swp704 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Hi, I'm new to this so I hope I posted this in the right place. Please help me determine if this would be worth clean and pressing. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 encapsulated comics are harder to grade & see the posting guidelines linked at the top of the forum page. I'd probably put this in Grading & Restoration as a usual practice. I looked up the grader notes in the CGC database. It denotes multiple stains. Pressing won't fix this. Based on how CGC treats stains, a 7.0 is a very lucky outcome. light spine stress lines very small, multiple stain back cover very small, multiple stain full bottom of front cover very small, multiple stain spine newshane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swp704 Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 Ok, thank you for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I agree with the above. Given the graders notes, I don't see a press helping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose2099 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 If you are willing to pay the fees to get it re-graded, I say go with a presser who can help retain your yellow label and address the staining; however dry cleaning may not get that all out. Even if the grade doesn’t get bumped, clean/press may improve the appearance of the book. With that Stan Lee autograph, I’d want the book looking as best as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swp704 Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Thanks for the responses. I'm actually more interested in getting it cleaned for appearance purposes. I'm not necessarily worried about getting a better grade, but I'm a little afraid of getting a lesser grade. Does an outside presser do more for cleaning than CGC? I plan on getting it reholdered to try to get rid of newton rings so if I'm going to do it, now is the time. I was going to try to sell and trade into an 8 or 8.5, but now I'm thinking about keeping so I want it to look it's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) Unless CGC take it out of the existing holder it will lose its signature series status/designation. Then when resubmitted the label will just say 'name written on cover' which would be a real shame! Edit: Jose2099 probably has better info than me so if they can say how an outside presser can clean it and still retain your sig series label, that would be useful. Edited February 5 by LowGradeBronze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newshane Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 2/3/2024 at 10:34 PM, swp704 said: Thanks for the responses. I'm actually more interested in getting it cleaned for appearance purposes. I'm not necessarily worried about getting a better grade, but I'm a little afraid of getting a lesser grade. Does an outside presser do more for cleaning than CGC? I plan on getting it reholdered to try to get rid of newton rings so if I'm going to do it, now is the time. I was going to try to sell and trade into an 8 or 8.5, but now I'm thinking about keeping so I want it to look it's best. No. It's fine. Just leave it alone. If you want a better copy, then buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 2/5/2024 at 12:47 PM, LowGradeBronze said: it will lose its signature series status/designation This will happen. As far as I know, CGC has not created permission for anyone other than them to open/press signature books & retain a yellow label *unless* it's at a convention for another witnessed signature (i.e. it has to be witnessed to retain). There are not that many people left who would be good candidates to sign this book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigur Ros Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 On 2/2/2024 at 3:18 PM, swp704 said: Hi, I'm new to this so I hope I posted this in the right place. Please help me determine if this would be worth clean and pressing. Thanks in advance. Looks like he signed that one while he was dying. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
