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I was looking to slab for preservation more than anything but was also not looking to kill the value... not that there is much... it’s part of my personal collection along with an AMS 101, 300, 316, 361... and so on LOL... it’s more just trying to figure if the green label hurts the value more than a cbcs would.. I don’t like cbcs at all just the verify thing

I am ONLY considering this because CGC doesn’t authenticate signatures.. I have a complete Dynamic Forces set of Venom Funeral Pyre that are in really good shape... Tom Lyle 866/2500 with COA...

do I CGC green label or CBCS and have it authenticated too?

46 minutes ago, speedcake said:

3.0  IMO, press might clean it up a little but don't think it'll do anything for the grade. Is that a hole in the back cover?

No, its like a white out or something, paint dot -- not really sure

Pressing help you think? Enough to make it worth it?

Pressing help you think? Enough to make it worth it?

Pressing help you think? Enough to make it worth it?

1 hour ago, Funnybooks said:

Welcome to the boards 

I would recommend that you uploads pics directly to the thread to get a better response

some of us are too lazy to click on links

For what it’s worth

I was going to but the size limit i got from my phone was way too small -- looking now from my laptop it seems higher, i am editing my posts anyways and will add that if i can too 

EDIT: Ok, so this message will be on each of my posts - sorry was doing it from my phone last night which ended up looking like ... so, my goal here is 2 fold - 1st i was looking to test my grading skills; 2nd i was looking for peoples thoughts on pressing these (via CGC vendor) prior to grading; whether you think it will make a difference worth the costs or not... I was going to put my grades up after they had been reviewed a few times but  have decided just to put it in the posts...

RE: New Mutants 98 - my grade is 8.5 (number of stress lines combine with creasing even though it is not color breaking)
- cover is flat but has a few small spine stress marks w/color break; I identified 2 non-color breaking creases
- corners are not too bad; some rounding
- pages are white to off-white
- back cover seems to be in similar shape as the front

New pics below:

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0SG4TcsmGxhdoe

EDIT 2: As requested on another post of mine I will try and attach the photos here for those who dont want to click links

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Non color beak crease

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0Au7hzINBBsvGslnevn9aZ48Q#Home

EDIT: Ok, so this message will be on each of my posts - sorry was doing it from my phone last night which ended up looking like ... so, my goal here is 2 fold - 1st i was looking to test my grading skills; 2nd i was looking for peoples thoughts on pressing these (via CGC vendor) prior to grading; whether you think it will make a difference worth the costs or not... I was going to put my grades up after they had been reviewed a few times but  have decided just to put it in the posts...

RE: Amazing Spider-man 300 - my grade is 8 (number of stress lines, cover creases)
- cover has several spine stress marks w.color break
- pages are tan-cream
- back cover seems to be in similar shape as the front

New pics below:
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0SGY8gBYGUubge

=== original post ===

Spine stress Tan pages and non color break crease and dimples

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0ZIiwu2gUMG66gZ-iIhURPk_g#Home

EDIT: Ok, so this message will be on each of my posts - sorry was doing it from my phone last night which ended up looking like ... so, my goal here is 2 fold - 1st i was looking to test my grading skills; 2nd i was looking for peoples thoughts on pressing these (via CGC vendor) prior to grading; whether you think it will make a difference worth the costs or not... I was going to put my grades up after they had been reviewed a few times but  have decided just to put it in the posts...

RE: Amazing Spider-man 101 - my grade is 4 (number of stress lines corner folds with color breaks, staple tears, spot on back, spine stress)
- cover has several folds with color breaks, tears near staples, spine stress marks
- corners rounded
- pages are tan-cream
- back cover seems to be in similar shape as the front

New pics below:

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0SG6XBubG0O0kx

==== original post ====

Kinda curious to see how my grading skills are so this is 1 of 3... after I get a few hits I’ll chime in with my grade see how off I am...I’d put the pages as tan, obviously the spine has seen better days there is staple pull, some creases with color breaks, spine stress... and some kind of white spot on the back of the book

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0X0V99uV4F5xgFf7dY7tia4bA#Home