When to get Raw Grade15367
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| I'm curious; when do others opt to get books Raw Graded? One consideration I had was that it might be more cost effective when getting books graded to resell. For one thing, you're paying less to ship it and the buyer potentially might wanted it slabbed by another company or not at all. Thoughts? Looking at ebay sold listings, I couldn't find any clear evidence of raw graded books selling for less than their slabbed equivalents. |
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| @SidTheSquid I just got back 25 Raw Grade Books, putting my total somewhere near 70. Don't do it for modern (post 1975) the cost difference really isn't enough to justify. I use it for pre-1975 books with expected value between $50-$150. Also can be used for magazines. Of the 25 that I got back, 3 were valuable enough that I should have slabbed them. 2-3 probably shouldn't have been submitted at all. The biggest drawback is that MCS won't sell them on consignment without opening and re-grading them. |
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| I’d only use it for books that CBCS can’t slab as of yet. Namely, Magazine & Treasury size books. Personally, if a book isn’t worth $100+, I wouldn’t bother grading it. |
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| I like the raw grade option for a few scenarios. 1) You have a grade screen and it doesn't make your 9.8 (or whatever), get it raw graded so you have something to show when you sell 2) You send it in for VSP and it doesn't get verified. You can tell them not to slab it then and just raw grade it, so then you can sell and provide the COA, or details you may have for the sig, along with a professional grade. 3) Older books that maybe wouldn't grade great, but I'd like to get a professional grade on either for sale or for a sealed display 4) A book you got, or bought, graded that maybe you think the grade could be better, but you're not sure you want it slabbed. Send it in, get it pressed and raw graded for sale or display - I have a Planet Comics #49 in right now for this exact reason. |
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 If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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| I've started doing it for two reasons. Quote: Originally Posted by xvipah Similar to this, if I'm sending a book to get graded anyway I've used raw grade as a kind of parachute. If the book is borderline in terms of being 'worth it' to slab, I put a grade screen with raw grade on it. That way it still gets graded and if the value goes up in the future, I'll know where I'm at. The other one is sentimental value books that aren't worth slabbing. I'm getting them pressed and they'll come back looking nice in their Mylar and whatnot, but I save a little money by skipping the case. |
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| @SidTheSquid One other group to consider for Raw Grade comes to mind: Books that are warm now with some value but have potential to become hotter down the road might be worth getting Raw Graded. I have a 6 or 7 books (Star Wars 68 9.4 comes to mind) that were worth about $60-$90 when I had them Raw Graded and are now worth $300-$400. When that happens it's nice to have the condition question answered for you already. That way you can choose to resubmit for slabbing or be ready to sell immediately without having to wait 15-20 weeks for your book to come back. | ||
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SidTheSquid private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Thanks everyone, these are all great considerations. | ||
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| In case anyone cares, I recently realized another benefit of the Raw Grade program. With my X-men run most books are not worth getting graded but every so often there's a key issue that is worth more than the others. It's nice with raw grade to be able to have those books graded and still keep them in the same box with the rest of the run. With slabs I have to separate them into 2 completely different places. | ||
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