Amazing Fantasy 15

[WebSlinger]

I have a chance to purchase this book. I am not good at grading, What grade would you give this. Hopefully I can get it!!

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

 

[Aces]

Hard to tell if that's water damage from the smaller scans.

 

If slight water damage along the back bottom: 3.0/3.5

 

If it's dry and just some soiling: 4.0

 

Aces- Who's not afraid to go first grading keys with small scans!

[Lost]

Possible color touch...careful. I'd say 3.0 is the high on this book for me.

[WebSlinger]

Hard to tell if that's water damage from the smaller scans.

 

If slight water damage along the back bottom: 3.0/3.5

 

If it's dry and just some soiling: 4.0

 

Aces- Who's not afraid to go first grading keys with small scans!

 

It looked like moisture damage when I seen it.

[WebSlinger]

Possible color touch...careful. I'd say 3.0 is the high on this book for me.

 

The owner is the original owner, he tells me they is no restoration at all, been in the attic for years.

[Cyclops]

3.0/3.5

[Primetime]

3.0

[rjpb]

With that amount of chipping I'd call it a 2.5, but CGC is probably more lenient with Marvel chipping.

[etanick]

scans are a tad too small really but I am thinking 3.5

 

 

[the1stfo]

I'm in the 3.5 camp as well. See if you can get higher resolution scans from the seller.

[Dark Knight]

I'd grade it as a 3.0 to be on the safe side

[Columbia Comics]

It's a 3.0. the creasing/tearing on the right side are masked by the chipping.

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

My first thought was 3.5, but it might be 3.0.

[TSwift25]

3.0.

 

The stuff going on on the right side isn't just chipping, so while chipping is a printing defect, there's still heavy color-break and slight tearing.

 

It also looks like the top of the book has been colored in with marker right above the second 'A'.

[John Grumbledook]

where/who are you buying it from? if its someone whos notorious for selling undisclosed restored comics thats something to consider.

[Hado]

3.0.

 

The stuff going on on the right side isn't just chipping, so while chipping is a printing defect, there's still heavy color-break and slight tearing.

 

It also looks like the top of the book has been colored in with marker right above the second 'A'.

I agree, that's either marker or mould above the second 'a', regardless of how long it's been in the attic. 2.5/3.0 purple.

[faster friends]

Whats the asking price?

[speople]

With that amount of chipping I'd call it a 2.5, but CGC is probably more lenient with Marvel chipping.

 

As a 3rd party independent grading service, should it be lenient on anything at all.

 

Whether that be Marvel chipping or glue on golden age books etc.

 

Imo if a company is not being impartial no matter what age the book or printing process then why bother with slabs at all ?

 

As for the book itself, I really couldn't go higher than a 2.0-2.5, those are large chunks missing out of the r/h side.

[WebSlinger]

Well I went back and he has an offer of $3600..... What do you guys think?

[Spiderphill]

Well if it's unrestored then great but to be safe I wouldn't go over 3000 unless graded by cgc or you can tell yourself with the book in hand.