Bomber-Bob

I agree with you. The inquiry about pressing, in today's marketplace, is probably asked to secure books they can then improve and re-sell for more money.

In today's environment, stating a slabbed book was never pressed, should be a good selling point.

Glad it helped. Years ago, you could call CGC and ask questions directly to the graders about your grade. This is long gone but the grader's were very informative and I learned a lot. Submissions weren't as hectic and demanding as now. I still have some personal references but I suspect many have changed since the early years.

No problem, just teasing. What's most important is answering your question. These are very old CGC comments about foxing. Are the comments still valid, were they ever accurate, who knows. Note the terms referenced , 'minor, slight, light'. In my opinion, these comments are vague and dependent on other conditions of the book. 9.6 If the foxing is very minor. 9.4 If the foxing is very slight. 9.2 if the foxing is very light. 9.0 if combined with other flaws.

I guess you didn't like my answer to you on the other thread where you asked the same question, HaHa ! The reason you are not getting straight up answers from us is CGC does not publish their stance = nothing for you to read up on. Also realize, the rules vary depending on the grade and other conditions of the book. The size, darkness, location of foxing may be treated differently from one book to another. Sorry but there are no firm answers or something to offer to read up on, especially when asking for differences from 15 years ago.

I've personally had a submission, with back cover foxing, as high as 9.6 . I'm not sure if CGC has tightened up on this flaw but I do believe 9.4 will be allowed.

Lion's Den was correct about why the Foxing was not listed. In theory, only flaws that affect the grade are listed. Every flaw is not listed. Regarding your request to see these 'rules' written, I don't think so. BTW, in your case/example the light foxing must have been meaningful to list and affects the grade.

I was always under the impression that the CCS pressers do not grade, they only press. If submitted and paid for evaluation, CCS will utlize a grader for evaluation.

You put the value on the form when you submit. That will be the insured value for shipping.

I'm not sure of the exact cost but yes, you are charged for a full regrading fee.

I totally agree, it should be an even playing field. I just feel better than last year as more states and auction sites are now charging tax, leveling the field.

I'm in Illinois. When the sales tax on comics first started, I was irritated. I was even more irritated when it was not used by all auction houses. Now that it appears most are charging, I don't feel irritated at all. Just another cost of collecting.

I don't think CGC will guarantee anything about this book until they have it in hand for evaluation.

I agree with the comments here that, in general, a 9.4 is simply not a worthy grade for a Modern. As others stated, at best maybe half the value of a similar 9.6 .

I've never heard of this. From my knowledge, CGC will never slab the book inside a polybag. The polybag is removed.

I've never heard anyone else ever say that color loss is not a determination for the grade. If a 9.8 has a color break, it should be very tiny. The size of the color loss should lower the grade. If 1/4 inch it should be a 9.4 . Hey Lion, help me here. Is my statement above wrong ?

If the book was a little lower in grade, I think a press would raisie the grade. However, at 9.4, I don't see it going higher. The ability to get a 9.6 with a color breaking defect depends on the location and the size. In this case, I don't think so but I wish you luck.

With a grade already of 9.4, I'm assuming the rest of the book is in nice shape. You can press the book, it should 'look' better, but the cover color loss will still be there. If you are implying I can't grade and should leave the grading to the graders, so be it.

Nice book. I'm thinking 7.5 .

If you give it to CCS, in the slab, they will probably not press it because the grade will not be improved. If you submitted it with instruction to press, they will press it, but it's a waste of money.

Your book looks like a really nice copy. You can see from the cover that it is a Newstand. I just don't see the value of resubbing it to put Newstand on the label.

Originally, CGC allowed pressed books to be acceptable because they could not ascertain if the book was pressed. Personally, I think they can tell 99% of the time but CGC wanted to introduce their own Pressing service. I concur that you should be able to request not pressed on the label but I don't think they will allow it.

This makes sense to me. The 'rejects' from the pregrader are not official until they are looked at by the graders. Sometimes the graders overrides the pregrader. So all 25 books, rejects and slabs, are shipped back together. My advice is stick to multipes of 25. The additional costs for the 3 were not worth the cost.

Years ago, I believe the maximum in a return shipment was 30. However, the newer holders weigh more and I believe were lowered to 25. No, CGC does not use any old box.