Hello Team,
Reaching out today to inquire if I have a decent shot of trying to get a 9.8 with minor staple color rub.
I have heard from numerous places that you can get a CGC 9.8 with minor rub. So I would appreciate if anyone can share pics of CGC 9.8 with color rub(s).
Top Staple: Approx (<= 1/8) Color rub - teal color.
Bottom Staple: Approx (<= 1/4) Color rub - teal color.
I have a couple 9.8s with very blatant rubs, to the point that in both cases I was shocked at the grade. There’s no way to miss either. I would guess, rather unhelpfully, that you’d be at the mercy of the whims of whomever was looking at your book that day.
I personally would not call it a 9.8. But CGC just doesn’t care anymore…9.8s for everyone!!!
Thank you for your feedback. If you had to assign a grade, what would you assign?
I think it’s a strong 9.6. But on the right day could get 9.8 from cgc. Depends on the graders, sad to say.
But I still hear people are getting “banana bends” still…so should be more worried about if the book will come back undamaged.
Honestly, I was hoping for 9.8, but if I was truly non-bias, I say 9.6. I have heard and seen 9.8 with minor staple rub. I think that falls in that realm… due minor MFG defect. These days grading turn around is nightmare, so definitely want to make it worthwhile…
If the color transferred onto the cover from another book, you can use an absorene sponge to rub it off. Use light pressure. The white areas could benefit from that too.
This.
Who knows with that Trio of Emmit Kelly, Bozo and Clarabelle in Sarasota… and headed up by Pennywise.
9.8, 9.6, 8.5 - they just make sh*t up as they go along… if they even bother looking at moderns thoroughly anymore.
And then of course there is the “new” grade in the case after it’s bent.
