Pressing out dents 0

[DaDuke]

I am thinking of sending the below 9.0 Vengeance of Bane in to be pressed and re-graded. The grader notes on it were 'multiple dent'. The book looks pretty damn good to me but opinions welcome.

 

Thx.

[DaDuke]

Uploaded a couple more. the first is the left hand front corner, the first post has a weird reflection near this corner but this is not on the book.

The next shows some weird discoloration, are these the fabled Newton rings ?

Thx

[theCapraAegagrus]

I don't see any obvious press-able defects, so, I'm doubting that a press will help.

[comicquant]

Can you angle the book at a light to catch a pic of the dents?  Seems pretty harsh of a grade looking at the book's FC/BC.  

[DaDuke]

Some edge on photos (I think this is what you meant)

 

[namisgr]

What he meant was: can you angle the front and back covers of the books to make the dents in question visible in your posts?

[DaDuke]

Ahh, finally found some under a strong light, sorry for being dense, once I found some I knew what to look for.

 

 

[The Lions Den]

Dents can be both color breaking and non-color breaking. If the dents in question are all non-color breaking, a good press should get rid of them. But if you have an area where a dent actually causes a break in the color, that will still be visible even after pressing. I'm not sure if the risk is worth the reward in this particular case, but I can appreciate your desire to improve the overall appearance of the book. Whatever you decide, good luck!  

[joeypost]

9.0 does seem harsh. When was it graded? 

[Catwomancomics]

1 hour ago, joeypost said:

9.0 does seem harsh. When was it graded? 

6/19/2019

[DaDuke]

Thanks for the opinions all, I have a few books in the same state where I think the grading was harsh and a press could resolve most (if not all) of the dents and/or bends. Looks likely I will send for a crack, press and re-submit.

Most importantly I have learnt another set of things to look for in grading my own books and deciding if/when to get them pressed and slabbed.

[Joosh]

Considering it is apparently difficult to get to the dents to show up in a picture, they are likely almost all non color breaking and thus will be corrected with a press. The ones I see are mostly fingernail dents that are correctable with press.

9.0 is trending around $70, a bump to 9.6 would put it around $120. A 9.8 would be a score at about $250.

The rainbow splash pic is the Newton Ring effect; extremely common on CGC slabs, irritating to most (myself included,) and harmless to the book. If you value a clear slab display over top resale value, a CBCS slab will be best option, IMHO.

[The Lions Den]

1 hour ago, Joosh said:

The rainbow splash pic is the Newton Ring effect; extremely common on CGC slabs, irritating to most (myself included,) and harmless to the book. If you value a clear slab display over top resale value, a CBCS slab will be best option, IMHO.

[Joosh]

I could reword it: If you value top resale value over a clear slab display, CGC is your best option. There’s a chance you can get both.