Is describing the grading industry as an art form simply a respectful way of saying they don't know what they are doing?

With additional grading companies, it is imperative for CGC to get it right. In the early days skeptics sent a book in, had it graded, cracked it and sent it back in again. Would they get the same grade? Did it drop? Did it soar? I am sure the same people decided to try out CBCS and do the same. I know I did. But this is more about sending the same book in to the same company after a signing.

I cracked many of my New Mutants books graded a 9.8. Many of them returned retaining the same grade, but a few dropped. Between Bagofleas and I, four out of five of our New Mutants Annual number one's dropped to A 9.6, and I can accept this. It is when a book drops or raises (without a press) more than a single grade that I have a problem with. On a side note my own personal annual went from a 9.2 to an 8. This was the greatest change in grade I had ever personally experience. One I never expected to happen again. It did.

The case in question is a book I had graded by CGC in January of 2015. It received a 9.2. I wrestled with the dilemma of getting this holy grail signed and after passing on opportunity after opportunity I decided, why not? And then after I did it, I asked Why?

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

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