EmoJackson

Just received my books back from 2 signings. Several of the books have excessive newton rings and scuffing inside and outside the slab. Is this becoming the new norm? How do I proceed to fix this issue?

Mine are still showing as received too....

If using a gunsafe I would suggest a dehumidifier rod. Lockdown Dehumidifier Rod

Do you have scans of the slab?

I receive the same thing in my orders even after CGC charges my CC. I'm guessing its their itemized listing of services provided. Wish they were more transparent with their charges.

Thank you for the excellent reply Justafan, I really appreciate it. I totally agree that the graders experience and repeatability for grading is always in flux as I too have several books that shocked me when I received them back from CGC. Fingerprinted books, significant ink rub, and other issues coming back at 9.8 are always surprising. I'm going to wait for the book to arrive and evaluate to see if sending it out for a cleaning and pressing service would be of any benefit. This was my first time using the "CCS Prescreen" and will be the last, from here out I will either be submitting my books through a cleaner/presser or using CCS. Again, thank you so much for the explanation and assistance. I'll be sending you a PM shortly.

Thank you for your input, your insight is greatly appreciated and has added value. Have a great day.

Received word back from CGC about the issue. This is all they had to say. "Thank you for reaching out to us. I checked with the CGC staff and the CCS staff that works with the pressing of the books. The book was reviewed by the CCS staff and determined not to be a good pressing candidate. When the book was looked at as a whole the staff felt even with pressing it would not go up in grade." I'm completely dissatisfied with their response. I would be lead to believe that light bends and the small light crease could have been removed by pressing. Their sample images on the CCS page are more severe than what this book has for notes. I guess CGC wants me to send it to a presser and then off to CBCS???

My thoughts exactly. I still have not heard back from CGC...

Received notification that my ASM 300 was graded and will be on its way back to me. I paid for CCS screening to see if the book could use a pressing to improve grade. CCS indicated in a email the book is not likely to benefit from a pressing. Now here comes the sticky part... the graders notes indicate the following. Grader Notes:light finger bends on cover light spine stress lines to cover small bend right bottom of back cover small, light crease left bottom of back cover I sent an email to CGC, I'm a slightly crushed at the outcome.

Love these pieces, beautiful. I've been trying to figure out a way to work with Stephanie Hans for a commission for my daughter but haven't had any luck making contact. Is anyone here able to facilitate? Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

Excellent Book, would love to have it... But... Dang.

CGC, can you address the issue?

Submitted 40 books at the end of January, USPS delivery notification was 2/11 with no update to CGC as of yet.

This is totally it. Some of the covers that I have in my collection are complete trash... but I enjoyed the story inside so it made it somewhat bearable.

This is exactly it. I love the way that CGC encapsulates their collectables. Looks like I'll have to submit my large collection of cards to a competitor.

Anyone have an idea when CGC will start grading cards from these sets?

Crime and Suspenstories 22 or Black Cat Mystery 50 in as high a grade as the funds would allow.

Excellent point. My fear is that I wasted money by going with a CGC subscription when it would be more cost effective to use a 3rd party presser and submit through them. Learning curve I guess.

Sorry, I should have asked the question a little better. Why would someone prefer to use a presser outside of what CGC offers?

Hilarious, from the sound of it the book has spent a significant amount of time away. I also teeter on with the concept of high grade vs nostalgia and history. More often I find myself purchasing 9.6 books from ebay based on the savings potential vs spending more for the 9.8. Especially when it's books that I would like to get signatures on.

Can someone share with me using an outside source vs that of CGC's CCS?

Of course they will, now that I finally started looking back at what I have in my collection. Murphy's law for me.

Sounds like a educated gamble. I hope to be able to tell the difference with time.

Thank you, will do. I fear my my eye will be too critical LOL... I'm an inspector by trade.