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Lol impulse in the wild 😜😉 How unexpected? Jk 9.8 silver age is

Did I misspeak?

You're not the first to wonder recently and I remember putting off becoming a member quickly due to the overwhelming nature. Pressing Does happen after, I assure you, now with certain QC issues the wellness of it I'm not sure, given recent testimonies I think they do alright. Myself included. Its hard to judge since every book has its unique flaws, and delving into graders Notes can be tricky. I HAVE NOT heard an all out blatant mishap recently though, so I'm confident that finger bends (presumably the worst that can or be thought to happen during a signing) can and should be able to press out. There at times when cgc compensated for gross mishandling, but that is another bucket of chicken and again over whelming, suffice to say doesn't happen often enough to per SE worry. Venting a bit myself, we were all unaccustomed to membership, and we all had to gain confidence. Ask here anytime, most are willing to answer with some insight or experience. I'm just excited to get one back soon 😂 otherwise I too would be asking to soak it all in! But had to ask myself, as I don't often press.

To further clarify: If you hadnt pressed? It would say upon received at cgc, sfg. Even after the signing until it was in the grading room, then would say gei. Bascally receiced at ccs is just the holding pattern even until after the signing, until received back at cgc department for grading. Idk that my pressing ever changed through designations, until cgc had it then sfg, then gei, then qc, then shipped. Received at ccs is holding patter designation, so that after the signing cgc then knows it should be pressed so they dont accidentally skip it. Or something.

Best I Can say is look in the spare a grade thread and compared the scans coming back and the raws I laid out. I didn't notice what all others said per se. I thought there were stresses top staples and maybe some frayed spine corners, with a bit of a ruffle at the very least top front cover. That's about all I saw, which I don't think can be fixed with a press. Still wasn't that bad for a 9.2 or 9.4, as all that just looked a little "worn" per se, but I suppose still breaks color, lies flat, page corners are sharp. Technically 9.0 makes sense. I just got built up And maybe others don't see what I do, or see something else.

After the signing. I know they do it after.

There is a boardie from Mexico here, I forget his name.. Its the boardie with the cauldron as his avatar and comic shop logo.... I can only think it is cheaper to buy from Mexico, as it's nearer, but idk if it would help with customs. Prayers there is a way, and Lord willing cheaper option, and if anyone remembers the boardie handle or I remember... post it.

I've heard CCS only runs it quickly through the press once, but I'm not sure. I do know that I sent a raw magazine to a signing first time slabbing with a press and it came back 8.5. However I sent same book through to another cgc signing for CCS to press a second time, and it then came back 9.2. So idk, I'm happy I guess. I've posted elsewhere and even here, and everyone asked if I pressed (even here I had previously stated back from pressing and etc) and or they said "they would have had it pressed. Not a good reputation with this pressing I'm thinking.

ya I do get note for most submissions, although 9.8's for me are few and far between, as I don't usually press at all. In house signings the trade off is a must however and do it then Those notes after paying for pressing is really kind of disappointing

That's at least the first Sunday strip of TMNT in the newspaper. Dallas Morning News or Dallas Times Herald, one of the two

Nothing mechanical. Does scrap booking as a kid count?

ya I do get note for most submissions, although 9.8's for me are few and far between, as I don't usually press at all. In house signings the trade off is a must however and do it then

ya I know and I'm not sure, I've had several press jobs by ccs that read like that, but I am not knowledgeable enough with pressing to make a fuss. I have it on record with phone reps that it WAS at ccs and got pressed. That is all I know

yes I pressed still came back 9.0 when consensus in spare a grade was 9.4 with a press.

Yes Yes and it's not in the graders Notes, but I remember vaguely a ruffled top edge, and they may have considered the pencil writing in the price box that @Get Marwood & I mentioned might be on most Australian copies. I'm satisfied but did do a double take 😂

Ya I like the green too. For some odd reason it's not as pukish looking as I would normally think "a green" would look. If that makes sense. It's a soft green, and you can make out carnage well enough that it doesn't just look like scribble... Odd choice but worked better that silver or black as those are intrusive and or hard to see to make out the sketch imo. The only green naturally on the cover is where it says, "carnage part one!" So it's not totally foreign either.

Yes

Bagley Sketch remarque and sig shipped

What you would do to see it on your own? Is go to cgccomics.com hover over resources click on verify cgc certification then enter the cert number. It comes right up! The "registry" as you called it is a different animal, where you'd have to create a set, name it, then enter the cert on the slab, which SHOULD still work, but I think that may have been the confusion

@Daffaholic the cert number shows up!!!! I think you meant the registry, where you would have to manually input it... I'm not sure the confusion, but the CERTIFICATION IS LEGIT

FYI it should show up under certification number period, so don't think that it shouldn't

Funny thing is... I cut the window bag four inches by four inches at the bottom right. I knew it would be a big sketch remarque, I thought surely if I window bag it They... did... not... @grendelbo I had trepidation going into it, but it is what it be!

I wanted to thank you guys for grade estimates, I guess it all "makes sense!" What do you think?