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[BrooksR]

20 hours ago, Randall Ries said:

 

What’s that QES sticker?

[Randall Ries]

26 minutes ago, BrooksR said:

What’s that QES sticker?

It's a "quality" sticker that says the book has perfect staple placement and "preferred" cover alignment. In short, something to stroke someones weak ego. It's neat when companies try to define aesthetics to everyone else.

[Randall Ries]

40 minutes ago, Terry_JSA said:

Yeah I think it’s dumb, but at the end of the day people can do whatever they want, it’s their money. I’ve seen high grade copies before it’s not like they’re rare or anything, just a little high in price but they’re out there. I do think it’s a bit crazy that there’s huge price difference between a 9.0 and 9.8 copy.

Yes. They can do whatever they like. Even 9.0 copies are starting to get up there. It's the cover. That's all there is to the book. The black shows up every wrinkle and break.

[BrooksR]

5 minutes ago, Randall Ries said:

It's a "quality" sticker that says the book has perfect staple placement and "preferred" cover alignment. In short, something to stroke someones weak ego. It's neat when companies try to define aesthetics to everyone else.

Isn’t that what the original grading is for? Maybe we should start a new service that grades and encapsulates slabs 😄

[Randall Ries]

2 minutes ago, BrooksR said:

Isn’t that what the original grading is for? Maybe we should start a new service that grades and encapsulates slabs 😄

Haha. Yep. I think I'd rip that little sucker off if I bought a book with that on it. Stick it to my shirt or something. There. Now I'M extra thpecial! LOL!

[Terry JSA]

1 hour ago, Randall Ries said:

Yes. They can do whatever they like. Even 9.0 copies are starting to get up there. It's the cover. That's all there is to the book. The black shows up every wrinkle and break.

That’s the unfortunate part to the wonderful homage cover Neal Adams brought us.

[Randall Ries]

1 hour ago, Terry_JSA said:

That’s the unfortunate part to the wonderful homage cover Neal Adams brought us.

It's a great cover no doubt. Not my favorite Adams Bat cover. That belongs to #244 for me. Despite its flaw.

[shadroch]

2 hours ago, BrooksR said:

Isn’t that what the original grading is for? Maybe we should start a new service that grades and encapsulates slabs 😄

The theory is that within any grade there is a range. Some 8.0s will be below average and some will be higher.  QES was an outside company that tried to select the finest copy of a grade and give them a shiny sticker.

It's a bridge too far for most people.

[BrooksR]

10 hours ago, shadroch said:

The theory is that within any grade there is a range. Some 8.0s will be below average and some will be higher.  QES was an outside company that tried to select the finest copy of a grade and give them a shiny sticker.

It's a bridge too far for most people.

How much did people pay for that? Did they have to ship them to QES? Seems like a lot of expense for a sticker 🤷‍♂️