Frankielo Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Hope I’m in the right forum.Thinking of Sending in my ASM 300 9.4 sign by Stan Lee on 11/19/2018 for a Todd McFarlane signature. Graders notes-spine stress lines break color. are they grading more stringently now than four years ago?Barring anyone damaging the book does it hold its grade?.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamLunt Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Beautiful book. I hate the idea that they won't automatically give you the same grade. This book looks worse than 9.4 based on the (limited defects I see) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) DO NOT resub that book I mean, unless you want them to downgrade it. I’m sorry, but that’s not a 9.4 on any day. Edited September 9, 2022 by THE_BEYONDER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 On 9/9/2022 at 7:16 PM, WilliamLunt said: Beautiful book. I hate the idea that they won't automatically give you the same grade. This book looks worse than 9.4 based on the (limited defects I see) Why should a book get the same grade after it’s been removed from the slab & handled by multiple people including the artist signing it? At the beginning of the SS program, CGC indeed tried to keep the grades the same. They wanted to encourage customers to crack blue labels and submit for yellow without fear of grade drops. With the SS program fully established, I imagine they just send it through to grading and disregard the previous grade these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 I am in the "do not open" camp. If I paid FMV for a 9.4 and got that many spine tics and that corner, I would be upset. This looks more like at 8.0 at best. I'd personally drop it another 2.0 points for the Stan Lee signature placement. Plenty of good surface area, including the black leg right underneath where the signature is, and it's signed right on top of Spider-Man's face. I generally don't worry about where an artist is going to sign a book, less confident with the writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 That book never should've received a 9.4. It won't upon a resubmission. Maybe Todd can sign the slab. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...