What the Heck Happened to this Superman #12? 2 2

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

People have been messing with books since the earliest days when they used old school markers.It used to be great to buy OO books but those days are over.I don't even care for pressing as I can't imagine it is healthy for the book. It's not going to get any better the only hope is there are better means of detection and notation on what was done. I'm comfortable buying a book that has disclosed restoration if the price is right. The only Fox book I own was sold as cleaned and pressed; I didn't mind as the price was very reasonable and I wanted to see what one of those books was like. I'm assuming the cover was cleaned in some old school manner as I bought it in the early 2000's.I've always wondered how it was done.

 

 

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

On 9/17/2023 at 3:39 PM, october said:

Last time I saw him at a show, he had a raw Prize I'd been after marked a 5.5. Took about five seconds on my phone to find the significantly lower grade slab he had cracked it out of. 

Not someone I feel at all comfortable buying from. 

I used to enjoy dealing with Ritter but I haven't bought off him for years now, that's just how it's panned out.

I had no idea he was up to those sort of shenanigans.

That's disappointing to hear.  

 

[PopKulture]

On 9/17/2023 at 11:59 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

CGC needs to get better at catching them—and fast!

Or just offer those services in-house.  

[nearmint]

I was contacted by the new owner of the book.  He was aware of it's prior grade of 9.2, and is very happy to be adding it to his collection.  

[clarkkentdds]

Hmm I'd much rather buy a book that was recently downgraded than recently upgraded!

Perhaps nothing was done besides the dust shade removal, and it was graded more strictly?

(Assuming it hopefully wasn't damaged) at least we know it probably wasn't graded more leniently.