CGC graded Pulps - my first experience and results. 2 2

[jimjum12]

On 4/24/2024 at 10:45 AM, Robot Man said:

Thanks Andy. I got through and was able to see the graders notes but there is no scan. Maybe they haven’t posted it yet? Or maybe I have to pay extra for it? I did check the census page and my copy is not listed yet. I’m a GA collector. One thing I have learned is patience…

There was a time when the associated scanned image, front and back, was an additional $5. Not sure about current policy. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Edited April 24 by jimjum12

[The Lions Den]

On 4/24/2024 at 4:44 PM, jimjum12 said:

There was a time when the associated scanned image, front and back, was an additional $5. Not sure about current policy. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

From what I understand, for several months CGC has been providing high resolution scans of graded books beneath the grading notes...  

[Hibou]

On 4/24/2024 at 4:44 PM, jimjum12 said:

There was a time when the associated scanned image, front and back, was an additional $5. Not sure about current policy. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

I'll have to check to see if I was charged or not...

Edited April 24 by Hibou

[Robot Man]

Well my first eagle has landed. My first submission to CGC. I dropped this off at WonderCon on 3/29 and got it today. Quicker than I expected. Came back a little better than I expected. I had it at 7.0 so I guess my grading skills aren’t too bad. This slab is THICK! I will have to add on to the comic room if I keep doing this. Now, I wait for my two “value” submissions…

 

Edited April 25 by Robot Man

[Point Five]

On 4/25/2024 at 1:35 PM, Robot Man said:

Well my first eagle has landed. My first submission to CGC. I dropped this off at WonderCon on 3/29 and got it today. Quicker than I expected. Came back a little better than I expected. I had it at 7.0 so I guess my grading skills aren’t too bad. This slab is THICK! I will have to add on to the comic room if I keep doing this. Now, I wait for my two “value” submissions…

 

Wow, beautiful cover and copy.   How thick is the slab exactly?

 

[Robot Man]

On 4/25/2024 at 12:01 PM, Point Five said:

Wow, beautiful cover and copy.   How thick is the slab exactly?

 

Almost twice as thick as a comic book slab. See Hibou’s photo on the previous page. 

[Darwination]

Great color on that Double Detective.

I wonder if people will tend towards experimenting with grading with their most valuable books or the ones in peak shape?

I can't imagine that out of all my many boxes I've got very many that would hit 7.5, and most of those would be girlie pulps that are saddle-stitched with no overhang.

I'm curious what the other ones you've submitted are

 

[Robot Man]

I probably won’t submit many. Cost and storage space. I don’t intend to sell any. They look very pretty in Mylar so what’s the point?

The ones I do will be done if they are high grade or ones I just love the covers for. Trying to get some of the pricier ones done before the prices push them over the top.

So many still fall into the “value” tier. Once graded, I suspect they will tip over to the next tier. So trying to beat the rush as prices rise. Also trying to get some of the more unusual and ones I think are overlooked done.

I’ll post the other ones I submitted when I get them back.

 

Edited April 26 by Robot Man

[Hibou]

On 4/25/2024 at 1:35 PM, Robot Man said:

Well my first eagle has landed. My first submission to CGC. I dropped this off at WonderCon on 3/29 and got it today. Quicker than I expected. Came back a little better than I expected. I had it at 7.0 so I guess my grading skills aren’t too bad. This slab is THICK! I will have to add on to the comic room if I keep doing this. Now, I wait for my two “value” submissions…

 

 

Stunning!  That's a great cover... gorgeous colors.

 

 

[Robot Man]

Got my second submission. Very happy with it. Also came back a bit better than I expected. Got it from Dave Smith years ago. My best grade Yakima. How often do you see white pages on a pulp?

This one also moves around in the slab due to the thickness. I contacted CGC and they noted that the process is new and they are working out the kinks. I suggested putting the thinner ones in a comic slab. 

[Point Five]

On 5/4/2024 at 10:39 AM, Robot Man said:

This one also moves around in the slab due to the thickness. I contacted CGC and they noted that the process is new and they are working out the kinks. [...]

Cool, cool. No hurry. 

 

[Darwination]

Pulps vary so much in thickness from like 68 pages up to who knows how thick Amazing Stories and double and triple rebinds etc. Tricky!

[Darwination]

On 5/4/2024 at 9:39 AM, Robot Man said:

Got my second submission. Very happy with it. Also came back a bit better than I expected. Got it from Dave Smith years ago. My best grade Yakima. How often do you see white pages on a pulp?

