r/comicbookgrading

PLEASE DON'T SLAB JUST BECAUSE.
Selling or keeping just don't do it.

I am a vendor at several big local shows and slabs in general, low to high price are not selling well at all. We have 2 wall spaces and we sell maybe 5, if not less and we have people asking if we have raw copies of a comic that is slabbed.

Unless it is a massive key and guranteed 9.8 okay cool but other wise don't do it just because you think slabbed comics are cool. I see many many comics that people ask about possibliy getting slabbed that are barely worth the amount it costs to slab.

So just don't. There is a thing called comic capsule out there. It is just as good as a slab and it opens at the top! Use one of those if you want to " slab " it.

Ted talk over.

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!

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 have a small stack of comic books from my childhood, about 45 comics Marvel and DC, Image. Most in pretty decent for older books 1-3 pretty bad but intact. They're all just a small stack not in sleeves/cardboard. Maybe a dumb question but guessing it's good to invest in at least some plastic slips with cardboard back for storage? I'm just wondering if i can check it there is anything worth it to list on Ebay or Offerup? Any better source where I can do a check?
I remember going through the Wizard price guide lol