Bomber-Bob

You think there is a handbook on how scoring works ? I really am on the floor laughing. Sorry.

The difference between a 9.0 and a much higher grade can be very slight and subtle. In this case, what looked to be a perfect book while viewing from the front, had a tear or something on the vertex of the spine. The graders didn't notice it but the finalizer did. Realizing this, it's crazy that buyers pay huge premiums for higher grades. In many cases, a book in 9.0 looks as good as a book in 9.8. Crazy.

I don't see an inner well ? Maybe they had a few old ones laying around.

Yes, I think this is what happened. Those early versions of the new slabs, which this looks like, was recognized to have problems. No inner well with mylar sheets tightly holding the book in place. The box gets dropped, the cover stays put while pages shift, bang you have a detached cover. The book needs a little wiggle room for this scenario. You may be able to bring this up with CGC.

No, I got it from Bob Storms who said it came from a collection he picked up in the U.K. .

I agree, you definitely see the 100 a lot, it does not seem to be rare. However, I usually see it below 5.0 . For the record, I own a mid grade 102 and 109. 109 is supposed to be the first book of the Silver Age. I've owned a 100 before but it was 3.5 range.

I honestly don't know but I would think a new label, with the new designation, would be assigned. Perhaps you are better off asking your question in a different thread. I think most see the title ASK CGC and don't bother reading it.

For the record, I also didn't understand your question. I thought your first sentence was clear and I understood what you were asking. Then I read the 2nd sentence and it made absolutely no sense . I like this range of Superman and they all seem pretty tough. Let us know what you find out from the census.

While I agree with your comments, I think it may have to do how the staples were cleaned. If a solvent of any kind was used, CGC considers it restoration.

You have to consider the situation that when CGC saw the book, it was freshly pressed and flat. Since then, sitting in the slab, the memory of the creases came back and it now looks like this. This could simply be a matter of a poor press job. I would not be happy with this book. I suspect you are not happy either. Move the book, it will always be a sore spot in your collection.

I disagree. Buyers expect a 9.8 to look near perfect. Any defects on a 9.8 book should be extremely small, not in your face spine tics. I'm okay with the second book but not the first.

I agree. IMO, the first one should NOT be a 9.8 and I would NOT be happy owning it.

I remember one time I submitted a 30 book invoice and saw the grades online. I wrote down the grades on my copy of the submission form. After waiting a number of weeks for them to ship, I called CGC. It turns out many of the books in my invoice were pedigrees. Not sure what they do now, but back then Mark Haspel would review every pedigree submitted. Mark was on vacation or something and when he finally reviewed them, as a final grader, he changed many of the grades on my books. I remember one in particular went from a 9.8 down to a 9.0. Many others were bumped up a tick, as if he was giving a pedigree bump for the freshness. Anyway, my point here, is that the grade can change. There can be an accident with encapsulation, QC may spot something, or the finalizer may override. I once remember someone on the Boards complaining that his 9.0 assigned grade was overriden by the finalizer to a 7.5 ! They don't even show the grades until the books are actually picked up and off the premises. No problems this way. To be honest, I think it makes sense and is for the better.

This has been brought up before. It used to be available upon grading but no longer. The initial assigned grade is not final until it's actually packed up and shipped.

I agree with everything said about Clink's excellent customer service. However, in this case, there is no real 'problem' to resolve. If the check just cleared, I believe you have to wait 10 business days. This was a huge auction, with lots to ship out, I really doubt if they will give him a specific answer as to date of shipment. I suspect they will simply state he is in the queue.

If you are anxious to get your books, you should have paid with a CC. If you pay with check, you are probably talking about a month. They process the books in the order payment was received. Naturally, if you pay with CC, you get in the queue faster. This was a really big auction so I suspect it's a long queue. In this last auction I paid with CC and they shipped my books next day. Totally worth the 3% fee.