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POST YOUR GRADER'S NOTES

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douggold

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I'd like to start a thread where everyone who pays to look up their Grader Notes posts them here with the book's grade so we can learn what kinds of defects result in what grades. For instance, I just looked this up:

 

Grade: 7.5

 

Grader Notes:

Left Bottom Front Cover Medium Moderate Multiple Bend

Left Center Front Cover Small Lite Stain

 

 

Can we keep this going? Forgive me if this is already being done somewhere else!

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JazzMan

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Grade: 6.5

 

Grader Notes:

Spine Stress Lines Breaks Color

Right Center Front Cover Marvel Chipping

Interior Small Writing

Top Front Cover Small Multiple Piece Out

Interior Cover Tanning

 

BTW - this is an OLD LABEL book. Methinks that there will be more details the older the book was graded.

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Quixel-migration

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Guess I am gonna have to pay for some graders notes as 1 book that I have 3 or 4 copies of in what I thought were high grade,i submitted 1 of the 2 I had with me at the convention and it ended up as a 5.5. =( another a 6.0 which looks beautiful so saddened. Does ccs still give you clues to what they figure a book will grade after they press it? What I read a few years ago made me think that they did something like that??? Wouldn't be worth grading if when pressing they pointed out something you missed. Now I wonder if I should have gotten some of those pressed or if 1 that came back as a 9.4 would do better pressed? Well if anyone has any info on my ponderings,speak up so I can learn a thing or two from more experienced peeps!! The 8.0 and 8.5's really make me wonder if pressing would help? thanks for whomever replies in a constructive way =)

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Flatliner1313

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Guess I am gonna have to pay for some graders notes as 1 book that I have 3 or 4 copies of in what I thought were high grade,i submitted 1 of the 2 I had with me at the convention and it ended up as a 5.5. =( another a 6.0 which looks beautiful so saddened. Does ccs still give you clues to what they figure a book will grade after they press it? What I read a few years ago made me think that they did something like that??? Wouldn't be worth grading if when pressing they pointed out something you missed. Now I wonder if I should have gotten some of those pressed or if 1 that came back as a 9.4 would do better pressed? Well if anyone has any info on my ponderings,speak up so I can learn a thing or two from more experienced peeps!! The 8.0 and 8.5's really make me wonder if pressing would help? thanks for whomever replies in a constructive way =)

 

There's a pretty big gap between High Grade, and 5.5.

What are some of the most obvious defects on the covers?

Seems like they'd have to be pretty glaring to score a 5.5, and not a surprise.

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newshane

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7.5 modern

Full Left Back Cover Large Lite Multiple Crease

 

 

I don't know HOW I missed it...but I did. You can barely see it. When they say LITE they meant it.

 

I'll say it's the world's best looking 7.5 though.

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newshane

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What good is posting notes here, if we cant see the actual book in which the notes pertain? Cert number or scan would help, just sayin'

 

I agree...but in my case, the flaw simply wouldn't show up in a scan or photograph. Too hard to see....

 

even if I took it out of the case and scanned it...still couldn't see it.

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Flatliner1313

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Grade: 9.0

 

Notes:

 

Left Top Back Cover Chip Out

Bottom Front Cover Small Stain

 

The chip I knew about, I can't believe I missed the stain doh!

 

You can still get a 9 for that?

Jeez. I just graded one of my books tonight that had a small stain and a chip out and I gave it a 7.0 or 7.5.

Maybe I'm being too strict.

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loadstone

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I included the grade date and PQ in case it helps factor into the grade and possible harsh/leniency periods. Here's all mine. My scanner keeps adding a blurry orangish haze to the top edge of the book image. Not sure how to correct this but here's the ones I can provide.

