80 Page Giant - HOM 252 - Grade and Grade Thoughts?

[PovertyRow]

Just discovered these at Wondercon. Am really curious how grading is perceived on these. I know there is leeway on the squarebounds, but this is an 80 Page saddle stitch. Talk about pushing things! Anyway - thoughts on grade and any insights as to leniency being shown to these big folk?

 

 

[divad]

Hey POV, how ya doin?

 

Sweet book 9.2 Two bindery flaws at the spine corners, two tiny spine ticks at center, and ever-so-slightly indented staples . . . as to leniency? Whadda I know?

 

[Ze-man]

Well, even if the spine tears are a production defect. They are still there.

 

So I would also say 9.2 minimum.

 

If the tears are not a downgrade ..then 9.4

 

Ze-

[awe4one]

9.0

 

For some reason parts of the bottom edge looks kinda soft...

 

Jim

[drbanner]

I don't believe there would be much, if any, of a downgrade for those bindery tears. I've had quite a few of the Dollar books slabbed, and have received 9.6's with copies having small bindery tears like this one has. Looks like a 9.2, could be a 9.4 if that's not a cc in the bottom right corner.

[nik]

Even with the very tiny bindery tears, I am going to predict a 9.4 on this copy

[Aces]

9.2

 

But don't trust me on a modern.

[EC Star&Bar]

I used to hand-select my DC Dollar Comics at a newsstand from the time of the release of the first ones in 1977, so I'm very familiar with how the best copies should look.

 

Very early Dollar Comics like this one were around 3/8 inch taller than other comics, making the tops susceptible to wear (especially once they hit back issue bins). Your copy has no problem there!

 

Indented staple areas are very, very common; it's how the books looked right from Sparta. There really should be no deduction (unless there's accompanying signif. tearing/color breakage). As far as the small bindery tears on the spine corners, they were problematic with these, but relatively small, clean tears shouldn't kill the grade. I'll go with a strong 9.2.

[Ze-man]

Nice post Kona..

 

 

Welcome to the boards.

 

Ze-

[jbud73]

I've held this book in my hands and the top left tear is a tad worse than it looks in the scan - which is why I passed on this book Still I havent had one graded so I assigned a 8.5 to it, but who knows.

[PovertyRow]

I've held this book in my hands and the top left tear is a tad worse than it looks in the scan - which is why I passed on this book Still I havent had one graded so I assigned a 8.5 to it, but who knows.

 

Well, the scan is about 20% larger than the book itself. So what to say? Paid $14 for it and feel just fine! And no, I did not touch up the corner.

[sterlingcomics]

nice book Pov--especially for $14!. They are somewhat lenient on the bindery tears, but anything else will be just as strict as a regular book. I think it looks like a 9.0/9.2 to me. No way that will be a 9.4.

 

I have scans of my CGC Dollar Pages and I saw one of the bindery tears and it still got a 9.6. (but it has the old label so who knows if grading has changed on them since that time)

 

My restoration lesson came from this same book

[jbud73]

I've held this book in my hands and the top left tear is a tad worse than it looks in the scan - which is why I passed on this book Still I havent had one graded so I assigned a 8.5 to it, but who knows.

 

Well, the scan is about 20% larger than the book itself. So what to say? Paid $14 for it and feel just fine! And no, I did not touch up the corner.

 

Ya Pov, I know. I gotta stop grading around FFB so much, his rarified air stuff is starting to rub off on me - What an abbraided corner what a POS.

[sterlingcomics]

8.5 sounds right to me actually.