Which Comic suppliers are the best and grade accurately?

[Bugaboo-migration]

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OK guys.....I've heard that Metropolis is a pretty accurate grader on the comics they sell.

 

Who are some of the other big suppliers that grade accurately?

 

And, do they have fair prices?

 

Please provide website addresses for them if one is available.

 

Thanks.

[The_Man_Of_Steel]

Bug, how does this relate to comics? There is a forum up north for this kind of topic ya know?

[Gorgo]

I agree with Man of Steel, maybe ya got the wrong forum on this one.

[Bugaboo-migration]

You are correct guys.......but the forum up north is dead. Besides.......I just wanted to see who the perverts where in here. You two are elected.

 

Now I'll change this to a comic thread.

[The_Man_Of_Steel]

Ahhh, but who is more guilty, the tempter or the tempted? *sigh* I should have known it couldn't be better than The Pin-Up Files

[Bugaboo-migration]

Oooh-La-La ..............wait a second..........that's not a comic supplier.

[Zonker]

Metropolis got trashed here recently (even before CI's spoof of the petrified-butter anti-pedigree ) but I've found them to be very good. But understand I don't go for that ultra-high grade stuff.

 

If you're at all interested in lower-grade Golden Age, check out

 

tomorrowstreasures.com

 

He does a good job of fully disclosing restoration (and he has a lot of such books ). I've also purchased from

 

fourcolorcomics.com

 

some time ago, but seems their inventory is getting depleted.

 

Cheers,

Z.

[BachelorOfComix]

Since buying raw on ebay can be like walking through a minefield, I also think it would be useful to hear about ebay sellers who know how to grade & those who don't.

 

Cheers,

 

Bachelor of Comics

[Bugaboo-migration]

Good idea BOC.........only problem is.......I'm not getting much action on this thread that I started.

 

[The_Man_Of_Steel]

Anybody have opinions about EAST COAST COMICS ?

[Rickdogg]

Here is a few sellers that I can think of...

 

-"heroes-world" advertised NM- received as VF/NM

-"texasgolfer" advertised a lot of 12 books as NM all received as NM- and one being VF/NM

 

That's about as much as you can ask for on ebay. Like everyone else on here, i'm sure we all have a good amount of grossly overgraded that was purchased off of ebay. I have a few other good graders, but I don't "remember."

 

[The_Man_Of_Steel]

Has anyone posting here purchased comic books from jasons-auctions ?

[The_Man_Of_Steel]

Or how about loisandclark ?

 

I havn't purchased from either of these sellers. The seller "jasons-auctions" appears to be a tight grader, if you read his auction descriptions and some of the feedback people have left. One of the few sellers where I read feedback like "better than expected", and "that is what I call conservative grading". The seller "loisandclark" looks promising too.

[Rickdogg]

Jasons-auctions is a great grader. Very conservative and is usually right on. I met him in person to buy some Marvel Team-ups from him and his NM's were flawless. Greggy buys from "loisandclark" a lot but I have't tried them yet since they mainly have DC's

[Bugaboo-migration]

uhhh....you're two different links take me to the same seller (Jason's).

[Bonds25]

I've bought from loisandclark, and their grading is usually good. I got one shipment with lax grading, and they refunded the full amount and let me keep the comic.

[aardvark88]

U should not have any problems w/ loisandclark. Could also try Red Beard's Book Den in Nevada. No 1/2 price discounts b/c u are paying for quality vintage comics & art.

[The_Man_Of_Steel]

Sorry, I fixed it just for you. Do you have any recommendations?

[The_Man_Of_Steel]

Does ol' Red Beard have a website?

[Bugaboo-migration]

I just got back into collecting recently for the first time since I was a kid and have bought some CGC graded stuff off of eBay. Purchased a little raw stuff from eBay as well, but it's such a shoot and is overgraded more times than it's not. I just ordered my first raw book from a dealer (Metropolis) since I was a kid ordering stacks of stuff from Mile High (when they were the main game in town). I'm anxious to see the book from Metropolis so I can see firsthand how they do.