Is this Namora #1 really a 9.8???

[delekkerste]

Below is a scan of the Namora #1 from the "Vancouver" collection that rated a 9.8 grade from CGC (currently up for auction at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2194012366&category=68&rd=1)

 

Talk about grading on a curve for Golden Age! There's at least 3 color-breaking spine stresses, some surface wear, slight mis-wrap, a little blunting of the lower left corner. It's still a gorgeous book to be sure, but come on...3 color-breaking stresses on a 9.8???

 

 

[Bronty]

Hey, the BIN is now only 550K!!!!

[BachelorOfComix]

Hey, the BIN is now only 550K!!!!

.........for the whole collection.

[Rip]

Check out the Contact 12 at 9.2. Boy that's some wear and tear for a NM–.

Most every Mile High I ever owned got a higher grade than I had put on it. No question they give Golden Age books the special treatment. Especially if it has nice page quality.

[Bronty]

It's ridiculous either way!!

[PovertyRow]

It is also out of register, reducing the QP.

[Bronty]

Not only is it out of register, it's out of register on a slant!

 

But, I'd still take it for free

[aardvark88]

High ink reflectivity, no cover markings & pure white pages will garner u a lot of Cgc points.

[PovertyRow]

High ink reflectivity, no cover markings & pure white pages will garner u a lot of Cgc points.

 

Agreed - but poor registration and off-ceneter cover combined should temper the grade.

[Aces]

Hey!

 

My ASM 145 I sent in has only 2 tiny color breaking creases.

Otherwise perfect!

 

You think I'll get a 9.8 or a 9.6?

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

I think that Namora # 1 has some GAL power working in its favor (GAL being short for Golden Age Latitude), but still, what a sweetheart of a book.

 

 

[joe_collector]

I think that Namora # 1 has some GAL power working in its favor (GAL being short for Golden Age Latitude)

 

What do you think the latest issue of USM (in the exact same condition) would get from CGC?

 

I'd say no more than 9.2.

[FlyingDonut]

I asked if they would break it up, as I'm VERY interested in the Fairy Tale Parade 1- they think they're going to sell it as a whole. I just don't see it.

[Foolkiller]

beautiful book... but not a 9.8.... unless you factor in the forgiveness given to Golden Age books. It's a fact of the grading scale with CGC.

[garthgantu]

And I've got no problem with the "leeway" given GA books - I've got a lot of GA books myself, and while I try to be equally strict with them, I can understand and even appreciate (in some ways) the notion that a 50-60 year old book simply is going to have some wear, even if only through oxidation over half a century.

 

What I can't abide is CGC not delineating *how* much leeway they'll give, how they apply that leeway, and whether there's a "sliding leeway scale" within the GA category - does a book from 1939 get *more* leeway than a book from 1949 ?