Popular Post oldrover Posted March 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2019 (Disclaimer... this is really for people trying to maximize value. I acquired all my books 20 years ago... for fun, yes, but also to appreciate, even buying some restored books because I thought they might go up over time despite the resto. I do not feel that pressing is resto, or undesirable... some here may. For those people, read no more.) _____ I was unsure about the benefits of pressing pre-slab. However, I have multiple success stories of significant magnitude. Hulk 1 CGC 7.0 PLOD CT... CGC removed resto and recommended a press, which I agreed to. Post-removal with press: Universal 6.5. That's big. Tales To Astonish 27... I posted this on the PGM page and the verdict from our esteemed colleagues was 4.0. Sent it in, CGC determined there was resto, removed it, pressed it, and graded it 4.5. Another win! Also, our own @joeypost has pressed a bunch of books for me, including three which I posted on the PGM page, and for which I have just now received CGC results: Avengers 1: board consensus pre-press was 4.0. After the press - CGC grade: 5.0. JIM 85: board consensus pre-press was 6.5. After the press - CGC grade: 7.5. ASM 129: board consensus pre-press ranged from 7.5 to 9.0. I assumed the worst and expected 7.5. After the press - CGC grade: 9.4. Those are serious bumps. On serious books. Suffice to say: this experience says to me that, unless your book cannot handle the rigors of pressing (which pros such as Joey or CGC will determine upon examining), if it is a significant key, strongly consider submitting it for pressing. Kudos to both CGC and in particular @joeypost for their services. Joey's communication and his delivery on projected turnaround times are top notch. 1950's war comics, Catwomancomics, Black_Adam and 3 others 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites
1950's war comics Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 way to go !! The Lions Den, ComicConnoisseur and oldrover 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jcjames Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Wow! Awesome results! Congrats! oldrover 1 Link to post Share on other sites
miraclemet Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, oldrover said: (Disclaimer... this is really for people trying to maximize value. I acquired all my books 20 years ago... for fun, yes, but also to appreciate, Hulk 1 CGC 7.0 PLOD CT... CGC removed resto and recommended a press, which I agreed to. Post-removal with press: Universal 6.5. That's big. Tales To Astonish 27... I posted this on the PGM page and the verdict from our esteemed colleagues was 4.0. Sent it in, CGC determined there was resto, removed it, pressed it, and graded it 4.5. considering the hulk only dropped .5 there must not have been much CT?!?! And I guess same on the TTA27? Link to post Share on other sites
oldrover Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, miraclemet said: considering the hulk only dropped .5 there must not have been much CT?!?! And I guess same on the TTA27? That is my assumption. You could not see a difference in the cover. At least I couldn’t. I submitted an ASM13 7.0 with CT... they said there was too much to remove. Link to post Share on other sites
oldrover Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Another @joeypost post batch back today... some highlights... JIM 86... I thought a 7.0... it came back 8.0 X-Men 2... I thought 7.0... it came back 8.5! Iron Man 1... I thought 7.0... it came back 8.0. ASM 10... I thought 7.0... came back 8.0. ASM 15... I thought 6.0... it came back 8.0!!! The Lions Den and Chaos_in_Canada 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Comicdey Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Joey does great work for sure. And if you don’t do the CT removal and press, the next dealer who has the book will. Just a fact at this point. So those that hate pressing or CT removal scrapes have to be willing to pay up for those books with minor CT or pressable defects if they want to stay with Virgin books. Mystafo and The Lions Den 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Comicdey Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Oh yeah. Congrats on all those results oldrover 1 Link to post Share on other sites
thehumantorch Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) Recently got our results from sending in 18 books through Joey. .Only disappointment was a key GA book graded as a fn by Metropolis that came back 3.5 -we knew it was over graded. Rest of the books came back as expected or higher than expected and roughly doubled the overall value of the books. A few turned out to be big wins. We tend to under-grade but know Joey is responsible for excellent results. Edited March 29, 2019 by thehumantorch Mystafo, oldrover and The Lions Den 3 Link to post Share on other sites
crazyhips Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Joeypost is amazing. Pressed a saga 1 for me that was 8.5/9.0. Came back 9.6. Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy Daniels Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 So you can request Joey? I've submitted three books for pressing and grading and have only received one back so far and it was better than I figured, a giant size xmen 1 Link to post Share on other sites
oldrover Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Jimmy Daniels said: So you can request Joey? I've submitted three books for pressing and grading and have only received one back so far and it was better than I figured, a giant size xmen 1 Actually, Joey has his own comic pressing company. You send your books to Joey, he presses, and then delivers, usually by hand, to CGC (he too is in FLA). The Lions Den 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy Daniels Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 10 minutes ago, oldrover said: Actually, Joey has his own comic pressing company. You send your books to Joey, he presses, and then delivers, usually by hand, to CGC (he too is in FLA). Thanks for the info! oldrover 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Joosh Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Joeypost did an amazing job with my low grade Iron Man 1. Mystafo 1 Link to post Share on other sites
csaag Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 helluva difference! Link to post Share on other sites
