Grade my latest Ebay win

[john72tex]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6509396925&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

[deathlok]

Looks like a nice pickup, I would grade it based on the scan about a Fine/Fine-.

 

[Mr. Zipper]

Looks like it could be in the 6.0 neighborhood.

 

The cropped top edge and "as-is" policy would concern me however.

[divad]

Looks like an expensive gamble to me

 

VG from what we see - hope that .5% doesn't nail you.

[john72tex]

I'm hoping it's at least a 5. It's not that much of a gamble to me. If I'm not satisfied, I'll hold on to it until the value goes up enough to recover the cost of over-paying. It looks to me to be around a 6, I'm keepin my fingers crossed.

[jbud73]

I think that BRC crease, which breaks color takes it out of the 6.0 category. If there is no staining of significance on the back, you could get a 5.0 still it looks like the grade with be based on an accumulated of a lot of small defects. If the cover has the gloss and reflectivity retention that it states in the auction and there are no issues on the back - you may very well get that 6.0.

 

But my gut tells me that the back is going to have defects in line with those present on the front which lends me to say 5.0. Question? did you ask for a back cover scan?? Either way I think thats a nice copy for the price, though I have absolutely no idea about the B&B market.

[Artboy99]

I hate to say I think you paid guide price as It looks VG to me.

I hope I am wrong though.

Good Luck on the latest installment of the Ebay comic lottery!

 

Artboy99

[burntboy]

i'm gonna be optimistic here and say that this falls closer to the fine grade than very good.

 

having said that, the lack of a back cover scan, the cropped upper front cover scan and the "buy-as-is" scares me too...........

 

i always loved that cover and missed out on a fine set of the 3 B&B issues a couple years ago which still sticks in my craw....

 

Good Luck........

[Rob]

I think that BRC crease, which breaks color takes it out of the 6.0 category.

 

I have to disagree. If you read the grade description for 8.0 in the Overstreet guide, it says color creases cannot break color. However, 7.0 & 6.0 don't say that creases cannot break color. In fact, I had a CGC 7.0 Batman 227 last year that had a color-breaking crease in the bottom right corner. See below.

 

I don't see anything that keeps this from being a 6.0.

 

[Aces]

Looks like it could be in the 6.0 neighborhood.

 

The cropped top edge and "as-is" policy would concern me however.

 

Just hope all the pages are there and intact.

 

Looks near Fine to me (5.5ish).

[divad]

I'm hoping it's at least a 5. It's not that much of a gamble to me. If I'm not satisfied, I'll hold on to it until the value goes up enough to recover the cost of over-paying. It looks to me to be around a 6, I'm keepin my fingers crossed.

 

and don't forget to give us good scans when you get it!

[Comicdey]

5.0

 

That is as long as you don't other major non-identified defects.

 

Still, it looks clean and solid.