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General question about moderns

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amnesiac

amnesiac

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Hey guys. Generally I only submit moderns if they are "slam dunk" 9.8's. I have stacks of books that miss the cut by just a stress mark. I am curious though if I'm leaving 9.8's on the table so to speak. A few of the books I'm speaking about have pretty standard 9.8 front covers and have a ding or two on the back. Below is a great example. I've submitted hundreds of books and had very few surprises so trust me and not the scan that the front cover is pretty typical 9.8...

 

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Now on the back towards the bottom spine there are two stress marks that break color (circled in red)....

 

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So the question is: being that these are moderns do these ticks on the back covers still keep these books from nabbing a 9.8 grade??? What if there were only one tick on the back instead of the two shown on this one??? Thanks guys!!!

 

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MR SigS

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I usually don't "give" 9.8's here based on scans unless they're REALLY big scans. There are so many grading factors that can't be addressed from a image this size.

This certainly can get a 9.8, but I'd need to see a view of the spine/corners/staples/surface from angles the scanner cannot provide (in other words "in hand").

 

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