I thought the 9.2 looked pretty good. A few minor imperfections, but I thought I'd get a 9 at the very least, especially after the press. I figured worse case an 8.5. There was a *very* small nick on the back that I figured might knock it down a bit, but didn't expect to get nailed so badly. This was the first time I've sent anything in for pressing and grading, so my eye isn't the best trained to estimate grades. I should've had someone else look at them before submitting
Here are the notes:
very light spine stress lines breaks colorvery small crease right bottom of front cover breaks colorvery small tear right top of back cover
I just figured it would be within a reasonable range of what Metropolis listed it as. That HoS 100 was near the top of my list, so I'm fairly disappointed. Ah well, back on the hunt