Does this look fishy to anyone else...

[comicinvestor-migration]

Yeah, but those are old CGC books with Stan The Man's signature on them (before CGC stopped noting them to promote their Signature Series) so I assume a fan wanted Stanley's autograph.

[blowout]

...........araich, as i said earlier i have seen books before with the exact same defect and they have had a 'qualified' green label..............

 

[read_em-migration]

There's no way I'm defending this seller, as he cropped BOTH images of the CGC header, but it made me wonder about CGC's grading in these cases. Does a comic with an extra staple automatically get a Restored or Qualified label from CGC? Couldn't it just drop a Fine Blue Label down to a VG Blue (or so)?

[ArAich]

So... bottom line is No blue label... right

[BachelorOfComix]

I very much doubt that this is a purple label. He's done this bad crop-job with other comics. If y'all want something to be alarmed about:

 

http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewBidItems&userid=linblew&completed=1&sort=3&all=1&rows=100

 

Shill-bidding???

 

Cheers,

 

Bachelor of Comics

[read_em-migration]

Annnnnnnnd.... there were like 5 new posts since I read the thread, basically asking and answering my question. Great

[supapimp]

old CGC books or not, if you look at the sigs again, it reads "stan lee 91", which to me reads the sigs were signed in 1991, when CGC was just a twinkle in steve borok's eyes.

[supapimp]

ariach,

 

nah, im pretty sure it's a blue label if we're going by CGC's consistency with using apparent "letters such as MA, MP, SA, SP etc." for restoration, this may be a qualifeid green label but i doubt it. as for this being a purpe label for restored, there's only 1 copy in VG 4.0 with apparent "SA" for slight amatuer in the census.

 

supa

[ArAich]

 

thanks supapimp... this seems like a good selling point for the Cert. lookup option that CGC is working on.. Maybe Ebay should require that all CGC listings state the Cert. # once CGC has worked out the bugs..

[greggy]

Yes, I agree that it is probably a blue label. Hell, it's a VG and I'm sure that the extra staples were factored in the grade without having to give it the purple label of death. CGC has stated that tape repair is considered a defect and not restoration so I would assume that they are treating the extra staples as a flaw to be considered in the overall grade.

[blowout]

"Maybe Ebay should require that all CGC listings state the Cert. # once CGC has worked out the bugs.. "

 

... ......yeah, i can see ebay doing that...........

[ArAich]

 

wadaya mean...ebay continuously bends over backwards when it comes to customer service and the betterment of their forum ... Don't they???

[Bonds25]

It probably is shill bidding, but I've been known to bid on every single item that certain sellers are selling. Right Greggy and Rickdogg?

[Rickdogg]

Yup, I encourage you to bid more HAHAHHAA.

[hogations]

I would agree with greggy here (extra staples knocking the grade down to VG). Too bad the scan is too small to give any more details about the book.

[Guest]

New User, YES!...I am in complete agreement with you (finally!). I have not dissected whether the label is being misrepresented. I'm merely stating that I have seen MANY Blue labels with the notation, "manufactured with an extra set of staples", or "extra staple", I would assume CGC terming this as a factory "defect" rather than someone tacking a staple through AFTER the point of issuance. In that case, I would assume that a Green or purple label would be required.

[snizzenfixit]

Well, the label says "Extra staple added, not manufacturing"

 

Phil

 

[Mister_Comics]

I have a Fantastic Four #2 that has three staples in it, not manufactures, and it was graded the blue UNIVERSAL label. I don't think CGC gives the RESTORED to the switched staples.