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What's the most pleasant surprize that you've had

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comicartfan

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I got the idea for this thread after reading something that Bruce wrote regarding a Hulk 180 that he bought unslabbed.

 

So, what was the biggest "surprize" that you recieved when you bought a book ungraded , sent it back to CGC and were blown away....

 

I bought an ASM 40 that this guy had on Yahoo for $150.00 ! - I was new to buying books and had never spent anything near that amount for a book EVER. So, the book comes and I send it to this new grading compnay called CGC..comes back a 9.2 with white pages !!! - 893applaud-thumb.gif Manufactured with one staple, but i didn't care...still got the book and still don't care about the staple....and when this book came back, it was at a time when the 9.2s where going in the 800 range.

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You talkin' about surprised about the CGC grade or surprised about the accurately graded comic?

 

Oh well...I guess mine was the Conan 1 that I took a chance with a BIN at $275 on a low feedback seller and it came back at 9.6 with white pages! thumbsup2.gif

 

Most of my best grades were bought in person though! confused-smiley-013.gif

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Yeah, I am talking about buying on-line mostly.....I bought a book at a store last summer for 9 bucks, figured it had a good chance at a 9.8, came back a 9.8...now in a forum members collection. - But buying sight unseen....Nextlevelmp bought an ASM 129 a few months back ungraded for 260..on Ebay....came back a 9.4...and did the "flipping thing" on Ebay for a BIN of $1100 !! thumbsup2.gif

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Bought an ASM 33 off of a new seller on eBay in "NM" condition w/ a postage sized scan for 100 dollars. Got a 9.2 universal

Picked up a raw ASM 75 off of 1,000,000 Comix for only 50 dollars and amazingly it was a 9.4, even came back a CGC 9.4

 

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Bugaboo-migration

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Which book? The DC Superstars 2? confused-smiley-013.gif

Nah......a Batman #185 (80 pager) that I bought off eBay listed as a NM a couple of years ago. It looked pretty nice and I immediately sent it off to CGC hoping it would come back 9.0 or higher. Came back 9.0 so I was pretty happy with it. Sold it later and got all my money back (including grading fees) when I upgraded.

 

Mikey asked me about that DC Superstars #2 the other day. Still have it ungraded, along with a NM Superman #275 I bought from Metro. As soon as I can find one more of the books I'm looking for in nice raw condition, then I'll join up to get the 3 submission certificates so I can send them in together. thumbsup2.gif

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Which book? The DC Superstars 2? confused-smiley-013.gif

Nah......a Batman #185 (80 pager) that I bought off eBay listed as a NM a couple of years ago. It looked pretty nice and I immediately sent it off to CGC hoping it would come back 9.0 or higher. Came back 9.0 so I was pretty happy with it. Sold it later and got all my money back (including grading fees) when I upgraded.

 

Mikey asked me about that DC Superstars 2 the other day. Still have it ungraded, along with a nice NM Superman #275 I bought from Metro. As soon as I can find one more of the books I'm looking for in nice raw condition, then I'll join up to get the 3 submission certificates so I can send them in together. thumbsup2.gif

Huh? You actually have comics? insane.gif
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Your childhood copy! 893frustrated.gif

That would be #413 and I did bring it home with me from my parents over last Christmas. But I don't have a scanner and only have scans of most of my CGC books. Besides, it really is a POS copy. No cover, and the first wrap on it is pretty ragged. I can give you a scan of the CGC 9.4 copy I used to own and sold because I didn't like the "wave" that was present on the book. confused-smiley-013.gif

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Your childhood copy! 893frustrated.gif

That would be #413 and I did bring it home with me from my parents over last Christmas. But I don't have a scanner and only have scans of most of my CGC books. Besides, it really is a POS copy. No cover, and the first wrap on it is pretty pretty ragged. I can give you a scan of the CGC 9.4 copy I used to own and sold because I didn't like the "wave" that was present on the book. confused-smiley-013.gif

893frustrated.gif893frustrated.gif My memory is fading! insane.gif
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For me it was a Daredevil #43 (black cover with captain america).

I bought it raw $40 on Ebay two years ago. It was described as "MINT", and the seller was apparently not involved in comics 893crossfingers-thumb.gif.

I was afraid to receive a book between fine/very fine but i got a good surprise.

The book was really glossy, with square corners and no flaw at the spine.

 

I sent the book to CGC expecting a nice 9.2/9.4 and got a top census 9.6 NM+ smile.gif .

So yes, it's sometimes happened for real...

Here is the book:

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