JIM 83

[DiceX]

Not uber grade...But a damn nice looking copy.

Link

[Aces]

Nice... but....

I see about 20 transverse stress marks on the spine.

They are all small but are that many allowed in 8.0?

If those scans were put up in the grading forum I bet 7.5 would be the highest opinion and 6.0 the lowest, am I wrong?

[aardvark88]

Is this the current trend with 8.0 copies trading at 2 x Ostreet vf now? $6k??

[blowout]

Is this the current trend with 8.0 copies trading at 2 x Ostreet vf now? $6k??

 

JIM's are SUPAhot.

[ericc123]

Nice... but....

I see about 20 transverse stress marks on the spine.

They are all small but are that many allowed in 8.0?

If those scans were put up in the grading forum I bet 7.5 would be the highest opinion and 6.0 the lowest, am I wrong?

 

I agree not a very nice looking VF. I would tend to lean towards F/VF or VF- at most.

 

Eric

[blowout]

I agree not a very nice looking VF. I would tend to lean towards F/VF or VF- at most.

 

But CGC has spoken.

[ericc123]

I agree not a very nice looking VF. I would tend to lean towards F/VF or VF- at most.

 

But CGC has spoken.

 

Oh yeah good point I'll keep my mouth shut then . But seriously though what was Steve doing when he graded that?

 

Eric

[blowout]

But seriously though what was Steve doing when he graded that?

 

I must say the book does look a little over-graded. That is a huge scan though, and any defects may have been amplified.

[sfilosa]

If you guys think that is overgraded, check this one out. CGC seems to be very lenient on this book (probably because of the black on the spine). I can honestly say, I haven't seen a NM- (9.2) with that many (and clear) spine stress lines.

 

ASM #13

[Murph]

We had a debate a while back on ASM 13, I think it's one of the books they continually overgrade. Look at the 9.0 copies on Heritage, most of them look like 8.0-8.5's.

 

Brian

[Aces]

If you guys think that is overgraded, check this one out. CGC seems to be very lenient on this book (probably because of the black on the spine). I can honestly say, I haven't seen a NM- (9.2) with that many (and clear) spine stress lines.

 

ASM #13

 

Took awhile for the mega-scan to load....

 

Well, the bottom 1/3 of the spine is OK.

9.0 would have been generous too.

[PovertyRow]

I see about 20 transverse stress marks on the spine.

 

Also factor in that good sized color breaking diagonal crease in the bottom right corner.

[uclapeterg]

I see about 20 transverse stress marks on the spine.

 

Also factor in that good sized color breaking diagonal crease in the bottom right corner.

 

crease(s)

[Silver Surfer]

Nice... but....

I see about 20 transverse stress marks on the spine.

They are all small but are that many allowed in 8.0?

If those scans were put up in the grading forum I bet 7.5 would be the highest opinion and 6.0 the lowest, am I wrong?

 

I agree, looks a little choppy for an 8.0. Lots of stress marks, ugly corner crease, bad edge.

[Aman619]

in person, it must have had a spectacular look and tightness for them to ignore all those nasty cracks. It could be an 8.0 on the right day.

[FFB]

If you guys think that is overgraded, check this one out. CGC seems to be very lenient on this book (probably because of the black on the spine). I can honestly say, I haven't seen a NM- (9.2) with that many (and clear) spine stress lines.

 

ASM #13

 

Holy cow, now THAT is an overgraded book. All that spine stress, plus abraded spine corners, PLUS an almost half-inch color-breaking crease in the LRC? Caaaaa'mon! I don't think I'd give it an 8.5!!!

[sfilosa]

An while I love CGC, that book will most likely sell for more than a 9.0, because the label says so.

 

Of course, I do have to give KUDOS to Heritage, because of the big scans. If you do win a book from, at least you can say you "BOUGHT THE BOOK, NOT THE LABEL".

[Mr. Zipper]

Not uber grade...But a damn nice looking copy.

Link

 

7.0

 

I wonder if some of the apparently overgraded books get a .5 - 1.0 bump because they are particularly glossy or crisp... characteristics we can't see through a slab.

 

[lou_fine]

If you guys think that is overgraded, check this one out. CGC seems to be very lenient on this book (probably because of the black on the spine). I can honestly say, I haven't seen a NM- (9.2) with that many (and clear) spine stress lines.

 

ASM #13

 

If CGC is giving this ASM #13 a 9.2 with all those colour-breaking stress line, I wonder what my Cerebus #1 would go for. Since the Cerebus #1 QP is well-known for having stress lines, does CGC take this defect into account to a lesser degree than normal.

 

Just wondering since my Cerebus has tiny non-colour breaking stress lines (approx 7) and certainly looks a lot better than this ASM #13.