Highest grade received or seen with water damage?

[divad]

No, not how it works. It's the severity of the staining, not the depth (although that is often corresponding). These are 3"+ tidelines - no way that book grades higher.

[AGGIEZ]

 

do you have the BC scan?

 

 

Here's a back cover scan...

 

 

 

[makeminemego]

I've got an ASM #2 that looks like about a 5.5, but it has a very light, unobtrusive nickel-quarter sized stain close to the ULHCBC edge.

 

CGC gave it a 4.5 OWW. I figure they downgraded it @1.0. Fair enough from my perspective.

[Doktor]

Just got an XM 101 back I figured to be about a 7.5-8.0 and it came back as 6.0 because of a water stain in the lower spine side corner. The stain was a small triangle that extended up the spin about 3/4" and along the bottom edge about 3/4" as well. Pretty sizable drop IMO for a small stain. But it is what it is.

[joeypost]

Just got an XM 101 back I figured to be about a 7.5-8.0 and it came back as 6.0 because of a water stain in the lower spine side corner. The stain was a small triangle that extended up the spin about 3/4" and along the bottom edge about 3/4" as well. Pretty sizable drop IMO for a small stain. But it is what it is.

 

In CGC's eyes, and the eyes of many collectors a 3/4" stain is not a small stain. If you are going to submit books everyone needs to keep in mind even small discolorations get dinged from CGC.

[Doktor]

Oh, I'm not complaining. Their grading is their grading, but I was just surprised at how big of a drop for an otherwise 7.5-8.0 book.