Purchased signed comic direct from artist 0

[Julian Stovall]

Hello! I apologize if this is already a topic, but I can’t find anything when searching. I recently purchased a comic directly from the cover art artist. It comes with a COA and is sealed with hologram sticker. If I were to submit this comic, would it be graded and placed in a green label slab? Does this take away from the value of the comic? 
 

Thank you! 

[Jennifer F.]

Good morning,

Thank you for your message. If the signing is not witnessed by an authorized CGC witness and directly submitted for grading, then the signature cannot be authenticated for Signature Series. Testimonials, photographs, video recordings, certificates of authenticity and any other proof of signing are not accepted.

Any items that have already been signed would not qualify for Signature Series label.  In most cases they would receive a green Qualified label.  This allows the graders to ignore the signature for grading purposes and the book is not downgraded for the writing. 

 

Generally, at or below a 6.0 the writing/signature on the cover no longer has a significant impact on the grade and our graders may feel it is not necessary to qualify the grade.  They will factor the signature into grade and the book would receive a Universal (blue) label with the same notation of name on cover in marker.

 

Please do not send in COAs but retain them for your records as they are not needed for grading and may not be returned to you.

 

More information on our Signature Series Program can be found at:

https://www.cgccomics.com/signature-series/
 

Thank you!

[DminArt]

Heylo ... I'm an artist (not the artist mentioned by the original poster I am sure) ... but figured my question is relatable.
So I would like to know, how would I submit my custom sketch covers to be graded for a yellow label for my clients
 

[revat]

On 2/17/2022 at 1:26 PM, DminArt said:

Heylo ... I'm an artist (not the artist mentioned by the original poster I am sure) ... but figured my question is relatable.
So I would like to know, how would I submit my custom sketch covers to be graded for a yellow label for my clients
 

nothing wrong with asking here, but it may warrant its own question thread too. 

There is a more official answer you should probably get on the CGC website, and you should almost certainly dig around the cgc website for the "Signature Series" specific email/number if you can find it.

But basically, they will send you a form.  You can fill it out with all your particulars, and it will probably require some type of proof of ID.  And then send all that stuff to CGC, and you'll be in the system.  Then you will be able to submit another form with all of your submissions to CGC for appropriate CGC SS processing.  There may be some fees and/or memberships involved, or the process might not be exactly like this, but it'll be something similar.  Either way, I think best to dig around the CGC website for the right customer service contact and ask.