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MKB28's 2021 CGC Submission: VEI, Pre-Unity, & Unity- With GRADES!

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Hello Everyone: I am submitting 20 books to CGC for a Quick Press and Grading. Here is the list of books and some of them were purchased from Board Members who had assigned a preliminary grade.

CGC Submission 2/11/2021
Harbinger Wars #2 Clayton Crain 1:20 Variant CGC 9.8 White
Harbinger Wars #2 Stephanie Perger 1:50 Variant CGC 9.6 White
Harbinger Wars #3 Khari Evans 1:20 Variant CGC 9.4 White
Harbinger Wars #3 Patrick Zircher 1:50 Variant CGC 9.8 White
Harbinger Wars #4 Juan Doe 1:20 Variant CGC 9.8 White
Harbinger Wars #4 Stephanie Perger 1:50 Variant CGC 9.8 White
Harbinger Omegas #2 Glenn Fabry 1:20 Variant CGC 9.4 White

Harbinger #4 with coupon NM+ CGC 9.4 White
Magnus Robot Fighter #5 (1st RAI!!) NM+/M-! CGC 9.8 White
Magnus Robot Fighter #12 (1st Turok!) NM+/M-! CGC 9.4 White
RAI #4 NM+ CGC 9.4 White
Solar Man of the Atom #2 (1st Solar in costume!) NM+/M-! CGC 9.8 White
Solar Man of the Atom #7 NM+ CGC 9.8 White
Solar Man of the Atom #8 NM+ CGC 9.8 White
Solar Man of the Atom #9 NM+ CGC 9.8 White

Archer & Armstrong #1 NM+/M-! CGC 9.8 White
Eternal Warrior #1 NM+/M-! CGC 9.8 White
Solar Man of the Atom #13 (Unity CH.17) NM/MT!! CGC 9.8 White
Unity #0 NM/MT!! CGC 9.8 White
X-O Manowar #8 (Unity CH.13) NM/MT!! CGC 9.8 White

I will post the final grades and some pictures when they come back from CGC.

Thanks,

Michael
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Nice! I haven't submitted anything in nearly 2 years. I hope to find time soon. I miss the process. Of course, it takes 5 months to get them pressed and graded, if you do both steps.

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nycjadie wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:20:00 am Nice! I haven't submitted anything in nearly 2 years. I hope to find time soon. I miss the process. Of course, it takes 5 months to get them pressed and graded, if you do both steps.
Yes, I am in for a long wait for sure! :!:

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Thanks for sharing. Nice batch. Looking forward to seeing the future photos. Looks like no pre-screening?


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aj583 wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:28:53 am Thanks for sharing. Nice batch. Looking forward to seeing the future photos. Looks like no pre-screening?


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Thanks, Brother. I have not tried the pre-screening service before. I feel pretty confident that the Pre-Unity and Unity books should grade close to the predicted grade with the help of a quick press. For the VEI books, I am less confident, but they will go into my collection regardless of the grade. If they are not 9.8's, then I will look for opportunities to upgrade to a 9.8 and sell my lower grade copy to help cover the costs.

Tom Petty said it best: "The waiting is the hardest part!" :lol:

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May 1, 2021 update: Nearly 3 months has passed since I sent in the books. Just checked the CGC and CCS turnaround times and CCS is taking 113 days for a press and CGC will take another 55 business days. :!: They still have not even inventoried my books. I just show that they have 20 of my books that I submitted. It takes so long that you actually forget you shipped these books in and then one day there is a package on your front steps. :lol:

This may be my last submission. :hm: :(

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mkb28 wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 10:23:59 am May 1, 2021 update: Nearly 3 months has passed since I sent in the books. Just checked the CGC and CCS turnaround times and CCS is taking 113 days for a press and CGC will take another 55 business days. :!: They still have not even inventoried my books. I just show that they have 20 of my books that I submitted. It takes so long that you actually forget you shipped these books in and then one day there is a package on your front steps. :lol:

This may be my last submission. :hm: :(
Yeah it's a tough situation they are hiring like crazy so that doesn't help at all. Now you have that crush of submissions before the rate increases so it will cause even more delays. You could get them back before September though...lol

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betterthanezra wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 8:17:10 am
mkb28 wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 10:23:59 am May 1, 2021 update: Nearly 3 months has passed since I sent in the books. Just checked the CGC and CCS turnaround times and CCS is taking 113 days for a press and CGC will take another 55 business days. :!: They still have not even inventoried my books. I just show that they have 20 of my books that I submitted. It takes so long that you actually forget you shipped these books in and then one day there is a package on your front steps. :lol:

This may be my last submission. :hm: :(
Yeah it's a tough situation they are hiring like crazy so that doesn't help at all. Now you have that crush of submissions before the rate increases so it will cause even more delays. You could get them back before September though...lol

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Even worse, something is going on. I subbed three invoices in January and the first invoice is finally through grading/pre-screen. I went 7 for 25 on that invoice. I have *NEVER* had a pre-screen that bad in 20 years. Not even close. There were a number of Acclaim books in there so I chalked it up to that - they are super tough in 9.8.

