Which comic book grading service should I use?!
Question: Which comic book grading service should I use!?
I have been thinking a lot lately about grading some of my more valuable comic books!.
For instance, I wanted the Brave and the Bold #60, but was only able to get it with 53, 59 and 57 which is the first appearance of Metamorpho!. While I love the character, I don't hold #57 as dear to my heart as #60 which is the second (but first official) appearance of the Teen Titans, so I am considering selling it!. Some other comics I am just curious about!.*
I know that CGC is the standard, but it is wicked expensive! In my searches, I have found two other comic grading service that look both viable for my budget and respectable, but I have no experience with them!.
PGX (pgxcomics!.com) seems very reasonable and seems to offer the exact same service methods as CGC!. It also looks like they have a lot of experience with a lot of comics!. Is this as respected as CGC!?
The second is Metropolis Comics (metropoliscomics!.com!.) They say they appraise comics for free, but offer little explanation of their services!. Is there a catch!? Is this only if you intend to sell your comic to or through them!? Are they respectable!?
*I do already know their worth if I accurately accessed them myself, so please do not respond that I should check out overstreet and grade them myself--this is not my question!.
Thanks in advance!Www@Enter-QA@Com
For instance, I wanted the Brave and the Bold #60, but was only able to get it with 53, 59 and 57 which is the first appearance of Metamorpho!. While I love the character, I don't hold #57 as dear to my heart as #60 which is the second (but first official) appearance of the Teen Titans, so I am considering selling it!. Some other comics I am just curious about!.*
I know that CGC is the standard, but it is wicked expensive! In my searches, I have found two other comic grading service that look both viable for my budget and respectable, but I have no experience with them!.
PGX (pgxcomics!.com) seems very reasonable and seems to offer the exact same service methods as CGC!. It also looks like they have a lot of experience with a lot of comics!. Is this as respected as CGC!?
The second is Metropolis Comics (metropoliscomics!.com!.) They say they appraise comics for free, but offer little explanation of their services!. Is there a catch!? Is this only if you intend to sell your comic to or through them!? Are they respectable!?
*I do already know their worth if I accurately accessed them myself, so please do not respond that I should check out overstreet and grade them myself--this is not my question!.
Thanks in advance!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Getting your comics appraised is great for insurance purposes but Metropolis Comics doesn't place them in protective cases!. CGC and PGX will place the comics into sealed protective cases to maintain the grade the comic receives which is why people are willing to pay so much more for them!. A comic that is simply appraised could have been read/handled a hundred times afterwards which could easily lower its grade and value!.
I personally don't think there is much of a difference between CGC and PGX, but I know plenty of collectors that consider PGX graders to be inferior to CGC!. What I mean by this is that other collectors seem to think that PGX graders have a habit of not being as strict with their grading standards so they will assign higher grades to comics than CGC graders would!. As a result PGX comics often don't sell for the same amount that a CGC comic with the same grade would sell for!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I personally don't think there is much of a difference between CGC and PGX, but I know plenty of collectors that consider PGX graders to be inferior to CGC!. What I mean by this is that other collectors seem to think that PGX graders have a habit of not being as strict with their grading standards so they will assign higher grades to comics than CGC graders would!. As a result PGX comics often don't sell for the same amount that a CGC comic with the same grade would sell for!.Www@Enter-QA@Com