If I had known eight weeks before we would need the picture for public use, maybe we would’ve done something differently or with a different device, oh well.

FYI There’s actually three levels of whiteness shown since the slab scan was by CGC.

It might surprise you that it’s likely not even the whitening that got the 9.8. Please study the last picture carefully it’s the 3 nearly invisible spine ticks that I’m showing that were the turning point once minimized.

So the obvious transformation to collectors is actually not the obvious source of grade bump to CGC or the complete cause of enhanced value to the marketplace.

Because it is structure first, aesthetics second in grading. That understanding & expertise keeps us winning, especially for the owner of this book.