path4play Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) Purchased this Ohio Plas football cover on HA - hits on several of my current collecting goals. Thought it was interesting to compare with same book sold on HA thirteen years prior in 2006, a CGC 9.0. Crackin' cost someone (guess that would be me now?) 1.5 grade points. Looks like a top left corner ding and a little more stress around staple from....reading? Don't crack out man - I'm telling you just don't do it. Edited April 30, 2019 by path4play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Don't do crack you can never go back to the original grade that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inaflash Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Always crack ‘me out. You get a page quality bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 1 minute ago, Inaflash said: Always crack ‘me out. You get a page quality bump. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Crack is Whack. And btw, you're crackin' me up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 10 hours ago, path4play said: Purchased this Ohio Plas football cover on HA - hits on several of my current collecting goals. Thought it was interesting to compare with same book sold on HA thirteen years prior in 2006, a CGC 9.0. Crackin' cost someone (guess that would be me now?) 1.5 grade points. Looks like a top left corner ding and a little more stress around staple from....reading? Don't crack out man - I'm telling you just don't do it. Did you crack it out yourself? Or did you resubmit the book for reholdering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickL Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 At least the page quality improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Apparently these are the CGC graders who specialise in cracked out books.... comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 13 hours ago, Mr. Lady Luck said: Did you crack it out yourself? Or did you resubmit the book for reholdering? Hi Lady, No I bought it as 7.5 recently on HA, just researched the history on GPA and found it interesting. Quite a drop for a crack and read (perhaps original owner is lurking on the boards)? I noticed another book, Marvel Mystery Comics #9 shows three submissions of a Larson including one Slight Professional. And yes the SP 5.0 was first, and 6.0 last? At least that example goes in the "right" direction. ( 6.0 ) Larson pedigree ( 5.5 ) Larson pedigree SP ( 5.0 ) Larson pedigree I know probably nothing new here to see, I'm just catching on. But cracking does clearly carry some risk, as evidenced by my Plas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Yeah, you never know. I've bought slabbed books that have ncb stuff. Had the books pressed and got back lower grades. Not the usual outcome, of course, but it certainly happens. Probably more common some years ago, but there were people who thought of CGC as being a resto check/grading check service. Once they got the book back and knew it had no resto and had CGC's opinion of the grade, they cracked it out and filed it away, having it available to read when they wanted to. aardvark88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
