'splain this to me Lucy...

[Silver]

So I have had the Oakland House of Mystery 200 awhile, and I slab it in anticipation of selling it. Send it in with original mylar and it comes back CGC 9.6 OW/W Oakland.

 

Last Year I trade it to Steve Ritter.

 

Now it's on Comiclink as a CGC 9.8 OW/W Oakland

 

So whoever sent it in, in order to maintain it's pedigree status, had to send in the original label, right? The one that says 9.6?

 

I mean come on, pressing 9.6's turns them into census topping 9.8's? Even with the label that says it was a 9.6?

 

oy

[Foolkiller]

So I have had the Oakland House of Mystery 200 awhile, and I slab it in anticipation of selling it. Send it in with original mylar and it comes back CGC 9.6 OW/W Oakland.

 

Last Year I trade it to Steve Ritter.

 

Now it's on Comiclink as a CGC 9.8 OW/W Oakland

 

So whoever sent it in, in order to maintain it's pedigree status, had to send in the original label, right? The one that says 9.6?

 

I mean come on, pressing 9.6's turns them into census topping 9.8's? Even with the label that says it was a 9.6?

 

oy

 

Welcome to the new reality Danny.

[DrWatson]

Maybe it was pressed and maybe it just received a grade bump on resubmission. Did you ask Stephen? Perhaps he sold it to someone else?

[Flaming_Telepath]

So I have had the Oakland House of Mystery 200 awhile, and I slab it in anticipation of selling it. Send it in with original mylar and it comes back CGC 9.6 OW/W Oakland.

 

Last Year I trade it to Steve Ritter.

 

Now it's on Comiclink as a CGC 9.8 OW/W Oakland

 

So whoever sent it in, in order to maintain it's pedigree status, had to send in the original label, right? The one that says 9.6?

 

I mean come on, pressing 9.6's turns them into census topping 9.8's? Even with the label that says it was a 9.6?

 

oy

 

That's correct. (thumbs u

 

It got better.

[silverage12c]

[Flaming_Telepath]

So I have had the Oakland House of Mystery 200 awhile, and I slab it in anticipation of selling it. Send it in with original mylar and it comes back CGC 9.6 OW/W Oakland.

 

Last Year I trade it to Steve Ritter.

 

Now it's on Comiclink as a CGC 9.8 OW/W Oakland

 

So whoever sent it in, in order to maintain it's pedigree status, had to send in the original label, right? The one that says 9.6?

 

I mean come on, pressing 9.6's turns them into census topping 9.8's? Even with the label that says it was a 9.6?

 

oy

 

Welcome to the new reality Danny.

 

(thumbs u

 

Thing is...it all seems a bit...unreal...y'know?

[Gone Phishin']

I think a pressed book should not maintain Pedigree status. You lose ALL of the history of the book my pressing it. It takes away from the pedigree for sure IMHO

[comix4fun]

So I have had the Oakland House of Mystery 200 awhile, and I slab it in anticipation of selling it. Send it in with original mylar and it comes back CGC 9.6 OW/W Oakland.

 

Last Year I trade it to Steve Ritter.

 

Now it's on Comiclink as a CGC 9.8 OW/W Oakland

 

So whoever sent it in, in order to maintain it's pedigree status, had to send in the original label, right? The one that says 9.6?

 

I mean come on, pressing 9.6's turns them into census topping 9.8's? Even with the label that says it was a 9.6?

 

oy

 

That's correct. (thumbs u

 

It got better.

 

 

It works for fine Wine....

 

C

[KingOfRulers]

CGC should be GRADING the book. The pedigree label should just ne used to maintain pedigree status, not the grade of the book.

[Foolkiller]

So I have had the Oakland House of Mystery 200 awhile, and I slab it in anticipation of selling it. Send it in with original mylar and it comes back CGC 9.6 OW/W Oakland.

 

Last Year I trade it to Steve Ritter.

 

Now it's on Comiclink as a CGC 9.8 OW/W Oakland

 

So whoever sent it in, in order to maintain it's pedigree status, had to send in the original label, right? The one that says 9.6?

 

I mean come on, pressing 9.6's turns them into census topping 9.8's? Even with the label that says it was a 9.6?

 

oy

 

 

 

Welcome to the new reality Danny.

 

(thumbs u

 

Thing is...it all seems a bit...unreal...y'know?

 

No comment. But yes, I know.

[DrWatson]

I disagree that pressing a book takes away its pedigree status. We actually talked about this in Baltimore.

