Please grade my Thor #157

[divad]

Divad, books like this baffle me.

It appears to be a crisp unread issue?....

 

It's been read once or twice, and recently while grading.

 

So was all this damage done while in a bag/board combo?

 

Those top creases look to be damage caused by people flipping through a long box?

 

And or the spine breaks from the same thing, or just ruff handling while still in bag.

 

As I've discussed with FFB and Jimm94, these books generally pre-dated bags and boards, and were kept in stacks. As bags became available they were bagged, later followed by board insertion. This type of stress wear is caused by very light handling, the worst of which is picking up stacks of 20 or so books at once to move them. I wouldn't characterize it as rough handling - just go to your LCS if you want to see rough.

 

But the Micro chip is a mystery.. how it can be so cleanly chipped out.. with no surrounding damage.

 

That microchip more than likely pre-dates distribution of the book, possibly occuring in a banded stack.

 

Will you be sending this in to CGC anytime soon?

 

And on a positive note.. that top spine coner looks sharp enough to slice a tomato..cleanly..and the back cover is fantastic

 

Nice book..

Z

 

A fine analogy!

 

Probably not, as I think the book speaks for itself in Mylar. I will be listing it on eBay - The Lee/Kirby Thors are pretty hot (for true collectors).

[NewtSamson]

I just posted that grade to scare the heck out of you, FFBB...cause I knew you'd be reading this thread oh captain, my captain.

There is the possibility it could grade that high. but of course I was only joking when I said "9.4 or higher".

I could see it getting a 9.2 on a good day.

A 9.4 on a better day.

But it most likely would get a 9.0

A 8.5 or lower on a bad day.

Sorry for scarring you FFBB

 

btw this is my 1234th post....funny

[davidking623]

7.5

 

Davidking623

[divad]

7.5

 

Davidking623

 

OUCH!

[supapimp]

8.0 can you reduce the size of your image in your sig line? thx in advance

[Stout1]

Im in at 9.0 8.5 is a consideration too, but 9.0 seems too be the number for me.

[divad]

8.0 can you reduce the size of your image in your sig line? thx in advance

 

Sure, but why?

[davidking623]

Looks like the general census is 8.5 possible 9.0 and 9.2 on a good day and 9.4 if your flipping between it being a 9.4 9.2! I guess I am a little to strict and must say I will work harder Asst. Captain Divad on not being so!I wonder if I can get grades like these on Hulk 181? NOT!

 

Davidking623

[divad]

Keep doing what you're doing - we picked you for your independent judgment and grading abilities (not to mention your skepticism)

[supapimp]

too much stress around the staples to warrant a 9.0 8.5 on a good day, but i'm sticking still sticking to 8.0.

[divad]

too much stress around the staples to warrant a 9.0 8.5 on a good day, but i'm sticking still sticking to 8.0.

 

Much sharper than this one! CGC VF+ 8.5 on eBay

[namisgr]

I'd venture a VF+ grade. As for CGC, who the hell knows these days (8.5?)? I have a veritable persecution complex on the grading of some of my recent high grade submissions, yet others are receiving extraordinarily high grades in the face of obvious flaws.

[uclapeterg]

too much stress around the staples to warrant a 9.0 8.5 on a good day, but i'm sticking still sticking to 8.0.

 

Much sharper than this one! CGC VF+ 8.5 on eBay

 

Why are you saying yours is better? The corners of yours may be sharper, but it looks like that book doesn't have the spine stress yours does.

[Ze-man]

8.0 can you reduce the size of your image in your sig line? thx in advance

 

 

I thought he wanted us to grade that FF.. and he cropped the edges to hide chipping.

 

oops...

 

Z

[Silver Surfer]

7.5

[Murph]

I agree, the CGC copy is stronger than yours. Yours is probably an 8.0

 

Brian

[divad]

I give up, it really isn't worth the bother. . .

 

That's the last book I post here

[FFB]

I give up, it really isn't worth the bother. . .

 

That's the last book I post here

 

Is this a modified version of the "I'M LEAVING! GOODBYE!" thing that we've all been anticipating would occur on August 5?

[greggy]

I give up, it really isn't worth the bother. . .

 

That's the last book I post here

 

Is this a modified version of the "I'M LEAVING! GOODBYE!" thing that we've all been anticipating would occur on August 5?

[NewtSamson]

I give up, it really isn't worth the bother. . .

 

That's the last book I post here

 

Is this a modified version of the "I'M LEAVING! GOODBYE!" thing that we've all been anticipating would occur on August 5?

Say it aint so divad, say it aint so.