Apparently The PSA Comic Book Grading has Rolled out with Thud? Or is it just me?
thedutymon11
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Evening,
Been kinda keeping a little eye to what's happening with the Roll-Out of PSA's Comic Grading. From what I can see (And I have no Idea what they are Charging for Grading) most Bronze and Copper Books are being Sold or Not on FeeBay in 9.0-9-6 for Barely Grading costs. $29-$39, Max about $100 if they are selling? Almost no Vintage I could Find, minimal Silver Age and almost no Golden Age!
Returns $$$ don't seem to be in line...Lets Discuss!
Thanks YeeHaw!
Neil
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The comic book market seems pretty weak to me.
If you consider what people are saying about gradable vintage cards drying up, CGC has probably graded most of the high end vintage comics already. Comics and cards are very different. Every year a hot player get a Topps card printed. Comics don't work like that. Key comics are few and far between.
I collected comics a bunch when I was a kid. I try to read modern comics. They're not good. At least not the stuff I've been picking up.
Sometimes I look at vintage stuff that I think could get hot. The comic industry has been adding significance to books that have never been keys before. Like, the eternity mask stuff. I think they pretty much made a reference to an item in 2017, or something, but add lore that makes a bunch of books from the 1940s-current more significant. It's an interesting idea. But at the same time it's kinda like saying a common from 1952 is now a major star cause they figured out that he hit 500 home runs that have been overlooked for 70 years.
CGC has a stronger position in the comic market than PSA has in the card market.
Are cross overs even possible for this type of thing? I would guess they need to examine every page and not just the cover. I can seeing this as a problem as most high end vintage has been graded like stated above.
PSA had opportunity and they ruined it.
As justifiably villified as CGC is, if PSA had been willing to offer a much lower sub price than CGC and takec a loss for 2-3 years they might have succeeded .
Instead PSA sub cost was equal to or exceeded CGC. No incentive to test them out and no incentive to crack out from CGC slabs and sub. As a result they will lose money on the venture.
Wreaks of lack of business accumen from all involved at PSA in blowing an amazing opportunity
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
I’m guessing they will now just buy them.
Evening,
Spending some time looking at PSA Slabs today and my disappointment just grows. I mean the Lettering is Impossibly small, all of it, barely even read the Grade Number. And the RED, WOW just turns me off............Although I suppose, if the Size of the Lettering was Increased to what it should be...Maybe the Red works, but not now!
YeeHaw!
Neil