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of 9.9s and such

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ZaCrew

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Hopefully I can answer some of the questions to CBTs liking as I submit quite a few books and I press myself as well.

 

So far this year I have gotten 160 books graded and of those 160 books a good 90% of them were expected to be 9.8s.

 

Of that 90% I had 5 9.9s and 2 10.0s(and no they were not GFT books lol)

 

As far as pressing. I do press a book that I know will be a 9.8 if it has a couple of non-cbcs or a dent on the cover.

 

only 1 of the books from the 9.9 and 10 group was pressed and it was a 9.9.

 

Also I might add, 3 of the 9.9s were 3D covers and cannot be pressed.

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I don't see the problem in sharing how one spots a potential 9.9 or 10 because they are that had to pull because of all the slight problems a book can have. It's like telling people a 4 leaf clover has 4 leaves... the challenge is finding one.

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Hopefully I can answer some of the questions to CBTs liking as I submit quite a few books and I press myself as well.

 

So far this year I have gotten 160 books graded and of those 160 books a good 90% of them were expected to be 9.8s.

 

Of that 90% I had 5 9.9s and 2 10.0s(and no they were not GFT books lol)

 

As far as pressing. I do press a book that I know will be a 9.8 if it has a couple of non-cbcs or a dent on the cover.

 

only 1 of the books from the 9.9 and 10 group was pressed and it was a 9.9.

 

Also I might add, 3 of the 9.9s were 3D covers and cannot be pressed.

 

awesome, thanks, this aligns to my feelings on it too. My other concern, is that I dont really want to handle these books as I dont trust myself to not affect the grade. I havent checked the insides, and the few subs I have done, only missed 9.8 on internal issues.

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I don't see the problem in sharing how one spots a potential 9.9 or 10 because they are that had to pull because of all the slight problems a book can have. It's like telling people a 4 leaf clover has 4 leaves... the challenge is finding one.

 

Neither do I but there is no spotting a 9.9/10.0. There is only increasing your odds through experience or advice from those with experience. There is no recipe. (shrug)

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I don't see the problem in sharing how one spots a potential 9.9 or 10 because they are that had to pull because of all the slight problems a book can have. It's like telling people a 4 leaf clover has 4 leaves... the challenge is finding one.

 

Neither do I but there is no spotting a 9.9/10.0. There is only increasing your odds through experience or advice from those with experience. There is no recipe. (shrug)

 

I agree with this. You can increase your odds in knowing what you are looking for but there is NO way you can pull a book and go, I guarantee this will be a 9.9 or 10

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Hopefully I can answer some of the questions to CBTs liking as I submit quite a few books and I press myself as well.

 

So far this year I have gotten 160 books graded and of those 160 books a good 90% of them were expected to be 9.8s.

 

Of that 90% I had 5 9.9s and 2 10.0s(and no they were not GFT books lol)

 

As far as pressing. I do press a book that I know will be a 9.8 if it has a couple of non-cbcs or a dent on the cover.

 

only 1 of the books from the 9.9 and 10 group was pressed and it was a 9.9.

 

Also I might add, 3 of the 9.9s were 3D covers and cannot be pressed.

 

So you couldn't identify the 9.9/10.0's? :baiting:

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Has any brave soul felt so confident to ever send in a PreScreen set at 9.9 only? I mean cause they are just so highly skilled, Results?

 

You can't otherwise people would...

 

hey JJ, I'd love to have your thoughts on the main question. Would you ever press a book you thought was a 9.9, unless it had an obvious pressable defect to remove?

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Hopefully I can answer some of the questions to CBTs liking as I submit quite a few books and I press myself as well.

 

So far this year I have gotten 160 books graded and of those 160 books a good 90% of them were expected to be 9.8s.

 

Of that 90% I had 5 9.9s and 2 10.0s(and no they were not GFT books lol)

 

As far as pressing. I do press a book that I know will be a 9.8 if it has a couple of non-cbcs or a dent on the cover.

 

only 1 of the books from the 9.9 and 10 group was pressed and it was a 9.9.

 

Also I might add, 3 of the 9.9s were 3D covers and cannot be pressed.

 

awesome, thanks, this aligns to my feelings on it too. My other concern, is that I dont really want to handle these books as I dont trust myself to not affect the grade. I havent checked the insides, and the few subs I have done, only missed 9.8 on internal issues.

 

This may sound silly, but I actually wear cloth gloves when I press books I am going to submit, I did especially with Peter Panzerfaust #9 and Xfiles Season 10 Hastings cover. Those covers picked up finger prints permanently.

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No, he can't. Nobody can. CGC themselves can't do it.

 

Keep in mind that any claims to be able to spot a 9.9/10.0 is making a false claim. Dre has a great eye and experience. The OP referred to bulk submissions. Anyone who is good at determining high grade books tends to have a large amount of experience. The "bulk" is not in the submissions but in the number of books they have examined, submitted and compared to others.

 

 

I always told Beachbum that I was a big fan of his line "I only sell the cleanest books". This implied he looks at multiple copies and chose the "best". I enjoy the conversation I have on this topic.

 

 

Nobody can claim to "know 9.9/10.0's" because CGC does not know. Pick a book and submit it multiple times. Compare the grades. (thumbs u

 

My most recent example was cracking a blue 9.8 for sigs. It cam back 9.6. Acceptable grade drop for the sigs. Same book cracked for 3 more sigs and came back 9.8.

 

To claim you can call a 9.9/10.0 is to claim you can predict that 3 graders at some future time will agree with your assessment. When was the last time 3 people agreed with you about anything? ;)

 

 

:roflmao:

 

I know what a 9.9 and 10.0 looks like and I make sure to pull them when I spot them.

 

I'm not surprised when a book comes back 9.9 or 10.0

 

I always pull the cleanest copies regardless. Some 9.8s present better than others.

 

When I received Dre's book, they always bring the joy to my heart, because they are the cleanest book.

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