Why do you get books graded?20406
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Quote:Originally Posted by PhilCoulson My reasons are similar. Third party grading minimizes uncertainty. Minimizing uncertainty increases liquidity, liquidity has value. |
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 We should have the forum rate our packages.
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| I’m out of practice right now but for a long time I got books graded to get lab results. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Nuffsaid111 It can also go the other way. I've experienced some haggler saying "oh, it's raw and ungraded, so our grade opinions don't matter unless CBCS/CGC slab this". He lost that transaction and I sold to a more reasonable co-hobbyist.  |
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 I'm a #2.
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BigRedOne1944 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Resale is the only reason I ever have a book graded Slabs take up WAY to much storage space and there are just to many other options that are much more cost efficient and offer just as good or better protection for any books I dont plan on selling. |
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| At first I was against slabbing for the simple reason cost, you can't enjoy the pleasure of reading the comic book and all you get to see is the front and back cover. Then, I bought my first slab and saw the value in it. Now, I'm slabbing my collection and buying upgraded slabs to replace parts of my collection. |
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 If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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| I originally started grading books because I wanted to know what I had in hand so that I could know what should be upgraded some day. Now I mostly do it to help establish price and make things easier for if my family has to sell things instead of me. | ||
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| The simplest reason I have books graded is because I want to get them graded, especially the Star Wars Action Figure books. I have zero interest in the story. I buy them for the covers only and I don't want them damaged or eaten by insects, such as silverfish. | ||
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| I first starting slabbing comics because I wanted to have a verified keepsake of meeting the talent that created the comics. After I started collecting Original Art I thought I'm gonna slab all of my expensive comics in order to sell them and buy more art but once those got back from slabbing they looked to nice to sell. Atm I keep slabbing any book worth over $100 for ease of resale when I decide to sell them or if I pass out then my family will more easily be able to sell them at auction houses or to private collectors. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad like paying to get a report card that you can resell if you chose. I like it, double utility. |
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 Staple topics, nice.
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| Interestingly, I see people submitting for grades without encapsulation. I keep an eye out to see how this non-encapsulation graded books go. | ||
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ComicNinja0215 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I have nothing better to do with my time and or money. No seriously, I like slabbed bboks;period. I like the way they look, I like to see the grades and I think it's cool.   |
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 I'm not a plagiarist. I'm also not illiterate.
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Quote:Originally Posted by JazzyJeffie No doubt. As you should have but alot of comic book collectors aren't good at grading raw comics. I agree with you though. If it's an in person transaction a raw 9.0 is the same as a graded 9.0. You shouldn't get a discount because hopefully your buying a comic and not a graded slab. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by drmccoy74 Except when you buy a slab, you are (theoretically) purchasing a more liquid asset than a raw book. Liquidity is an expression of how quickly an asset can be turned into cash (sold) without affecting the item's market price. That liquidity has a value beyond that of the book itself. How much value is debatable, but as long as the guarantor can be trusted, it's there. That's the real reason PGX books sell for less than CGC or CBCS. Because the informed public does not trust PGX's guarantee, the owner has to discount the item to compensate. Whether we will see a similar collapse or mass discount of CGC slabs is still unknown. |
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| I would be more concerned over the label swapping/reholder scandal as opposed to a pair of employees getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar, but that's just me. That's using their system and products against them. It's like being shot with your own gun. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by James42A graded comic may sell faster than a raw comic in most cases. That's not the point. If I go to my local comic book store tomorrow and buy a Crow 1 in a 9.2 I'm not going to ask them to knock off 200 bucks because it's raw. Just like they don't charge me 200 more because it's stabbed. |
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 I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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Started off slabbing some of my childhood collection, got distracted along the way by trying to slab to flip, and am now focused on collecting lower value comics that aren't worth the cost of slabbing. The Wolverine #1 was part of my first Cbcs submission and the most I ever paid for a comic until I became an adult.  |
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| I forgot slab for preservation - but that's mainly gold age and I don't have many of those...but they are on the 'get graded shelf' if an appropriate discount comes along or if I find myself with funds for grading and I can drop off at a convention. Silver and 'modern' can stay in boxes unless I'm going to sell right now or it's a 'key' I want to keep but for my family to sell later maybe the odd sentimental comic? a press and a grade ain't cheap and other things quite easily take priority - some of my books I remember getting at summer camp as a kid so 40 odd years ago - they've done quite well in boxes and can continue to do so if needed |
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| At conventions, it increases my swagger and sex appeal to walk around with a slab under each arm. | ||
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 I hear their hourly rate is outrageous!
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson Nope  |
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 Thank you sir. May I have another?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Wade_Story I've only subbed around 7 books and a couple CPRs. I don't sell comics yet, and slabbing what I had made it difficult to buy the comics I still wanted, so it came down to getting the runs filled and then deal with slabbing, or slab what I had and get the rest later. Considering the monstrous price hikes since covid, I'm very glad I chose getting the books first. Now I'm thinking of selling off some of my collection, and having some of it graded would certainly help, but with the 'in transit' horror stories and CGC-CBCS problems (95%-5%), I think it's best to just send them to MCS. Except the big $$$ books maybe. I'd like to think the biggies (AF15, FF1, 48-50, etc.) will still be worth good money in my golden years, if they're not made illegal or some other goofiness. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson@DrWatson That’s actually how I met my wife. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Wade_Story I'm not sure whose heart needs blessed, yours or hers. |
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| I slab for preservation, for signature verification. To verify no restoration and such on expensive books. I also always grade a few to sell to pay for the cost of grading. | ||
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| I think everyone here has a high end comic book or two and the best way to preserve the grade and value is getting them graded. My INCREDIBLE HULK #102 (CBCS 9.6), my AVENGERS #1 (CBCS 7.0) and CAPTAIN AMERICA #102 (CBCS 9.4), just to name a few. Keeping them bag and boarded just don't guarantee much. This is another reason for slabbing. | ||
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| i graded to sell period........ | ||
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