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[Hou5eCollectibles]

When I was submitting my gambit issue #1 I didn't notice anywhere to notate it was signed. What is the best way to handle this?

[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.  Label Description | CGC (cgccomics.com)

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!

[Hou5eCollectibles]

What will happen to the certificate of authenticity that I included with the comic?

[Bird]

On 5/31/2022 at 9:19 AM, Jennifer F. said:

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.

 

[revat]

On 5/31/2022 at 4:50 PM, Royal Blue said:

On 5/31/2022 at 3:57 PM, Hou5eCollectibles said:

What will happen to the certificate of authenticity that I included with the comic?

It's thrown in the garbage.

If you are lucky, there's a chance they mail it back to you with your slabbed comic or in a separate envelope.  I don't think its a guarantee though. I'd contact CGC customer service and see if they can help you out.

[Jennifer F.]

On 5/31/2022 at 6:57 PM, Hou5eCollectibles said:

What will happen to the certificate of authenticity that I included with the comic?

Hi, we do try to send those back to the customer but, unfortunately, the certificate can sometimes become separated from the book during the grading process.  If that happens then there is virtually no way to match them back up again later with the volume of books that are working their way through the process.  Since we can't guarantee the certificate will get sent back to the customer we recommend not sending in original copies of any items that customers might want back.  Thank you!