The condition of comics has always been a priority for me. The plan was simple. I'd order comics direct from distributors and publishers at the time of publication, store everything in an immaculate vault until the time of sale to the 1st customer 10-30 years later.
  
     The new Spider-man series of '90 was a big event and I wanted to be guaranteed the absolute best handling of the order. Friendly Franks, a distributor,  sent me a sealed box of unopened number ones. You could order a case of most any issue and ask that it not be opened  by the distributor.  This box was placed into our vault along with thousands of other boxes which were treated much the same. 

These remained unopened until 1999 when it was decide to send one comic to CGC to be slabbed. Comic fans had become excited with certified comics and the Spider-Man 1 had been the subject of fan interest. The sealed box was opened and a comic from the center of the box was selected. This comic was enclosed in a factory sealed bag. It was carefully examined  for any defect without removing the bag. The bag was had a lot of printing on it, so that it was impossible to examine the inner pages,  however it was determined that this comic had not suffered any damage as the corners and edges looked great.

I had no idea what criteria determined the grading of a comic at CGC, however it seemed likely that this particular comic should get a pretty decent grade.

All of my comics were given this kind of care and attention. I had been dealing in comics my entire life and had graded thousands of comics and sold them to happy customers all over the world. It was clear to me that this comic was unhandled in any way by middle-men and had passed my personal inspection. Only person who had ever handled this comic was myself   when I opened the box nine years after receiving it and the CGC personnel who did the grading. This was  a virgin comic, untouched in any way.     

The comic was sent to CGC  still inside the  bag. We know they received it in the bag as they gave us a phone call and asked permission to remove the bag in order to certify it.

The comic arrived 15 weeks later with a grade of 9.2 NM-. It looked really great in the plastic case, unblemished in any way, a monument to the care it had been given. It was placed at eBay for auction and brought  a price of $19.00. It was placed into  a sturdy corrugated mailing box cushioned with layers of plastic packing and mailed to the customer.

The excitement was over. The box of comics has been resealed and placed back into the vault not to see the light of day for another 10 or so years . Perhaps another comic would be removed in 2010 or 2020 and  comic fans would have the opportunity to bid for  another virgin comic. 
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This story describes the care given to every comic at Back Issue Comix.