Doug Schmell cashing in his vaulted massive collecion. Poll: Is this the top?

[RockMyAmadeus]

[Forbush-Man]

It's a no doubt 9.7.

 

Do you think it's a 9.71 or a 9.69?

9.74. If the overhang were perfectly flat then we might be in the 9.82-9.83 territory.

 

I'm saying 9.73 because I'm a really tight grader.

[DrWatson]

the gallery of disclosure lives!!!!!!!!!

It never died. It just experienced a really tired feeling.

[Speedy-D]

Am I missing something? The book has 3 strong corners and a perfect spine.

 

It sure does - if you're only looking at the scan of the back cover.

 

 

Are there defects that I don't see?

 

:facepalm:

Roy is a dealer. It's not good for him to acknowledge things that might rock the boat.

 

I'm a dealer and I'll rock the boat plenty.

 

It's not a 9.8.

 

End of.

 

By golly you're right!

 

It's not a 9.8.

 

It's a... err was a 9.6.

 

 

It looked better as a 9.6 :shrug:

[r100comics]

 

I made this point a few pages back in relation to the J.I.M.s.

 

When you "maximize the potential" of high grade books you end up with uber high grades, but not necessarily books that are strong in grade.

 

You can't have it both ways, so I'm not sure why anyone is surprised that this TTA might be soft for a 9.8.

[Speedy-D]

I made this point a few pages back in relation to the J.I.M.s.

 

When you "maximize the potential" of high grade books you end up with uber high grades, but not necessarily books that are strong in grade.

 

You can't have it both ways, so I'm not sure why anyone is surprised that this TTA might be soft for a 9.8.

I don't think anyone's surprised.

[blazingbob]

No offense but everybody is a tight grader when buying, somehow their eyesight starts changing when they are selling.

 

 

[batman_fan]

No offense but everybody is a tight grader when buying, somehow their eyesight starts changing when they are selling.

 

 

(but just because it is true)

[Chespirito]

No offense but everybody is a tight grader when buying, somehow their eyesight starts changing when they are selling.

 

Now that's funny

[DeliBebek]

No offense but everybody is a tight grader when buying, somehow their eyesight starts changing when they are selling.

 

True no matter what they're selling, too - houses, cars, diamond rings…

[MisterX]

How did the cover get brighter on the 9.8? Is it just the scan or can dry-cleaning take what looks like a tanning cover and make it lighter?

 

How else do you "un-tan/un-age tone" the cover?

[batman_fan]

How did the cover get brighter on the 9.8? Is it just the scan or can dry-cleaning take what looks like a tanning cover and make it lighter?

 

How else do you "un-tan/un-age tone" the cover?

 

scanner and/or post processing

[Speedy-D]

How did the cover get brighter on the 9.8? Is it just the scan or can dry-cleaning take what looks like a tanning cover and make it lighter?

 

How else do you "un-tan/un-age tone" the cover?

It's just the image. Look at the different color on the GCG label up top. You see that a lot in scans unfortunately.

[MisterX]

Gotcha!

[paperheart]

No offense but everybody is a tight grader when buying, somehow their eyesight starts changing when they are selling.

 

 

(but just because it is true)

 

+1

[namisgr]

9.6, 9.8, does it really matter to all but a very, very few collectors contemplating purchasing this comic? Besides, don't we all buy the comic and not the grade?

 

No matter the numerical grade, it's by far the nicest looking copy of this comic I've ever seen, and I'm astonished by the quality of preservation.

[VintageComics]

No matter the numerical grade, it's by far the nicest looking copy of this comic I've ever seen, and I'm astonished by the quality of preservation.

 

I think it looks better preserved in the 9.8 scan. The cover is whiter.

 

[MrBedrock]

No matter the numerical grade, it's by far the nicest looking copy of this comic I've ever seen, and I'm astonished by the quality of preservation.

 

I think it looks better preserved in the 9.8 scan. The cover is whiter.

 

It also obviously went through some kind of glare removal treatment.

[VintageComics]

No matter the numerical grade, it's by far the nicest looking copy of this comic I've ever seen, and I'm astonished by the quality of preservation.

 

I think it looks better preserved in the 9.8 scan. The cover is whiter.

 

It also obviously went through some kind of glare removal treatment.

 

I think this is the wrong forum for this discussion. There is already a discussion on glare in the resto forum.

[roulette44]

Someone needs to invest a scanner designed for comics!! great business idea!