CGC Unboxing of an Iconic Cover (Hoping for All 9.8's)
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Addicted to these grading videos. Getting a 9.8 is like a game winning touchdown! Keep up the rad content :)
Thanks! I'll do more asap!
The purple webs is a nice looking book. Definitely put that on the wall. Honestly, that’s the first time I have ever seen that book.
It really pops in person! Much better than the gray webs IMO
Happy to see that newsstand copy get the 9.8! Heard that the newsstand was a much smaller %print run than direct copies as many were transitioning from the racks to the comic shops; thinking all my copies were from the comic shop as I had a better chance at a non half-bent copy. Most of my newsstands came from a gas station & a early vhs rental shop, as they placed the comics on a horizontal ground shelf along with the magazines.
You are right.. just think of all those hands on the books at gas stations, convenience stores, etc.. it's a miracle there are any 9.8 copies out there
Love that cover! Was chanting "Cmon 9.8 Cmon 9.8" on the last reveal. Nice one! I have a green 9.8 NS and two raws I bought at a grocery store when they came out. Nostalgia!
Very nice!
Ive really enjoyed your videos, and have gotten back into the hobby. I'm looking through my old collection, and its bringing back great memories. Thanks for all you do.
Awesome, thank you!
CGC is grading so hard in 2023. Had a spiderman 1 Todd that was in an estate sale that has not seen the light of day in 30 years and I received a 8.0. Flawless book. Still in the poly bag mind you, no grader notes.
Yeah they grade the poly "crease" fairly harshly. 7.5 to 8.5 is the norm
We are definitely paying the price for the new and improved turnaround time on CGC modern submissions. I made a rookie mistake of sending in an X-men 101 under the modern tier. It was easily a 9.0 with a very good probability of 9.2. It came back 7.0. If you want comics graded accurately, you've got to fork over the money to send them in the economy tier. It might cost twice as much in grading fees than the modern tier when considering having to pay for fast track, but you'll save a little in the long run by not having to submit the same book twice (paying for shipping to/from twice). CGC has quite the racket going with the modern tier--they get people to submit the same comic multiple times.
Yeah, it's kinda lame that we are forced to try and figure out how to game the system.. it seems a bit better training would go a long way. But as someone who has had employees before, I know it's hard to find good help. On the flip side, they might be just as likely to give us a higher grade than a book deserves too, so sometimes we "benefit" from that. I don't really see that as a good thing. I have seen 9.6 and 9.8 books out there that are ridiculously flawed.
Probably should have all been 9.8's. On a positive note, I am excited about your news letter. Thank you for giving your subscribers all these great chances to win awesome slabs. Keep on doing what you're doing. I have Improve-Collecting Comics withdrawals from time to time. ;-)
Hi, great to hear from you. Thanks for the kind words!
Another great video. I am a huge fan of that particular cover too. I have managed to acquire 10 different cover versions, all in a 9.8... it takes up a big part of my wall. Keep up the great work...always look forward to more content. : )
That is awesome! Very jealous.. hoping to get there one day! My favorite (besides the Walmart variant) is Spider-man 13.. which I'm sure you have
The master is back at it again! ;)
hah.. master.. good one. Hope you are doing well :)
Keep up the great videos. I'm always excited to see your new content!
I appreciate it!
New subscriber..I just went through my comics the other day and never got any graded but I do have that Spiderman comic in multiple different colored covers too😁
Very cool, it's a common but awesome book
Great video again. I appreciate all the info that people like you and others in the hobby share. It really helped me get started to doing this. I'm fully commited now lol.
Nice, thanks!
Keep up the great work!
As much as I understand the desire for the 9.8 I am fine with 9.6's in books Im not necessarily looking to sell. Nice video.
Short and simple. Love it
Thanks MJ :)
Great video. I have been learning that it’s sometimes best not to send multiple copies of similar books as they might compare each one to each other.
I usually don't.. lesson learned I guess
@@ImproveCollectingComics yes always learning that’s how we improve with this comic grading process. Still you got some wins in this submission. I appreciate your content that you put out it’s very informative and helpful 😊 keep it up 👍
Great video mate. Although I don't have any of the comic books shown in this video but was so excited for the grade reveal for each book. Also I am from India and CGC/CBCS doesn't exist here. Collecting comis is very difficult here because most of them don't exist for us. still trying and love this hobby. Thanks for the video.
Awesome video, just found your channel and subscribed. I appreciate all the info that you share. I just started collecting again and love watching videos like this, keep it up 👍
Cool, thank you!
I like watching your TH-cam channel. You have helped me to watch out for certain comics I had in my childhood. I have the part 2 of the amazing spider-man #293 at a 9.2 white pages with blue grade tag.
Very nice.. it's a great run
Always cool to watch your videos
I appreciate that!
Just found your channel, love the content so far. Keep up the good work!
Cool, thanks for watching!
Beautiful books, you are a true artist when it comes to the craft of improving comics.
Thank you so much 😀
Great insight. Appreciate the pricing info. Thanks
Thanks, TJ!
Congrats on the Spiderman 1 UPC Polybag. It's a hard one to get in CGC 9.8
Thanks! I didn't realize, but makes sense!
Brilliant
Great book to have. I have the first one you showed, not slabbed but a very nice copy that looks like a 9.8 but after watching this I may get the same 9.6 grade. But hey..9.6 is not bad either. Low grade is better than no grade
Very true, all comics are awesome
Hmm that's a little strange. I was sure this was going to be another all 9.8 video. Maybe it's because they were all essentially the same comic they all got graded against each other and they didn't want to give all 9.8's (even though they should have). Anyways, another great video!
