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On 1/15/2021 at 11:10 PM, MPH1964 said:

Teenage? No. Mutant? No. Ninja? No. But still awesome!  Cool turtle!  
 

9.0/9.2. Not sure if the drag marks on the FC impact the grade all that much but maybe they are just noticeable because of the zoom.  Nice book.

Yes she still has lots of time to mutate , I am hoping for it .

14 hours ago, Mars76 said:

If you press out some of that wavieness on the back I can see it being a 9.4-9.6. Gertrude gets a 10😁 I love tortoises

Thanks yes she has personality and loves to chomp on mealy worms and river shrimp and bask on her dock . 

16 hours ago, The Lions Den said:

As long as they're tiny and there are no other problems, a book could still score in the lower Near Mint range with stress lines like this. Keep in mind it also depends upon the length and severity of the stress lines...

Ok makes sense thanks 

New to the grading thing, couple questions .

What grade would this get with a press ? 

And it has a Starlin signature , I believe that it is authentic so should I get it graded through cbcs signature verification? 

Did the signature acually hurt the value since it isnt verified? ( I believe it is authentic) 

Thanks 

Last pic is my turtle Gertrude 

5 hours ago, Lightning55 said:

I'm going to say it would be in the low 9's, like 9.2 +/-. 

I'm sure you will get a variety of estimates, some as low as 7.0 because "that's what they do".  You'll have to do a lot of filtering.

Yes some of the super low grade estimates make me laugh .

Its a common amount of damage that I see on books these little micros spine color breaks and wanted to have an idea how much they cost a grade in general .

4 hours ago, E5150 said:

Is there some damage below the staple too?

I dont know , I saw this book in a listing and was trying to figure out a value on it so I just posted this topic to try to learn something and get opinions .

Yes so just trying to get an idea , it looks to me like there are 3 to 4 1/8 inch or so minor color breaking areas of spine stress . 

Now assuming the rest of the book is near perfect what would be the grade for something like this or the grade hit in general for this level of stress? 

Thanks 

8 hours ago, rjpb said:

The book is a 6.5, but was awarded .5 for the Marvel chipping isn't a defect at this grade rule, .5 for the comic more than 50 years old rule, and .5 for the coin flip when on the grade bubble rule.

This made me laugh

Yes I didnt realize there was such a difference in pressing capabilities, the ability to do good work seems to be the most important thing .

Ithaca is pretty awesome yes , and spring is right around the corner haha .

Yes was hoping for someone local because I am just learning about grading and its always best to talk to someone in person , 

plus the whole big turnarond time for pressing and then big turnaround time for grading . 

If I could cut two months off for pressing , plus save shipping , plus talk to someone in person , plus learn something it is just a huge win . 

Yes Purpose was to send them to be graded after .

Just got correspondence from Hero saying they are not doing the comprehesive grading right now , just the minimum screen.

Wondering if anyone knows a good presser and cleaner around Ithaca New York? 

(Upstate NY)

On 12/19/2020 at 7:45 PM, shadroch said:

Many years ago, long before CGC existed, the consensus was that since so many SA Marvels suffered from this defect, that it wouldn't knock the grades as much. By the time I started collecting bigtime in the mid-1970s, it was the industry standard.

I think there are a few examples of CGC allowing a defect in some modern books, based on paper stock issues and such, but I don't really collect or deal in modern books

Gotcha 

On 12/19/2020 at 3:58 PM, The Lions Den said:

It really shouldn't have anything to do with the fact that the book is a classic or not. The leniency would likely be directed toward the light chipping and tearing on the right edge of the front cover, which is a very common flaw on many Silver Age Marvels. And it's sometimes easy to see books in the holder and question the grade because the flaws are in plain sight, but as a buyer it can be very helpful. In this case, no grading notes are needed...  

 

Makes sense thanks

I hear what your saying.

Now would this same logic apply to a book from the last 20 years in this same condition or is there some leniency because it is such a classic?

Don't really understand how this is graded so high. Significant damage in many areas, colors seem to look good though ,

Thoughts

Curious as to what the flaws were that detracted from a 9.4 or above on this book?

14 minutes ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

Literally no way to appraise with only 1 image.

Yes Im just curious how much the single blemish hurts the grade, cant get more pics right now  .

I realize a complete grade cant be given but hypothetically say it was around an 8-9 without the scuff, how much 

would the scuff lower it?

Thanks

Please delete this , double post , pic is in other post thanks 

Double Post 

But Wondering how much the scuff on the cover affects the grade.

Thank You

Was considering purchasing this and then noticed the cover blemish .

I like the book but my question is what is the approximate grade with this blemish and how much does the blemish decrease the grade from what it would be?

Thank You

Just now, revat said:

If it’s across the country and you haven’t collected in many years, why are you even considering this?

 

are you trying to restart your collection or turn a profit?  And does shipping across country make it tougher for you to buy? This all matters

I got caught up in the excitement and dare i say momentum of seeing books and the mystery of it all if that makes sense. 

I would say I am a bit interested in both . I do need to get some of my books graded and pressed so have been looking at good pressers and educating 

myself on the grading process. Sorry Jumping around a bit here.

I thought I could get a good deal and have some fun in the process and some of the books looked promising and they were some of the ones I remember and I figured if it was a great price , why not .

So yes maybe jumping the gun a bit.