Popular Post Joel0109 Posted January 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) I buy a lot of raw comics off of eBay and have around 100 graded comics. I usually buy my graded comics already graded rather than chance it and send in raw comics to CGC for grading. I took a chance a few months ago and bought a raw copy of Amazing Spider-Man #135 off of eBay for a little over one hundred dollars. I sent it in to CGC to be pressed and graded. I received an e-mail today from CGC telling me that me book was finished and is currently being shipped back to me. When I checked their website to see what grade it received, I was very surprised to see that it received a 9.6 with white pages. Not bad I guess for a hundred dollars plus the cost of pressing and grading. I’m quite happy about it. Edited January 26, 2023 by Joel0109 Morganmi, comic_memories, MattTheDuck and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning55 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Great score, Joel! A recent sale showing in gpa was $1440 for a 9.6. You hit the jackpot! Usually posts that start off "I bought this raw comic on eBay" are complaining about the seller advertising one grade and the book coming back MUCH lower from CGC. Glad to see it work out in a positive direction for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledgehammer Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Before photos? It can't be the one I just looked at that sold for $130, with the 1/2" tear in the logo, that the seller called "unread". I think I spotted one the seller called "fine" with 2 big creases on the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_highgrade Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 What's the sellers eBay handle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledgehammer Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 7:57 AM, mr_highgrade said: What's the sellers eBay handle? Please don't post the seller's Ebay ID. Send me a PM with it. Lazyboy and MR SigS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 That's VG price! You done good. I hope you gave their other items due consideration when you were buying ASM 135! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joel0109 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2023 Here it is. Showed up in the mail today. Spider-Variant, Frisco Larson, Morganmi and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP_Gresham Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Great find, and so rare! Not often I get a true NM raw on eBay. I think my personal best was Marvel spotlight #32. I won it at auction for like $43 or so. It graded 9.8 white pages. Mostly it is drive-by grading on the bay’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 6:38 PM, Joel0109 said: I took a chance a few months ago and bought a raw copy of Amazing Spider-Man #135 off of eBay for a little over one hundred dollars. I sent it in to CGC to be pressed and graded. I received an e-mail today from CGC telling me that me book was finished and is currently being shipped back to me. On 1/25/2023 at 7:20 PM, Lightning55 said: Great score, Joel! A recent sale showing in gpa was $1440 for a 9.6. You hit the jackpot! The real surprise here and the jackpot is that he sent the book in only a few months ago and yet somehow managed to get it pressed, graded, and back from CGC in such a short period of time. I know a friend who sent their books in for pressing and grading back in November of 2021 and they have yet to be graded by the boys at CGC. No worries though as he had told me that he didn't expect them back until sometime in 2023, so I guess it's still on schedule as far as he's concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning55 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 I had 50 comics arrive at CGC for grading (no pressing) on 1/24 and graded by 1/26, shipped 1/27. It's crazy fast now for Moderns. But don't blink, cuz it could change in the other direction at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 2/3/2023 at 5:37 PM, Lightning55 said: I had 50 comics arrive at CGC for grading (no pressing) on 1/24 and graded by 1/26, shipped 1/27. It's crazy fast now for Moderns. But don't blink, cuz it could change in the other direction at any time. It sounds as though they must have provided you with their Walkthrough service or is this their new LIFO (i.e. Last In, First Out) processing strategy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning55 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 My last 9 orders shipping this year have averaged 7 days in/out at CGC, all orders of 25 Moderns each. My last one was also a 3 day turn, no fast tracking. djzombi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 With all of the hiring that they did last year to staff up for the boom in submissions, I guess they must be in a similar situation to the now overstaffed tech companies who are in big time layoff mode. Especially since submissions are most probably dropping like a rock with the falling prices for the books combined with the apparent departure of the newbies who just hopped onto the bandwagon during the pandemic. I assume the vintage non-Modern side of their grading operations are still probably in catch-up mode for now since it's probably a different set of more experienced graders working there. Even here, submittors will probably not be complaining about year long turnaround times once they do catch up on their backlog from last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djzombi Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Economy tier now down to 150 day TAT, down from 155 a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
