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Get video. Very informative!

every time someone spends big money on a wolverine 1 or a new mutants 98, I want to scream. those were printed in the hundreds of thousands, that means, if there are currently 80,000 comic collectors, there are 4 to 10 copies of those comics for each collector. not only are they not rare, they are common.

Leeloo: "Mulit-pack edition....mul-ti-pack..." Korben Dallas: "Yes, it's a multi-pack edition!"

"census rarity" I like that phrase. This idea of actual rarity vs census rarity is key to understand. Someone should draw a Venn diagram of census count, issue significance, and demand; if you only have 2 of those, your book might not be as valuable as you think. Not saying it's not worth anything, just saying it's not worth as much as you think. Or there are factors that limit how valuable a book can be.

Great stuff bro. I would say that the two CGC 9.8's of a comic that I own are census rare. If there's another phrase for saying there are none other on the census than these two that I own, than that it would be that. In addition, I would say that the comic itself could be considered scare/ghost. It's a 1:10 ratio with a print run of Cover A being around 4,850. That would put the max copies of this 1:10 in the 400s, maybe less. I own a total of 4 copies--two graded and two raw. What can I say, it's one of my favorite comics! 🙂

This hobby will never die. As soon as it gets under a grand I’m buying up all the AF 15s 😂😂

50 shades of rarity

Yes! Definitely! ALWAYS check the back covers! Buddy sent in an Alias 1 that looked like a real 9.8 candidate in the bag/board. Came back at a 6.0 due to a heavy crease in the back cover that was easily seen in the slab.

They are lying and refuse to press books they received perfectly flat - with no stress - back to flat.

I actually have that big shot 70 as well :)

I got a 9.2 green label on a web of spidey 118 because the cover was slightly detached from the top staple. Staple was still there and staple was still holding the whole book together. I thought green was for missing pages and unverified sigs???

Deos CGC charge more if you don't have a comic which is a standard size? For instance those smaller books you used to get a shoe stores.

Isn’t that kind of a conflict of interest seeing as how the higher the grade the more it’s worth so the more you have to pay them?

We don't need more collectors, we need more readers. If you can get readers then you'll get collectors. But if the current comics are not interesting to most then the hobby will eventually die.

Very useful video.

Back in 1999 I sold a comic on eBay that had a small date stamp on the front cover. Got a complaint from the buyer, even though the listing photo clearly showed the stamp. But I did not describe the date stamp in the description. I sent him a scan of the Overstreet grading guide that stated that small date stamps that do distract from the cover art do not affect the grade. Buyers response was “never heard of Overstreet”

Printed media is dying.....I don't know what that means for collecting old books.....but it's not good for the future of the hobby

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I have a book that is missing half the back page and missing 3” x .33” piece right above the back lower corner and it got a 5.0. Was in the first group of books i submitted and didn’t take pictures before i sent it in.

I sincerely like this channel. I'm an old ETA nick fan and this is just as great. You're serious, you don't tell people to buy crap and you do your research. Thank you

Personally, I think that a book with a JSA authenticated signature and a non authenticated signature should get the green/yellow label. Very similar in the sense that there is a real signature on the book, but with defects like fake signatures or missing pieces of the book.

I passed on a graded book in an auction this week. A 6 grade on a 4 book.

I've encountered so many sellers who seem annoyed when I ask to see the center and back of a boom out of the sleeve. They expect me to buy based on the cover.

The minutia with signatures getting yellow, yellow/black, or blue labels is interesting - I didn't see those details since the JSA verification started

CGC once misgraded an entire 25 book submission of mine as 9.0 (zero grader notes, of course). It's why I haven't bothered to contact customer service regarding bendgate. I talked to several CS reps about the submission and they told me what happened couldn't happen. Even though it would've been super easy to verify they made a mistake, they wouldn't even entertain the idea if I paid for everything. They simply can't admit that kind of wrong-doing. I cracked and re-submitted and most got a 9.8 without pressing in-between. It's probably an exceedingly rare mistake, but you never know. Props on fixing that Superman label.

Ryan, great video. I enjoy all your videos but this one hit the spot for me because learning to grade is currently what I'm into. I haven't purchased any grading guides yet but just trying to learn by example. Like I recently learned that my Wolverine 3 limited series with a fingerprint on the cover can still get a 9.6.

