Need an opinion on this Thor 202

[arexcrooke]

I picked this book up from my LCS a few weeks back. He got in a nice run of higher grade Thors and gave me a call. Anyway, this books is nice, but ahs distributor spray on it. Will the Dist Spray affect the grade? And what grade do you folks give it?

 

 

 

 

[ninanina]

Because of ever-so-slightly bluntling LRC and something that's made the URC "curl" a bit....(unless it's some kinda' illusion) I'll give it a 9.2. Pretty sure it's no worse than a 9.0. Don't think that distrubuter's ink effects the grade in this range.

[arexcrooke]

Thanks, I didnt think that overspray affects the books grade, other than aesthetically. Anyone else This place is full of opinions, except when I want one

[october]

I have a Green Lantern 85 with a similar problem. I also don't think the overspray detracts from the technical grade (as long as the book isn't super HG), but the price it would realize would obviously be less than a clean copy. Nice pickup!

[divad]

Thanks, I didnt think that overspray affects the books grade, other than aesthetically. Anyone else This place is full of opinions, except when I want one

 

My opinion is that Thor "died" after #179

[divad]

Except for the ink and the dirt (and for the fact that your scans are still a bit big!) I don't see a lot wrong with this book.

 

9.2

[FFB]

9.0 or so due to distributor ink, URC slightly bent, and bend near LLC. If there is no bend on the LLC, then possibly a 9.2, but still most likely 9.0 because of the prominence of the spray.

[FFB]

Because of ever-so-slightly bluntling LRC and something that's made the URC "curl" a bit....(unless it's some kinda' illusion) I'll give it a 9.2. Pretty sure it's no worse than a 9.0. Don't think that distrubuter's ink effects the grade in this range.

 

I just spoke with John at CGC about this today. Distributor ink does affect the grade at this level.

[arexcrooke]

at what level does the spray not affect the grade?

Hi FFB, good to see you again

[FFB]

at what level does the spray not affect the grade?

Hi FFB, good to see you again

 

There isn't a hard and fast rule. Distributor ink will always affect the grade in some way, though on a really low grade book it might not have an appreciable effect.

[october]

Because of ever-so-slightly bluntling LRC and something that's made the URC "curl" a bit....(unless it's some kinda' illusion) I'll give it a 9.2. Pretty sure it's no worse than a 9.0. Don't think that distrubuter's ink effects the grade in this range.

 

I just spoke with John at CGC about this today. Distributor ink does affect the grade at this level.

 

Interesting....

[arexcrooke]

I know that it affects the desirability of the book. i.e., if you have 2 books and they are the same, the one with the dist would prbly not be chosen over the other book.

[DiceX]

The spray doesn't hurt the grade much.

I have a CGC 9.4 from the same era with more overspray than yours.

I'd guess yours is in the 9.2/9.4 range.