DaveE

19 hours ago, Funnybooks said:

3.5

Thanks

Updated Pics Attached!

Yea, sorry I probably posted a bit prematurely. Will have the pics tomorrow.

Sorry as I currently only have this one picture and it's in the bag. I will post more shortly but I've never dealt with grades related to foxing. There is similar foxing on the back and there are no other noticeable defects on the back side. Interior pages do not have foxing and all are in near perfect shape. This looks like a 9.2 to 9.4 book without the foxing. I know without the other pictures it's tough but my thinking is the grade will be...

Let me know what you think

Grade is in.... 4.5's have it! I submitted it for pressing with screening and it was not pressed. 

Thanks @revat, I've thought about what I wanted and was on the fence so I asked about the remark. Yes, I see now I've put this in the wrong sub. I also pretty much dropped doing the ASM78 as well. It's all a learning experience and I'm just trying to get opinions from those that have done this before. Thanks again!

So I'm going to go ahead and have the remark and signature. Hopefully JRJR will choose a good pen color.

But, I still have the nagging question.... No responses from anyone, did no one have an opinion on this?

I'm going to send my ASM 238 in to get signed and graded but having thoughts about If I should get a remark by JRJR. Seems like there's not enough room for a good drawing on that cover. Has anyone done this and how did it turn out?

I also have ASM #78 that seems like a better candidate for a remark. Appreciate any thoughts and comments!

Thanks all! I was hoping for a 7.5 so I guess I'm right about there.

Just got this really nice copy to fill in a gap in my early ASM's. Let me know what you think!

Yes, the fading is glare off the cover as it's still has a good bit of shine. 

Will be sending this in shortly. I think I originally picked this up for $20 at my LCS in the late 80's. Hopefully a press will serve this one well. 

Going through my Dad's collection has reminded me what books I had. Pulled down boxes I hadn't opened for many years and am enjoying it just as much if not more than when I started collecting. This one has a few blemished but looks pretty solid.

I bought this from my local LCS back in the 1980s. Not sure yet if I'll get it pressed but looking at the spine wear... that might hold it back from making too much difference.

So, this book just sold on eBay recently. The notes say "Very small amount of color touch on spine of cover" and I was wondering why it was not assigned a restored label? I am also wondering if the price it sold for accounted for the color touch in some other way? 

I've read a bit about it on these boards and my gut tells me that it didn't meet the threshold of restoration but did affect the price in some perhaps small degree. What do you guys think?

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1 hour ago, William-James88 said:

C&P won't change the grade since the biggest defects are your tears and soiling, which can't be removed. I can see this getting 3.0 or 3.5.

Yes this makes total sense.

Sadly this book is in pretty good condition but is ruined by several spots. Staples are in good shape and only has a corner cut on the front, small tear and folding on the back and small spine tears on the back top and bottom.

I think I would give it a...

In handling the book before, I would say they probably removed as much as they were comfortable doing without causing any negatives. While the book is not very brittle, I was wondering when I sent it in how much they would be able to fix. I also noticed that the wear cracks on the spine look much better after the c&p. 

Here's one that's going in this weekend. I love the artwork on this cover and it is still semi-glossy. The bottom staple is just slightly loose with a minor tear as you see on the inside picture. My guess at a grade is...

It was tough grading from the limited pictures I posted. I'm getting my next set ready to send in so I'll post a few of them here.

Here's probably one of the nicer copies of superman from the collection. Staples are out of spine but I guess that can happen for Atomic Age books. Let me know what you think! Also there is one very small tear 1/16" long middle right of the cover

Thanks for the help on this. I'm going through some Pre-code Horror comics and trying to sort the better ones out. I've put some side-lighting in to accentuate the defects but it makes the blacks look far worse than in normal viewing. I don't see any staining and it does have one long crease bottom middle. I do have one question as I run into this a lot with the comics I'm organizing. With Golden or Atomic age comics when the top or bottom edge is not crisp and has a fold with light cracking how much of a bump down does the grade take? I've looked through the grading guides but it's hard to figure out how much is acceptable due to the age of the comic. On this one it's on the top and bottom edges on the right side.

Thanks everyone! I'll post an update once it gets out of pressing and CGC posts the grade.

I will make sure to post when they do. Much appreciated. I'll still hope for a 4.0 but I know C&P only goes so far