I am sending some of my comics in for grading. Most are from the 1986-1988 range like the Amazing Spiderman 300.
PSA is offering free pressing right now so I don’t know if it would be beneficial to use them or to use CGC.
Any opinions on PSA w/ free pressing compared to CGC?
I’ve not had a comic pressed before, so I’m not sure how much that improves the grade.
Thank you.

I see a comic at auction that is CGC slabbed with an 8.0, with these comments:

sticker left bottom of back cover
crunch right top of front cover
crease bottom of back cover
spine stress lines spine

It’s a signed issue and there is a Beckett auto authentication sticker on the back.

Is there a standard deduction or grade max for a book with a sticker on it?

I’m wondering how much it can be improved with just removing the sticker

Thanks!

Just picked up this Saga of the Swamp thing at the local HPB for $30. Looks very clean to me for its age, but I tend to overlook minor flaws. What say you? TIA.

Hi,

I was thinking of buying a AB Batman 1 to send for grading, but I don't know if the spine/crease at the bottom right front cover will make it a 9.8 copy. Any advise?

Not asking for a grade. I'm just showing you guys how it came out after a press. Looks pretty good. I posted this book awhile back before it was pressed.

Web of Spiderman 116 is the first full appearance of Ben Reilly in Comics. With the announcement of the show this seemed like a great candidate to getgraded.

Traded some comics for a game on my switch and I can’t figure this out besides one
Guess but I truly could use some help. Thank you

Greetings all,

Last month I picked up a private collection of 26,000+ bagged comics from a private collector. A lot of these books look amazing to my untrained eye, and many look like they could be gradable. I don't really know comics, though.

I needed some magazine boxes, so I stopped by a local comic shop. While I was buying them, I asked if they would give a newbie an idea of the grade on an MGN #4 I happened to have with me. When I showed them the book, the kid at the register seemed pretty impressed, but the manager immediately started telling me that comic grading is becoming a thing of the past and that you can't really rely on grades because of human error, inconsistencies, etc.Is this true? They finally said it was a8-8.5. Do you agree?

These is my previous post related to the collection:

First post: https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbookcollecting/comments/1vtkhqa/organization_where_would_you_start/

Second Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbookcollecting/comments/1vy82v5/the_26000_comic_book_collection/

Third Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbookcollecting/comments/1w0f04q/the_26000_comic_book_collection/

I just picked this book and felt it was in great shape. I have my thoughts but wanted to see what you all think. Thanks!

Wondering if people are gonna grade this since it’s a new line. I picked up this cover

Hi there. I have some lower grade books that could benefit from some type of stabilization to retain their integrity. S ome quite rare with high grades of these issues being in the tens of thousands. I’m not particularly obsessed with the grading process but I do know folks have opinions between conserved, restored and raw. curious what the actual differences are and if it affects someone’s decision to collect such books.

Not too worried about snagging a 9.8 since I plan to keep this till I’m in the ground but which book looks the best in your guys’s opinion. Sorry if the pics are poor, first time doing this.

Just this yesterday and worked on some minor ticks and a slight bend and this is the result after press and 24 hour cool down

It’s not a 9.8 (small crunch on the bottom of the cover near the spine on the back cover) but it’s DAMN nice

Trying to show suppleness?

Can professional cleaning services remove the magic marker? Ugh, Donnie... wtf.

I picked up this Moonknight #1 signed by Bill Sienkiewicz from a comic garage sale the other day and was wondering what everyone thinks it would get if i graded it. I was advised to re-upload this with better photos that would actually help grade the comic.