But I really don't think that's it, Acclaim or not I am super-careful. I have a friend who talks regularly with one of the bigger dealers on the east coast, and he got the same report - tons of books coming back ungraded for no reason. And his friends are saying the same thing. So keep your fingers crossed.

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ckb wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 12:45:54 am Even worse, something is going on. I subbed three invoices in January and the first invoice is finally through grading/pre-screen. I went 7 for 25 on that invoice. I have *NEVER* had a pre-screen that bad in 20 years. Not even close. There were a number of Acclaim books in there so I chalked it up to that - they are super tough in 9.8.

But I really don't think that's it, Acclaim or not I am super-careful. I have a friend who talks regularly with one of the bigger dealers on the east coast, and he got the same report - tons of books coming back ungraded for no reason. And his friends are saying the same thing. So keep your fingers crossed.
That's not good! I haven't submitted anything for 18 months or so, but I am gearing up to and while I don't mind paying a few dollars more a submission, I do not like waiting forever, and I like far less the possibility of ungraded books!

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Looks like the books have made it through the pressing service and are now Subject to Grading. I submitted these books back in March 2021 and this could easily take a full year before I get them back graded. :!:

I also just cancelled my Auto Renew with CGC as I am getting out of the collecting game. :(

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Wow, that is along time. Crazy.
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After nearly a year with CGC, the 20 books have been graded. I received 14- 9.8's 1- 9.6 and 5- 9.4 grades. All of these books are up for sale, but the Harbinger Wars 9.8 slabs are on HOLD-SALE PENDING.

Here are the results:

CGC Submission 2/11/2021
Harbinger Wars #2 Clayton Crain 1:20 Variant CGC 9.8 White
Harbinger Wars #2 Stephanie Perger 1:50 Variant CGC 9.6 White
Harbinger Wars #3 Khari Evans 1:20 Variant CGC 9.4 White
Harbinger Wars #3 Patrick Zircher 1:50 Variant CGC 9.8 White
Harbinger Wars #4 Juan Doe 1:20 Variant CGC 9.8 White
Harbinger Wars #4 Stephanie Perger 1:50 Variant CGC 9.8 White
Harbinger Omegas #2 Glenn Fabry 1:20 Variant CGC 9.4 White

Harbinger #4 with coupon NM+ CGC 9.4 White
Magnus Robot Fighter #5 (1st RAI!!) NM+/M-! CGC 9.8 White
Magnus Robot Fighter #12 (1st Turok!) NM+/M-! CGC 9.4 White
RAI #4 NM+ CGC 9.4 White
Solar Man of the Atom #2 (1st Solar in costume!) NM+/M-! CGC 9.8 White
Solar Man of the Atom #7 NM+ CGC 9.8 White
Solar Man of the Atom #8 NM+ CGC 9.8 White
Solar Man of the Atom #9 NM+ CGC 9.8 White

Archer & Armstrong #1 NM+/M-! CGC 9.8 White
Eternal Warrior #1 NM+/M-! CGC 9.8 White
Solar Man of the Atom #13 (Unity CH.17) NM/MT!! CGC 9.8 White
Unity #0 NM/MT!! CGC 9.8 White
X-O Manowar #8 (Unity CH.13) NM/MT!! CGC 9.8 White

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:clap:

Damn that’s a long time. I’m getting some books ready in the coming weeks. I’m going to call them “set it and forget it.”

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nycjadie wrote: Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:09:27 pm :clap:

Damn that’s a long time. I’m getting some books ready in the coming weeks. I’m going to call them “set it and forget it.”
Thanks, Steve. I think the problem with CGC last year is they announced a price increase and then set a deadline to get the books in under the old pricing. This caused a flood of books to come in and then they had staffing shortages, probably due to COVID. So here we are a year later and my books have finally been graded. The reason I cancelled my CGC membership, is they did the exact same thing at the start of this year. Price increase and a deadline to get the old prices. Maybe they will have enough staff members to handle it and maybe they won’t. They obviously didn’t learn from their mistakes last year.

Good luck with your submissions, Steve. I hope you get all 9.8’s. :hope:

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