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Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmykeQuote: Originally Posted by kon_jellyQuote: Originally Posted by steveinthecity Borock covered this topic like a month ago - post 43 https://forum.cbcscomics.com/topic/11609/page/2/cbcs-questions-concerns/ |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley Wow, you get all the books that they have graded! Beyond nice! I wonder about the information on some books that cannot be found when looking for the graded comic serial number? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley Where do you find the graders notes without having to copy paste the invoice #'s? Is there a hyperlink to notes right from the census? |
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| nevermind...I see it now....looking at the census on a phone is not the best way. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by GAC Yeah, I was looking at it on the desktop while "working". The phone was a little unwieldy to look at the census with. |
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@spaulus Do/Will Slab-Only books get added to the census? It looks like there is currently a spot for Original Art books, which are also ungraded. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by poka I didn’t pursue the topic further as Steve addressed it clearly and ...at that time... we had no census, so the discussion was moot and based purely on a hypothetical situation. As the hypothetical is now reality we’re now in A Tale of Two Census territory, with apologies to the late Charles Dickens. My excitement over the new census is tempered by concern that any census ...to be accurate... has to acknowledge graded books from it’s counterpart as part of a collective whole. Since the CGC freely makes their census numbers available that information shouldn’t be proprietary work product, but not being a civil litigation attorney ...nor having played one on TV... this is a grey area. It seems to me that the CGC’s grade numbers or at least the approximated totals could be accounted for in some manner on the CBCS Census as a survey of uniquely identified issues in the market. Maybe this isn’t possible due to an insurmountable schism between grading companies, but it is relevant to the marketplace and an area where lack of accurate information could potentially cause harm. Occasionally I’ve cautioned folks on the other board who take their Census numbers too literally that the CGC Census could be off by as much as 20% just from resubmitting cracked out raw books without labels. Some folks believe this, others don’t, but given the conversations I’ve had over the years with dealers close enough to the situation to know what’s going on, books have been cracked out and resubmitted as raw without labels to sidestep the possibility of graders second guessing earlier work. In those instances, double census entries would occur unless the owner made a point of bringing it to the attention of the CGC’s management retrospectively. BTW, none of this criticism is levied at CBCS as they’re the straight shooters here. Obviously Steve made an honest effort to keep communication channels open and continues striving to provide information that can be trusted. It’s just frustrating for collectors trying to gauge market accuracy that both major services can’t find common ground in the crack, press and resubmit era. . |
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| No company census CAN include data from any other company. If anyone wants that, they’d better do it themselves. Anyone should be able to create an spp thst can go into each census and pull out the data for a title...but the creator had better get permission, first. But ALSO, there needs to be census data from the other companies thst grade books...no matter how reliable the grading. You want to get a better judge of rarities at all or in specific grades? You also need to some have an addendum for raw books from sales/listings on every sales page, too. It’s not really possible to do this. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by cyrano0521 A separate census data tracking company? Well, that's an interesting idea. No idea how this could be achieved, but accurately estimating the numbers and grades of comics in the marketplace is important to many collectors. Comic books are independently published and the actual grades are in the public domain. Only the methods for making decisions ...which is work product... can reasonably be described as proprietary information. So, how is accurate census data for other high value graded collectibles (coins, baseball cards, stamps, etc.) procured? I'm just curious. There should be some way to double check and cross reference grades more broadly, but maybe not. Discrepancy may just be a problem inherent in the crack-out, press and resubmit collecting culture we have to live with, although it is a thought provoking dilemma. Anyway, whether this situation can be improved upon at some future date or not, I'm extremely happy to see the CBCS Census up and running!   |
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| Having given this a bit more thought I’ve come up with an idea that might be worth mulling over: a SCARCITY INDEX column. Given the complexity of cross referencing two separate census and the difficulty of providing information without stepping into issues of privately held data this could be assist collectors and investors efforts to gauge the relative scarcity of books. A scarcity index column would simply project a best guess approximation of books in the marketplace, both encapsulated and raw. The OSG has noted raw book scarcity for decades whenever questions around number of existing copies arose. For instance, CBCS could establish it’s own informed criteria for books where less than “X” number presumed copies thought to exist get a rare designation. The next level tier would be less than “X” number presumed copies thought to exist are scarce, and finally less than “X” number presumed copies are considered uncommon. The “X” number would be arbitrarily decided based on the combined professional expertise of folks like Steve Borock and West Stephan. It shouldn’t take a huge amount of time to establish the scarcity index because the vast majority of books ...and I’m thinking of GA here... are common enough to satisfy market demand without any special notation. For common books a blank or dash could be placed in the column. Where would common start? Probably at around 100 or more copies for GA, but that’s just my best guess. Others may have a different metric. Rarity in absolute terms is a changing dynamic subject to market demand. Opinions? Please share thoughts and constructive criticism on this idea. It may be more complicated in practical application than I’ve considered. . |
