Grade my Mask 1

[drbanner]

I say 5.5 or 6.0. Are people looking at the back cover? My grade would have been 7.0 or 7.5 before looking at the back cover. Is that a stain near the middle of the book on the right on the back?

 

The no-prize goes out to Discount or Murph (Discount waffled, but Murph was 2nd to guess a 5.5)!

 

This book illustrates the differences between the physical structure of gold, silver, and bronze age books that you can't see in a scan, but you notice immediately once you start collecting/grading golden age books. They're really a different beast when it comes to grading, and in the case of this book there are "non-color breaking creases" that would definitely be "color-breaking creases" on silver/bronze books. I don't know if it's b/c the ink layer is thicker and doesn't crack as easily, or if there's actually a layer of saturated paper fibers that soak up the ink and when "broken", don't reveal the underlying white paper fibers. IMHO, a "non-color breaking crease" on a silver/bronze book is more accurately described as a bend, or dent?

 

[uclapeterg]

I say 5.5 or 6.0. Are people looking at the back cover? My grade would have been 7.0 or 7.5 before looking at the back cover. Is that a stain near the middle of the book on the right on the back?

 

The no-prize goes out to Discount or Murph (Discount waffled, but Murph was 2nd to guess a 5.5)!

 

This book illustrates the differences between the physical structure of gold, silver, and bronze age books that you can't see in a scan, but you notice immediately once you start collecting/grading golden age books. They're really a different beast when it comes to grading, and in the case of this book there are "non-color breaking creases" that would definitely be "color-breaking creases" on silver/bronze books. I don't know if it's b/c the ink layer is thicker and doesn't crack as easily, or if there's actually a layer of saturated paper fibers that soak up the ink and when "broken", don't reveal the underlying white paper fibers. IMHO, a "non-color breaking crease" on a silver/bronze book is more accurately described as a bend, or dent?

 

 

I never waffle!!!!