2007/2008 Grading Contest : ROUND 2

[Fan4Fan]

Ya could've claimed it was some special Canuck term us Yanks just wouldn't understand, too. (thumbs u

[OldGuy]

Grades were as follows

 

 

7.0 - 1

 

7.5 - 1

 

8.0 - 7

 

8.5 - 18

 

9.0 - 39

 

9.2 - 46

 

9.4 - 19

 

9.6 - 4

 

9.8 - 1

 

 

and CGC says

 

 

 

 

Can someone please tell me what the grade was?

 

Also, how does the scoring work? I guessed 9.4, how many points should that give me?

[eddly]

It was 9.0

 

and I think it is 5 points for being bang on, 3 for being one grade off, 1 for being two grades off... -1 for 3 grades off... etc

 

if im wrong I'm sure someone will be kind enough to point that out.

[OldGuy]

Thanks!

[Fan4Fan]

I guessed 9.4, how many points should that give me?

 

So, you saw that Heritage 9.4 with the corner crease, too?

[Dick Pontoon]

For the OG and anybody else:

 

 

 

Points are as follows:

 

5 - correct grade

 

3 - 1 grade off

 

1 - 2 grades off

 

-1 - 3 grades off.

 

-2 - 4 grades off

[OldGuy]

I guessed 9.4, how many points should that give me?

 

So, you saw that Heritage 9.4 with the corner crease, too?

 

No, I used to take my time researching for these contests, but I ended up way over thinking my grades. Now I spend about 15 seconds looking at each scan and send in my grade. It's worked well for me when submitting books to CGC so I figure that on average it'll work well for these contests.

[Skynwalker]

I always get messed up with those creases.

 

Me too...I'm the guy who gave it a 7.0. I was going through my OS grading guide and the first grade to allow a crease that size was 7.0. Darn the luck...

[Point Five]

Yep, I don't think you can use Overstreet's grading definitions to determine CGC's grade for a book. There's a lot of overlap, but (confusingly enough) they're not the same.

 

Also, Nik's scans are huge, so you have to adjust for that a bit when judging the defects (the corner crease is actually pretty tiny).

 

Onward... (thumbs u

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Me too...I'm the guy who gave it a 7.0. I was going through my OS grading guide and the first grade to allow a crease that size was 7.0. Darn the luck...

 

Good luck with the next 17 rounds (thumbs u

[Skynwalker]

Yep, I don't think you can use Overstreet's grading definitions to determine CGC's grade for a book. There's a lot of overlap, but (confusingly enough) they're not the same.

 

Also, Nik's scans are huge, so you have to adjust for that a bit when judging the defects (the corner crease is actually pretty tiny).

 

Onward... (thumbs u

 

Some very good points. Now, hopefully, I can go about recovering from that nasty score of -3 in round 2

[trmoore54]

Ok guys, since you all suck, I'm going to clue you in:

 

ROUND 2: 9.0

 

 

3 spine ticks, a tiny rub, and a 3/8" crease to the LRFC

 

There you have it.

 

I know divad is a good grader...or should I say a grader who grades well...anyway, can a smug grader get any smugger? Is smugger even a word?

[divad]

Ok guys, since you all suck, I'm going to clue you in:

 

ROUND 2: 9.0

 

 

3 spine ticks, a tiny rub, and a 3/8" crease to the LRFC

 

There you have it.

 

I know divad is a good grader...or should I say a grader who grades well...anyway, can a smug grader get any smugger? Is smugger even a word?

 

No, but Bugger is!

[Fan4Fan]

I know divad is a good grader...or should I say a grader who grades well...anyway, can a smug grader get any smugger?

 

If it's Divad...

[He11blazer]

Ok guys, since you all suck, I'm going to clue you in:

 

ROUND 2: 9.0

 

 

3 spine ticks, a tiny rub, and a 3/8" crease to the LRFC

 

There you have it.

 

I know divad is a good grader...or should I say a grader who grades well...anyway, can a smug grader get any smugger? Is smugger even a word?

 

Watch out for smuggers. You don't want to get smugged.

 

 

[joeypost]

I always get messed up with those creases.

 

Me too...I'm the guy who gave it a 7.0. I was going through my OS grading guide and the first grade to allow a crease that size was 7.0. Darn the luck...

 

[JohnT]

I always get messed up with those creases.

 

Me too...I'm the guy who gave it a 7.0. I was going through my OS grading guide and the first grade to allow a crease that size was 7.0. Darn the luck...

 

 

Okay, I have to come clean...I was the 7.5. At least I learned a key lesson, namely that Overstreet and CGC don't use the same system. I also thought creases were killers.

 

The good news is I've got many books that are high grade except for miniscule corner creases!