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Thanks so much! I learned a lot. Had a bunch of fun!!!

5 minutes!!! Me too!!!

Grades in. I just went with my gut on these and gave the the grades I felt they truly deserved. Every time I tried to guess what CGC would do it went wrong . So we'll see...

Me too same grades

I went with 5 and 9 trying to be generous more generous than I would normally be. It seems that over the course of this I tend to grade much tighter. Especially when it comes to stains and discoloration. I am trying to calibrate my grading with the CGC. I still have a long way to go. And one more round. Maybe I'll nail it? I have 5 bullseyes so far. I'd like to get a couple more before this ends?

Eeesh! I'm getting worse instead of better.

Me too. Yikes! Any min now...

1 hour 15 min to go!

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That's how I feel after I see the CGC grades.?

Grades in??

At least I got some points!!!

Only 1 hour to go!

Have fun at least you won't have to worry about waiting all night long for the results!

Best guesses in.

Very enlightening! Great lesson to learn.

Its a good lesson for me because the grading guide reads like this defect is not allowed above 2.5. It's seems as through its more like a deduction rather than a hard line. This makes more sense given the CGC grade.

I must assume with a 6.0 grade that the centerfold was firmly, very firmly attached at one staple lol! Maybe the pages were white as the driven snow ? and the angles sung to thee as one flipped through the pages. ? Can a 7.0 or 8.0 book have a detached centerfold? I would like to know, learn and improve my grading. Its my whole reason for entering.

Detached at one staple? I need to know .

If G.I. Joe was only detached at one staple that would explain a lot. When they print those labels they may not tell us how detached the cover or centerfold is? Maybe third green ham can shed some light?

Shatner was great BTW takes some of the sting out. Bad round for me tonight.?

In the grading guide a book with a detached centerfold can't grade higher than 2.5 unless there are attributes that out weigh that defect. I did not see any such attributes. The front cover did not look much better than a 3.0 to me. Maybe the CGC should put out their own grading guide? Maybe they have one already?

And yet I still worry ?

Got my grades in early guys so I could see Kirk tonight and not worry.

That's how I feel right now! Too late to change 'em!