Postcards from MagazineLand....The lower picture is an order so old it has fallen off my main queue...What is the contact avenue to get some CGC support?

On 12/1/2021 at 11:44 AM, Holku said:

I sent in around 100 Modern books to CCS in March and April of 2021, and they all still say 'Received at CCS'.  With  current turnaround times at CCS and CGC, when should I expect my books?  August or September of 2022?  Also, my CGC membership ran out in October of 2021.  Am I going to have any issues with billing since my membership ran out almost a year before I receive the books (more than 6 months after I sent them)?  I have a few hundred silver age books I'd like to send in, but with the membership length being only a year and it taking almost 2 years between sending books in and getting them back, I really don't want to make things confusing and super costly.  Are there any better, cheaper options I should be considering?

I am in the exact same boat with regards with a CCS/CGC order I placed in late March.  I am still "Received at CCS" and I can't see which books are in that order yet.  I would suggest avoiding CCS and using a third party presser.  This has worked for me very well this year after seeing how badly CCS is performing.

Alec

On 11/30/2021 at 2:18 PM, Skullk said:

Deja vu!

 

Sorry for the cross-post, but the problem clearly has not been addressed yet 

Alec