When it comes to cleaning and pressing, sometimes the problems are big, and sometimes they’re small. Both are incredibly important. This one was pretty small

Tom Brady’s 1st Sports Illustrated cover appearance from 2002. I’m working on this copy for a customer. There was just the tiniest finger bend on the cover. Not anymore!

This copy of Sports Illustrated featuring Montana, Magic and Gretzky on the cover landed on newsstands today in 1989. This copy graded at CGC 9.2 is a pop 6 with only 2 copies graded higher.

Between the three of these guys they won a total of 13 championships in the 1980’s!

35 years ago today The Simpson’s made their TV debut on Fox. This is one of the earliest appearances of The Simpson’s on a magazine. This is the Chicago Tribune TV Week magazine from January 14, 1990, one week after they made their TV debut.

Shown graded at CGC 5.0

I’ll be on with Jason from Professor Sports Cards with a livestream tonight at 930p eastern time to talk about PSA, CGC and graded magazines. Pop over there and submit some questions!

https://www.youtube.com/live/XtRwK_lSzKc?si=OPQOAEF0IhBFkJRH

I’ve cleaned and pressed over 10,000 comics and magazines over the years. I’ve only ever come across two pieces that I didn’t think would benefit from cleaning and pressing before grading. Two out of 10,000!

If you don’t know how to evaluate an item, it can be easy to miss flaws that can be fixed. Look at the dent in this Jordan issue. Without glare from a light, you’d easily miss seeing this flaw. Pressing fixed it completely.

Like I always say, if you care about the grade, get it cleaned and pressed first!