anyone notice severe rippling in 1989-92 Marvels?

[backtomarvel]

 

Bumping this because there didn't seem many stabs at how this affects grade. Is this a personal thing for the grader?

 

I'm asking because I've got a copper collection I'm readying for market and there are books in it with this defect. It's in my notes and will be disclosed but, for grading, should this be assumed to be a printing defect?

 

Many of the books that have the waviness are otherwise in the 9.2-9.6 range. I note the waviness and brought them down to 9.0 maximum. Other defects bring it down from there.

 

The only mention in the thread was to make it an automatic VG so I bumped it to see if there's any opinions on how I plan to handle it.

[Topnotchman]

You can still get CGC 9.8 depending on how severe the rippling is.

[backtomarvel]

Sounds like CGC treats it as a production defect then. It is odd ... when bagged you can't see it's there and, even when you have it out of the bag there's plenty of times you can't see it unless it's angled to a light.

 

Sounds like I'm on the right track and, even a bit conservative by CGC standards.

[djpinkpanther67]

It won't affect the grade

[akaSteveRogers]

anyone got scans of this "rippling"?

 

[Topnotchman]

When they put it in the CGC holder it holds it firm and it is hard to notice, thats probably why they let it slide by, as long as its not severe.

[backtomarvel]

anyone got scans of this "rippling"?

 

If we had a digital camera I'd take a picture from the perspective of looking at the top of the book. That and angling it to the light out of the bag is the only way to see it in my experience.

[mica]

I'm glad this thread exists. All along I though my Web of Spideys were just stored improperly. I had even noted the "problem" in my software in case of future sale, but knew in the back of my mind they wouldn't get a dollar anyway.

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

Yeah, it doesn't affect the grade based on my experience.

[RockMyAmadeus]

Marvel (and everyone else) was playing around with their paper stock all throughout these years....remember the Jan, 1991 Marvels and DCs? Printed on that thick, heavy coverstock? The kind that looked like it oozed grease onto the cover?

 

Bleagh.