mel3k Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 8:03 PM, KPR Comics said: Is that true? I thought CGC changed its policy to overlook the tape and grade based upon the defect that the tape is covering up (e.g., if its holding a tear together they deduct for the tear, not the tape). The grader's notes mentioned "tape on spine" so I assume that means that it had at least some impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Congrats! I would have said 2.0/2.5; this is great to see. Did you have the book cleaned? It looks dramatically brighter in your video than in the scans, but maybe that's just the scanner settings. From the assigned grade I would guess CGC decided the tape was there for no reason... i.e. not sealing up a big honking spine split that would have dropped the grade further. mel3k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel3k Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 8:00 AM, Point Five said: Congrats! I would have said 2.0/2.5; this is great to see. Did you have the book cleaned? It looks dramatically brighter in your video than in the scans, but maybe that's just the scanner settings. From the assigned grade I would guess CGC decided the tape was there for no reason... i.e. not sealing up a big honking spine split that would have dropped the grade further. Thanks! And, yes, I had CCS press and clean. I think the book looking better in the video is a combination of both the cleaning helping along with the scanner settings. And, I think you are right...not sure exactly how much they hit the book for the tape, but they surely didn't consider it a complete spine split. Based on how the book looks, my completely educated guess is that they have a policy that a book with tape like that maxes out at a 3. But who knows haha? Thanks again! Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexinnih Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Congrats. Great to own that one! mel3k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel3k Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 5:59 PM, rexinnih said: Congrats. Great to own that one! Thanks! Yeah, I'm pretty happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
