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ROUND 3 : Contest

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The Brain

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Funny you used a golf analogy, 'cause I was thinking of this grading contest as something like Captain's Choice, or best ball-- where each team's best individual performance in each round is the one that is counted for that team.

 

Not the same thing at all, as a 300 yard drive straight down the fairway, an iron shot 1-inch from the cup, or a long putt straight in, are all measurable, quantitative feats, while guessing a comic grade is not.

 

Hmmm, should we choose my 300 yard drive in the middle of the fairway or the one Zonker launched into the trees... Hmmmm, I wonder... 27_laughing.gif

 

Hmmm, should we choose my grade of 9.2 or Zonker's grade of 9.0?

 

Grading is an art, not a sport. 893naughty-thumb.gif

 

GOD HELP ME... I AGREE WITH JC 893whatthe.gif

 

GRADING IS AN ART...NOT A SPORT thumbsup2.gif

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Warlord

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How the h_ll is this book a 9.2, pray tell? With that one inch color break, how can this book receive any higher than an 8.5 if it were otherwise perfect, and an 8.0 in light of the obvious spine indentation on the back cover? My books sure-as-shootin' don't receive this kind of leeway in Sarasota. 893whatthe.gif

 

Dunno... confused-smiley-013.gif a 1/2 inch spine bend and a chip on the bottom edge? A generous 9.2 to say the least.

 

I'm starting to think I have a lot more NMs in my collection than I previously thought.

 

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My whole collection must be 10.0 GEM MINTS! 27_laughing.gifinsane.gif

 

We definitely needed the graders' notes on that so we'd have known if it was a crease or a production flaw. 893frustrated.gif

 

As previously noted, we checked other scans of the same issue and could tell that wasn't part of the artwork. We chose to grade down for it. Curses, foiled again!

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joe_collector

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That is the ugliest 9.2 I have ever seen. 893frustrated.gif

 

Hey, SS....we gotta live and learn. I said the same thing about that "7.0" 27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif Daredevil 77!

 

Yeah, some people get way too caught up on one noticeable defect and then let it drive the whole grade. I count myself as a pretty strict grader, and had no problem assigning a 9.0.

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That is the ugliest 9.2 I have ever seen. 893frustrated.gif

 

Hey, SS....we gotta live and learn. I said the same thing about that "7.0" 27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif Daredevil 77!

 

Yeah, some people get way too caught up on one noticeable defect and then let it drive the whole grade. I count myself as a pretty strict grader, and had no problem assigning a 9.0.

 

But why shouldn't "one noticeable defect" drive the whole grade? confused.gif

 

Can you have a near mint book with a cover tear? (Excluding GA books, of course... because, seriously, if we honestly and didn't grade them on a curve they wouldn't be worth ANYTHING, would they?)

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sckao

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That is the ugliest 9.2 I have ever seen. 893frustrated.gif

 

Hey, SS....we gotta live and learn. I said the same thing about that "7.0" 27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif Daredevil 77!

 

Yeah, some people get way too caught up on one noticeable defect and then let it drive the whole grade. I count myself as a pretty strict grader, and had no problem assigning a 9.0.

 

Right, we said 9.0 as well but it just doesn't seem right for a book with that kind of crease and the problems in the back. Would you have a problem assigning it a 9.2?

 

I'm wondering what the full grading notes said regarding that LRC.

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ArAich

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So what did this turn out to be? A production error or a scratch?

 

It's not on any other Astonishing Tales #25s I've seen.

 

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Production error.... wink.gif

 

Nikos had told me that it is a production error....... 893frustrated.gif

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sckao

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I'm wondering what the full grading notes said regarding that LRC.

 

Personally speaking, I don't think it's a crease, but a wear mark, and as such, would be graded differently.

 

 

Correction: It was definitely described to us as not being a crease.. so you are correct. (Still not sure what it is though.)

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Silver Surfer

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That is the ugliest 9.2 I have ever seen. 893frustrated.gif

 

Hey, SS....we gotta live and learn. I said the same thing about that "7.0" 27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif Daredevil 77!

 

Yeah, some people get way too caught up on one noticeable defect and then let it drive the whole grade. I count myself as a pretty strict grader, and had no problem assigning a 9.0.

 

I certainly thought it looked better than an 8.0 but all those apparent defects threw me off. On to the next one.

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So what did this turn out to be? A production error or a scratch?

 

It's not on any other Astonishing Tales #25s I've seen.

 

deathlok-corner.jpg

 

Production error.... wink.gif

 

Nikos had told me that it is a production error....... 893frustrated.gif

 

When and where?!?!?!?!? 893frustrated.gif

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drbanner

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So what did this turn out to be? A production error or a scratch?

 

It's not on any other Astonishing Tales #25s I've seen.

 

deathlok-corner.jpg

 

Production error.... wink.gif

 

Nikos had told me that it is a production error....... 893frustrated.gif

 

When and where?!?!?!?!? 893frustrated.gif

 

I was told it might have been part of the artwork, but definitely not a crease!

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rjpb

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Or to put it a different way, you could team FFB and his 3 dogs, Newt and 3 monkeys from the local zoo, or even BILL43 and 3 pet rocks... and they'd still finish at the top.

 

 

 

Hooo-hoo-hoo-hah-hah-hah-HAH-HAAAAA

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So what did this turn out to be? A production error or a scratch?

 

It's not on any other Astonishing Tales #25s I've seen.

 

deathlok-corner.jpg

 

Production error.... wink.gif

 

Nikos had told me that it is a production error....... 893frustrated.gif

 

When and where?!?!?!?!? 893frustrated.gif

 

I was told it might have been part of the artwork, but definitely not a crease!

 

I'm glad most of my guys are Silver-Age collectors like me.

No one had a copy to compare and everyone thought it was part of the artwork and gave it a 9.0-9.4. 27_laughing.gif

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RoseMarysBaby

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yeah i sent a pm to every member of my team saying i thought it was think i said 9.2 or 9.0 I asked them to send me a pm if they disagreed.

 

 

 

i did not get a PM so imagine my suprise when my team vote came through a 7.5

 

 

893censored-thumb.gif DEMOCRACY!!!!!!

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yeah i sent a pm to every member of my team saying i thought it was think i said 9.2 or 9.0 I asked them to send me a pm if they disagreed.

 

 

 

i did not get a PM so imagine my suprise when my team vote came through a 7.5

 

 

893censored-thumb.gif DEMOCRACY!!!!!!

 

That wasn't a team vote. mad.gif

 

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mrwoogieman

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yeah i sent a pm to every member of my team saying i thought it was think i said 9.2 or 9.0 I asked them to send me a pm if they disagreed.

 

 

 

i did not get a PM so imagine my suprise when my team vote came through a 7.5

 

 

893censored-thumb.gif DEMOCRACY!!!!!!

 

That wasn't a team vote. mad.gif

 

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MK, meet Rosemarysbaby. Rosemarysbaby, meet MK.

 

 

There. insane.gif

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