How to crack open your CGC graded comic book my tips and tricks !

Welcome back to skeffs comic knowledge!
In this episode I show you how i open crack open a CGC graded book.
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[@juliusmaloney]

This was perfect. Just cracked open a Ms. Marvel #1 from 1977. She’s bagged & boarded and all thanks to this video! 🙏🏼

[@gregsaiidifar]

Man, you have a real Bob Ross-ness to your delivery and I'm all for it!

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

love me some bob ross!

[@micpar2]

I just bought two issues of Rom Spaceknight #3 & #5. Both NM CGC at a 9.6. I can understand slabs on Golden Age, Silver Age and Bronze Age Key issues. I myself take extremely great care of my comics. By only reading them like once every few years. Then bag and board them immediately and put them in comic boxes. In a cool dry dark area. The only thing I do differently then you did here. Is I cut two sides super slow/carefully on the final inside plastic mylar.

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

That’s some great advice at the end , I have become a lot more careful when opening books

[@2OldGeeksTalking]

FREE THE COMICS!

[@RAG718]

Just what I needed. Thx I got a DD168 CGC 7.0 I need to crack from my last vid

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

Also comic community let me know if you have ever tried to crack open a slab !

[@hoobieslaw1380]

Congrats on being the best video I have seen on cracking slabs as of yet. Still seems like using a rock to do what a exacto can do with a little patience and time.

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

dude that means so much!! so happy this was able to be helpful!

[@hoobieslaw1380]

@@skeffscomicknowledge1606 Keep the videos coming, brother. Like and Subscribe this guy. Love the enthusiasm for the hobby.

[@Simplemana]

Wow I learned a lot

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

Simple Saberz so happy I was able to help !

[@argonautasdelespacio]

the miniature is a tresure

[@dirtywayz1178]

Very interesting 🤔

[@timpennartz2922]

Awesome thanks Skeff. I don’t have any books to crack, but I feel better about trying it if I do ever need to do this 🤙🏼

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

Tim Pennartz thank you so much ! I’m glad you found it useful !

[@stevenp3245]

Great video

[@stephengraham7037]

hi great video I have to crack open on a book I sent to cgc the book sent in came back with 2 creases which it didn't have when I sent it in, they are so obvious I would have notticed them before I sent it in. My books were I sitting at the London office for 3 months and not forwarded on to Florida so any think could have happed to it but its my word against theirs so I am going to get it pressed .the book came back as a 8.4 ,with a pressing I hope to get a 9.8,the book is selling for around £400---£500 so its worth resubmiting it. thanks. for the vid

[@HomeGrownComics]

I use a heat gun no chips or cracks on the case be careful though

[@coelhocalves92]

I just bought my first CGC case. Its Saga #1, first print. I am debating to leave it in the case or open it lol

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

what grade is it?! also love saga #1 the biggest saga fan i know is comicmanandy!

[@coelhocalves92]

@@skeffscomicknowledge1606 8.0. It was the cheapest copy I can find. Everything else was too expensive even the raw copies.

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

@@coelhocalves92 see if you can buy the graders note on it through Cgc , find out there are pressable defects

[@coelhocalves92]

@@skeffscomicknowledge1606 ok thanks for the tip

[@tony961]

I really thought you were gonna go Negan on that slab

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

Anthony Restifo lol it would have made a hell of a video right !

[@ClearAutumnFestival]

Is it easy to tell if your case has been cracked by someone else? I don't want to get ripped off.

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

Oh yes it’s super easy to tell , they tend to splinter

[@nerdyfather8897]

Great video man. I’m going to guess that it was a newer case.

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

Yes sir it was !! It was a tough challenge

[@nerdyfather8897]

Skeff’s Comic knowledge yeah the new ones are harder to crack open than the old ones. Which is a good thing.

[@pantheraleo2490]

Put an old comic in the case and drive over it, then release it as a how to. See who bites 😂

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

Panthera Leo 🧐 that sounds like a great idea

[@will88TFs4Life]

Did you send the book afterall? And what did it cone back as the second time?

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

No I think I just gave it away on whatnot

[@Ruben-123]

He could have seen the crease without cracking it. Also what's with the lisp. Man loves to hear himself talk.

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

Cool.

[@1standkeys28]

People can grasp the 2 kitty corners and twist and flex a CGC case for 50 to 100 times (listen for the dozens of micro crackling sounds), then it will come apart very easy WITH OUT even cracking the plastic. Then they switch in a lower graded book and super glue it shut. This is why I refuse to buy CGC books from people i do not know. Not to brag on PGX, but that is why they seal the grade and the book into 1 piece.

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

Fascinating concept , have you been able to replicate this ?

[@Backtothehat]

The old cases were easier to crack. These new cases are dangerous!

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

Right !! They are a little sturdier and take longer but It makes me feel safer about the books

[@whitetiger_ccc]

Beards unite ✊🧔👍

[@michaelcoffin6592]

I thought you’re supposed to be this anti-aging paper in the CGC books ?

[@skeffscomicknowledge1606]

I think it depends on the age of the book