CGC'S CURRENT COMPETITION

[MMMarvel-migration]

Hi All. Im new here but I am 35 and started collecting around age 10 in the late 70s. I stopped around 1988 and resumed a few years ago. Anyway Ive got a collection of about 2000 books, hundreds in the 5-20 $ range and about 100 over 50 $ with 50 or so over 100 $ Is it worth it for me to send my top books to CGC ? My top books value 200 as high as 760 on Overstreet ( if my 20 years of grading xp serves me right ). I am suspicious of CGC and think theyre only in it to make money and set themselves up as the bona-fide last word when I doubt they are. Who is to say that a one-inch binder wear is equal to a 1/4 inch crease at the corner ? I know VG, F, VF, NM and M when I see it, why should I send my books to CGC ? Why does this have to be rocket science when dealing with books under 5,000 $ ? If I send, for example, Journey Into Mystery # 88 which I perceieve as in VF, and pay 30 $, is my book worth 30 $+ more to do so ? Is it worth it to have books under around 200 $ sent for CGC ? Another PROBLEM. I have hundreds of old Warren magazines ( Eerie, Creepy, Vampirella etc ). In some instances their worth outflanks my comics. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND why CGC won't grade magazines, its the SAME THING ! All they have to do is make a larger casing for the magazine size. This discreapancy makes me wonder if CGC is merely trying to carve a niche in the comics grading monopoly.

 

I wouldn't send anything for CGC to grade unless it is worth over $200 or so because the fees are so high. Be sure of your grades before sending. Stuff I bought from Showcase New England like TOS #57 9.0-9.2, X-men #100 9.4 came back 7.0 and 8.5 respectively. An Avengers #10, Marvel Feature #1, Marvel Super-Hero #12, and Strange Tales #114 that I thought were 9.0 or better came back 8.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 8.0 respectively. The heartbreaker was a Strange Tales #110 that was sold to me as NM- that I thought was surely at least 9.0 and was offered $1,000 by Metropolis a few years back came back 6.5. I did have some stuff that came back graded at what I thought they would like Am. Spider-man #136 9.6, Tomb of Dracula #10 9.4, and Tales to Astonish #27 4.0. I would be reluctant to send anymore stuff that I perceive as 9.0. It is too expensive and too heartbreaking. If you can, get a second opinion on grading by a knowledgeable person before sending to CGC.

[THE_BEYONDER]

Wanna sell your ASM 136 9.6?

[MMMarvel-migration]

Wanna sell your ASM 136 9.6?

 

Nope. Only one I have.

[Jagull]

On Ebay right now, there are 28 CGG books, 40 3PG books, and 2521 books that are CGC graded.

 

What do you think will be the numbers about a year from now?

 

0 CGG, 0 3PG, 2521 CGC

 

Fire bad... Tree pretty...

 

 

grrrrr

 

arrrg

Mutant Enemy

 

question-

in the long run, will it really matter? after all its in a holder to preserve its current grade.