Hello and welcome to Pressing Candidates! If you just happened to stumble upon this site at random I urge you to stay awhile and discover what pressing comic books is all about. Even if you are not a comic book collector and know nothing about comics – it doesn’t matter. Anyone can make money by having the right comic books (called Pressing Candidates in the comic collecting industry) pressed by professionals and submitted for grading. I am going to take the mystery out of the entire process and I promise you one thing. You will very quickly become interested in what I have to tell you and best of all, this website is absolutely free and the advice given is yours for the taking! There are no gimmicks or subscription costs – just FREE advice! Now how can you beat that?
First of all – whether you are a comic book expert or a novice – you are sure to know one thing. If you have two absolutely identical items in front of you – let’s say a toaster – and you are considering buying one – odds are you will probably just grab one of them and go on your way right? Now let’s assume one of those toasters has a bid dent in the side. This dent looks a bit ugly, but the toaster still works fine. Odds are you would grab the one without the dent right? Well, the same goes for comic books. Collectors, if given a choice, almost always go for the one in higher grade. Usually, the higher the grade – the more valuable the comic book. When it comes to older and more collectible comics, those differences can become quite significant. Let me use as an example the most valuable comic book in the world – Action Comics #1 featuring the very first appearance of Superman. Just last year and earlier this year, three copies sold for $625,000, $1,000,000 and $1,500,000. Why the huge difference in price? You probably guessed it – condition, condition, condition. Comic books are usually graded on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest possible. The $625,000 copy was a 6.5 condition copy, the $1,000,000 copy was in 8.0 condition and the $1,500,000 copy was in 8.5 condition. That’s right. A buyer paid $500,000 MORE and the book was only higher by 0.5 !!
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