What Grade do you collect?

[Trev]

There's a lot of discussion here about high grade books. I'm wondering what grades folks generally collect in, by age. I'm using CGC grade ranges, but if you collect raw, just map into them. I'll assume that Modern collectors prefer VF+ or better.:

 

 

[Jeffro.]

1.8s excusively. I'm willing to trade down from higher graded copies.

 

[steveinthecity]

I'm interested in more what book it is. The grade is secondary to what I can afford or is available in the market.

[Trev]

good to see a few more people will consider good mid grade stuff. I really love 9.0+ books, but I'm nearly as happy with a 6.5-8 and then to occasionally luck into a 9+ silver book is awesome.

[Whizzer]

I would rather buy 5 or 6 nice presenting books in the 6.0 to 8.0 range than 1 nm. A 7.0 with nice eye appeal can look awesome in a Mylar, and I get to hoard more books that way!

[oakman29]

No matter what age the book is,always I buy what I can afford.If there is a well presenting big key with good page quality, that's good for me.Copper through Modern are 9.8s,but I have alot of big keys that are in the 3.5-5.0 range in my sig. line that I am more than proud to own.

[Marty Mann]

Now that I'm finally getting my GA collection graded...I guess I would say I collect 4.5 to 6.0.

 

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[Trev]

No matter what age the book is,always I buy what I can afford.If there is a well presenting big key with good page quality, that's good for me.Copper through Modern are 9.8s,but I have alot of big keys that are in the 3.5-5.0 range in my sig. line that I am more than proud to own.

 

Yep, in order for me to afford most keys, I've had to dip down into the 3-4 range, but always looking for a well presenting book.

 

Very hard for me to go below 3 -- it's going to make it hard to get my first FF 1, AF 15, or ASM 1 . . . but those may end up being the last books I buy in those runs anyway.

[Whizzer]

Yeah, but in your case, you've had the pleasure of owning your books for 65 years plus and they were near mint when you originally bought them, for me that is pretty cool. (thumbs u

[Marty Mann]

Thanks...when I bought them I didn't even know I'd have them for all these years. I remember

having to decide if I should spend my dime for a new comic...or spend it on a new YO-YO.

 

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[comicdonna]

Golden age 4.0 to 8.0

[mintcollector]

Near mint and above all the way!

[Marty Mann]

I said I was grading my GA books and they were graded between 4.5 and 6.0...now I got

my ALL-STAR #38 graded at 6.0...my FLASH #98 at 5.5 and my CAPTAIN AMERICA #60

at a 7.0. Wow...surprise, surprise. Next I guess I'll try my BATMAN #47 and SUPERMAN #53.

 

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[Trev]

I said I was grading my GA books and they were graded between 4.5 and 6.0...now I got

my ALL-STAR #38 graded at 6.0...my FLASH #98 at 5.5 and my CAPTAIN AMERICA #60

at a 7.0. Wow...surprise, surprise. Next I guess I'll try my BATMAN #47 and SUPERMAN #53.

 

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Wow. Great books Marty! You bought them all off the stands right? Amazing.

[Marty Mann]

Yes...most of them came from a newsstand on Bloomfield Avenue in Newark, NJ.

I only wish I had bought more...but in those days a dime was hard to come by.

 

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[dlfrostjr]

As a new collector, my first goal is just to find and replace the books I had as a kid. Late 60s - 70s. Some books like ASM 90 - 130 and Mike Grell 's Warlord series really meant a lot to me so I have no issue spending a bit more for those. I have yet to try the waters of GA, but when the time comes I am pretty sure they will be 3.0 and lower already CGC'd.

 

Cheers.

[Batman1fan]

Golden age and silver age, I try to get at least good condition, and for bronze age I try to get at least fine. As long as the book is complete and not brittle, it's a contender for me.

[Deanokeeno]

I love old comics to look like they're not new. The patina of an old comic, even through a slab has a charm all of its own. So for me if it's silver age, around 5 to 7 is my sweet spot.

 

Anything after the mid 70s however, needs to be a topper.

[Gotham Kid]

SA Marvels (1965-1969) in 9.8

 

When I'm done ... we'll see about SA Marvels 1961-1964

[dr_manhattan]

I only collect golden age in slabs, so about 5.0-8.0.