I just got a book graded with a similar finger bend crease on the front cover. It was damaged by my presser and sent anyway. CGC gave it a 9.6. They are really all over the place

For that conserved Superman 2, I’m surprised that such strong tidelines remain. Usually those are greatly reduced by an aqueous bath for deacidification. Did you explicitly request no cover cleaning? (I noticed the graders notes didn’t say cover cleaned.)

Great breakdown on that 9.0. I generally lay my comic on the backing board (Silver/Gold size which is larger than the comic), and slide it into the bag. Doing it that way greatly reduces the chances of the book sliding along the inside of the bag. IMO: to show transparency in the grading process, there should be graders notes for anything less than a 10. That’s likely not to happen though. 🧐

Interesting how they can't spot a married cover on a book like Superman 2. I would have thought books like that go directly to the most experienced graders

Hi Ryan, Did you stop buying books? Making unboxing videos?

one of Frazettas favourite lies was that he never uses reference of any kind, and all his work comes from his imagination. Of course we know this is not true, in fact he used reference all the time tracing offf images of himself in different poses, swiping poses from other artists like Foster, or recruiting other artists to do some of the work for him. He would do flashy work for himself and claim it was a commission. He also gives almost no credit to his wife, which is very strange, perhaps because her advice was to give up fantasy which was poorly paid and take up abstract painting-he did have a family to support....yes? He stuck at Fantasy because the mostly redneck fans idolised him and fed his ego there but in the fine art world he would have been regarded as lower than a flea.

For a lot of the major Marvel keys Incredible Hulk 1 is one of the rarest so it makes sense it will keep its value better than a lot of other books

All great Books. What is your criteria or reason why you did not send the shown books to CGC? Wouldn't you get more $$$?

Fool.

I have an honest question: why does CGC continue to be the market leader for graded books considering all of the problems that they continue to have? I don't have a horse in this race at all, but it seems that there are better options available. For example: 1. CBCS has more robust slabs and a more strict and consistent set of grading guidelines. 2. PGX has very compact slabs that fit all sizes of books including magazine size and they still fit in standard size graded bins. 3. EGS has UV resistant slabs and completely customizable labels. Etc etc etc. I'm legitimately curious to know why people still bother with CGC.

This whole thing is absolutely ridiculous. They will never ever admit to it because they'll have to pay out a lot of money. I had two books messed up from this and cancelled 30 I was submitting. You should mention this if you do another one in the subject. They have quietly and with no warnings given blocked 11 of us so far from commenting further on that particular main post. We've got a private message group together. How do you make it seem like a post is losing steam and losing interest? Spend a week or two picking off the more vocal people and people following it will start to think the threat is slowing down and that people who are upset are over it now. Insider tip, in the next several weeks you'll be hearing some news about a class action lawsuit.

To be fair, the Albedo 2 was not just another 9.8. It was a 1 of 1 (Stan Sakai's personal copy).

Red Hulk saves the day? He would balance the power vacuum against sentry.

The movie looks dreadful. The horrible Russian accents. Still making Red Guardian a buffoon. USAgent looked borderline frail. Still using a female Taskmaster. It's going to be a massive bomb.

Name a book that has gone up and stayed up (after the movie has opened)....I'll wait. So, if no books ever consistently gain due to movies, then why even bring attention to it, and risk misleading your audience (like most comic channels do) in regard to the Movie/comic 'investment' connection?

You make a great point about the team. Still, having Sentry enter the MCU s fucking cool. I just hope they use him to his full potential.

Like the white widow.maybe if they had Baron ZEMO lead team

His seen the trailer deft not into it another marvel movie I will jus be seeing prob when it comes to TNT maybe not feeling it

Agreed on the powers, seems like an odd team to put together. I'll probably watch it but will most likely wait for it to hit streaming

Good eye on that wrap inserted 181.. Imagining the money needed to do these type of scams. as they would need a like page book just to universal that book. smh.

This is why I stopped using CGC three years ago.. This 9.8* case was not graded that long ago, on a re-holder book should check photo files and reevaluate. CBCS for me always (not that they're not without faults) I just always had more honest grades good and bad from them.

Its Marvels suicide squad

Hyperion would have been my choice but let’s see if they can do Sentry justice.

Does this mean that you will switch to PSA for comics when they launch assuming the price points are equal