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| Only problem i see is Rarity cannot be determined by slab census at all. Danger Trail 3 is supposed to be rarest DC book of 1950s, yet it has the most CGC slabbed copies in that series. Slab census only tells you how many slabbed... | ||
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| Great tool. Really interesting to look at and even better when you find that you have the only CBCS graded issues of a particular comic (CBCS 9'8 Joker Year of the Villain Jock B&W signed) Only downside i found was the search engine is 'too specific' I'm searching for Highlander The American Dream for example. I typed Highlander first - only found 'Highlander' issues without additional title text Then Highlander The American Dream - No results Finally Highlander: The American Dream - found. Never been a fan of search engines (my own company included) where you have to be 100% accurate with a title. I'll end by repeating that I am really pleased and grateful of this new function. Great addition to the hobby. |
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| I got a new book in from MCS today and was looking for it in the census....books is Lois Lane 21 from the original title Superman's girlfriend Lois lane...when I type it into the search there are two options..one being for something that shows a few copies graded, the other for only my book....I am confused which is which or what I am seeing. I had first guessed an annual but number 21? lois Lane only had two annuals.Any thoughts or can anyone confirm what I am seeing? | ||
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| Do you have the serial number? | ||
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| yes,, here it is Bronte 1CB9651-030 |
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I only find one in the census.  |
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This is the one linked to my search above. |
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| I went from typing in the title..one listing lists the entire run of the comic, the other only issues 21 and 81? | ||
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| I just typed in "Superman's g" and selected the title from the dropdown, typed in "21" in the issue space and hit search. | ||
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| I did that as well Jesse but found two possible listings for Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane. One only lists my recent buy under issue 21 and an issue 81 while the other seems to list all the issues in the title. Thatjis doing the initial search without an issue number | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town The problem is that most of the series is listed under the title “Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane”, but those other two issues in the series are listed under the title “Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane” (with a comma). |
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| @robertofredrico nailed it!!! My tablets' keyboard blocked the second listing. Someone needs to do a "report a problem" on this. @Darkseid_of_town since it's your book, do you want to take care of letting them know there are two titles listed?  |
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| Sure Jesse n I will.sens it in once I get home tonight | ||
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| Stupid question. Is there a default way to search a serial number of a CBCS book? For example. I was looking at a book to possibly purchase from ebay, but could not do a search. Since the census came out, I was able to find the book and noticed it was missing 2 zeros in the beginning. Adding the 2 digits omitted from label allowed the search to complete. On @Darkseid_of_town's book, I cant do a search on his number either. (Copy paste and adding 2 zeros to beginning didnt yield result.) Is there a specific syntax that needs to be observed? A dash? A space? |
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| @Bronte no there is no simple solution. However, in Darkseid's case, the number comes up in the search. I believe if you enter that number, you can get the graders notes. There probably is a pattern to the first two digits, but I have no clue what that is. Edit - the label is case sensitive!!! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmyke Quote: Originally Posted by Absolute_Zero |
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| @Jesse_O Thank you for your response. I'm glad it's not just me. Case sensitive? I dont think I would have thought of that. On a side note, they should put a search link of the serial numbers on the same page as census to have all the tools in the same place. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bronte CBCS has changed it's invoicing system a couple of times but it's been mostly stable for a few years now. The first two digits are the last two digits of the year the invoice was created. Looking at the serial number for @Darkseid_of_town's book. I'm fairly confident in saying the invoice was created in 2017. This system goes back to 2016, so most of CBCS' life. Serial numbers since then are made up of three parts. The first two digits are the last two of the year the invoice was created, followed by a dash, followed by the body of the invoice number, basically a set of seemingly random letters and numbers, always capitalized, followed by a dash, and finally the number of the book within the order (determined alphabetically by title and then sorted by tier). Prior to 2016, CBCS briefly began their invoices with "00." Even earlier, CBCS' earliest books had a different invoicing system that began with a sequence of seven numbers, a dash, then a double letter code "AA," "AB," etc, which I believe divided up the tiers, followed by a dash, and finally 3 digits identifying the book within the tier, sorted alphabetically |
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| Great news! I spoke with Matt Nelson at CGC and we will be sending all labels back to each other to keep the census at both companies as correct as possible. This is great for the hobby! |
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| Is there an understanding as to why CBCS/CGC believe collectors do not send in labels when cracking out and re-submitting? Do the companies have a belief on the psychology to this? | ||
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