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MultiSig Mike

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    Cost difference % of blue label vs. purple label

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

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    On 1/9/2024 at 7:34 PM, zzutak said:

    I don't believe any books have enough actual/real, contemporaneous sales data to allow one to calculate/estimate the market value of a each restored variant (A-1 thru C-5) from the market value of an unrestored copy in the same grade.  That being said, if you'd like to know the "relative value" CGC places on each of the 15/16 degrees of restoration for any specific issue in any specific grade, just pull up CGC's Comic Slot Score Detail for that issue.  Comic Slot Scores are more commonly known as Registry Points:

     

    For example, let's say one was curious about how CGC "valued" a House of Mystery #1 in Apparent 5.0 with type A-3 restoration.  The table above indicates that CGC would award this copy 138 registry points (compared with 460 points for a Universal Grade 5.0 copy).  Hence, CGC is saying, from a Registry Point perspective, the A-3 restored copy is "worth" only 30% (138/460) as much as an unrestored copy.  These "reduction factors" may or may not vary with title, issue, and/or numerical grade (I've never bothered to check).

    Fair Market Value (FMV) does not correlate well with Registry Point Value (RPV); hence, most buyers and sellers do not even consider RPV.  So think of this as an interesting "academic" exercise that's somewhat responsive to your question.  :foryou:

    Thanks for the answer. Think I'll stay away from restored.

    Cost difference % of blue label vs. purple label

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

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    On 1/9/2024 at 6:15 PM, zzutak said:

    You've grossly simplified the "one is restored" aspect.  (tsk)  In CGC's system, there are currently 15 possible degrees (quality-quantity combos) of restoration (A-1 thru C-5) for each and every specific numerical grade -- or 16 possible degrees, if you include the Conserved grade.

    Apologies @zzutak not my area of expertise. Back to basics...you have 2 identical issues, one with a blue label and one with a purple label. What is the % difference if buying (or selling) either one? If there is no simple and direct answer then that is fine too.