Bomber-Bob

Trust me, if I got my #36 pressed and resubmitted it may be a 9.6 ! You cannot beat me but I welcome you to try !!!

So I can be a brain surgeon, astronaut, anything I want to be as long as I practice ? As Clint Eastwood once said, ' a man has got to know his limitations'. My concern with all the DIY'ers is that they will eventually put their experiments into the marketplace.

See above, census shows no FF1 in 9.8 . Only one ASM #1 in 9.8 .

I thought there used to be one FF #1 in 9.8 but the census shows 0 ?

I agree that it would be a fun site but how would the site acquire these pics ? I'm sure many of these books were submitted by personal collectors that want to keep the books private.

Karl, I don't know how you got the impression I don't like slabbed books . I like CGC, I like slabbed books, I submit books. I don't like the manipulation of books,especially by DIY pressers. Here is a llink to my current collection.... http://www.myslabbedcomics.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=516

Actually, this makes more sense to me than an eraser. Dabbing the dirt out seems better than 'rubbing' it out. I know the 'trick' to a good eraser dry clean is to keep the eraser clean and rub ever so gently but for those of us without the patience, I like this idea.

Did you ever go to someone's house and he shows his DIY project ? He thinks it looks good and you are thinking it looks terrible. The trouble with showing a dry clean before and after with a two dimensional scan is you will not always see the damage. Look at the area that was dry cleaned, even the back cover white spine area, at an angle in hand and you will see the loss of gloss . It doesn't show up in the slab but raw, in hand, I don't like the look. CGC sees so much of it that they probably let it slide.

Yes. Also, from a CGC perspective, the grease mark would be a minimal, if any, downgrade. The loss of cover color would result in a bigger loss to the grade.

This is an extraordinary looking copy. Looks great and a pedigree ! My kind of book.

While this may present 'okay' for a low grade reader copy, the loss of cover color, especially in the yellow area, would look terrible and ruin a high grade book. Not sure of your intent but your example shows us what NOT to do.

Don't touch them. You will probably do more harm than good, removing color/gloss. Send them to a professional for a dry clean and press.

I've honestly never set a budget for anything in my life. If I want something, and I can afford it without credit or a loan, I buy it. With comics, I let the books come to me, passing if I can't currently afford it. I stopped buying new Moderns so I have more money if I see a vintage book offered. It's much more satisfying to buy one cool vintage book than hundreds of Modern drek.

Great copy, white cover, and cool date stamp !

A book with a detached staple will usually get a Green Qualified Label. About the highest a Blue label with a detached staple can get is probably 6.0 .

Wow, some great books being displayed here. Congrats to all of you ! This is NOT an easy book to find in high grade.

Bought this raw as a 9.2, sometime back in the mid 90's. Submitted it to CGC myself, many years ago, not pressed. To be honest, pressing was a 'hidden' secret back then, not available to us common collectors. It's so rewarding to submit a vintage book as is and get a high grade.

I commented in the other thread. This is not good. Send this book back, NOW ! You do not want to deal with this.

Wow, that's a scary story. Though I don't believe it's what SillyGoose was refering to.