The Wide Wide World of Poor

[bluechip]

I am not sure if there's ever been a thread devoted to pictures showing the vast landscape of books that grade as poor. So I thought I'd kick one off...

 

 

 

 

[MagnusX]

 

 

 

 

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Painful to watch...[/font]

 

[Primetime]

I think metro still got $500-$800 for that Tec 31 a few years back. Its ideal for someone needing to graft a single corner panel or the perimeter of the FC.

[lpsunburst]

Holy cannonball Batman! So, its obvious on the Tec but what's the problem with the Action?

[Bo_Hogg]

This is a beauty!!!!!!!!

 

 

[bluechip]

Holy cannonball Batman! So, its obvious on the Tec but what's the problem with the Action?

 

cfo

 

 

[porcupine48]

My type of books!

Sorry to have to ask but cfo....is that centrefolds out or?

[rjpb]

It does illustrate the difference between a copy that probably shouldn't even qualify as Poor (0.0 maybe?), and a book that is incomplete. Qualifed grades are probably a better reflection of grade for inc. books - especially if it's a missing centerfold, as the rest of the book can look anything from NM to FR and still get a .5 Universal.

[Marty Mann]

One from my collection that suffered water damage while being stored away

for many years.

 

 

mm

[porcupine48]

I love it!

[bluechip]

 

 

 

[Marvel Zombie]

I am not sure if there's ever been a thread devoted to pictures showing the vast landscape of books that grade as poor. So I thought I'd kick one off...

 

 

 

 

wonderfull action

[bluechip]

 

[porcupine48]

Drives me crazy that is does not state why the bottom copy is. 5....

Yet there are obvious flaws listed on the above.

[bluechip]

 

 

[bluechip]

 

 

[Marty Mann]

 

mm

[lou_fine]

 

This is a perfect example of what bugs me about the current CGC grading system.

 

Even if this book did not have a spot of colour touch, it would still grade out to only a 0.5 blue label which as we can all clearly see is totally and visibily different from your usual POS 0.5 book.

 

In this situation, would a qualified Green label at 8.0 or above for the exact same book carry more valuation in the marketplace as opposed to a 0.5 blue label?

 

I know that you are supposed to buy the book and not the label, but the marketplace as currently structured is still heavily influenced by the colour of the label.

[RCheli]

Does that Action #1 have that much water damage? I mean, it doesn't look THAT bad, does it?

[Gotham Kid]

AC1