10?

[szelim]

I just wonder whether the book really was a "10" when graded but then got those dings while being slabbed.

[TheAvenger80]

I just wonder whether the book really was a "10" when graded but then got those dings while being slabbed.

 

I'm certainly no slab expert, but would it be possible for an edge like that to be dinged in the holder?

[DiceX]

I saw that book in the current Heritage auction. In my opinion it's not a 10.0. A 10 should be flawless... but that's just my opinion.

 

This is, was, and always will be, the only 10...EVER!

 

 

 

[VintageComics]

Too skinny, left elbow is flawed, not enough puff to the lips..yadda yadda.

[DiceX]

Too skinny, left elbow is flawed, not enough puff to the lips..yadda yadda.

 

Dude, don't even...

The 10 is rare, but there have only been two 9.9's in history...

 

 

 

 

[VintageComics]

 

Is that the chick from the 80's movie Weird Science or something like that?

[DiceX]

 

Is that the chick from the 80's movie Weird Science or something like that?

 

Yes. That scene has probably launched more seamen than the British Navy.

 

 

[Mr. Zipper]

Maybe there are no copies of this book without that defect. If this is the best they've seen then it is a 10 to them.

 

Grading shouldn't be relative.

 

By this logic, the best copy of every book should be a 10.0... even if it's a VF.

 

 

 

 

[Mr. Zipper]

What specifications?

 

Seems to me like there are very clear specifications. The cover and staples are supposed to be centered on the spine, there should not be printing hickeys, there should not be printers creases, there should not be chips in the edge of the page. These are all things that happen when the process does not work perfectly.

 

You guys are trying to make it sound like CGC gets out their vernier calipers, micrometers and microscopes to find a "10"

 

I don't need a microscope to see the chips on the top edge.

 

This book is a 10.

 

Actually, the copy without the chips in the top edge may be a 10.

 

 

 

[TheAvenger80]

 

Is that the chick from the 80's movie Weird Science or something like that?

 

Yes. That scene has probably launched more seamen than the British Navy.

 

 

Can't wait for an opportunity to use that one on my friends. hahaha

[RockMyAmadeus]

. "Miswraps" aren't damage/wear, and should not be counted off, even for a "10", unless they're egregious...but that's just my misguided opinion.

[rjpb]

Those are some tiiiiny defects. That being said, they are visible to the naked eye, and therefore I don't see how this can be a 10. To me a 10 should appear perfect to the naked eye.

 

 

There is more to grading a book than just structure. There is feel, gloss, suppleness, smoothness. There is so much more than a book can show in a scan.

 

I had a book that I submitted..X-men #101 came back a 9.8...one of the graders put into the notes "wow". Why? Structurally the book was a 10 IMO but a miswrap kept it grading higher than 9.8.

 

Some books just catch you like no others. It's hard to describe...anyway...I'm off on a tangent...

 

Getting back to this book not being a 10....Dude, that scan is not the naked eye. It's blown up twice it's normal size. You hold that book at arm's length and you won't see those.

 

I've got better than 20/20 vision and I need to focus to see them in the blown up scan.

 

No, I hear you, you definitely wouldn't see that at arms length. But in hand I still think you would see that close up. Like someone else said, if you don't have those defects, however minute, is the book a 10.1? That same exact book, minus that small defect, would still be a better book, right?

 

 

Those go to eleven. One minter.