PGM - FF #36

[agro23]

From an OO collection, I bought this in the 90's.

 

There's some weird sort of stain on the cover like maybe someone tried to wipe off the glue from a price sticker or something got stuck on it. The stain doesn't go through to the inside of the cover though. I don't think it's a printing error. Also note the big crease at the lower right of the cover.

 

 

 

What do you think?

[vaillant]

The big crease probably does not allow it to be above a FN+, but very nicely presenting.

I am frustrated by this book, as I have an high grade copy but I don’t like the register of colors in some of the inside pages, and then I have a 5.5 or so… None of them is how I would like it to be, and now they are too expensive to purchase more…

[agro23]

So what do you think the stain does to it though?

[vaillant]

I don’t find this kind of stain much disturbing, but to play safe I would not grade it above a FN, as CGC usually hammer stains.

 

I would buy it as a FN+, and I would consider it nice for the grade, but I have no idea on how CGC would treat it. This is a book on which subjective elements can overcome technical grading, one might not like the stain, or the large crease, but personally I find it an attractive copy.

[agro23]

PM me if you want to buy it. I will give you a good price.

 

[vaillant]

Thanks!

[TSwift25]

Is it a stain or a tape pull? Looks like there's stress around the top left side of it.

 

Either way, I would call it a 4.5/5.0, but I would also caution that I have seen CGC HAMMER books with stains.

[romanheart]

6.0 was my first thought.

[rabidwolf]

5.0............

[harvdoss]

6.0