joeypost

It has been my experience that a spine split happens 1. When taking the book out of the bag. This is true of very brittle books that are not labeled as such. 2. During the cleaning and hydrating stage of the pressing. If a dry book is hydrated too quickly it could cause the paper to expand and crack. Not a good thing. (Now imagine someone not knowing what they are doing and holding a brittle book in front of a hand held steamer). 3. If the press is cranked down as low as it can go. The moral of the story is be aware of what you are sending in. Make a note on the bag of the book you want worked on, alerting the one doing the work so they can assess the book before they even take it out of the bag. Realize that things can happen even when the utmost care is taken. We are talking about 40-70 year old paper products.

Crow 1 is notorious for showing every little dent or bend. Even after pressing any really deep defects show a remnant that can be interpreted as finger dents. Here is a before and after of a book that shows how easily these types of defects can be introduced, if those handling the books are not careful.

They also need to show the encapsulation room that it is OK to have a little room in the inner well. A too tight inner well is, at a minimum, the same as the creeper case they put out years ago, and at the worst, will cause damage to the edges of the book while being encapsulated.

This book would need some work, but all those dents will come out.

In.

This thread needs more "LOLZ's".

I see notes on trimming all the time. Top edge, bottom edge and outside edge. Why do I never see "spine edge" trimmed? Discuss.

I didn’t look at all the books, but the few keys I did look at see in the 4.0 range. Some money potential is present but not what you might be expecting. I would take high quality pictures of a few of the big books and post them in the grading section.

I agree. Having worked on many copies of this particular book, the staple and interior pages peeking out are very common.

It appears CGC may be dinging for distributor ink. I have 9.8’s with much worse ink bleed compared to the 9.2/9.4’s I am getting back lately.

As has been said in the past “cool books”. I know at least two people I will no longer deal with.

The last book I submitted like this came back 9.8 qualified. Is this from the manufacturer?

Sorry. Nothing surfer related.

Closing this up tonight.

Price reduced to $650.00

Price reduced to $1,000.00

Or under the influence. the Weird fantasy 16 has sold.

Sub-Mariner #36 CGC 9.4 OW/W Pages $250.00

Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #70 CGC 6.5 OW/W Pages $600.00

I also have the following which I will provide prices for tomorrow. Let me know if anyone has interest and I will provide scans. Subby 36 CGC 9.4 Superman girlfriend Lois lane 70 CGC 6.5 Weird fantasy 16 CGC 7.0 X-men 85 CGC 9.2 Avengers 118 CGC 9.0 FF 78. CGC 9.0 Thor 179. CGC 9.2 Iron man 70. CGC 9.4

I don’t think you are too far off.

Here are the notes on a 9.4 book that I cannot find anything wrong with, after looking it over a third time. light creasing to coverlight finger bends on coverlight spine stress lines to cover

Ah.

You paid additional for a fold out cover, really?