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Matt Nelson is one of the most renowned comic book restoration and grading experts in the industry He began collecting vintage comics at an early age, starting with a copy of Iron Man #1 that he received for his 14th birthday By the age of twenty, Nelson had become the youngest Overstreet Advisor ever Shortly[...]

Nobody should pay $3,207,852.00 for a comic, or even $32.00, without having a sense of what the info on the CGC label means, and how it was determined. Avengers #1 CVR graded This week, CGC Primary Grader Matt Nelson answers questions posed in the comments of previous installments in this series — about a few label designations that[...]

Nobody should pay $3,207,852.00 for a comic, or even $32.00, without having a sense of what the info on the CGC label means, and how it was determined. This week, CGC Primary Grader  Matt Nelson, discusses the impact of tape on comic book grading. This installment of CGC Insider is part of a series, tune in here next week around[...]

Having watched the first several of these, I can tell you that CGC Primary Graders Matt Nelson, and upcoming Paul Litch and Shawn Caffrey, really know their stuff so well that it's second nature to them, which makes it entertaining to watch the explanation unfold. This installment of CGC Insider is the first of many, tune[...]