RockMyAmadeus Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Wow - nice haul - is that FIVE Sandman #1 CGC 9,8 SS copies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsJustRyan Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 @LoneTree Nice haul B! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rittai Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Fresh from CGC - 1st 9.9 I own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-man Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Cool book Awesome avatar (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Fresh from CGC - 1st 9.9 I own Nice books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) it was bad enough trees died for those books, now defenseless plastic globules met their maker too Edited November 13, 2013 by paperheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue808 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 it was bad enough trees died for those books, now defenseless plastic globules met their maker too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phicks Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 What is the typical condition of a brand new comic on the shelf at the LCS? When I see people getting comics released a month ago graded and slabbed as 9.8, I wonder how rare that really is. I have come to understand that CGC finds tiny flaws that prevent even most brand new comics from achieving 9.9 or 10.0. But if I send in a copy of this week's Batman from the middle of the LCS stack with no visible damage or marks that I can see, what would that comic usually rate at CGC? 9.6? 9.4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIJOEISAWESOME-migration Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I see generally 9.4. MY LCS keeps some of the copies in Bags and boards, even on new issues. I find those are usually 9.8's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Marino Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Depending on the title, I think that 30% of the rack is usually 9.8, and at least 80% of what they put in my bin is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slym2none Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 What is the typical condition of a brand new comic on the shelf at the LCS? When I see people getting comics released a month ago graded and slabbed as 9.8, I wonder how rare that really is. I have come to understand that CGC finds tiny flaws that prevent even most brand new comics from achieving 9.9 or 10.0. But if I send in a copy of this week's Batman from the middle of the LCS stack with no visible damage or marks that I can see, what would that comic usually rate at CGC? 9.6? 9.4? It depends on how the people handle them at the shop. I'd say over 90% of the books out of the Diamond boxes are 9.6-9.8 most of the time. But I know there are people working at the shops that don't care about the comics like some of us do. I used to pull comics and put them in the "folders" (really, paper bags) for the people who subscribed at my LCS and I treated the comics like royalty. The manager of the shop? Grab, and stuff. It was painful to see sometimes, when a subsciber had a large list and hadn't been in 2-3 weeks, the manager would stuff 2-3 more comics in an overfilled bag rather than get a second bag. I'd always go behind him later and get a 2nd bag, and relieve the poor comics of the stress of being packed too tightly. I also pulled my own books, too. I can guarantee that the later part of my OO collection of mutant books are 9.6-9.8 at the least. Last I saw, this shop used to put books out flat, on a table, for people to get their copy from. No bags or boards, you can buy those at the register for 25¢ extra. I never liked that. Shops close by, newer shops, all B&B the new comics on the rack, and I admit, I like that better for two reasons: 1) people can't shuffle through the comics on the rack and mess 'em up and 2) sometimes the employee behind the register doesn't care about the comics as much as you do. -slym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azkaban Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 What is the typical condition of a brand new comic on the shelf at the LCS? When I see people getting comics released a month ago graded and slabbed as 9.8, I wonder how rare that really is. I have come to understand that CGC finds tiny flaws that prevent even most brand new comics from achieving 9.9 or 10.0. But if I send in a copy of this week's Batman from the middle of the LCS stack with no visible damage or marks that I can see, what would that comic usually rate at CGC? 9.6? 9.4? It depends on how the people handle them at the shop. I'd say over 90% of the books out of the Diamond boxes are 9.6-9.8 most of the time. But I know there are people working at the shops that don't care about the comics like some of us do. I used to pull comics and put them in the "folders" (really, paper bags) for the people who subscribed at my LCS and I treated the comics like royalty. The manager of the shop? Grab, and stuff. It was painful to see sometimes, when a subsciber had a large list and hadn't been in 2-3 weeks, the manager would stuff 2-3 more comics in an overfilled bag rather than get a second bag. I'd always go behind him later and get a 2nd bag, and relieve the poor comics of the stress of being packed too tightly. I also pulled my own books, too. I can guarantee that the later part of my OO collection of mutant books are 9.6-9.8 at the least. Last I saw, this shop used to put books out flat, on a table, for people to get their copy from. No bags or boards, you can buy those at the register for 25¢ extra. I never liked that. Shops close by, newer shops, all B&B the new comics on the rack, and I admit, I like that better for two reasons: 1) people can't shuffle through the comics on the rack and mess 'em up and 2) sometimes the employee behind the register doesn't care about the comics as much as you do. -slym (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianh Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) Couple of Neal Adams SS and Stan Lee/Joe Sinnott SS FF48. Thanks to DWC Edited November 13, 2013 by ianh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 What grades did you have them pegged at before you submitted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianh Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 About what they came back at. Bought the Batman 251 from a boardie here who pegged it at 8.5 so that was pretty darn close so I'm happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny545 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 One of my favorite Strange Tales: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP_Gresham Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Fantastic looking book, and an incredible run you have put together. Congratulations Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny545 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Thanks much Bill. Hope to get photos up of all of the new ST's this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
