PGM: X-Men #1

[pwog]

Hi All,

 

I'm looking for some grading input on this book. Pages are tan, not brittle. The book is tight, all intact, nothing loose. How much does the chipping on rfc edge hurt?

 

 

 

TIA.

[Crimebuster]

This is a tough one for me.

 

I'm going to hazard a guess of 5.5, but it's a little hard to say what CGC will make of the tanning and the tan pages. They are usually quite lenient from what I hear with Marvel chipping on the edge so I don't think that will be a big deal. The little tiny chip on the bottom edge of the back cover concerns me more because it suggests the bottom edge is turning brittle. I know they don't like that or tan pages.

 

To me, without the tanning and just the Marvel chipping, this looks like a 6.5 to me, but I think they will knock it down for the tanning. Maybe someone with more knowledge of this particular type of issue will have a better idea.

[Lost]

5.5/6.0

 

 

[pwog]

Thanks Crimebuster and Lost - I have little to no experience grading, but just looking at some of the CGC graded books around the boards and using Overstreet CBGG, I was figuring 5.5 - 6.0. It looks like we are thinking along the same lines.

[Primetime]

Nice colors and pretty book outside of light chipping and some tanning. I'd say 5.5, but I have seen Af15s with more severe chipping get cgc 6.0 grades

[TSwift25]

Chipping is considered a defect and CGC therefore does not deduct for it, it does however deduct (understandably) for tearing. By Iceman's hand, I think that would be considered tearing, not just chipping.

 

The dust shadow/tanning on the back cover will bring it down as CGC really hammers those.

 

I think it's in the 6.0/6.5 range and the front cover definitely has great eye appeal and great color that isn't always found in midgrade copies. (thumbs u

[pwog]

Thanks for your input Primetime & TSwift25. I appreciate it! All you guys are helping me learn some grading chops.

[DR.X]

6.0

[Spiderphill]

Hmm I have a very similar 6.0. Id put this at 6.0.

 

[pwog]

Nice book spiderphill. It does look very similar!

[David-Lance Roten]

Last week i would have said 5.5. This week, 6.0. I feel like I need to bump up grades a half to a full point after being so wrong

[Vision75]

I'm a little bit harsher. 5.0-5.5.