joeypost

I still own a 9.5 book. 🤢

I am fairly certain you can document them as "returned goods". make sure you keep good "before" records.

The answer is yes. I have submitted prop comics for other customers in the past. Documentation is key.

Bad dry cleaning will not result in a PLOD or conserved label. It WILL result in a lower grade if the person doing the cleaning has cement hands. Done right (and that includes a whole lot of variables) it should not immediately be visible to the naked eye.

Just one word. “Wizard”.

Generally, yes. Usually it is easy to loosen or remove the glue used to seal the tear. The disclaimer is that you should use a professional.

Some pressers also pay attention to the interiors.

Post C&P maybe 6.5 +/-

6.5

Tanning and foxing are the grade killers. The rest can clean up but they will drag the technical grade down. Post clean and press I am in the 7.0 +/- camp.

I can't afford to be a player these days. Books I passed on at $1,000.00 a few years ago are $5,000 and up

I can easily turn those into 9.0's.

I would agree with you, but I still get in raw Sucha books to work on from time to time from collectors.

Did the census lose a 9.6?

They could have just sent it in for the new pedigree label.

Since there is now a color break you have no option of getting a higher grade. You also have no way of proving where the damage occurred, either at the presser or CGC. If they point the finger at each other it will be difficult to assign blame to someone. Without naming names you have to ask is your presser reputable enough to work on books like this. It would seem that a book like this should be easy to work on, but someone inexperienced can easily add this type of damage if they used the wrong materials or techniques.

I have seen and worked on books with as many as 8 covers.

A lot has to do with storage, or even the conditions of the paper when the book was printed.

Are you asking how long the book sits between the grader looking at it, assigning it a grade, and then being put into the holder? I can assume weeks if not longer based on current TAT's and the tier of service selected.

I’m in the 4.0 camp.

I believe CGC holds magazines until they get enough to warrant switching over the encapsulation machines. This was the way it was expressed to me in the past.

The mis-wrap...in most cases marginally or no. Structurally (the front cover scan) the book seem sound and a press will marginally help in getting it to lay flat. The correct back cover scan will help to answer your initial question.