Charybdis

Hello All, My friend recently offered to sell me his Wolverine Limited Series #1 Newsstand 9.8. Unfortunately for me, it’s in the older case, and the case is in rough shape. I searched up the cert # and it checks out and says it was graded in 2004. So during the earlier years of CGC. The right side of the slab can be opened a little bit, but after some research it seems like that’s common in these older slabs. All four corners are intact and it doesn’t seem to be tampered with. So I’m not worried about it being a fake case or it being part of the reholder scam. My concern is with the case and inner well. Besides the scuffs and scrapes all over the front and back, the top label has a stain mark and the inner well shifts. It doesn’t shift left and right but up and down. I notice the label isn’t up as far as it originally was manufactured and should sit. I can compare this older case to another case I have, that was slabbed in 2007, and this label, compared to the slab I already own, sits way low in the case. Once tilted upside down, it slides up and looks better, although it doesn’t seem to fully be back in the intended position. Once tilted back to right side up, it drops inside the case. Does anyone have a slab that does this, or have you come across any that do this? My LCS owner thinks it’s legit, just in rough shape. He recommended I send it in for a reholder so it’s in a new case and presents better, possibly with a custom label. I’m just concerned with the reholder scam it will be re-graded and come back a lower grade after being slabbed for 20 years and looking like it’s lived a rough life.

Wtf is going on at CGC? First the holder tampering scandal and now this? Is it even safe to submit books to CGC any longer? What’s next? They’re going to drop 10 Pre-screens to take the attention off this new scandal?!

So I’m new to grading. Don’t really own many slabbed books, My LCS gave me the book with a messed up bottom right corner and a spine tear on the top left. Not sure if it happened from them handling it, or if it came like that in the box. I’m not super worried about grading it, really just curious what you all think it would come back if I submitted it. That, and it’s unsightly to my OCD eyes.

So I’m new to grading. Don’t really own many slabbed books, My LCS gave me the book with a messed up bottom right corner and a spine tear on the top left. Not sure if it happened from them handling it, or if it came like that in the box. I’m not super worried about grading it, really just curious what you all think it would come back if I submitted it. That, and it’s unsightly to my OCD eyes.

Thank you, all! I figured it wasn’t cut since it didn’t get a purple label. But I’ve only seen one other comic like this and the person has me second guessing my gut feeling

I have this Uncanny X-Men book that has been graded an 8.5, but the comics code authority logo is chopped off. Was this a manufacturing error or has it been trimmed. Grader notes don’t say anything about it being trimmed.