Hi all, I have a question about a similar phenomenon, but different in that it's only ever the *top* edge of the inner pages that are tan/browning.
(Apologies if this is already answered somewhere)
This is due to the novice way the books were stored when I was young: they were bagged and stored vertical. But they were stored in a box with *no lid*. And these boxes were kept in my bedroom, which received plenty of sunlight, for a couple of years. Kind of like this photo demonstrates (except without so many backboards):
Due to this, all the books in the box ended up having the top edge go tan color, but interior and bottom/side edges remained off-white/cream. These are late 80's Marvel & DC direct books.
Is it clear/agreed how this "top-edge-tan" would affect the grade? If, for example, the book was otherwise near-flawless, could it ever be in the 9.0+ range? Reading the grading scale page on this site, it says under "Light Tan to Off-White" that "A comic book cannot achieve a grade higher than 8.5 with this page quality." Overstreet also only permits tan color in the 8.0 range or lower ("Paper is tan to cream"). However, some of the comments above give me hope that perhaps it is not so severe a defect, and that books with this issue could still be graded 9.0 or higher?
I'm keen to understand this better because it impacts a large proportion of my collection (including ASM 300 sadly) and frustrates my attempts at grading. I am also finding some books I purchased on Ebay, that were listed as 'NM' or 'Excellent' condition, also suffer from this problem. And you never see a listing on Ebay that shows a photo of the top or bottom edge of the book, or any description of it.
Example (with Overstreet's OWL card):
Top edge: (5 = TAN)
Bottom edge: (8 = OFF-WHITE)
Interior: (I judge the interior pages to be off-white)
This book (extra points if can guess what comic this is) - has no other perceptible flaws. How do you think it would be graded by CGC, or according to Overstreet, hypothetically? (happy to post more photos).
Thanks and kind regards, Ollie
(Again if I've asked a common noob question, my apologies - please post me the link to the thread)