 

Title: ASM1

Grade: 5.5

Page Quality: OFF-WHITE TO WHITE

Grade Date: 05/09/12

Grader Notes:

Right Top Front Cover Marvel Chipping

Right Center Front Cover Small Tear with Crease

Bottom Front Cover Wear Breaks Color

Top Front Cover Wear Breaks Color

Left Top Back Cover Crease

Spine Moderate Wear Breaks Color

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Title:Amazing Spider-Man 28

Grade Date:04/25/12

Grade:7.0

Page Quality:CREAM TO OFF-WHITE

Grader Notes:

Spine Small Lite Stress Lines Breaks Color

Bottom Front Cover Small Tear with Crease

Right Bottom Back Cover Tear

Interior Heavy Cover Tanning

Bottom Back Cover Small Tear with Crease

ASM287_0FCsanitized_zps337298ad.jpg

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Well looks like this one served a purpose after all. I accidentally entered the wrong cert # looking for an ASM1 and boy was I surprised when I got this instead:

Grade Date:05/04/02

Title:Justice League of America 9

Grade:8.5

Page Quality:OFF-WHITE

Grader Notes:

Right Bottom Front Cover Crease Breaks Color

Spine Stress Lines Breaks Color

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For some reason this one just didn't come with a Grade on the registry. very odd so try and guess the grade here.

Grade Date: 07/27/11

Title:ASM 1

Grade:???

Page Quality:CREAM TO OFF-WHITE

Grader Notes:

Spine Tanning

Front Cover Wear All Corners

Front Cover Wear All Edges

Right Bottom Front Cover Crease

Spine Multiple Stain

Top Front Cover Large Stain

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Yeah I was hunting for ASM1 if you can't tell.

Grade Date:05/16/11

Title: ASM1

Grade: 4.5

Page Quality: CREAM TO OFF-WHITE

Grader Notes:

Spine Wear

Spine Stress Lines

Left Center Front Cover Crease Breaks Color

Top Front Cover Small Chip Out

Center Front Cover Crease

Right Center Front Cover Crease

Top Back Cover Crunch

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Grade Date:07/26/10

Title: ASM1

Grade: 5.0

Page Quality:CREAM TO OFF-WHITE

Grader Notes:

Whole Book Wear

Right Bottom Front Cover Medium Stain

Top Front Cover Multiple Stain

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Grade Date:01/23/12

Title: ASM1

Grade: 3.0

Page Quality:CREAM TO OFF-WHITE

Grader Notes:

Spine Wear Breaks Color

Spine Stress Lines Breaks Color

Right Center Front Cover Small Multiple Tear

Front Cover Wear All Edges

Back Cover Wear All Edges

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Finally something other than ASM1

Grade Date:09/19/12

Title: ASM 3

Grade:3.5

Page Quality:OFF-WHITE

Grader Notes:

Spine Readers Crease Breaks Color

Bottom Front Cover Multiple Tear Breaks Color

Top Front Cover Crease Breaks Color

ASM33_5FCsanitized_zpseca452c9.jpg

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Grade Date:09/21/12

Title: AF15

Grade: 2.5

Page Quality:OFF-WHITE

Grader Notes:

Center Front Cover Moderate Multiple Stain

Top Back Cover Small Moderate Stain

Spine Multiple Tear

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Grade Date:12/26/12

Title: AF15

Grade: 3.0

Page Quality:CREAM TO OFF-WHITE

Grader Notes:

Spine Wear

Spine Wear Breaks Color

Front Cover Multiple Crease Breaks Color

Front Cover Moderate Marvel Chipping

Front Cover Wear All Edges Breaks Color

Center Front Cover Writing

Spine Readers Crease

Back Cover Multiple Crease

Right Bottom Back Cover Piece Out

Left Bottom Front Cover Small Piece Out

Top Staple Front Cover Detached

AF153_0CR-OWFCsanitized_zpsc587823b.jpg

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Amazing on the comparison between this copy of AF15 and the one above and how they can both achieve the same grade despite the differences in major defects between both and only graded 8 months apart.

Grade Date:04/19/12

Title: AF15

Grade: 3.0

Page Quality:OFF-WHITE TO WHITE

Grader Notes:

Spine Stress Lines

Spine Multiple Crease

Front Cover Multiple Crease

 

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I guess CGC made some money off me last year.

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pickycollector

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This thread is useless without pictures

 

Here is one of mine. Was able to get the notes when they were available for free

 

Graders notes: Light rust on staples, store stamp on back cover.

 

Book looks NM but I agree with the grade because of the rust. I wish CGC could be consistent when grading books with rust on staples. I saw CGC 9.4 books with rusty staples so I am wondering

 

HOS92CGC90.jpg

 

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douggold

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Graders notes: Light rust on staples, store stamp on back cover.

 

 

 

Do they still knock a book for having store stamps? I had a book graded that had a date stamped on it, and perhaps I'm remembering incorrectly but I thought they were fine with it.

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