EGS - European Grading Service

[Barbarian]

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I hope this make some rare European Variants came to the market.

Some of those Panini books are rarely seen...

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[Barbarian]

It makes sense to me. Australia has Halo Certification & now Europe has their own thing too. I can see it being big on their own continent. Supposedly, Halo has had a CGC-like effect on the comics market in Australia. The collectors there feel they can trust Halo Certification over a "raw" comic.

 

Makes little sense to have 1 in Australia, with a local population of just over 23 million.

 

An European company makes a whole lot more sense, with over half a billion people living in the EU Zone, especially considering the shipping + customs costs that involves books to be graded in the US.

 

[vaillant]

More than a european company, that just seems a german attempt: we’re really far from the logic of slabbing in Italy, at least for now.

 

And yes, rpjb post shows what I believe to be the more common grading system in Germany.

 

In Italy we have something along these lines, but it is very loose:

 

– Edicola (roughly VF+ to NM)

– Ottimo/Edicola (roughly a FNVF to VF+)

– Ottimo (between FN and FNVF)

– Buono/Ottimo (about a VGFN, maybe up to FN)

– Buono (roughly VG)

– Discreto/Buono (in the GD to VG range)

– Discreto (in the GD range)

– Mediocre (more or less a FR)

 

With the due difference stains are almost ininfluential if small, and so most small creases if not invasive and color-breaking, at least up to "Ottimo".

[Barbarian]

If you scroll down on the link provided by Zalgardos, it seems they are also targeting the Italian Market directly with local grading names.

 

M = Magazzino

E = Edicola

O = Ottimo

B = Buono

D = Discreto

 

http://www.eu-grading.de/comic-grading/egs-gradingskala/

[vaillant]

Thanks, I did not notice that!

Seems something done 100% in Germany anyway: the italian texts are translated in a way that a primary school kid would have probably done better!

 

EDIT: It is mapped pretty wrong as well – no way an "Ottimo" is in the VG+ range, people expect at least a FN+ or so.

[Black Lantern]

I will never use this Grading Company and I don't think that anybody knows, who these people are and how trustworthy they are. They have graded about 1000 books so far, that's not very much. What use is a Grading Company from Europe if I can't sell the books later on. In the end, every serious collector will use the most accepted Grading Service out there and not the one, which is not too far away.

[rjpb]

More than a european company, that just seems a german attempt: we’re really far from the logic of slabbing in Italy, at least for now.

 

And yes, rpjb post shows what I believe to be the more common grading system in Germany.

 

In Italy we have something along these lines, but it is very loose:

 

– Edicola (roughly VF+ to NM)

– Ottimo/Edicola (roughly a FNVF to VF+)

– Ottimo (between FN and FNVF)

– Buono/Ottimo (about a VGFN, maybe up to FN)

– Buono (roughly VG)

– Discreto/Buono (in the GD to VG range)

– Discreto (in the GD range)

– Mediocre (more or less a FR)

 

With the due difference stains are almost ininfluential if small, and so most small creases if not invasive and color-breaking, at least up to "Ottimo".

 

With the addition of perhaps a clearly NM or better grade, this is pretty close to the way I actually look at books for collecting purposes. As the price gaps become more measurable in real dollars from grade to grade, I understand the desire to further parse grades, but I find when buying older stuff for $100 and under, I'll bid pretty much the same for a VG+ as I would a FN-, as I'm looking for a copy better than VG, and don't really consider such a book to be more valuable or desirable until it's clearly a FN or better. It's specific flaws rather than technical grade which influence me more. It's similar when buying cheaper but nice looking readers from the Bronze through modern eras, VF+ to NM-, it's all the same to me as far as what I'd spend.

[AJD]

It makes sense to me. Australia has Halo Certification & now Europe has their own thing too. I can see it being big on their own continent. Supposedly, Halo has had a CGC-like effect on the comics market in Australia. The collectors there feel they can trust Halo Certification over a "raw" comic.

 

Umm... no. No market presence to speak of and enough signs that it's a one man band to make me stay well away.

[MagnusX]

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I hope this make some rare European Variants came to the market.

Some of those Panini books are rarely seen...

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[font:Book Antiqua]I really need that one paired with this one..!

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[Barbarian]

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I hope this make some rare European Variants came to the market.

Some of those Panini books are rarely seen...

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[font:Book Antiqua]I really need that one paired with this one..!

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There´s one for sale on Ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Superman-Batman-2006-7-Variant-1-of-2000-Batman-Joker-Dell-Otto-Panini-NM-/161278017605?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item258ceb4045

 

He also did this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BATMAN-1-DELLOTTO-FOIL-FRENCH-EURO-VARIANT-Exclusive-DARK-KNIGHT-Painted-COVER-/371240091610

[dupont2005]

Well the thread hasn't been deleted yet

[jaeldubyoo]

Well the thread hasn't been deleted yet

 

Obviously, CGC does not feel threatened.

[stanley1883]

Looks very CGC-ish. I cant imagine there won't be some sort of legal proceeding.