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If my memory serves me correctly, yes. As far as I know, pressing is was only noted on early labels when it was done with a restoration job, of which pressing would have been a necessary part of the job (for example, after wet cleaning a book it would need to be pressed as a necessity). It's just my educated guess that they stopped notating pressing because a) it was redundant and b) it caused confusion because people assumed that all books without the notation were unpressed

It also would have been much better if moms didn't throw kids junk out. Of if kids didn't roll up comics in their back pockets and use cards for bicycle spokes. Damn humans.

There is already a precedent for other "one-off" type books. Not all bound books are trimmed. You'd have to look at each book on a case by case basis.

That's all for now, folks!

X-Men #134 CGC 9.6 OWW (1st Dark Phoenix) Asking $250 SOLD!

Marvel Premiere #28 CGC 9.6 OWW - (Legion of Monsters) Asking $400 (shipping included)

Green Lantern #4 CGC 8.5 COW - gorgeous 9.6 looking copy with a small piece out of the back cover top corner Asking $500 (shipping included)

Four Color #408 CGC 9.4 OWW - Highest graded, Barks cover/story/art Asking $1300 (shipping included) SOLD!

Fantastic Four #54 CGC 9.6 COW (personally, I didn't think the pages were that dark and the cover is nice and white) Asking $600 SOLD!

Amazing Spider-man #123 CGC 9.8 OWW Asking $1000 (shipping included) SOLD!

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Shipping: Certified books, shipping is included FREE within North America, ROW we split it. Raw books, include $10 for shipping within North America. ROW I will split with interested parties.  Who wins: Time stamp seals the deal as to who wins regardless of the form of communication (including PM, in the thread, text or phone conversation). A negotiation is not a deal until both sides have agreed on terms. If there is an unconditional posted (or communicated) it will trump all negotiations unless we have already both agreed to terms before the was posted. In that case, the will have been in vain. Except that it will give you street cred and look cool to passers by. No House Of Shame or Probationary members or any others of ill repute. Returns: I am considered a very good grader among my peers ( Here is a link to my kudos thread ) but since even CGC is inconsistent I will not guarantee a CGC grade. I will guarantee to be within one grade increment in either direction - so if I am calling the book a 9.4 it could go 9.2 or 9.6. If it falls outside of those parameters (and it does happen that they go in both directions), I will offer a refund. But I don't expect anyone to complain if I undergraded it. I will accept returns if item is otherwise not as described. Consider all books pressed. Payment: Bank wire, check or MO.

I think I slabbed and sold 3 copies in 9.8 - 2 for sure but possibly 3. I can't remember right now.

A 9.8 Sig Series sold for $18.5K less than a year ago, so there is some precedent for this price. Actually, I think the lower grade copies are providing the support for the highest graded copy. I sold a 9.2 for about $7K recently and prices have been rising in all lower grades recently.

So is the MCM Comic Con London the replacement for the London Comic con that was previously held by board members? If so, has the show changed ownership?

But you're making wild assumptions without any facts. You're stating that the reason the piece is missing on the 'after' picture is because (and let me quote you exactly): Meanwhile, you have no idea what happened. All you're doing is guess and in that guess throwing the presser under the bus. You don't even know who the presser was but assume it was CCS because you assume they gave the book a gift grade to compensate for a mistake. The reality is that pieces fall off books all the time. And if the book was improved structurally and yet sustained a chip somehow, it is possible for the grade to stay the same. I have seen 8.0 books with chips more than once.

I didn't supply any pictures. At best, I simply quoted someone else's pics.

The inner well is not new. From what I understand it's the same old inner well that was used in the previous generation outer shells.

Actually, I think (based on just my own educated guess - I can't state scientifically or with any authority) the small gap around the books is purposefully engineered to allow the book to move a little on small impacts to avoid the edges touching on those small impacts. I think they expect the friction of the well surfaces to slow the book down slightly upon small impacts before it hits the edges. If the edges were too close to the edges of the comic (or the comic was always touching the edges) then every single impact would affect the edges of the book. Additionally, comics are NOT all the same size and those tolerances are probably necessary to be able to fit every possible size of comic in the inner well. If you're talking about the book not hitting the edges they don't because the edges are tapered and all 4 sides act like a wedge to themselves.

Books are fragile and pieces fall off old books all the time. It's more likely that someone either mishandled the book and a fragile piece flaked off (or got clipped it on a Mylar or bag and board) than it is that the piece fell off from pressing.

The books are properly secured. They just move within the well and the only way to prevent that is to apply more pressure on the book - something that did NOT go over well 3 years ago when they introduced their new slab. It was affecting books and so they reverted to the old style inner well again. The other shell doesn't crush the lower portion of the book. But that seam does obscure the bottom of the book visually. This is a complaint I've had from the beginning. The bottom of the book should not be obscured.

I was trying to be as clear and comprehensive as possible so that there were no misunderstandings. You obviously have some sort of personal axe to grind but what you're saying doesn't have any merit nor do you have any proof to support it. If you've handled lots of vintage comics (as many dealers AND collectors that have will both attest) transfer staining is extremely common on old comics even on books that have never been pressed. Comic books were meant to be thrown out and were printed on the cheapest materials possible and for that reason, cheap inks were used. It's because those cheap inks were used that they separate and cause the transfer stain. Again, it has nothing to do with pressing. And if it does, you haven't shown it with your examples.

Pressing does not cause tanning. You have yet to show one example of a before and after where a pressed book causes tanning. What you're talking about is a 'transfer stain' that happens when the oils, over time, seep out of the interior art into the covers of the books causing that yellowish halo. That is not tanning. And it's not caused by pressing. Those oil transfer stains are caused by poor quality inks coming 'apart' chemically over time and the oils starting to leach out of the inks and into surrounding paper. It's extremely common on old comics and has been around since long before pressing was around. It's extremely common with some publishers of 50's books and very common in the SA and BA.

Not sure if you're joking or not, but those holders are basically 4 shims to themselves. One on each side.