Any reliable way to tell if a book has already been pressed? 0

[Bryan Gordon]

I’m thinking of sending in a few to be pressed/regraded hoping for that 9.8...I’m just wondering if anyone has a reliable way to tell if the book has already been pressed?  Any thoughts on these 3 books? I took pictures of what I thought to be the minor flaws that caused the 9.6...

[slym2none]

6 hours ago, Bryan Gordon said:

I’m just wondering if anyone has a reliable way to tell if the book has already been pressed? 

Nope.



-slym

[joeypost]

Two of these books have some color rub, which GCG now deducts for. Even if pressed they won’t get the 9.8.  

[theCapraAegagrus]

No.

[B2D327]

Having experimented with the process myself, a couple of things I’ve learned through trial and error are:

ink transfer from splash and rear wrap to inner cover wraps

a distinct smell of scorched paper. May not be visible but the smell is unmistakable

pages stuck together from not immediately fanning out the pages so they open easily

and you’ll rarely if ever have color breaks without some evidence of indentation

the better/more experienced the presser, the less noticeable these things will be when inspecting a book. Sometimes they’re obvious even when having already been slabbed. Yours appear pretty free of any of those signs imo

Edited December 9, 2019 by B2D327