Bomber-Bob

The trouble with a Quick Press is, in time, what it fixed may return. Short term, you may get the grade you want but long term it will revert in the slab. This is sometimes why we see over graded books in slabs. At the time the graders saw the book, it looked good. Later, not so much.

It could just be a water stain.

As others stated, 50K seemed cheap. However, I just wanted to comment on the scan. In this case the scan is terrible and makes the book look terrible, all dark and tanning. I just don't understand why an auction house like CC cannot come up with a decent scan for an expensive book. It is a total injustice to the seller.

I guess I was thinking along the lines of Golden Age vs Moderns type of genre. However, the more I think about it I think price point is most important. I think the different auction houses have somewhat different audiences. Comiclink is great for your affordable to 10K range but if I had a 100K book I would probably choose Heritage. E-Bay is good for raws and affordable stuff. I find it difficult to answer the poll as is since there is no one size fits all. Maybe you can qualify the poll a little more ?

It helps if you quote the post you are referring to. I have no idea what you are talking about.

This is a difficult question to answer because it depends on the genre of the book. I didn't even know My Comic Shop has an auction.

I think you can prevent the spread of the rust with a proper environment, however, that saying 'Rust never sleeps' may come into play here. IMO, this is going to bother you, I know it would bother me. I suggest you move it and get a different copy.

Obviously your picture is very blurry but the book looks to be in very low grade with a really terrible spine. I don't think a press would help much, if at all. I would not apply heat to all that dirt on the Front Cover, it would look terrible. Accept it as the reader copy it is.

I don't know why you didn't like the Cubs when the Astros were in the NL. We were usually a very easy win for the Astros. Since the last time the Astros were in a WS, it was against a Chicago team, I figure it would be fun ! Great book. Thanks for the info.

Don't be too sure you won it. I just got notified that they are going to redo a portion of the auction from last night. Even after getting a WINNING NOTIFICATION E-Mail on a Tales of Suspense, I guess I didn't 'win' it afterall. Server problems. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Richard, congrats. Unbelievable looking copy. I couldn't see the original pic(Photobucket). I can tell from the conversation it was a 9.4 . Was it an old label, what was the original PQ ?? BTW, until they meet the Chicago Cubs in the World Series, I am definitely rooting for the Astros.

FYI, you aren't following many of the Board Selling Rules. I'm surprised this thread hasn't been pulled by the Mods. - You have to state a Return Policy. - You have to state payment methods. - You have to either have pics or give grades, you cannot simply list books.

My recollection was the studies at the time did not specify a precise lifespan of the MP. However, they did say 'at least' 7 years. Again, my recollection, in order to test the lifespan of the MP, they either had to wait out a true length of time or elevate it using heat. So, with 7 years into a length of time test and no degradation, the answer, at the time, was at least 7 years. Think about it, say you are 42 years old and somebody asks you how long do you think you will live. A safe answer would be at least 42 years. So, the safe answer here was 7 years, a number that 'stuck' in the minds of slab collectors to this day.

From the CC website in the Selling section..... PAYMENTS ComicConnect shall pay to you the sum of the final realized price of all your items sold, less a small commission retained from the proceeds of the sale. The Sale Price of items paid for by the Buyer with a fee-bearing payment type, such as credit card or Paypal, shall have a 3% deduction to be applied to the final sale price against the expense of receiving the payment incurred by ComicConnect. Each payment made to you shall be accompanied with a written accounting of the sales activity, specifying which items sold. All payments to you will be made in US Dollars.

No, the two sites are different. Comiclink charges the buyer a 3% CC fee. ComicConnect does not charge the buyer for using a CC, however, it takes 3% out of the seller's proceeds if a CC is used. See my two posts below from the CC website. I have to ask, have you ever bought from ComicConnect ? If you did, you would have known they don't charge for CC.

ComicConnect does not charge a fee for using a credit card ? Comiclink does.

I like to purchase old label(early CGC) books and sometimes deslab them. I have yet to see any obvious deterioration of either the pages or the micro chamber paper. In the early days of CGC, someone made a statement that the MP should last, at least, 7 years. They had not studied anything longer. Some took off with that statement to say it should be changed every 7 years. To me, it's like asking how often should you wash your car. Worry about the environment your comics are stored in. That is much more important than changing the MP.

I don't know the mechanics on how this is accomplished but if the staple is mostly on the vertex of the spine, the staple is pushed in and the spine is given an aggressive press holding it in that position. In my case, a key pedigree book, the staple was visible with a tear. After the tuck ,the staple was no longer visible from the front with both the staple and the tear hidden. It's very analogous to a spine realignment. Nothing technically illegal as far as CGC is concerned except they did not see the tear and the book got a grade bump. Again, the game is let's see what we can sneak by CGC. I hate these kind of antics. Years ago, the Boards would be on the outlook for this kind of stuff, providing before and after pics and calling people out. Now, not too many care anymore. It's all about the label and not the book inside.

There are 37 9.8's on the CGC census with one of them restored. Not necessarily rare but a very cool book.

I think it's definitely production and I've seen similar examples in a Universal Blue CGC slab.

There's no question that CGC is the best out there for resto detection. However, I think the game is now trying to sneak stuff past CGC, things that would be considered Resto if caught. A big loophole for sneaking stuff past CGC is CGC's posture on bindery flaws. If CGC 'thinks' a chip or crease is bindery they don't count it against the grade. So, fool CGC into thinking a flaw is bindery and you get a pass. Example, one that was brought up on the Boards many years ago. Fuzzy on the specifics but basically a dangling impact chip was removed and resubmitted resulting in a much higher grade. I personally experienced selling a book with a staple tear only to see it come up later with a staple tuck, hiding the tear. I've seen a tiny corner tear get the fingernail clipper applied. How about transforming a right edge tear into a Marvel chip. For me, it's frustrating that any flaws get a pass. IF CGC would change their posture on Marvel chipping and bindery flaws in general it would make these deceitful techniques employeed less.

I can understand your question being brought up by a Newbie but you have been on the Boards since 2008, about the same length of time as me. When I joined I knew nothing about pressing, dry cleaning, staple tucks, spine realignments, etc. I witnessed, and I assume you did also, pressing slowly being accepted into the community. After Steve Borock left CGC, he became an active member here and starting selling his own pressed books. We had the 'Costanza' controversy, heavy cover shrinkage of high grade books. We had discovery of micro trimming ala Jason Ewert, acknowledged by CGC. Spine realignment threads. Numerous how to press threads, how to buy a press threads, etc. I'm sorry but if you were on the Boards during the past 9 years, you lived it, hence my assumption that you were instigating. Anyway, hopefully I contributed something and added some insight. IMO, gentle pressing using proper hydration with appropriate specimens is fine. However, squishing the spine of a book to communion wafer flatness to get out a spine tick is abuse. BTW, beware of the 'return' of many of these pressed spine ticks inside the slab. Nothing worse than a buying an 8.0 book with a nice spine and see it morph into a 7.0 book with spine creasing after a few months.

I know you were kidding but I think he was trying to stir the pot in earnest. I don't think rust would happen from a bad press, honestly never heard that theory before. However, other staple damage can happen, especially staple tears. It definitely happened to me, even using a reputable presser.

Regarding the topic of of glue or CT noted on a Blue Label, I saw this example of a trimmed comic noted on a Blue label. While I realize this is an obvious QC error it occurred to me that a notation of Glue or CT on a Blue Label could also be a QC error. How would you know for sure ?