Should I press and regrade an old maroon label slab?

[tmcneil82]

Recently bought an ASM 300 in 9.0 that I was thinking of pressing and getting regraded.

 

Pros

1. why not see if I can get a grade jump, even though I'm not trying to sell this book. I'd be sending it in with other books, so its not like the cost is that high

2. I much prefer the new label to old label

3. It's been in this slab since 2000

 

Cons

1. Grade stays the same (I'm probably only looking at a slight bump anyway, 9.4 if I'm lucky (or if they are loose that day).

2. Modern labels are getting harder to come across

 

 

Questions

Are the old maroon modern labels really that desirable? Or rather, is it worth more than the possible bump to a 9.2 in grade for this book?

 

What would you do: press and regrade for chance at a bump or leave it in the old slab with the old label?

 

[Bill1]

You left out the con that it may go down..... and don't press. Today's maybe grade bump by pressing is tomorrow's restoration grade.

 

[shadroch]

After fourteen years in a slab, who knows what damage the microchamber paper has caused. dontcha know the darned things should be reslabbed every five to seven years?

[gaz973]

You've got a nice presentable book which in all likelihood has never been tampered with. I'd be more than happy with it as it is.

[Azkaban]

You've got a nice presentable book which in all likelihood has never been tampered with. I'd be more than happy with it as it is.

 

 

+1

[tmcneil82]

Thanks all!

 

I guess I should have also said that I have no issue with the book itself and am not wholly opposed to leaving it in its slab. Just, that maroon label looks so strange.

 

And yes, it coming back a lower grade would hurt, though based on what I can see of the book that would be unlikely.

[rodan57]

Recently bought an ASM 300 in 9.0 that I was thinking of pressing and getting regraded.

 

 

 

Cons

1. Grade stays the same (I'm probably only looking at a slight bump anyway, 9.4 if I'm lucky (or if they are loose that day).

 

Do you really want a loose 9.4?

[Jeffro.]

You've got a nice presentable book which in all likelihood has never been tampered with. I'd be more than happy with it as it is.

 

I'd press it while in the slab. Get the temp up high enough and it'll remain pristine FOREVER!

[Bomber-Bob]

Funny post by Jeffro !

 

If you are not selling it I would definitely leave it alone. It does not preclude you from a CPR in the future. I love the old red labels. To me, it is worth a small premium. Another con: every time the book is handled in the whole CPR process there is a risk of damage.

[shadroch]

I'd be a bit leery of trying to sell a red label book. I think many potential buyers are not familiar with them and confuse them with their purple brethren.

[B-Smooth]

Leave it. Red label goodness is getting scarce.

[mrc]

 

if it's a keeper, I would get it reholdered but definitely not pressed.

[jimjum12]

As an early generation slab, it may command a premium at some point. Some of the early coin slabs command significant multiples of FMV..... even when the coin inside is rather pedestrian. I'd leave it alone. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[PovertyRow]

Another factor for a book in the slab this long is the page color. It could drop in the color designation depending on the storage conditions its been in for those years.

[B-Smooth]

As an early generation slab, it may command a premium at some point. Some of the early coin slabs command significant multiples of FMV..... even when the coin inside is rather pedestrian. I'd leave it alone. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

I agree. I'm fond of the red label books, and would pay a little more to have them.

[Buzzetta]

"Press it, slab it, sell it to the butcher in the store...

 

Reba put a stopper in the bottom..."

 

ah .... wait... that's not how it goes.

 

 

Press it.

 

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

CGC is grading very tight right now. After many, many years of NEVER having a book go down in grade, I have had a handful (modern and bronze) do so in the last month.

 

9.6 to 9.4, 9.0 to 7.5, and 9.0 to 8.5. And all of these books were pressed, too.

 

 

Not once have I ever had anything go down, until now.

 

 

[tmcneil82]

CGC is grading very tight right now. After many, many years of NEVER having a book go down in grade, I have had a handful (modern and bronze) do so in the last month.

 

9.6 to 9.4, 9.0 to 7.5, and 9.0 to 8.5. And all of these books were pressed, too.

 

 

Not once have I ever had anything go down, until now.

 

 

Ouch. I had heard that in the first year they were stricter, so thinking it may get a good bump. It looks better than a 9.0 in the holder, but those things like to hide those corner bends sometimes. I'll leave it for now, until it starts nagging at me more that it is both a different color label, and the lowest grade modern I have.

[Buzzetta]

CGC is grading very tight right now. After many, many years of NEVER having a book go down in grade, I have had a handful (modern and bronze) do so in the last month.

 

9.6 to 9.4, 9.0 to 7.5, and 9.0 to 8.5. And all of these books were pressed, too.

 

 

Not once have I ever had anything go down, until now.

 

 

 

Very mixed on agreeing or disagreeing with this...

 

I do not want to go into specifics since I may use some of these for a grading contest. Let's just say I had mixed results. One book that I will not be using since it was returned to the auction house went from a 3.0 advertised raw... (and I could see why it was a 3.0) to a graded 5.0.