or resubbing a book and retaining its grade...

So I see and a hear a lot of people receive grades on a book and question why they are what they are. I have also seen someone (myself including) receive a high grade they did not expect and were surprised to get. And a lot of people seems to question just how consistent the grading process really is. I would like to think that for the money we pay and the time involved in the process that there is a legitimate rhyme and reason to everything and the books deserve the grades they get whether we always understand why. Let's face it: We do not work for CGC and are not privvy to the process and discussions on why a book is graded the way it is. So where is this going you ask?

I have a 9.8 copy of ASM 65. There are only 13 of these on the census and 0 that are 9.8 signed. So I thought it would be great to have mine signed by Stan Lee and Romita for the fabled OAK. I am not afraid to crack books for signings as I've had good results in the past. The problem to me though is this book, from my perspective, has a noticeable defect. On the bottom back cover right by the spine there is a small chip out of the cover, literally a little piece missing. Now I would like to think for whatever reason, this book deserved it's 9.8 for the reasons I have already listed but I just would never ever expect this book to get a 9.8 sending it in raw. I would really like the take the gamble and have this book signed but if I knew in advance that it would definitely drop to say even a 9.6, I would rather have a 9.8 universal than a 9.6 signed personally. Any thoughts on this?

If it makes any difference I have zero intentions of selling this book if it were to become signed and hold it's grade. This would be one you'd have to pry from my cold, lifeless fingers.

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