this is the list of what he had laying in his storage shed lol
Slightly disappointed with the Wolverine grade. Was hoping for a 9.6 on the XFactor 24. But the predator 9.8 makes up for it. How'd I do?
Finally picked up a book i’ve been looking for, been waiting for a copy at a decent grade for a good price and here’s what i got. What do yall think? i’m thinking anywhere between a 4.0-5.5
I have a Batman #1 by fraction and Jimenez (cover a first print), and while it’s not the most valuable comic and probably won’t get a lot of value in the future, I want to make sure it’s protected forever. It’s the very first issue I ever went out and picked up. Is it worth getting graded and slabbed?
I see the ticks on the spine but overall it's pretty clean.
These are jus a few i found sifting through my collection that were in solid shape, still had white pages, and the spines looked great, but because they don't have any "first appearances" and the like, is it worth submitting them to grade?
Assuming the rest of the book is perfect, how much will that color break dock me?
The objective is to sell.
I'm beyond thrilled. I was expecting this towards end of month. 11 books total. I'll get to see how accurate I am with my own grading.
I've been collecting 33 years and I run a small software shop, so I'm building the tool I always wished existed instead of waiting for someone outside the hobby to get it wrong. It's an AI that reads a raw book and estimates the grade — before you ever pay CGC and wait months to find out you overpaid on a book that came back two points light.
But I'm not here to pitch it. I'm here because this sub actually knows grades cold, and I'd rather get torched by you now than ship something that insults your eye. So, straight up:
What would an AI have to nail before you'd trust its read over your own — or over a human grader's?
What's the deal-breaker flaw? The thing that, if the tool misses it, you write the whole thing off? Spine roll, resto, color touch, page quality, ripples, a subtle bindery defect — where does software fall on its face?
Would a pre-submission grade read even be worth paying for? Or is the value only ever in the slab itself?
And anything I didn't ask — if you've ever thought "I wish something could just tell me X before I submit," that's exactly what I want to hear.
Roast it. Poke holes. Tell me it can't be done and why. That's the whole reason I'm posting.
We got two copies of Batman 251, Neal Adams's classic cover, both in a CGC 9.6. One is off-white while the other is white. Do page qualities really matter to you?