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[PEPE633]

On 6/2/2023 at 3:52 PM, Axelrod said:

Just looking at the "10" graded books is fascinating.  Apparently there's a whole thing with "Pure Silver Foil" editions of books that basically all get graded "10".  

I mean, Amazing Spider-Man 1 Pure Silver Foil (2023) has 745 graded copies in the census and 741 of them are "10"s.  And Incredible Hulk 1 Pure Silver Foil (2019) has 475 copies and 417 are "10"s.  That must have been some kind of pre-arrangement with CGC, yes?  

Looks like the book with the most "10" CGC grades that might have been from actual customers sending the book in could be Batman: Damned 1 (2018) and there are 379 CGC "10" graded copies of that out there, out of 3557 total graded.  And the "variant" cover for that book also has an absurdly high number of "10" grades, 319 out of 2452.  

Something probably going on there as well.

The numbers do not lie as it pertains to the Silver foils, except there are a few facts being overlooked.  First, most (not all) of the silvers foil Marvels had a max print of 1,000, making them rare in any grade.  For instance, the Avengers 1 and the TOS 39 may have had print runs of approx 250 vs the 1,000 due to issues / Covid / etc. Second, while the quantities in grade are becoming a larger and larger percentage of the total print of 1,000, that was not the case in the earlier Marvel foils whereby much smaller numbers were printed, and much smaller percentages are graded. That and CGC does not track the First release designation which is the creme of the crop. In many cases, the FR graded copies, in any of the grades, are less than half of that population at grade. Finally, the good news about the foils is that once 30 days pass from the print date, no more FR grades are granted from CGC. And as most of these silver foils can only get a 10.0 or a 9.9 fresh from the factory, most of those CGC populations of 9.9 and 10.0 are now static and will not move up as it tends to do over time with most books. Devil in the details, and you have to see all the facts.

 

[MAR1979]

On 6/2/2023 at 11:53 AM, valiantman said:

90,642 books graded only once.

That either means the books are worthless or "SINGLE HIGHEST GRADED!" (but probably both). 

Here's 2 and you are correct! Must have had too many beers then submitted them whilst in a stupor.

 

Edited August 29, 2023 by MAR1979

[Lazyboy]

On 8/28/2023 at 1:11 PM, PEPE633 said:

you have to see all the facts

Yes, with the most relevant being that those are garbage. Ridiculous manufactured collectibles, not comics.

[Poutine]

Numbers don't lie

There really are that many stupid people out there buying garbage