Grade My Superman #233 !! Thanx

[nik]

Back cover is as clean as the front, it has White Pages and it is a Boston Copy.

 

Thanks in advance

[osborn_fr]

9.6

[rob_react]

When I graded it in-hand sitting with by buddy Greg in the Artist's section (while you were looking at Mark McKenna's pages), I thought 9.4 because of the minute corner blunting UL and the almost imperceptible spine stresses. Nice looking book.

[nik]

I did'nt know that was you, Nice to kinda of meet you.

[rob_react]

I did'nt know that was you, Nice to kinda of meet you.

 

Next time we'll know.

 

There are actually a few posters from the area. We should all plan to meet up at one of the Radisson shows. The only one poster I've met and know I've met was gman but that was when I was first on the boards...

[nik]

Sound good, Drinks on me

[supapimp]

looks nicer than rocketeer's so i'll say NM+ 9.6.

[uclapeterg]

9.4/9.6

[Aman619]

looks really nice. And its a Boston and theyre all really nice huh?

BUT - -can a 9.6 have ANY visable flaws, let alone a corner and two spine cracks??

I wouldnt be surprised if they all added up to 9.2. But as I say in my other thread, I dont have a tight handle on Bronze grading... but its a sweet book!!

[Darthdiesel]

2 spinal nicks that break color. in the URC, is that a diagonal crease that breaks color? I see the blunting that Rob pointed out...CGC 9.4, CGG 6.0

[Zanarkand]

That is easily a 9.4, IMO. Near Mint is Near Mint, not Near Mint.

[nik]

No, there is no crease, and as far as CGG goes, I would'nt send them my underwear

[Foolkiller]

9.4

[FFB]

9.4 or so. URC and ULC have slight blunting and I see a couple of hairline spine stresses, but not enough to bring it out of NM. Nice book.

[FFB]

Aman:

 

Grading on 9.6s can vary a bit. Here's a book of mine that got a 9.6 from CGC: http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=432772&page=3&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=all&vc=1

 

Personally, I think it's a 9.2 but what do I know?

 

looks really nice. And its a Boston and theyre all really nice huh?

BUT - -can a 9.6 have ANY visable flaws, let alone a corner and two spine cracks??

I wouldnt be surprised if they all added up to 9.2. But as I say in my other thread, I dont have a tight handle on Bronze grading... but its a sweet book!!

[nik]

No, not everything from the Boston collection was in high grade. There were alot that I would grade in the VF-/VF range, but the majority I though were in the NM-/NM range. The DCs that I saw were extremely nice, and the Cap books were absolutily beautiful.

[LordRahl]

I'm going with the crowd here, 9.4/9.6. SWEET book, one of my favorite Adams covers. I've heard about the guy selling the Boston copies on this board, does he still have a lot of them in these kinds of grades? Anyone know if he will be at Wondercon?

[nik]

Yeah he had 3 copies of this book at the Boston show. He brought 4 small boxes from the Boston collection and had alot more at his house. He is going to Wondercon, he confirmed that. I will be going to his house soon with a couple of friends to go through them.

[garthgantu]

Hopefully his prices at this year's WonderCon won't be quite as insane as they were at last year's show... 3x guide for everything, slabbed or otherwise? Come on...some of the stuff was nice enough to warrant significant premiums, but not all of it, IMO...and especially not raw. Maybe he was just being lazy and didn't want to actually go through and price each book?

 

Or is it a trend with dealers when they find a nice "potential pedigree" to go to a few shows and ask 3-4x for raw, get a few nibbles and then drop the prices somewhat for SD Con ?

[nik]

I thought he was very reasonable at the show, but I hear what you're saying.