What's the largest grade jump post CPR you've ever seen? 0

[NoMan]

Bored and curious at work and got to thinking what's the largest grade jump you've ever seen a book get post CPR? Like a 5.0 to a 9.6? What's the craziest? 

Thanks!!

[Bomber-Bob]

8.0 to 9.4  .  It's really sad that we are working within an environment that can see such swings. 

[grebal]

 A while ago there was a pair of threads in the PGM section with a couple of very early FF issues (I'll dig them up and post links).  The comics in the OPs were around 3.0 (nearly every guesstimate maxed out at 3.0) but after CCS it got a 4. Pics are gone now, but I remember the 4.0 distinctly because I thought it was a gift grade, and speculated the gift grade [1.0 over the 'true' grade] was because he used CCS first.

 

 

FF2 looked like around 3.5, again with moisture stains (although the replies had less of a consensus, 3.5 seemed the average).  Later in the thread, the guy posted pics showing it got 4.5 after CCS.

Since then I've seen other examples, though these two stood out in my memory (being Fantastic Four 1 & 2 with stains posted on same day) and rightly or wrongly, I've come to expect that using CCS before slabbing a comic at CGC gives submitters a real good chance at receiving back 'overgraded' stabs by around 1.0.  [insert obligatory - grading is subjective yada yada small sample size unfair yada]

[NoMan]

Thanks Grebal. Agree with you. Reality unfortunately. 

[mschmidt]

2 hours ago, grebal said:

 A while ago there was a pair of threads in the PGM section with a couple of very early FF issues (I'll dig them up and post links).  The comics in the OPs were around 3.0 (nearly every guesstimate maxed out at 3.0) but after CCS it got a 4. Pics are gone now, but I remember the 4.0 distinctly because I thought it was a gift grade, and speculated the gift grade [1.0 over the 'true' grade] was because he used CCS first.

 

 

FF2 looked like around 3.5, again with moisture stains (although the replies had less of a consensus, 3.5 seemed the average).  Later in the thread, the guy posted pics showing it got 4.5 after CCS.

Since then I've seen other examples, though these two stood out in my memory (being Fantastic Four 1 & 2 with stains posted on same day) and rightly or wrongly, I've come to expect that using CCS before slabbing a comic at CGC gives submitters a real good chance at receiving back 'overgraded' stabs by around 1.0.  [insert obligatory - grading is subjective yada yada small sample size unfair yada]

Considering the CGC graders have no clue where a pressed book came from - or whether the book was pressed at all - your expectation has zero basis in reality.

I've gotten non-pressed books back from CGC that I personally thought were over-graded - I guess this means that people should start sending their books to me prior to slabbing to ensure they get higher grades

[joeypost]

4.5 to 7.0   Daredevil 1

6.5 to 9.0   X-Men 94

7.5 to 9.2   ASM 17

9.0 to 9.8   Tomb of Dracula 1

 

Edited September 7, 2017 by joeypost

[comicdonna]

I remember seeing a book go from a 4.0 to a 7.0

[vaultkeeper]

7.0 to 9.4   Shock Suspenstories #1

4.5 to 7.0   Haunt of Fear #17 (3)

[dOubleO]

On 05/09/2017 at 6:28 PM, joeypost said:

4.5 to 7.0   Daredevil 1

6.5 to 9.0   X-Men 94

7.5 to 9.2   ASM 17

9.0 to 9.8   Tomb of Dracula 1

 

Oh wow...those are crazy jumps... 

But as an owner of those books 

[Westy Steve]

I had a 4.5 Giant Size X-Men 1 (my grade) go to a 7.5.  The book was a perfect candidate with square corners, but a wrinkled cover and non-color breaking creases.