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[EZRPAZ]

I have a vintage Penthouse that I submitted to be graded. Ultimately, it was rejected due to the magazine being "explicit"; which is lame since most of the old magazines were much more tame than the new Playboys.

Anyone know who else grades and slabs Penthouse magazines or other explicit magazines?

[Dr. Balls]

Dear CGC,

There I was, waiting for the mailman to bring me my special delivery - I couldn’t wait any longer. My hands, throbbing with excitement at the chance to slide open the box and reveal the tantalizing slab inside.

Finally, he came. It was glorious. Magnificent. My hands working the shaft of the pen as I signed for delivery confirmation, i caressed the package as he released it to me.

My fingers, gliding over the brown box, feeling the excitement build - I gently slid my digits under the glistening tape, unsealing the flaps. I surrendered my restraint, giving way to passionate abandon - I tore away the bubble wrap, flinging it to the left and right - not caring where it landed. I needed to feel it in my hands, and there is was in all it’s plastic glory. I slid it out of it’s cheap plastic sleeve to admire the shiny new plastic case, Newton Rings and all.

The sweet release of excitement came and went, I was spent. All that was left was the promise that I would never sell it, no matter how high it went on GPA. 

[revat]

Look on eBay 

[MattTheDuck]

On 9/19/2023 at 8:17 PM, Dr. Balls said:

Dear CGC,

There I was, waiting for the mailman to bring me my special delivery - I couldn’t wait any longer. My hands, throbbing with excitement at the chance to slide open the box and reveal the tantalizing slab inside.

Finally, he came. It was glorious. Magnificent. My hands working the shaft of the pen as I signed for delivery confirmation, i caressed the package as he released it to me.

My fingers, gliding over the brown box, feeling the excitement build - I gently slid my digits under the glistening tape, unsealing the flaps. I surrendered my restraint, giving way to passionate abandon - I tore away the bubble wrap, flinging it to the left and right - not caring where it landed. I needed to feel it in my hands, and there is was in all it’s plastic glory. I slid it out of it’s cheap plastic sleeve to admire the shiny new plastic case, Newton Rings and all.

The sweet release of excitement came and went, I was spent. All that was left was the promise that I would never sell it, no matter how high it went on GPA. 

I never thought anything like that could happen to you.

[RedRaven]

On 9/19/2023 at 10:17 PM, Dr. Balls said:

Dear CGC,

There I was, waiting for the mailman to bring me my special delivery - I couldn’t wait any longer. My hands, throbbing with excitement at the chance to slide open the box and reveal the tantalizing slab inside.

Finally, he came. It was glorious. Magnificent. My hands working the shaft of the pen as I signed for delivery confirmation, i caressed the package as he released it to me.

My fingers, gliding over the brown box, feeling the excitement build - I gently slid my digits under the glistening tape, unsealing the flaps. I surrendered my restraint, giving way to passionate abandon - I tore away the bubble wrap, flinging it to the left and right - not caring where it landed. I needed to feel it in my hands, and there is was in all it’s plastic glory. I slid it out of it’s cheap plastic sleeve to admire the shiny new plastic case, Newton Rings and all.

The sweet release of excitement came and went, I was spent. All that was left was the promise that I would never sell it, no matter how high it went on GPA. 

I think you may have just invented a new category of kink.

[Dr. Balls]

On 9/20/2023 at 6:55 AM, RedRaven said:

I think you may have just invented a new category of kink.

SLAB KINK! 

[Cman429]

Instead of labeling white or off-white pages, I think magazines like that should note sticky/non-sticky pages

[DeadOne]

@Dr. Balls  

[Artifiction]

On 9/19/2023 at 1:16 PM, EZRPAZ said:

I have a vintage Penthouse that I submitted to be graded. Ultimately, it was rejected due to the magazine being "explicit"; which is lame since most of the old magazines were much more tame than the new Playboys.

Anyone know who else grades and slabs Penthouse magazines or other explicit magazines?

Send them to me. I'll grade them for you. 

[Jimmy Linguini]

it is kind of weird that CGC would play the moral police and not grade certain magazines when they grade books that Diamond can't even legally ship out of the US. Of course I am talking about Boundless books.

[LowGradeBronze]

Ironic don't you think that CGC decline the chance to hide away a magazine they label explicit. 

[B2D327]

On 9/19/2023 at 11:17 PM, Dr. Balls said:

Dear CGC,

There I was, waiting for the mailman to bring me my special delivery - I couldn’t wait any longer. My hands, throbbing with excitement at the chance to slide open the box and reveal the tantalizing slab inside.

Finally, he came. It was glorious. Magnificent. My hands working the shaft of the pen as I signed for delivery confirmation, i caressed the package as he released it to me.

My fingers, gliding over the brown box, feeling the excitement build - I gently slid my digits under the glistening tape, unsealing the flaps. I surrendered my restraint, giving way to passionate abandon - I tore away the bubble wrap, flinging it to the left and right - not caring where it landed. I needed to feel it in my hands, and there is was in all it’s plastic glory. I slid it out of it’s cheap plastic sleeve to admire the shiny new plastic case, Newton Rings and all.

The sweet release of excitement came and went, I was spent. All that was left was the promise that I would never sell it, no matter how high it went on GPA. 

I think I need a Kleenex 

Edited October 5, 2023 by B2D327

[DougC]

CGC only grades books that fit moral standards.... there is nothing to question.

[B2D327]

On 10/5/2023 at 11:00 AM, DougC said:

CGC only grades books that fit moral standards.... there is nothing to question.

bonus points if you get the reference 

[Gaard]

I guess if they won't do Penthouse, my Hustler w/ Jackie Kennedy Onassis is a pipe dream.

[Robot Man]

I wonder whose job it is to weed out those dirty magazines? 

[DougC]

It is obviously not the same person who passes all of the cosplay/parody nude variants from new "publishers"

Spoiler

At least Zenescope would write a story for their books.

Edited October 17, 2023 by DougC

[Gaard]

I submitted a couple of the old Arrow publication The Dead (gore edition). They were rejected. When I asked them why, I was told they were too explicit. When I told them that there were some in the Census, so apparently they DO grade them, I was told "um". I resubmitted them ... they were rejected again.