This one also moves around in the slab due to the thickness. I contacted CGC and they noted that the process is new and they are working out the kinks. I suggested putting the thinner ones in a comic slab. 

8.5, wow!  Looks great to me, being a Yakima probably doesn't hurt in getting a nice grade ;)

Gloria Stoll Karn is interesting as a woman painter in a field dominated by men (not to mention she's got some excellent covers with many underappreciated ones in the love pulps).  I think (?) the family site that was up has migrated most of the bio info here:

https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/gloria-stoll-karn

and her pulp wiki (nice gallery of her more famous covers here)

http://www.pulpartists.com/Stoll.html

[waaaghboss]

On 5/4/2024 at 7:39 AM, Robot Man said:

Got my second submission. Very happy with it. Also came back a bit better than I expected. Got it from Dave Smith years ago. My best grade Yakima. How often do you see white pages on a pulp?

This one also moves around in the slab due to the thickness. I contacted CGC and they noted that the process is new and they are working out the kinks. I suggested putting the thinner ones in a comic slab. 

Was chatting with a comic shop owner today about yakimas.  Said he bought half the books, and sold most, but still has some nicer ones buried away in his attic (late 30s).  Sadly not interested in selling 😞

[Darwination]

Attic in the NW doesn't sound so bad.  An attic in my neck of the woods however

[Robot Man]

On 5/4/2024 at 2:27 PM, waaaghboss said:

Was chatting with a comic shop owner today about yakimas.  Said he bought half the books, and sold most, but still has some nicer ones buried away in his attic (late 30s).  Sadly not interested in selling 😞

Yeah, Dave Smith got the later half. Sounds like your comic shop owner friend got the earlier half. Sadly, they are scattered to the 4 winds with no providence now.

Not all of them are in very high grade though. Here is another one I got from Dave years ago. I thought it was funny he crossed out the “finest example” statement on the COA…

I like it anyway. Just another cool skeleton cover that seem to be on fire lately, 

[comicjack]

On 5/5/2024 at 11:16 AM, Robot Man said:

Yeah, Dave Smith got the later half. Sounds like your comic shop owner friend got the earlier half. Sadly, they are scattered to the 4 winds with no providence now.

Not all of them are in very high grade though. Here is another one I got from Dave years ago. I thought it was funny he crossed out the “finest example” statement on the COA…

I like it anyway. Just another cool skeleton cover that seem to be on fire lately, 

Your right all Yakima's are not high grade i have about six that are pretty nice but not top copies from what i see out there.The time has come for them to shine for having nice paper and a link to ownership.The copy you have has a great cover some  must have been read more than others like most ot the pedigree books out there.I see Dave has been grading his copies and putting the on ebay he must have been storing then away for years.The pulps are special to me for someone got them and took care of them all those years.I just wished i could have gotten a few more like i did many moons ago but that was not to be 

Edited May 6 by comicjack

[tth2]

On 5/6/2024 at 8:46 AM, comicjack said:

Your right all Yakima's are not high grade i have about six that are pretty nice but not top copies from what i see out there.The time has come for them to shine for having nice paper and a link to ownership.

It'd be great if some of the Yakima owners here could put up some pics of the interior pages of Yakimas and non-Yakimas (preferably from the same time period so we're getting apples to apples) to show what the difference in paper quality is like.

I'm curious on people's thoughts on pulp PQ and whether "Cream" pages will become a collectability dividing line like it has become in comics or whether it's so prevalent that it will have to be acceptable for anyone who wants to own more than a tiny pulp collection.

[waaaghboss]

On 5/5/2024 at 8:49 PM, tth2 said:

It'd be great if some of the Yakima owners here could put up some pics of the interior pages of Yakimas and non-Yakimas (preferably from the same time period so we're getting apples to apples) to show what the difference in paper quality is like.

I'm curious on people's thoughts on pulp PQ and whether "Cream" pages will become a collectability dividing line like it has become in comics or whether it's so prevalent that it will have to be acceptable for anyone who wants to own more than a tiny pulp collection.

Reposting this, it's a pair of early 40s amazing stories.  One of my unrelated submissions got white pages, and they are pretty, but scanning various pulp slabs I've only seen a few with white pages so it would be tough to aim for that imp.

[comicjack]

On 5/6/2024 at 12:38 AM, waaaghboss said:

Reposting this, it's a pair of early 40s amazing stories.  One of my unrelated submissions got white pages, and they are pretty, but scanning various pulp slabs I've only seen a few with white pages so it would be tough to aim for that imp.