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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 24, 2016 12:17:02 GMT -5
I'll be 100% honest with you guys, I had no idea polybags were meant to be collectible. I though they were either to a) hold a card or some other extra collectible (which I guess, if it's there, would make the book worth a bit more), or b) to keep people from flipping through it and/or hiding the cover so they don't get spoilers before they were supposed to. I guess the recent DC ones were meant to make the comic a lottery ticket (open it to see if you get a rare variant!) but that's not a 'classic' thing. The McFarlane Spidey #1 was, to my knowledge, the first polybgagged comic to really draw attention to itself for coming in a polybag. It didn't come with anything -- no collectible trading card or poster or anything -- it was just in a sealed bag. And, for some reason, people were immediately selling them (practically off the stands) for $20 a pop as compared to the non-bagged versions selling for cover price. I still don't understand what happened.  The bagged version had silver foiling on the cover vs a plain cover that was unbagged. To me, it was the silver foiling that made it more "collectable", not the bag which I quickly ripped up |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 24, 2016 13:19:20 GMT -5
How can these things be slabbed and given a CGC rating if they can't be opened? Investing minds want to know!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2016 14:04:55 GMT -5
It's true that in the 90's there was a huge premium for comics still in the bag, but I don't think it's lasted, and I don't think there's much of that today.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 24, 2016 16:38:09 GMT -5
How can these things be slabbed and given a CGC rating if they can't be opened? Investing minds want to know! Good question. Has anyone ever seen a bagged comic that was also slabbed? |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Mar 24, 2016 16:59:33 GMT -5
How can these things be slabbed and given a CGC rating if they can't be opened? Investing minds want to know! Good question. Has anyone ever seen a bagged comic that was also slabbed? From their site:
"CGC does not certify sealed poly-bagged books. To have a poly-bagged book certified by CGC, you must remove the book from its poly-bag or send written approval authorizing CGC to remove it. The words “Poly-bag removed” appear on the CGC label."
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Post by Trevor on Mar 24, 2016 17:35:21 GMT -5
Most of my comics are not even in bags. They're stacked in ordinary cardboard boxes, not comic boxes. I plan to change that situation one of these days, probably after I retire (currently scheduled for 2027). I used to re-bag every 5 years, but haven't for maybe 15 years now. I recently decided that I'm just going to throw away all my bags and boards. I'm never going to sell them, and it slows down the reading to have to take them out of bags each time. Or maybe I'll just do 10-20 comics of a run in a single magazine bag. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Mar 24, 2016 17:56:22 GMT -5
Good question. Has anyone ever seen a bagged comic that was also slabbed? From their site:
"CGC does not certify sealed poly-bagged books. To have a poly-bagged book certified by CGC, you must remove the book from its poly-bag or send written approval authorizing CGC to remove it. The words “Poly-bag removed” appear on the CGC label."
Well, that's gonna send a certain type of collector into a tizzy. |
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Post by shaxper on Mar 24, 2016 18:59:08 GMT -5
The McFarlane Spidey #1 was, to my knowledge, the first polybgagged comic to really draw attention to itself for coming in a polybag. It didn't come with anything -- no collectible trading card or poster or anything -- it was just in a sealed bag. And, for some reason, people were immediately selling them (practically off the stands) for $20 a pop as compared to the non-bagged versions selling for cover price. I still don't understand what happened. The bagged version had silver foiling on the cover vs a plain cover that was unbagged. To me, it was the silver foiling that made it more "collectable", not the bag which I quickly ripped up Both the silver and regular covers were available both polybaged and un-bagged. Neither was exclusive to the bag. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 24, 2016 19:48:39 GMT -5
The McFarlane Spidey #1 was, to my knowledge, the first polybgagged comic to really draw attention to itself for coming in a polybag. It didn't come with anything -- no collectible trading card or poster or anything -- it was just in a sealed bag. And, for some reason, people were immediately selling them (practically off the stands) for $20 a pop as compared to the non-bagged versions selling for cover price. I still don't understand what happened. That being the case then I'll quote from Plan 9 From Outer Space "You earthlings are stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid" |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2016 21:59:38 GMT -5
From their site:
"CGC does not certify sealed poly-bagged books. To have a poly-bagged book certified by CGC, you must remove the book from its poly-bag or send written approval authorizing CGC to remove it. The words “Poly-bag removed” appear on the CGC label."
Well, that's gonna send a certain type of collector into a tizzy. The CGC guys don't like buying a comic inside the bag still because of the possibility of obscured micro flaws anyway. They'd likely want the seller to remove it from the bag before purchase. They also don't care about COA's and think unwitnessed signed comics are destroyed. |
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Post by Bronze Age Brian on Mar 25, 2016 0:01:28 GMT -5
This is my favorite type of polybag: All black with a white/silver outline of a character on the cover. Too bad this style didn't catch on, it feels more mysterious and collectible to me as far as bags are concerned.  But that ship has sailed, as I doubt we will ever see polybags come back into style again. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2016 17:46:12 GMT -5
Actually DC is doing polybag promotions right now. Mystery books, with variants randomly distributed.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 27, 2016 11:37:55 GMT -5
Well, that's gonna send a certain type of collector into a tizzy. The CGC guys don't like buying a comic inside the bag still because of the possibility of obscured micro flaws anyway. They'd likely want the seller to remove it from the bag before purchase. They also don't care about COA's and think unwitnessed signed comics are destroyed. The CGC wants to monopolize the comic-book grading market and define the rules of the game. Which is one of the reasons I don't much like them. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2016 11:56:31 GMT -5
The CGC guys don't like buying a comic inside the bag still because of the possibility of obscured micro flaws anyway. They'd likely want the seller to remove it from the bag before purchase. They also don't care about COA's and think unwitnessed signed comics are destroyed. The CGC wants to monopolize the comic-book grading market and define the rules of the game. Which is one of the reasons I don't much like them. I don't disagree with them that the comic has to be removed from the bag in order to be accurately graded though. The baseball card guys will say you have to open the pack to grade the cards inside too |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 27, 2016 12:00:54 GMT -5
The CGC wants to monopolize the comic-book grading market and define the rules of the game. Which is one of the reasons I don't much like them. I don't disagree with them that the comic has to be removed from the bag in order to be accurately graded though. The baseball card guys will say you have to open the pack to grade the cards inside too That's true, and it is surprisingly honest of them. Things like "qualified" grades or giving decimal values to their evaluations without ever considering margins of errors had me thinking they'd find a way around the polybag barrier. ("polybags must not be creased or show yellowing, edges must be sharp and unwavy and blablablah"). I'm afraid I get very cynical when it comes to the CGC!!! |
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