The 2010 Nik Memorial Grading Contest *Round 10*

[Old Fashion PB and J]

Foxing stains aside, the URFC and LRFC are really soft... and the spine corners are pretty fuzzy for a 9.0.

 

I could understand 8.5 tops, but 9.0...

The books a 9.0 all day, without comments. I figured it was legitimately something that should be factored into grade. I was very very wrong.

[Hibou]

I had it at a 7.0... looked like a tear / rip to me in the Thor logo.

 

Oh well.

 

On to round eleven!

[comicdonna]

6.5 goodbye sweet sweet 91st place

 

There's a reason you're in 91st place.

 

Don't give up. This is how you learn! (thumbs u

[Lazyboy]

wtf? you guys said there was foxing on the back cover.

My recollection (from many "How the did CGC give this a X.X?" posts/threads) is that CGC doesn't usually hit foxing very hard. Lucky for me, or I would have messed this round up as badly as I thought I had.

[Shark]

 

I guessed 7.5 thinking it was in the 7.0 to 8.0 range. I thought the foxing on the back cover would bring it way down.

[sckao]

 

Results are up...

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4527707#Post4527707

 

 

[drewincanada]

On to Round 11.

[flatrock02]

I gave it a 7.5 .

 

[mikenyc]

Thanks Mike (thumbs u

[joe_collector]

On to Round 11!

[John R]

 

I guessed 7.5 thinking it was in the 7.0 to 8.0 range. I thought the foxing on the back cover would bring it way down.

 

That was my thinking.

[joe_collector]

I have actually read a few threads on here about foxing and the overall opinion is that it really only hammers upper-high-grade books, like 9.4 and above, and even then it's a crapshoot due to overall coverage, color and other factors (pedigrees).

 

On books 9.2 and below it might drop it down a grade or so, but nothing drastic.

[etanick]

at least now I can poo pooed all the comments "CGC will hammer foxing"

 

can't wait to sell raw foxing high grade books here now

 

 

 

[VintageComics]

 

We have yet to receive a grade from these fine folk:

 

r1970d

 

 

Nobody has ever called me fine before.

 

[Warlord]

I gave it a 7.0. Obviously I will ignore comments in the future.

 

+1

 

Didn't I agree with and quote your grade/comment last round too? What's up with that? Twins separated at birth maybe?

[DrWatson]

I gave it a 7.0. Obviously I will ignore comments in the future.

In the future, I don't see any more comments forthcoming. You will be on your own.

[comicdonna]

I gave it a 7.0. Obviously I will ignore comments in the future.

In the future, I don't see any more comments forthcoming. You will be on your own.

[toro]

I had to go look at my overstreet on foxing, (which of course their standards and CGC's differ), but the first grade that allows foxing in it was a 9.0 so that was went I went with.

[Tsimanga]

I gave it a 7.0. Obviously I will ignore comments in the future.

In the future, I don't see any more comments forthcoming. You will be on your own.

 

I'm all for the comments. Anyone can choose to do what they want with them, but they're a natural part of buying a raw book online through a scan.

 

Without them it is more like one of those Ebay postings that say

"Here is the book,I think it's great but I'm not a grader so judge for yourself"

 

[mikenyc]

I gave it a 7.0. Obviously I will ignore comments in the future.

In the future, I don't see any more comments forthcoming. You will be on your own.

 

Don't mess with the bull young man, you'll get the horns!