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Also...the area of the'wrinkle' or 'tear' on back are at top and bottom of staple,indicating a pull of cover away from staple. It would not wrinkle at both places.

Even if that is a dirty wrinkle which it does not appear to be... There are countless color touches all over the book...countless spots filled in, areas overlaid, words and letters filled in. It has no mention of it on the label. Their own rules about defining restoration seem to change according to their vested interest.

Look at photos. Tear on back was complete paper separation. This was not just pressed. The paper in the area it the tear is also much lighter color and inconsistent with surrounding paper. Reaction to a liquid or chemical..clearly restoration. There are hundreds of color touch spots I have found,look closely at wording including 'Kazar' at lower left. Extensive color touch. There is zero mention of restoration or color touch on label- it is a Universal Pedigree label.I have even seen blue labels that specify light color touch, but this book has extensive amounts of it, and restoration on back cover.

This is a new issue entirely, and I cannot see how it could be done outside of CGC. This is a 1.2 million dollar book we are talking about. It was carefully doctored, by a very high level restorer. The tear repair is visible but very tight, and the color touch is obvious only when comparison is done side by side. The biggest issue to me is that not only did it bump from 9.0 to 9.4 after restoration, but it was certified as part of the Windy City pedigree as well. This would have to be very high level inside actors to do this.

The original 9.0 Universal 0071944001 sold 10-14-2005 for $161,000. After the restoration and color touch, The 9.4 Windy City Pedigree,marked as Universal 1625297003 sold 11-21-2019 for $1.26 million.

These are the same book. 9.0 Universal became 9.4 Universal Windy City pedigree copy. Book has been color touched and half inch tear repaired on back cover. How can a book go from 9.0 Universal, get color touched and tear restored, and become 9.4 Universal Pedigree?

Looks like the Fantastic Four book cgc7.5 was on ebay sold on Feb 6,2020. Has that book you see there, in the holder. Same book.

Will be in interesting to see what involvement CBS ultimately had, and how liable they may really end up being. The pics on Instagram show lots of copies of affected books,albeit raw... which begs the question- how easy would it be to produce inner wells that match the ones CGC is using? I cracked open an Avengers V2#1 recently, and was surprised how crudely the inner well was in fact produced. It looks easy to make. Just a thought..

Will be in interesting to see what involvement CBS ultimately had, and how liable they may really end up being. The pics on Instagram show lots of copies of affected books,albeit raw... which begs the question- how easy would it be to produce inner wells that match the ones CGC is using? I cracked open an Avengers V2#1 recently, and was surprised how crudely the inner well was in fact produced. It looks easy to make. Just a thought..