tflor1138 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Hello everyone! I got my hands on these at a parking lot sale for about 5$ a piece and want your opinion. Are they worth the expenditure of pressing/grading? I’ve submitted a few comics for either sig series or personal attachment but I’ve heard these old comics are viewed a little differently regarding condition. Any input is appreciated. Thx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmattioli86 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Unless it’s iron man #1… I wouldn’t bother pressing and grading. You won’t get your ROI but I do really like the cover on issue 3… a nice Mylar bag will do these raw copies wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tflor1138 Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 On 5/15/2024 at 9:48 PM, Bmattioli86 said: Unless it’s iron man #1… I wouldn’t bother pressing and grading. You won’t get your ROI but I do really like the cover on issue 3… a nice Mylar bag will do these raw copies wonders. Yeah I like that issue too. I have some cgc credit and thought about submitting that one as an experiment since I’ve never owned any silver aged comics. They only cost me 5$ a piece (bought because they looked interesting) so I don’t have much into them but I saw that they fall into a different tier/cost because of age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tflor1138 Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 On 5/15/2024 at 9:48 PM, Bmattioli86 said: Unless it’s iron man #1… I wouldn’t bother pressing and grading. You won’t get your ROI but I do really like the cover on issue 3… a nice Mylar bag will do these raw copies wonders. I like the idea of the Mylar bags. Make little art pieces to display in my man cave. Bmattioli86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilskip Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 A nice deal on those. Not sure grading would be worth the time and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q.N.S. Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 It looks from here that #3 and #5 are worth doing the C&P / slab if that's what you want to do. I was almost there with #9 but it has the sun-fade strip. If you look at the CGC census on these, I would draw the line at 7.0... although there are quite a few under that, it looks like around 7.0 is where I'd need to expect in order to do it. you could brush them off with a makeup pad, then scan those and put them up here for a consensus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tflor1138 Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 On 5/16/2024 at 12:38 PM, Q.N.S. said: It looks from here that #3 and #5 are worth doing the C&P / slab if that's what you want to do. I was almost there with #9 but it has the sun-fade strip. If you look at the CGC census on these, I would draw the line at 7.0... although there are quite a few under that, it looks like around 7.0 is where I'd need to expect in order to do it. you could brush them off with a makeup pad, then scan those and put them up here for a consensus See! That’s why I’m here. To see what the more knowledgeable people thing. I’ve never thought of the makeup pad trick and didn’t know scanning and posting was an option. It’s as much an experiment for me to see the results of pressing as an investment thing but I would at least like to break even. So I’ll probably brush off the best one and scan a “before” pic. Probably #3 because I really like the cover. I have some credit so I’ll be using house money. thx for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tflor1138 Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 7’s would be solid. Q.N.S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tflor1138 Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 If i do it, it'll be to get a "before" and "after" results for pressing. I just want to see if It makes a huge difference and hope that i can at least break even on the experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Please check GPAnalysis.com. You have to subscribe it. They record all CGC sales. tflor1138 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
