I have too much free time on my hands these days. I was thinking about sending some of my old comics to CGC to get graded and maybe put a few on ebay. If anyone here has dealt with CGC before I would appreciate any info, experience, or advice you could offer. Thanks.

Thanks for responding. I just need to figure out the best way to pack and insure. It looks like USPS will only insure up to 5K. CGC does not list a phone number on their website so I will have to wait for an email response from them as to their preferred shipping method.

Thanks for all the responses everyone. I just boxed up a batch to ship off to CGC. I will be putting them on ebay so this is just an experiment to see what happens. I joined CGC at the highest level for the best discount. I decided to sell my Spiderman keys and my list includes AF15, Spidermans 7,8,16,20,25,31,33,37,38,39,41,50,100,101,121,129,300. CGCs' fees added up very fast so I hope this works out.

https://www.cgccomics.com/join/

I will be listing one on ebay when I get it back from CGC in a month or so.

Will do, thanks. Just started listing books:
ebay.com link: itm
So check that one out and you can follow other auctions to see what I list. I'll be doing true $1.00 no reserve auctions. I'll get killed on some but I'll do well enough on others so I'm sure I'll be OK overall. Hate to sell but very glad others will get to enjoy.

I know I shouldn't sell but I'm having fun just going through all my old books again. After six weeks of being out of work this is giving me something to focus on other than watching my insane neighbors become more insane. I reserve the right to change my mind at anytime.

I think you're right! I'm very happy to see the amount of interest here!

That is amazing artwork. I wish I could unsee it. Now somebody has to do a Batman66 alternate translite with that including a zombified Catwoman.

Cool, thanks, I hadn't seen that sight before. I'm sure I have a few of those tucked away.

Just a quick follow up to my first two weeks of auctions. I started with my Spidermans. I sent my key issues to CGC for grading and it will be awhile until I get them back. I auctioned 48 books individually ranging from issue 12 to 79. I am pleased to say I had tons of interest and lots of bidders. I ended up with $2900 in sales. Fees are 10% for ebay and 3% for paypal. I'm sure I would have taken a much greater hit than that if I sold to a dealer. This has been fun but very time consuming which is fine while I'm waiting for work to reopen. At this rate I can probably sell one box a month and I started with eight boxes. I hope to get through three or four boxes and at that point the rest of my collection will be cheap stuff and I can let that go to a dealer. If nothing else this is a fun way to pass some time until life gets back to normal.

Ha, I'm just shy of 60 years old and if I waited another 15 years I'd forget I even had any books in the closet. I guess everything happens for a reason. I'll keep at least one box of stuff I want to reread in the future. Outside of that I'm glad I'm making some other collectors happy now. Hate to say it but at least while pinball is in a coma comics have a huge following.

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing!

I have a Spiderman #50 CGC 5.5 on ebay right now, currently WAY less than book.
ebay.com link: THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN 50
Also a Spiderman #20 and nice runs of TOS and TTA.

That's awesome. I would have loved to meet Stan Lee.

My bad, I never thought it would be worth waiting hours in line for an autograph. How wrong I was!

And just for fun, heres the Hulk I just got back from grading:

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I did OK with ebay. CGC is expensive to get books graded so if a book won't sell for at least $250 don't bother. Gocollect is a great sight for valuation, well worth $10/month. GPA is a valuation sight for CGC graded books, also $10/month. If you join CGC to get books graded they have a chat room/forum where you can buy sell trade direct with other collectors, it's worth trying before selling on ebay to save ebay fees. My last two weeks of auctions on ebay have slowed down so I think comics has a summer slump like everything else. I'm going to get a few more key books graded and wait until summer is over to continue selling. If you have some expensive books it's worth sending them to Gary Kendra at Impressive Comics to get pressed before submitting to CGC. For short money he will improve your books and then submit them directly to CGC for you. Great guy to deal with. My Hulk would have been a .5 but after he pressed it I got a 2.0 from CGC, that's a $5K difference in value.

Wow! Batman #1 went for over $2 Million!

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/batman-1-dc-1940-cgc-nm-94-white-pages/a/7239-91027.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515