PGM IH 181

[lzaidel-migration]

Hi graders,

 

Here's another one I could really use your help with. I'm thinking of sending it to get professionally pressed before it goes to CGC. I hope these scans capture the impressions on it just inside of and along the spine on the front cover.

 

Thank you in advance.

 

 

 

Here are some photos of the impressions:

 

 

 

[eddly]

What are you hoping the grade would be after pressing?

[TFL-migration]

Pressing this book will help it's grade. But I don't think it is really worth it for this particular copy. It is a lower mid-grade book IMHO. As is, I will call this book a 5.5. If you get he book pressed and it works out well. I would say a solid 6.0, Soft 6.5. Cost of pressing vs. the value added to the book would make me leave it be. It's still a cool book to have in your collection. (thumbs u

[zuckuss2003]

Hmmm, I would say its a 7.0 and would probably not go higher than a 7.5 with pressing because you will still have the URC creasing and that is what is bringing the grade down on this book. As far as whether it is worth it, that would be up to you. I would say it would probably not be.

 

I may have missed something because it looks a lot better than a 5.5

[Mio]

I would have said 6.5/7.0 as is, pressing might raise it to 7.5... not sure where the 5.5 came from. Did I miss something?

[zuckuss2003]

I was just mentioning it as TFL seemed to have seen something that gave him an impression of a 5.5, I didn't see anything quite that bad, but I didn;t study it super closely.

[oakman29]

7.0 really not a good pressing candidate (thumbs u

[The Silver-Age]

7.0 really not a good pressing candidate (thumbs u

 

+1 .Most if not all of those spine bends break color. And that top RC is beyond any help.

[Limited66]

6.5, too many cbcs to press

[madzlin]

I try to come up with my own grade before looking at other's opinion.

 

My view is 6.5 to 7.0.

[Earl Davis]

7.0

[MagnetoWasRight]

7.0

[mrlatko]

Those close up scans really helped to point out some serious flaws not evident in the full scans. I'd call it a 6.0/6.5. I agree with Silver-Age - too many color breaking spine ticks and the URC cannot be fixed. Don't waste the press money as you might not even raise this by a 0.5.

[apollobuzz]

7.0