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There's a recent sale of a remainder copy that is also beat up a bit on ebay for $900 graded, so I don't think you'd be losing any money. Personally, I want complete covers for my collection, so that prices me out of a lot of books that I would like to own.

From March '22. Thought it had a chance at a 9.0. Hard to see the defects except the one along the bottom edge I knew about.

I assume you already tried a press? Hard to say, but I'll throw out an 8.0/8.5

0.5/1.0. Leaning lower b/c of structural damage, missing pieces and oxidized paper

I think "anyhoo" an informal version of "anyhow"

0.5 at best. Probably not much risk of NG, but no chance at 1.0.

This happens too. IDK how you're submitting, but (except signatures) everything I'm sending in goes through an authorized retailer. He's my backstop on things that are too harshly graded. So far, he's sent back 4 books. One was just the absolute wrong book (sent a Mark Jewelers, not what they sent back). Another came back 8.0, which he had pegged at ~9.4. He reserves the appeal for significant differences (i.e. a potential error not difference of opinion) so as not to annoy CGC, so we won't quibble about an 8.5 vs. a 9.0 for example. Waiting to see if his recent appeals will give us something closer to expectations. Something to consider. Again, I don't think anyone sends back something that's "better" than expected, except me. I sent back a signed & sketched book (9.6) that wasn't the one I sent. Someone (theoretically) got their book eventually and I just got a settlement check b/c they lost mine. Not sure if I'd be that honest again.....

Yeah, this is not a 9.0 no offense. I think some mislabeling happened along the way. It happens, but I suspect no one ever complains when it works in their favor, only when it doesn't. I've got books It thought would be low 9s that came back lower that present better than this. Go buy lottery tickets as your luck is very high right now.

obviously staple rust, which I see is just slightly spreading to the paper. Probably keeps it <9.0, but otherwise very solid looking. I'll say 8.0/8.5

Is it just bent up at the BRFC or is it something more? Depending on how severe that is, 6ish.

Over on the IG stories right now

7.0/7.5 I believe it was this issue of SS that someone had a horror story of CCS pressing with. Lifted a bunch of ink & really dropped the grade several points. Probably not anything specific to this comic, but unfortunate.

7.0

the internal ink error isn't an issue. The creases & chunk out of the back cover will be. I think 4.0. Pressing won't fix much, but I think it would look better

You'd have to post individual books per forum guidelines to get some idea, although the Grading & Restoration forum is probably the better place for a general discussion

3.0±0.5

4.5/5.0. The spine creasing is closer to the 5s, maybe 6s, but it looks like a tear/crease situation on the outer edge that will keep it a little lower. Still a pretty nice looking book. Welcome to the boards

7.5 If it as from an earlier era, maybe 8 but I can't see something from the mid-90s getting any breaks

I see nothing to complain about in photos, so this gets my standard max grade for online analysis >9.2

yeah, 0.5. CGC is fairly opaque about some defects, this isn't one of them. It's stated unequivocally in the book.

5.0 seems right to me too. That's a pretty intense dust/sun shadow and a long crease on the TRFC. I could see CGC penalizing the discoloration even more harshly based on what their standards seem to be right now.

1.0

≥9.4

5.5/6.0

5.5