9.6/9.8 Quick Quiz

[Boozad]

I may resub the #686 someday, I do think it has a shot at 9.8. Will I be resubbing the ASBR...

[nik]

I would dump them both and upgrade those 8.5s in your sig line

[Boozad]

I would dump them both and upgrade those 8.5s in your sig line

 

[Lebowski]

 

They are wrong when you don't agree and right when you do

 

This is VERY true.

 

However, in this situation, is there really anyone here on the boards who honestly would call that a 9.8?

[seanfingh]

 

They are wrong when you don't agree and right when you do

 

This is VERY true.

 

However, in this situation, is there really anyone here on the boards who honestly would call that a 9.8?

 

I have several headscratcher 9.8s. They happen from time to time. You should consider it much the same way you considered your hookups with attractive women in college - Not very frequent, but a welcome surprise.

[Old Fashion PB and J]

I saw that near the staple also. My other thought was posssible front cover indentation that you didnt notice before subbing Gav.

 

And dont resub it, just buy a 9.8. They cant be expensive.

[shiverbones]

 

They are wrong when you don't agree and right when you do

 

This is VERY true.

 

However, in this situation, is there really anyone here on the boards who honestly would call that a 9.8?

 

I have several headscratcher 9.8s. They happen from time to time. You should consider it much the same way you considered your hookups with attractive women in college - Not very frequent, but a welcome surprise.

 

[A-DONIS]

Please don't tell me that the ASB RRP came back a 9.8 and the Kubert a 9.6

 

 

ARE THEY INSANE???

[Old Fashion PB and J]

Please don't tell me that the ASB RRP came back a 9.8 and the Kubert a 9.6

 

 

ARE THEY INSANE???

Challenge the cgc grades... Oh boy Dena will not be pleased.

[EwanUK]

Black cover books without ANY finger marks or bends do come back as 9.8. I had the same happen on Miracleman 18 and 21. It's almost as if they're rewarding the ability to handle without stainage.

 

"Stainage" is great word.

[Warlord]

This is why I though the Batman was the 9.6. could be a pencil mark from the cover or a stress mark. I dunno, but that was what made me guess this was the 9.6

 

 

 

 

Same here.

[John A III]

Since the batman looked better i assumed the ASBR got the higher grade or else the question would be useless

[boatfund]

Perhaps the 9.6 had an interior page or two with a small corner chip out or something else about the interior that received a small markdown.

[DrWatson]

This is true as there is more to a book than just its front and back cover.

[musicmeta]

 

They are wrong when you don't agree and right when you do

 

This is VERY true.

 

However, in this situation, is there really anyone here on the boards who honestly would call that a 9.8?

 

Not in this case. that corner ding stands out too much for me. Does anybody else have any 9.8's that have dings and other notable defects that you would think there would be "no way" to get a 9.8?

 

 

[Mio]

I don't believe it is possible to tell the difference betwen a 9.6 and a 9.8 from a scan.

 

Yes, but you CAN tell from the scans that the ASBR #8 has an obvious CB spine tick and an impacted top corner. No way I would grade that a 9.8. Period.

 

I woudn't say 9.6 or 9.8 for that one... looks more like straight NM. But that's just me.

[Mio]

Since the batman looked better i assumed the ASBR got the higher grade or else the question would be useless

 

Yep.

[A-DONIS]

You can always call them and see if they made any notes.

[nik]

 

They are wrong when you don't agree and right when you do

 

This is VERY true.

 

However, in this situation, is there really anyone here on the boards who honestly would call that a 9.8?

 

Not in this case. that corner ding stands out too much for me. Does anybody else have any 9.8's that have dings and other notable defects that you would think there would be "no way" to get a 9.8?

 

 

Sold them all

[Boozad]

I'm not unhappy at either books grades (well I wouldn't be with the ASBR would I?), and I can live with the 9.6 if that's what it is. I used this last submission as a lesson by picking some of my favourite Bat covers which I'd like to see in slabs and tried to pick out 9.8s.

 

With those two books I don't think it was a very good lesson. Yes I could easily have missed something on the #686 (probably missed something on the #686), but I didn't miss that corner ding on the ASBR. Neither were what I expected, but I can only explain the one.