How much does interior damage hurt the grade of a book?

[ChrisInBaltimore]

I'm not sure if CG is the right spot for this, but I'm curious if anyone has any idea how much the interior pages hurt the grade? We run grading contests without even looking at the inside, and it just makes me wonder if the interiors even hurt the grade…

 

Is there a rule of thumb? Does anyone know?

[THE_BEYONDER]

Comics have interiors?

[jsilverjanet]

yes of course interior damage hurts the grade. it's expected that interior damaged is disclosed in the PGM threads when it exists.

 

depending on the interior damage, it will hurt the book either greatly or not much at all

[ChrisInBaltimore]

What do you think this would do to the grade:

 

[THE_BEYONDER]

What do you think this would do to the grade:

 

 

Depends on whether or not CGC actually opens the book....

[jsilverjanet]

it depends where the rest of the book is.

 

 

[ChrisInBaltimore]

it depends where the rest of the book is.

 

 

Let's say it is a 5.0. You think it'd bump it down to a 4.5?

[chrisco37]

it depends where the rest of the book is.

 

 

Let's say it is a 5.0. You think it'd bump it down to a 4.5?

 

It's pretty significant. It should.

[ChrisInBaltimore]

There isn't a chance it'll make it Qualified though, right?

[chrisco37]

No. I don't think so.

 

Not sure if you could request they grade it as qualified or not. I don't know why anyone would do that if that was an option.

[THE_BEYONDER]

There isn't a chance it'll make it Qualified though, right?

 

Only if you ask CGC to ignore the defect & give it a green label

[ChrisInBaltimore]

No I'd prefer the purple label which is why I asked. I'm having the book restored and it came up whether I should fix the interiors or not. I'm thinking I'll leave it alone and see what happens.

[chrisco37]

What is that? ASM 1?

 

 

[trmoore54]

What is that? ASM 1?

 

 

Hey Chris...

 

Yep. The Part 2 splash page.

[kav]

Do not restore it a 4.5 blue is better than a 5.0 purple

[Sqeggs]

Appears to depend on whether it was printed that way.

 

[kav]

Merely get some old dude to sign a waiver that that's how the ASM came off the printer and you should be ok

[ChrisInBaltimore]

Do not restore it a 4.5 blue is better than a 5.0 purple

 

No right now it is probably a blue .5.

 

And yes ASM 1.

 

 

[FineCollector]

I think that as long as readability of the book is preserved, like on that Spidey, there should be minimal effect on the grade. I do believe that Mile High received a bit of a gift grade, though. Once the missing piece hits text or line art, I'm thinking it's technically 0.5, but I'd expect pies to be thrown at me for making that suggestion...