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2014 March Madness Comic Grading Tournament - Round of 128

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toro

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Gotta be production-related, huh? All I can think of... (shrug)

 

That's all I could think of, but even then they do mark it down somewhat at best a 9.0, but I was going on the idea that it was none production and felt it was a 7.5. Just glad I had a bye.

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krighton

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i nailed the BB, oh well, that was not a 9.2 with a chunk out of a corner...i got a 8.5 on a modern a few months ago and i couldn't tell there was any flaws....sigh. How did that PPSS get a 9.8. I had it down to a 9.2 though almost did a 9.4.

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Shark

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Other than the bb i under graded everything. I guess i cost myself money when selling my own books .

 

I've undergraded 8 of the 12 books thus far. Of course, when I send books into CGC I overgrade 8 out of 12. :facepalm:

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A.Romeo

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Can someone explain how a tear like that can get a 9.2? I have an ASM 121 that is in that exact same condition but the cover has what appears to be a tape pull not even a piece missing at the top of the book about the same size too..and its graded a 7.5. I guessed 7.5 for the Avengers book.

 

How the heck was the Peter Parker a 9.8. On the larger scans I see what appear to be several color breaking spine ticks...

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BorderlineHoarder

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So, there was no corner crease, lower right corner, on that PPSS?

 

Agreed...had that at a 9.8 until I thought I saw the tiny crease at the bottom right corner and dropped it to a 9.4. Looked like it had a single slight spine tick too.

 

The piece off the corner of the Avengers blew my mind! That should never have gotten out of the 7's.

 

 

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sckao

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I'm just impressed with the length of that Scoring List... :applause:

 

This is by far the largest March Madness tournament I think. Unfortunately, half of the field was just eliminated. :foryou:

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The_Crimson_Son-migration

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How is that first book a 9.2? It's missing an entire corner!

 

I gave it a 8.0 with that corner chip. I have similar graded books with the exact same defect that are always 8's.

 

So, there was no corner crease, lower right corner, on that PPSS?

 

I definitely see it, along with 4 spine dinks w/ minor color break I gave it a 9.4.

 

The Ink swirls I definitely see, especially on the blacks. But I noticed them on previous books so I attributed this to scanner bed cleanliness on either the top or underside of the glass.

 

My guesses/notes:

 

AVE 8.0 Corner Chip

B&B 1.5 Cover looks detached/at least at top staple - *considered CGC stance on tape

PPSM 9.4 Small corner crease w/ color break, minor spine color breaks

XMEN 8.5 Minor spine color break visible on both sides, miniscule blunted corner/chip

 

I did way better than the seeding round and as a 15 seed I beat a 5 seed. *whew* :takeit:

 

 

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BlowUpTheMoon

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Large Scans of the playoff book.

 

Note that the swiggily lines in the black areas is a scanner defect. Those swiggily lines obviously appear in all of the scans.

 

 

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4q8u.jpg

 

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rjpb

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Notes to self:

 

If a nice looking book has a small color breaking crease at the corner, just tear it off for a higher grade.

 

Have no qualms about listing raw books as 9.9s in future sales.

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Warlord

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You're going down, Warlord!

 

EDIT: Trash talk is encouraged, isn't it?

 

Not likely, I'm using my secret weapon -- just submitting grades without even looking at the scans. I figure that's the way CGC does some of these, so it should work well for me! ^^

 

Smackdown! :acclaim:

 

7) thunsicker 42

10) Warlord 52

 

Although I gotta admit, I did peak at the scans. Just a quick glance, with one eye closed. That was almost too much though, so I looked away before thinking about it too much. Whew!

 

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