Thanks, Rodney. I guess the road can't always be smooth... those books might get another chance, though
So, when you go through the effort of buying a book, clean and press, submit for grading, and then selling... What do you hope to get as a minimum profit?
Obviously, the higher the profit the better, but do you have a minimum dollar amount you hope to make to ensure everything you go through is worth the effort?
When I go through my collection to evaluate what is worthy of my time and effort, I try to aim at a $50 profit margin
I think of the books as an asset, so if the "worst case scenario" happens, I want to be somewhere around break even. I do figure shipping, taxes, etc. into it.
For example, when I look for 9.8 candidates, I look for books that look nearly flawless but realize there could be some hidden defects. So, I buy high grade books with the assumption that they could get 9.2-9.4. So, I make sure I pay a price that will at least break even if it came back at 9.2-9.4.
I find that being ultra-conservative with the buying leads me to almost never lose money on a book. It does happen, but it is rare. I am not concerned about outliers, though.. I only worry about the average result over time.
Last year, I was just a beginner.. so I worked mostly on minor keys or books I just liked. I wasn't concerned with making a huge profit... however, I did do pretty well. Those 9.8's really pay off if you happen to get one on the right book.
This year and as I get better at the hobby, I am going to do bigger books. I may get to the point where I mostly work on books that give an average profit of something like $500, maybe even higher. I think specializing in high-end books could be fun. (if not a bit risky over the short term)
Thanks for the question!
If they give you a 9.6 when it is a 9.8, they should give you a case with no newton rings at least.
Yeah!
Nice books… grades are strange at times
Love your channel
Thanks, James!
U sure are a wonderful person. Thank u for a chance to win
Thanks, Mike! GL!
If you send 25 books in and do pre-screen for 9.8 I feel that they are much more likely to give you 9.8 so they can slab all of your books and charge you for them all. Much higher % of 9.8 when I press everything and submit pre-screen. If you are doing books like this that's what id do, all books you want the 9.8 on
I would love to do a 25 book submission at some point, I just never seem to have 25 books at one time that are 9.8 candidates. I only buy a few and take my time on them. I do have a bunch of new books I bought last year, I could submit them. But I was keeping them raw for now
I sent in 14 modern books that I inpsected very carefully, was the original owner, and thought all looked like 9.8 candidates. Only 5 came back 9.8s, and they don't look any different than the 9.6s. I think it's a total crapshoot now what CGC will give the grade, and as many have noted, they own 9.8s that aren't as good as the 9.6s that they recently got back. I'm holding off on any new modern submissions until they're grading is more consistent. The value difference between the 9.8s vs the 9.6s is just too large to take a risk on CGC right now.
Yeah it's definitely not fun to have to submit multiple times to get the result you should have gotten the first time
THEIR a copy with errors because the lizard is not green different color. What to say purple instead of green. Talking about the silver edition 1st spiderman Tood Mcfarlane.
I think you just got a slightly harsher grader but best of luck on the other silver you have out
Thanks!
Great videos keep up the good work. Been watching your videos last couple days. I been looking at presses do you have any recommendations??? I signed up for your newsletter too. Again, Good Job on the videos.
Thanks! All the exact products I use are on my website at improvecollecting.com. These are the same materials I use in the videos, including the press.
I stopped sending in books for grading cause cgc has gotten ridiculous with their grading. No money for the from me. I still have all of my cool keys on display and I can read them if I want to
Their two different ones. The lizard skin is not green its blue on several panels. The other one is the skin is appears copper. They say their about 10 that exist. Have you ever heard about them.???
I think I vaguely heard about that at some point, but would love confirmation! Would make a great video...
I feel like they are only allowed to give out so many 9.8s a year.
Having a quota would be very dissapointing lol
@@ImproveCollectingComics but it would make sense. I've never heard a solid difference between a 9.8 and a 9.6. I've seen comics flip back and forth between scores. Each time CGC makes a killing on fees.
Hope to win!
I hope you do as well. GL!
Jim, you said that you are collecting all versions of Spiderman 1. Do you have the Silver Polybag version?
I don't have any yet, but am still looking. They are very hard to choose online because it's hard to see the condition with the polybag and all. Also, people tend to want way too much money for them. I haven't given up hope though!
I’m curious, why do you prefer CGC vs CBCS? Is it the resell value? I feel like CBCS is a harsher grading scale…
I am pretty new to the hobby again and use CGC because they are supposed to be the gold standard. But I will likely submit to CBCS at some point, I've heard good things.
How do you know you had a poly bagged purple web issue without the bag? Just curious because I still have one in the bag
I think all purple webs came in a bag. I took mine out of the bag before submitting. I still have all the poloys, I keep them stored in the back of a long box. If I ever sell the books, I think people would love to have them
Thought they all looked like 9.8
They 100% are.. they all have 2-3 tiny defects
do you ever prescreen for 9.8's?
I haven't done that yet.. I haven't had the patience to wait for 25 books to be done pressing before I submit. I may do a pre-screen on a bunch of new books at some point
9.6 could be due to inside book defects
Very true, part of my process is to inspect the inside.. I'll be sure to go through these in and out again, if I crack
why do they have a "9.9" or "10.0" if they never give books those grades? if that level of perfection is impossible doesnt it make the scale off balance if nothing can get those grades?
I like how rare they are, because I literally have maybe seen 5 books ever that maybe deserved 9.9. A 9.9 is 0 human caused defects and maybe 1 or two production defects.
I almost never see a 2 defect book, much less 1 or 0.
CGC should just eliminate the 9.2 and 9.6 grades.
We are slaves to subjective graders..
Indeed