Archive for the Comic Book Basics Category


Pressing Your Comic Books to a Better Grade – Example

How much can pressing improve a comic book? The right person on the right comic can be very impressive. Check out this thread on the CGC forums for an amazing example of what occurs under some heat, moisture and pressure. Click here for a comic book pressing example I know it’s controversial, but there is […]

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Comic Book Sales Highlights September 5 2012

This week I’ll highlight some sales from the August ComicLink focused auction. It looks like sales were brisk with a lot of money changing hands. Some of the top sales were: Action #1 CGC 8.0 restored $106,222 Showcase #22 CGC 9.2 $66,000 Avengers #4 CGC 9.6 $39,000, CGC 9.4 $14,805 (compare this with the Ohio […]

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Comic Book Sales Highlights – August 29

Here are some sales numbers for the last week: Amazing Spider-man 50 CGC 9.2 – $2,100 Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 5.0 – $2,511(1st Iron Man) Giant Size X-men #1 CGC 9.6 – $1,880.09 Amazing Spider-man #1 CGC 4.5 – $3,951 Amazing Spider-man #1 CGC 1.8 – $1,775  CGC 4.0 – $3,333 Amazing Fantasy #15 […]

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