Vince Oliva Joins CGC as a Grader!

Vince Oliva has joined Cetified Guaranty Company as a grader. He is a Chicago native and a proud Northwestern University alumni who has been a collector for as long as he can remember, with early passions as diverse as stamps, coins, gum cards, and comics. Vince adds, “I can remember riding my bike to the local drug store with a quarter in my pocket. I’d come home with a comic, two packs of Batman cards, and change.” His collections grew to include sports memorabilia, autographs, comic art, and toys.

He opened two hobby stores to both fuel and contain his interests. “Whether it was a Janis Joplin autograph; John Romita Spider-Man cover art, a 1926 Yankees signed ball, or a 1962 Robot Comando, I just had to have it!”

These collections have long since been disbursed, with Sotheby’s first comic auction selling the early run of Larson Pedigree Marvel Mystery comics and other key Golden Age comics. More recently he has sold his high grade runs of Silver Age comics, including one of the finest runs of Amazing Spider-Man to come to market.

Although like all CGC graders, Vince no longer commercially buys or sells comics, his love of comic books has not diminished. Coming full circle, he now pursues reading copies of his favorites, remembering that it is “where all the fun started.”

Mark Haspel, President and Primary Grader of CGC comments, “Vince is a really terrific addition to the team here. He has so much experience that we can draw upon, and understands the industry as both a collector and a comics professional.”

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