Blue Label.. Restored..huh ?

[ArAich]

 

I thought the blue label was Universal Grade? Am I missing something here?

 

Restored Blue Label

[OldGuy]

Yea, see my sig.

[Guest]

that's not a blue label. the seller screwed with the colors. it's a "cgc restored grade" book, although there are restored blues out there.

[ArAich]

 

Yeah but if you look closely the label is "Restored". Shouldn't that mean purple color referance?

[OldGuy]

No. Read the back of any CGC label for a half-assed justification. CGC assigns blue labels to some restored Golden Age books. They think that restoration isn't restoration on books that are worth a lot of money and belong to influential people in the hobby that would take a beating if their entire collection were graded with a purple labels like it should be.

 

BTW, the label in this case is purple. Either the seller is trying to pull a fast one by playing with the color settings on his scanner and he's a scumbag rip-off artist "apparently". Or CGC has changed the rules.......again.

[ArAich]

 

So if I send in my Miss America #1 Restored (that has the exact same notation) then will CGC reslab with a blue label?

[OldGuy]

Only if CGC deem it "worthy" based on the amount of restoration. But again, the auction you are pointing out is either a CGC mistake, a CGC rules change, or a scamming seller.

[ArAich]

 

Thanks for the response OG.

[CosmicBob]

I've seen this guys auctions before. All his purple label ones look blue (but they do SAY "Restored" on them). Oddly enough, his blue label one also look blue.

[OldGuy]

Yea, I was checking out his past auctions. He qualifies for the scumbag award for trying to minimize the "label of death" factor that purple brings with it.

[ArAich]

 

Purple.. Blue...Red.. Yellow. No matter what color you put on the label it is still does not detract from the fact that it is a sweet looking book albeit not very resaleable.

[OldGuy]

Yea, it is a nice looking book. I personaly don't have a problem with restored books (when appropriate, ASM v.2 #36 is not appropriate) as long as the restoration is fully disclosed.

[Bonds25]

Without even looking at the scan, is the seller Jaitoford@aol.com (or something like that)?

[Guest]

*BINGO*

 

jauito@ford.com

[ArAich]

 

Close.. it's jauito@ford.com .

[Guest]

We've had posts before with this seller's purple labels having been scanned as blue.

[ArAich]

 

So this is an intentional effort by the seller to mis-represent the item?

[OldGuy]

"So this is an intentional effort by the seller to mis-represent the item?"

 

Yes.

[Guest]

So this is an intentional effort by the seller to mis-represent the item?

Well, as Brian noted above, his purple labels come out as blue. Scanner effect? Possibly. But that seems less likely when his blue label scans seem to come out the proper shade of blue. Draw your own conclusions from that.

 

This seller also got the nod on the 'sellers who end auctions early' thread.

[Bonds25]

I emailed him once and he said it's a scanner problem. It's not like he doesn't mention the restoration in his description, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.