.5 to Qualified - worth sending in for change? 0

[rjpb]

I'm gathering up books for a submission (probably January), and am on the fence about one book. It's in a .5 slab due to a missing centerfold, and looks like it would probably be a 3.0 if given a green qualified label, mainly due to a detached cover. It's a four figure (even incomplete) classic cover book, and scarce enough that waiting for a cf to marry isn't very feasible. It's also one of those books where the value is all in the cover anyway. 

So the question to you all in terms of selling such a book. What would you do? Leave in the .5 slab, resub for a CGC qualified label, or sell raw with a qualified grade? 

 

[oldrover]

Is there a reason you’re keeping the book’s identity a secret? 

[faster friends]

[rjpb]

49 minutes ago, oldrover said:

Is there a reason you’re keeping the book’s identity a secret? 

No, I initially was thinking the book itself wasn't that important, as it the question could be applied to any number of books missing a centerfold, but here it iss.

[oldrover]

I think the .5 would sell for lower than the 3.0 green. 

A while back I came across two ASM20’s in my stash, both with pieces cut out inside, low-mid graders. I sent them in, one came back a blue .5 and the other a green 3.5. I cracked the blue, and sold it raw as VG-. The green sold for a little more than the raw. 

[theCapraAegagrus]

I don't like qualified - so I vote to leave it.

[Hollywood1892]

I would stay away from the green too.

[Krismusic]

personally green with missing pages or missing MVS I tend to stay away from and I usually like all books  

[Hollywood1892]

1 minute ago, Krismusic said:

personally green with missing pages or missing MVS I tend to stay away from and I usually like all books  

I remember when I first went on the hunt for a Thanos 13, and someone had a MVS missing one with an argument, a 9.8 is a 9.8.

No it is not!

[theCapraAegagrus]

A 9.8 is a 9.8, though...

[oldrover]

5 hours ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

I don't like qualified - so I vote to leave it.

Yeah, actually, I just rechecked my sales spreadsheet, and the raw did better. I would either leave it, or crack it and sell it raw.

[Tbone911t]

On 12/8/2019 at 7:01 PM, rjpb said:

No, I initially was thinking the book itself wasn't that important, as it the question could be applied to any number of books missing a centerfold, but here it iss.