Vince G

Please add me to the contest.

I sent in a Chamber 23 to remove a ton of creasing. Nothing could be done about the long color breaking creases and I knew that going in. CCS took out all the defects that could be pressed out but the book's grade remained the same. It's not uncommon pending the type of defects already present on the book. My book does look much, much better, though

Welp, my best round was this last one. Guess I won't be finishing in last place. It's a miracle.

Did you have them press it before it was graded? Appears so but just wanted to ask.

I agree with you. I see some pressable defects but are there enough to warrant a bump in grade, say from 5.0 to 5.5? I'm not entirely certain of that. But yes, definitely speak with a presser who has lots of experience with GA books. Great book!

Considering the moderate foxing and slight interior cover tanning, I'd put this at a 4.5-5.0. However, in the current cgc grading contest I've undergraded every book by 0.5-1.5, so please take my opinion with a grain of salt.

My thinking exactly. 5.5 without the hole. I dropped it to a 4.5 considering that additional defect. Apparently, that was flawed thinking.

At this rate, I will be finishing dead last. I've undergraded every book save for 2 at this point. If I ever post raws for sale, you guys know where to come for bargains.

Agreed. Based on the cert numbers these books were all recently graded. I'm thinking the same; that grading has gotten more lenient. And that's what's confusing here. The standard shouldn't change. I have a few late 60s Marvels with similar (but lesser) corner and wear defects than the Iron Man 4 that are all 8.5 grades.

After seeing the grade on that book, I started thinking about sending my AF 15 down for regrading.

I should have known the bottom corner wear and color loss wouldn't have detracted from the overall grade on this book. But I definitely didn't think it would grade this high

Jeez, same as last time around. I grade too low. Same here on the Comet with respect to the piece out and the foreign substance on the back cover.

Nope. I have three blue label 0.5s in my collection. All are missing either the centerfold or a back cover.

Count me in the contest please.

Ah, my bad. Yes, I arrived late to the party (I think page 194 late)