CGC and mis-wraps, do you avoid them?

[Hado]

Just browsing around on the bay and I see this:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=300777286342

Super cool book, but spider-woman 1 has a tendency for the 'R' in Spectacular to be cut in half or off all together.

Would this type of mis-wrap bother you as a collector even if CGC says its still a 9.8?

(and if this is a board members auction, very nice sig. Stan normally doesn't seem to sign in good spots on the cover)

[ThoseBackPages]

my OCD would make me pass on that book.

 

mis-wrap is the biggest deal breaker for me when it comes to any modern (post 1969) comic

[Hado]

If it was slightly cut off I may be O.k, but I don't know if I could do spectacula

OCD is a person_without_enough_empathy. 1 2 3 4.

[ChrisInBaltimore]

I can't see the linked book. However, mis-wraps are on a case by case basis. I have a book where it is even throughout and it doesn't bother me. I have another book where the mis-wrap really bothers me, and I wish I'd noticed it before I purchased. At first glance it looks like a really nice book, but then up close you can tell how bad the wrap is.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

I can't see the linked book.

 

I couldn't see it initially either. Might have something to do with it being a ebay.ca link. Anyway, here it is on ebay.com

[ChrisInBaltimore]

I can't see the linked book.

 

I couldn't see it initially either. Might have something to do with it being a ebay.ca link. Anyway, here it is on ebay.com

 

Ah thanks!

 

That is what my book looks like and it doesn't bother me because it is uniform.

 

I have a book where it is the reverse with the front cover showin uniform on the back. It really bothers me.

[Kevin.J]

In this case it wouldnt bother me at all as the white is straight, if it is mis-cut at an angle then its a no-go for me.

I dont know why one is acceptable to me and one is not though.

[Junkdrawer]

No white meat for me.

[shadroch]

I own plenty of 2cent Marvels. Miswraps are not a deal breaker for me, but I wouldn't pay a 9.8 price for a severe miswrap, no matter what somebody else graded the book.

[Jeffro.]

Not that big of a deal for me because it's an even miswrap.

[Hado]

The whole deal breaker for me is still the fact an entire letter is missing, now I have to go look at my SW #1

[sterlingcomics]

Not that big of a deal for me because it's an even miswrap.

 

Same here. I'd discount it slightly for the miswrap being there. Uneven miswraps are the deal breakers, although all told I believe I still have some in my collection for my more naiive days.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Not that big of a deal for me because it's an even miswrap.

 

Agreed.

[lizards2]

Miswraps didn't used to bother me until I hung out here. Now I'm more attracted to perfect wraps. I sure wouldn't pay the CGC premium for 9.4, let alone a 9.6/9.8, if the book had a fugly wrap.

[Tony S]

Minor amounts of miswrap don't bother me - say as much as 3/16" either way. A bit of white on the FC or a bit of the FC on the BC. More than that bothers me.

 

What does bother me is the grading with the miswrap. 9.8 is an awfully high grade for a comic not to be cut and justified properly. 9.4 sure. 9.6 well, OK. 9.8 is about as close to perfect as you can get and there shouldn't be anything that really "jumps out". Any defect should be subtle and hard to spot.

 

My 2cents.

 

[Hado]

Minor amounts of miswrap don't bother me - say as much as 3/16" either way. A bit of white on the FC or a bit of the FC on the BC. More than that bothers me.

 

What does bother me is the grading with the miswrap. 9.8 is an awfully high grade for a comic not to be cut and justified properly. 9.4 sure. 9.6 well, OK. 9.8 is about as close to perfect as you can get and there shouldn't be anything that really "jumps out". Any defect should be subtle and hard to spot.

 

My 2cents.

[vaillant]

Miswraps are possibly the thing I hate most.

I am mostly referring to cases where white bleeds into the front cover. The opposite does not alter the cover perception so much, so it’s a lot less annoying.

 

I think I have not a single comic so miswrapped in my whole collection. I prefer a lower grade book than one with a marked miswrap, although of course it depends on the color of the cover, which makes it more or less evident.

Spider-Woman #1 has a dark cover and it looks ugly.

 

Generally speaking, however, I absolutely agree with Tony above, I would not buy a VF-NM book with a miswrap.

[Hado]

Just checked, mines missing half the 'R' time to replace that

[vaillant]

An eloquent example, which I would never buy is this one

(and this is a miswrap-at-an-angle+miscut combo, the worst possible scenario).

[vaillant]

Just checked, mines missing half the 'R' time to replace that

 

Darn, you’re right, I have got to check mine!