Guess the Grade- Cracked a slab today...

[sterlingcomics]

My guess: 6.0

 

other than the staple and obvious defects, the book seems very well taken care of for its age. Cool!

[Red Hook]

I was gonna say 7.5 until I looked at the rough area next to the Thing.

 

7.0

[Fan4Fan]

5.5

[Tomega]

5.0

[COI]

5.5

 

[doyle033]

7.0

[osborn_fr]

6.5

[burntboy]

i'm with supa on this one 5.5-6.0. suspect that the book got whacked good for that back cover. just too many of those "waves"............bet a similar book would show up on e-bay as a very fine, though........

[garthgantu]

- No question that books in this shape sell on eBay every day as "VF" copies.

 

- I'd give this a FN+ 6.5

 

- Interesting that the 'spread' on this book, in terms of board members' estimates, is somewhat broader than on most books graded on these boards. The spread seems to be about 2.5 in this case, from a low of 5.0 to a high of 7.5. Is it simply a matter of disparate opinions re: how much to drop the book for the 'staple pinching' wave effect?

[Foolkiller]

I'll go 6.5 F+

 

So... when will the answer be revealed as to what the grade actually is?

[Aces]

- No question that books in this shape sell on eBay every day as "VF" copies.

 

- I'd give this a FN+ 6.5

 

- Interesting that the 'spread' on this book, in terms of board members' estimates, is somewhat broader than on most books graded on these boards. The spread seems to be about 2.5 in this case, from a low of 5.0 to a high of 7.5. Is it simply a matter of disparate opinions re: how much to drop the book for the 'staple pinching' wave effect?

 

Yes, I find the spread most interesting too.

I think it is a straight Fine 6.0 myself.

I'm glad almost everyone agreed with my assessment giving it at least 5.5 all the way to 7.0.

 

Only tomega agreed with the pros at 5.0.

I'll post a pic of the label next post.

 

Don't be hating now when you see it...

[garthgantu]

I'm sure the label is in excellent shape...!

 

That book got a 5.0 ? Yikes.

[Aces]

 

 

Yes even they can sometimes Under-Grade.

 

Don't be fooled though, CGC is still the straight and narrow path.

 

Most CGG books I've seen aren't as strict as CGC but I did find this one exception.

 

[Fan4Fan]

Nice find! I've been off-and-on looking for a reasonable #18... looks like I was in off-mode when this came up.

 

Thanks,

Fan4Fan

[Mr. Zipper]

Only tomega agreed with the pros at 5.0.

I'll post a pic of the label next post.

 

Don't be hating now when you see it...

 

5.0 ?!? Ouch... that's brutal.

[Red Hook]

 

Yes even they can sometimes Under-Grade.

 

Don't be fooled though, CGC is still the straight and narrow path.

 

Most CGG books I've seen aren't as strict as CGC but I did find this one exception.

 

 

No wonder you cracked the slab!

[Red Hook]

Probably should have cracked it over someone's head at CGG!

[Red Hook]

You know it's a slow day when you find yourself answering your own posts...right?

[Red Hook]

Right.

[Aces]

 

Yes even they can sometimes Under-Grade.

 

Don't be fooled though, CGC is still the straight and narrow path.

 

Most CGG books I've seen aren't as strict as CGC but I did find this one exception.

 

 

No wonder you cracked the slab!

 

 

I bought it slabbed so I don't mind the low grade.

That saved me some dough!

This book raw on eBay would probably cost me way over $100 because most eBay sellers would call it VF- and put up a small scan.

A nice $71 pick up!