Grading These Comics Wastes Money

In this video I offer up a few tips and pointers that can help you to stop wasting money when you get comics graded. It doesn't matter if you use @EGSComicsGrading @CBCScomics or @TheCGCComics these tips and pointers are universal.

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[GODemon]

I have zero interest in having my books graded. A graded book locked up in an unopenable case is no better than just a picture of the comic.

[mauisam]

Sadly there was recent comic book convention in the Ohio / Great_Lake area and person many times got dealers saying that the CGC grade of his book was not actuate and they thought the book to be a lower grade.

[vonslagle]

Hello Regie! Really great stuff! I have a question that I cant find an answer to that I think you might know. I just got a CGC membership and the free shipping kit is on it's way. Do the bags and boards they send fit Golden Age comics or should I get golden Age mylar bags from E Gerber? Thank you!

[Samshorror]

I found this informative. There is one other option outside of slabbing your comic. They actually make one touches for comics. So if you only care about protecting your higher end books there you go!

[sjromo]

Great clip. I occasionally see these graded comics that are selling at real low amounts and wonder if someone just overestimate the rating before submitting since there is a minimum amount invested in grading & shipping. Thanks

[ozzyhassan]

I completely disagree. The future of comic books is the majority will become graded as more people become collectors and as people upgrade their collections. Also by grading books you like over monetary value eventually adds value over time to the market on a whole. Plus most high end slabs are being locked away as long term investments, sapping the drive for collectability. Because of this we will eventually see every kind of comic book being slabbed, old and new, high or low grade.

[ramblingrob]

I’ve been collecting for nearly 30 years and I have never seen the appeal in grading and locking a comic up. Each to their own but I always wanna be able to read my collection.
Great vid man

[rickyhousewright]

I think I'm just too old to care about grading [45], I can't wrap my brain around buying a $10 book for $300. just because it's sealed up in a case with a stranger's grade opinion slapped in the corner, lol.... I only collect vintage and if they have some damage, it doesn't bother me, if the pages are yellow or some kid wrote in it, I'm ok with that, in some cases I like it more that way because it adds some history to the book [I'm weird, I know, lol]...but don't get me wrong, I understand as a seller or investor the high-grade copies are what you want, and there's nothing wrong with it, it just isn't my thing

[murrayc]

I've sent two submissions to CBCS (from Canada) and the turnaround time for basic grading was excruciating (I clean and press my own comics, so there are some savings there)

I've had some amazing grades, and a few disappointing grades where I cracked the slab and sold it raw.

One of my calculations is if the grade comes in WAY lower than hoped, can I still make a profit if I crack the slab and resell it raw? I have since learned its best to pay for the prescreening.

I also keep an Excel spreadsheet to determine and track everything (cost of book, cost of shipping, cost of grade, estimated profit, actual profit, etc) and you start to see patterns.

I don't get books graded that are "flavor of the month" like the Partick Gleason black and white Spider-man cover. Their values have gone WAY down since everyone has a copy now.

My criteria to get a book graded is:
1. If I paid "next to nothing" for the book (e.g. I paid cover price for TMNT #1, 4th print when it first came out, and I made a HUGE profit after getting it graded at a 9.8)

2. If it's a "key" book that never goes down in value like the aforementioned TMNT. I have Moon Knight #1, but I'm not going to bother getting it graded because the turnaround time to get it graded is ridiculous, and values will fall once the Disney+ show runs it's course, and EVERYONE is currently selling them. I try to grade/sell books that are "hard" to find but are still desirable years after its initial release.

3. This kinda runs in line with item 1, but I set a preferred profit margin of a minimum of $80 profit from a worst case scenario. I would LOVE to get 9.8s all day long, but I always check values of 9.4s as my benchmark, and if the profit margin is $80, then it's worth my TIME to clean, press, ship, sell, and mail out.

[MintHunterComics]

Fantastic vid my man! I just had 49 books almost all get the 9.4/9.6 instead of the 9.8 so I understand this quite well! haha

[johngregorywynn]

Prescreen modern books when at all possible...I have a bunch of SpiderGwen 1 at cgc right use grading company for pressing

[JohnSmith-guub]

You're explaining really simple concepts but in a way that makes it sound like it's complicated. I send in whatever books I want based on what I feel like doing. I sent 40 books to CGC recently and several graded 9.8 and almost all of the rest graded 9.0 or higher. I didn't clean or press any of them. I'm a collector so I'll keep these books for years and they'll be worth more down the road and I've already doubled or tripled my money, so I do pretty well just having fun.

[markandrews]

As usual, awesome content. Stabbing to me really comes down to keeping the book safe and stable and having a Graded book that I know exactly what Grade it is regardless of market fluctuations. If it's a 9.8 or a 3.0, if it's Graded, that's the grade it is.

[pcantu]

It is a struggle to consider to grade or keep a raw comic. Grading has that concrete price, but often they grade very tough and you lose out. Honestly I have moved to just buying the grade I want, you spend more but at least you know what you will get. P.S. Newton rings on a newly graded comic sink.

[pabs]

Outstanding points. I was going to submit a few this year, but with the delays getting worst I have changed my mind. My books are not going anywhere...the slabbing can wait. Loved the video, thank you!

[Marquis_de_Nah]

if it isnt 25 years old.... dont get it graded

[jerrysmith]

Grading is not for everyone. I don’t turnaround books. I collect.

[CollectorAuctions]

I think one of the biggest takeaways you point out is that selling raw instead of getting it graded is a legit option. Time, cost, and risk of devaluing are big factors. For everyone submitting New Avengers #7 today, what happens when it turns out that what we saw in the Dr. Strange 2 trailer was let's say Council of Kang and not the Illuminati? So great points overall.

[MrTommyMayo]

Hats off for the Big Baby Jesus nod.

WU TANG IS FOR THE CHILDREN!

[mikebutler]

Very good content. I spent 275 for my new muntents 98 and it worth 1000 to around 1600 hundred. Very good buy what do you think?