Why the old label love?

[DavidTheDavid]

Search didn't yield anything, so I'll have to ask, why are people into the old labels? Was grading considered tighter?

[Buzzetta]

Supposedly.

[jaybuck43]

My ASM 1 (in sig) was an old label 5.0. Cracked it out and had stan sign it (no other modification besides that, no pressing) Came back as a 6.5.

[THE_BEYONDER]

Search didn't yield anything, so I'll have to ask, why are people into the old labels? Was grading considered tighter?

 

Notorious for grade bumps & PQ bumps upon straight resubs.

 

 

Of course...the possibility of the book having suffered SCS is much greater too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[VintageComics]

CGC has gone through numerous grading swings.

 

They get loose, they get tight, they get loose, they get tight.

 

I've seen some pretty sloppy old label books too.

 

I think just by nature of old label numbers being finite and new labels being infinite, you're going to see more and more overgraded new label books.

 

For example, nobody resubs a loosely graded book but undergraded books might get resubbed and will end up in a new label.

 

Does that make sense?

[Buzzetta]

I handed off an old label ASM #2 that was in a 3.0 holder to Joey to press. I am curious to see what that gets.

 

I also have an old label Avengers 4 that I may resubmit. (Last year I had it reholdered as the slab was cracked so it retains the same registry number as when it was with an old label.)

[jimbo_707]

That is true; sometimes "gift-graded" books stay in their old label slabs. Or, if the a book's defects aren't "pressable," it won't get re-graded.

 

However, I prefer old-label slabs primarily because I think they're less likely to have been pressed a gazillion times, and I don't like the idea of books being pressed.

 

I don't know about anybody else, but in auctions I bid more aggressively on old-label slabs. Basically, I'll pay an 8.5 price for an 8.0, a 9.0 price for an 8.5, etc., unless the book was clearly overgraded based on the scans.

[oakman29]

[DavidTheDavid]

Thanks all, very insightful.

[jimbo_707]

That's a catchy tune!

[MrBedrock]

so I'll have to ask, why are people into the old labels?

Though oddly un-aesthetically pleasing, there is something subconsciously pleasurable about the design and graphic layout of the old labels. The minimalism of font size demands the physical act of squinting resulting in a chemical release in the brain stimulating a feeling of euphoria. This is a scientifically proven fact. Really.

[Unca Ben]

so I'll have to ask, why are people into the old labels?

Though oddly un-aesthetically pleasing, there is something subconsciously pleasurable about the design and graphic layout of the old labels. The minimalism of font size demands the physical act of squinting resulting in a chemical release in the brain stimulating a feeling of euphoria. This is a scientifically proven fact. Really.

 

euphoria

[gaz973]

I always made an effort to collect old label books when the opportunity presented. Apart from the fact that they generally (but not always) tended to be graded tighter, there is a lot higher probability that they wouldn't have been pressed as they were encapsulated before the pressing craze went into hyperdrive.

[gaz973]

so I'll have to ask, why are people into the old labels?

Though oddly un-aesthetically pleasing, there is something subconsciously pleasurable about the design and graphic layout of the old labels. The minimalism of font size demands the physical act of squinting resulting in a chemical release in the brain stimulating a feeling of euphoria. This is a scientifically proven fact. Really.

 

This too.

[oakman29]

so I'll have to ask, why are people into the old labels?

Though oddly un-aesthetically pleasing, there is something subconsciously pleasurable about the design and graphic layout of the old labels. The minimalism of font size demands the physical act of squinting resulting in a chemical release in the brain stimulating a feeling of euphoria. This is a scientifically proven fact. Really.

 

I want whatever you are taking.

[Justin Case]

Search didn't yield anything, so I'll have to ask, why are people into the old labels? Was grading considered tighter?

 

Had an old label Bronze Batman that i thought was very tightly graded. 8 years later i decided to do a crack and re-submit and it came back a 9.8. So for the reasons already given i think overall they were more tightly graded and were less likely to be pressed which is probably why we are seeing less and less old blue label comics.