Tom789

I got 7 points - three were 1 grade off and two were 2 off. I was 2 low on both the Avengers and Franky - I guess I counted the creasing too heavily, that is, like most CGC graders treat creasing on MY books.

I might have hit it out of the park this round.

After losing out on the Heritage CGC 9.8 (who am I kidding, the price soared before I could even bid) I consoled myself with this eBay acquisition. Probably been posted here dozens of times already, but it's one of my favorite covers. Donald has excellent height on his swing. Oh, and I hear it might be a key as well.

I suspect they have a tolerance for declaring a miswrap. You can't just say zero or nothing would be above a 9.8. Based on the ToD example, 2mm perhaps?

You will usually get away with minor damage to the spine corners as that is usually attributed to production bindery damage. The damage on these spine corners is probably more than minor, though. The smallest crease you can see with the naked eye on the right corners will usually knock you down to at best a 9.6. You don't have close-ups of those but it looks like there is some damage there as well. So I agree it is probably not worth grading.

, the punishment that is.

Apples vs. oranges?

Recently acquired from MCS, perhaps from one of you fine folk. Cover detached. As a new collector of GA, I'm continually amazed at how vibrant the colors can remain after 80 years.

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