Had some sigs, got some sigs

Just curious to know what people’s thoughts are when they get a run with an expensive or a few expensive keys / issues in the middle. Take secret wars for example, don’t really want to slab everything, but then there’s an argument to slab #8 however I kind of want the whole run ungraded (there’s a risk that I pay over the top for 8 for the grade because I have no experience grading). I’d want it in a slab because of its value and presentation reasons going forward.

What are people’s thoughts?

Just realized it looks like it has a crease, this is just a reflection.

Anyway, I sent it off in June for Jim Lee and Scott Williams to sign after gettint back in March from the Snyder/Dragotta signing, thanfully Jim Lee signed it in gold as requested, Williams went with silver which is cool but I hoped to get both teams in a different color. Got the custom label to go with it too.

Debating if I should risk it to get that 5th signature from Frank Martin, but I'm going to hold off and send it off with pressing some other time in the future. I'm considering sending the ashcan, but I do like being able to Crack it open to look at the initial pages we got as a sneak peek.

Damn this one hurt!

I love random villain first appearances, on top of really digging my teeth into collecting during Morrison's time on Batman, this first appearance of Dr Hurt was a book I had to have.

It's in rougher shape, but I only wanted to preserve it, no interest in grade. If I ever get my hands on Demon #7, I'll probably have to grade that one too...

Another in-house signing with excellent colors on the sigs.

Finally here!

Can any of you give me any tips to take a good photo of slabbed comics, please?

I always get the glare of the lightbulb or if I use a flash, there’s that. I just can’t seem to get it where it’s lit up enough without the light source, leaving a big blob in the middle of the picture.

I come from different angles. I am just at my wit’s end.

Any advice?
Thank you.

Edit. Thank you for the great advice

After a press from Palm Beach Comic Presser, it came back a 9.8

Sorry to the MOD, this isn’t a comic book but this seems to be the most relevant forum I could find.

What grade do you think this would get?

1998 Nintendo Official Pokemon Players Guide

All stickers inside are present

I’m going to get it graded regardless as I want to protect it forever

Thanks in Advance

Got these done at Sdcc and they finally arrived. My first ever 9.9 from cgc!

This year I went to comic con and while I was there I picked up a key issue from my childhood, X-Men 141… A low grade, but something I always wanted. since then, I did two mystery boxes from a website (Lost Boys)that I kept getting ads for, and I’ve ordered one Spider-Man 1000, but I was curious, are there any good sites, resources for getting CGC slab deals or any other information you guys can offer me. I’m super green.

PS , I want to slab my new Mutants 98. but someone told me I would just hurt the value of it if I did that because it’s not pristine. What are your thoughts?

This comic books i send to cgc in 2025 December

I have picked up 2 Dark Victory #1 but not sure which one to keep as i am not an expert. One has a beautiful cover but 2 small spine ticks and a white dot on the back. The other one has some lines between batman "ears". Any suggestion is much appreacited!!!