Grading Criteria Ranking?

[CompleteRunComics]

 

The goal is a CGC 9.2 or better for a bronze age book. From "not-so-bad" to automatically eliminating a book, rank these defects best to worst case scenario.

 

Defects

1. spine stress (say two color breaking stress lines 1/8")

2. spine stress (say two non-color breaking stress lines 1/8")

3. bent corner

4. blunt corner

5. low gloss

6. crease non color breaking (small, less than say 2/8")

7. crease color breaking (small, less than 2/8")

8. cover off center

9. page quality

10. bindery defect

11. staples

12. back cover slightly dirty

13. other?

 

 

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[Aces]

1) Any kind of rust or discoloration on the staples.

2)Damage to a spine corner

3)Other spine damage

 

I'm a spine freak.

[Zanarkand]

The goal is a CGC 9.2 or better for a bronze age book. From "not-so-bad" to automatically eliminating a book, rank these defects best to worst case scenario.

 

Defects

1. spine stress (say two color breaking stress lines 1/8")

2. spine stress (say two non-color breaking stress lines 1/8")

3. bent corner

4. blunt corner

5. low gloss

6. crease non color breaking (small, less than say 2/8")

7. crease color breaking (small, less than 2/8")

8. cover off center

9. page quality

10. bindery defect

11. staples

12. back cover slightly dirty

13. other?

 

 

CRC

 

In really high grade it would be easier to say what is allowed than what isn't. My 2 cents, not so bad to really bad:

 

1. cover off center - allowable even as high as 9.9. Depends on how much of course. I would say no more than 3/16" off.

2. page quality - not factored into grading unless really bad

3. bent corner - no color break allowed.

4. spine stress (say two non-color breaking stress lines 1/8") - you can get away with non-color breaking stresses even in NM

5. bindery defect - no more than 1/8"

6. staples - clean, no rust, no spots. Could be dull.

7. back cover slightly dirty - NM range books should be clean

8. spine stress (say two color breaking stress lines 1/8") - maybe in NM-, if there aren't many more defects. A couple of small defects plus stresses would cross the line for me.

9. blunt corner - depends on how bad, slightly blunt might be ok

10. low gloss - anything VF and higher must have high gloss

11. crease non color breaking (small, less than say 2/8") - allowable in the VF range, not NM

12. crease color breaking (small, less than 2/8") - allowable in VF- and below, not in NM-

 

In general, a NM- book would have maybe four "allowable in grade" defects. Also no edges tears, cover & centerfold must be tight, no foxing, stains, or discoloration.

[CompleteRunComics]

 

Great post, thanks Zanarkand.

 

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