Topnotchman

They would likely bump the adventure 247 to express tier price, lately the grading time for both tiers is similar, all your comics would get return shipped in the same box. So no multi ship charges. You are taking a risk of lost or damage when conservatively assigning a value lower than fair market.

The coloring over the issue box looks like scribbling, while the red over his face is red on red, likely restoration from CGC.

As a recommendation, you should take it out of the poly bag on your own, review the condition. Than get the book pressed before grading as the books are known to get bag dents on the covers.

I’ve seen graders notes with a small amount of color touch itemized. When in hand there were scattered touches all over the front cover.

It kinda falls in line with how bad is a 2mm crease going to knock the grade down. Pressing also helps tidy up the tear so it’s not as obvious.

Thanks Mike

I’m not reading it anywhere, I’m interpreting the original poster. Hence my question to mike if this exists.

So if one just sends a book to ccs for pressing and oh could you also take a spine roll out as part of the same fee for service?

I didn't know pressing and spine roll removal was built into the same service. Should be a separate function as it is a separate function from pressing. Compared to pressing, the risk of a cover or centerfold coming loose is significant.

This sounds like a reasonable option for both parties involved. The presser wouldn’t have to have space to essentially warehouse there customers books. There is insured value for theft and natural disasters that would be reduced. If your the submitter and 6-9 months go by. Say you’ve changed your mind because your hot books cooled and lost significant value. Now you can just say keep the deposit I’m not sending the books to you. Otherwise you couldn’t ship and return ship a box of books for $25.00.

Ccs failed to completely press the finger bends out, hence the note very light. Otherwise post pressing damage to the book would likely say finger bends. Graders notes are also not a conclusive list of flaws that downgrade a book from 9.8.

Divots like that can be a pressing defect from improper pressing. Yes they can be fixed when pressing is done correctly.

Tanning on a bronze age book, no I would wait for a better copy.

Glad there is an acknowledgment of the bounced emails. The response I got on August 4th was “I don’t see an error on our end and no one else has reported an issue.” Hope it can be resolved otherwise I just call now to get a response the past few weeks.

I’ve had single books in a stack of books with broken corners also. It happens

No sell as is

You can call CGC on Monday to get there response. Otherwise they just grade and charge you for the books according to the tier you submitted them under. If a book is worth significantly higher than the $400.00, they may add an additional fee to that particular book after grading. If you want specific value advise on any of your 39 comics you can post them in the Hey Buddy Can you spare a grade section.

Gathering comic pressing and grading knowledge from u tubers and Facebook groups. Organic frustration takes over due to inaccurate source material.

CGC graders are smart enough to recognize a lousy clean and press job, and they downgrade accordingly.

I’ve been unable to email cgc the past two weeks, I’ve sent three questions and my emails are rejected like yours.

None of these books are high enough grade to justify the costs of third party grading.

I've seen a lot of copies of X-Men #1 with recessed staples in the wild, unpressed and in raw condition. Looks like a common production flaw for this book, which does show pages out the outside edge. They typically downgrade for this, so a generous 9.8 on those books.

The graders likely know which books are pressed by just looking at them. There are small subtle clues, like how round is the spine, does the spine look to flat, or pointed to the back cover or front cover. One can tell if fillers or fluff were added to the book during pressing or left out. Is there flaring or curving to the corners, does the book have waves, is there pebbling or finger bends. They can reverse engineer CCS and other large pressing submitters because of there large volume of books and how the book lays while on the table absent or inclusive of clues listed above. Unfortunately I believe at times they have drifted into grading the pressing, not taking into account on how the books actually looked the day they were released on the stands, and what were the common flaws from each era.

I don't see anything here as historically the grades of 5.5 to 6.5 have been the most volatile gray area grades for inconsistencies, a book will regrade the same or upgrade by just sending in as is or pressed. The top end grades and low end grades are easier and more consistant for a CGC grader or upgrader to nail down as there are obvious flaws that are allowed or are not allowed, more black and white.

Indents can be pressed out, however grader notes are not conclusive to all the flaws on a book, so an automatic grade bump is not guaranteed.