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[Logan510]

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks

[AnhDepTrai]

9.2

[etanick]

You missed the bottom right corner crease

[Logan510]

You missed the bottom right corner crease

 

What's your grade Nick? You're the man

[etanick]

7.5 for me (thumbs u

[AnhDepTrai]

ya totally missed that. Giving grade while watching movie is not a good idea....

 

8.5

[cozman-migration]

7.5 for me (thumbs u

+1

[AnhDepTrai]

7.5 for me (thumbs u

 

The crease to me deduct 1.0 grade then the dirt on bc take away 0.5 more.

2 inch crease deduct much more than 1.0 from a book? Still learning on the grading comic book.

[etanick]

I used a combination of things to grade. Sometimes knowing the book well can play a part in my guess.

 

Here is my copy to compare.

 

 

I tend to grade "backward", in that I scan a book quickly and

 

a) determine what it can't be....in this case, a quick scan and I saw the corner crease. At that size, I don't recall seeing a book in a 8.5 slab or higher with a corner crease that big. I studied a lot of slabs and I can always be wrong here.

 

b) so now that my base is 8.0 or lower, I knock off a little for general "wears". Noticed the black area of the demon compared to Casey's copy and mine?, there are some surface wears on his along with other little flaws on the spine and edges, etc...

 

...and voila, that is how I arrived at 7.5

 

I do this to all book...I grade backward. If I see a book with a 4" crease....right away, 6.5 max since I have seen and owned many slabs with that big of a crease in a 6.5 slab. The book can have many other little flaws and still be 6.5. As we all know, the lower the grade, the more flaws are allowed so just because there is a 4" crease and 5 spine ticks, the book can still be 6.5

 

the little flaws matter more in 8.0 or above..once you go below that, I don't bother counting how many ticks to knock off grade(s).

 

and that is my "secret" of grading.

 

I have mental notes on many of these major flaws such as

 

sub crease - max 6.0

detached one staple from a cover - max 6.0

4" crease - max 6.5

1/4" corner crease - max 9.4 ( I disagree with CGC standard on this the most but it is what it is because you can find so many examples of 9.4 slabs with 1/4" corner crease)

etc...

[Wilson3d]

My initial thought was 7.5 too. Its crazy how nice the spine is and then you see the BRC crease. Great info Nick. You have taught me a lot over the last 18 months (and I still have a ways to go).