PGM: flawless comic with a creased corner

[CheezyWhiz]

What's the best CGC grade one can expect on a book with a small color-breaking corner crease but is otherwise flawless?

 

Here's photos from two sample books to illustrate the kind of flaw I'm asking about. These books are solid 9.8s before you factor in the crease.

 

 

[Mio]

It depends if just the cover is affected, or if the crease carries into the interior pages. It might be tough for either of those to make it beyond 8.5... spot pressing might be helpful.

[CheezyWhiz]

It depends if just the cover is affected, or if the crease carries into the interior pages. It might be tough for either of those to make it beyond 8.5... spot pressing might be helpful.

 

Crease is only on the cover.

[LloydJBailey]

can you press it bro? I would.

[CheezyWhiz]

can you press it bro? I would.

 

Nah.. You can't press out a color-breaking crease -- the problem isn't the bending, it's the broken color. There's nothing else on the book that would benefit from pressing.. it's in amazing condition.

[The Silver-Age]

Probaly a 9.0 Maybe a 9.2 if you "spiff" the grader....

[LloydJBailey]

Well, I have an Iron Man 282, with a tiny, tiny, fold on the top right corner, not as big as your fold, but mine got a 9.8.

[rjpb]

should easily be a 9.0 in either case if the rest of the book is truly flawless, and as Silver-Age says, 9.2 is not inconcievable.

[mschmidt]

Yep, 9.2 is max for something like that ...

[Limited66]

I'd think 9.0 tops, but I'd probably be wrong.

[CheezyWhiz]

Thanks for the feedback, folks. :thumbsup:

[faster friends]

I think you guys are being a little harsh. I have a few 9.4's that have worse creases than that.

Get out some slabs and take a hard look.

[trmoore54]

should easily be a 9.0 in either case if the rest of the book is truly flawless, and as Silver-Age says, 9.2 is not inconcievable.

 

I concur.

[MagnetoWasRight]

I'd say 9.2

[rjpb]

I think you guys are being a little harsh. I have a few 9.4's that have worse creases than that.

 

I would be unhappy with a "9.4" with a crease like that, let alone bigger.

[faster friends]

I think you guys are being a little harsh. I have a few 9.4's that have worse creases than that.

 

I would be unhappy with a "9.4" with a crease like that, let alone bigger.

Didn't say I was happy about it, Just that it happens.

 

I have and X-men #118 in a CGC 9.2 case with 4 cb creases on the spine.