 

Besides, I just love how everyone automatically assumes it was pressed just because it passed through Stephen Ritter's hands.

[Gone Phishin']

I disagree that pressing a book takes away its pedigree status. We actually talked about this in Baltimore.

 

Besides, I just love how everyone automatically assumes it was pressed just because it passed through Stephen Ritter's hands.

 

Without derailing this thread too badly, why does pressing NOT take away from pedigree status?

[Flaming_Telepath]

I disagree that pressing a book takes away its pedigree status. We actually talked about this in Baltimore.

 

Besides, I just love how everyone automatically assumes it was pressed just because it passed through Stephen Ritter's hands.

 

It might not have been...and I certainly didn't say it had.

 

But see, here's the problem that he, and Matt, and Lauterbach, and numerous others now have. They won't proactively disclose pressed books, so a percentage of the buying populace have decided that it is an easier buying experience for them to conclude that all of their books have been pressed and deal (or indeed, not deal) accordingly.

 

Live by the sword...

[Flaming_Telepath]

I disagree that pressing a book takes away its pedigree status. We actually talked about this in Baltimore.

 

Besides, I just love how everyone automatically assumes it was pressed just because it passed through Stephen Ritter's hands.

 

Without derailing this thread too badly, why does pressing NOT take away from pedigree status?

 

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (thumbs u

[DrWatson]

Pressing does not change the history of the book. It does not change the care nor the pride that the had when collecting those books.

 

If you dropped a pedigree book and put a big dent in the corner, it's still a pedigree book. Now, it's just a pedigree book with a dent. Just like a pressed pedigree is still a pedigree only now it's pressed.

 

One of my best friends disagrees with me on this and that's okay. It's just my opinion.

[KingOfRulers]

I disagree that pressing a book takes away its pedigree status. We actually talked about this in Baltimore.

 

Besides, I just love how everyone automatically assumes it was pressed just because it passed through Stephen Ritter's hands.

 

Without derailing this thread too badly, why does pressing NOT take away from pedigree status?

 

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (thumbs u

 

Why would pressing, or restoration take away pedigree staus. Had a Mile High book been extensively restored for some reason, that would not make it any less of a Mile High book.

[DrWatson]

I disagree that pressing a book takes away its pedigree status. We actually talked about this in Baltimore.

 

Besides, I just love how everyone automatically assumes it was pressed just because it passed through Stephen Ritter's hands.

 

It might not have been...and I certainly didn't say it had.

 

But see, here's the problem that he, and Matt, and Lauterbach, and numerous others now have. They won't proactively disclose pressed books, so a percentage of the buying populace have decided that it is an easier buying experience for them to conclude that all of their books have been pressed and deal (or indeed, not deal) accordingly.

 

Live by the sword...

I completely understand someone's right to chose to purchase or not from these individuals. But to announce, "I traded book A to Stephen Ritter and now the grade went up and it's on Comic Link, so Stephen pressed it" is erroneous.

[nearmint]

I disagree that pressing a book takes away its pedigree status. We actually talked about this in Baltimore.

 

Besides, I just love how everyone automatically assumes it was pressed just because it passed through Stephen Ritter's hands.

 

Without derailing this thread too badly, why does pressing NOT take away from pedigree status?

 

A Larson book that's been pressed was still set aside for Lamont by his local drugstore 65-70 years ago. One of the store's employees still wrote his name on it. Lamont still bought it. It still sat in a barn for years before his mom sold it with the rest of his comics.

 

What would you do, call it "from the collection of Lamont Larson", but not give it the pedigree status?

[Foolkiller]

I disagree that pressing a book takes away its pedigree status. We actually talked about this in Baltimore.

 

Besides, I just love how everyone automatically assumes it was pressed just because it passed through Stephen Ritter's hands.

 

Without derailing this thread too badly, why does pressing NOT take away from pedigree status?

 

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (thumbs u

 

Why would pressing, or restoration take away pedigree staus. Had a Mile High book been extensively restored for some reason, that would not make it any less of a Mile High book.

 

I think this is spot on.

[kc120us]

Pressing does not change the history of the book. It does not change the care nor the pride that the had when collecting those books.

 

If you dropped a pedigree book and put a big dent in the corner, it's still a pedigree book. Now, it's just a pedigree book with a dent. Just like a pressed pedigree is still a pedigree only now it's pressed.

 

One of my best friends disagrees with me on this and that's okay. It's just my opinion.