Please Grade This Cap #100

[Flaming_Telepath]

This one is a bit of a toughie for me, due to the obvious flaw. Beyond the scan, what I can tell you is that the back cover shows better than the front, with just a couple of non-colour breaking stresses at the spine (very small). Both covers drip with gloss and are silk smooth, without a single indent, bent, hint of a bend....nothing at all, they are absolutely gorgeous. The bottom right corner has a slight rub and there is a bit of chipping on the leading edge. Interior is supple with cream to off-white pages and on the insides of the covers, there's that slight tan halo effect you get around the edges...nothing too pronounced, though. The problem is that pen mark on the leading edge. It simply looks like somebody had a pen in their hand doing something else and were careless enough to catch the cover for a second. Thing is, what would it do to the grade?

 

Anyone want to take a stab at a grade?

 

Cheers!

[supapimp]

9.0

[Flaming_Telepath]

Thanks, Supa!

[deathlok]

7.5

[Flaming_Telepath]

Thanks, 'Lok!

 

And this is why it's tough...I'm tending around the 8.0 mark, so we got three out of three different opinions so far...

[deathlok]

I think the chip on the edge hurts the book the most, without seeing the back cover.

[supapimp]

i had a chip the same size on a DD 168 on the bottom of the cover and it still received a CGC NM 9.4.

[deathlok]

did it also have a pen mark on the cover as well some other minor defects?

[Flaming_Telepath]

Trust me, the back cover is a straight 9.2...one of those 'nothing to report' things.

 

The chip had me around the 8.5 mark, add in the pen and I'm thinking 7.5-8.0. However, in hand, it actually feels like it should be a 9.0-9.2...it's just so silky smooth and glossy.

[Aces]

8.5

[supapimp]

i already down graded the book for the ink mark, it would've been a 9.2 if not for the ink mark.

[rjpb]

Unfortunately the pen mark is all alone in the white area - one of things where neg. eye appeal is

worse than the actual defect. 8.0 - unless you change the pen mark into a distribution date.

[Flaming_Telepath]

Unfortunately the pen mark is all alone in the white area - one of things where neg. eye appeal is

worse than the actual defect. 8.0 - unless you change the pen mark into a distribution date.

 

...which is not a bad idea.

 

Just call me Danny!

[blutobc]

Without the pen mark...it looks like a 9.0 to me.

 

8.0 would look to be the lowest grade that I'd expect the mark to drop the book.

[deathlok]

You should check with Redhook. I hear he has a red date stamp that works well. Then your book could be a Green River pedigree.

[Flaming_Telepath]

You should check with Redhook. I hear he has a red date stamp that works well. Then your book could be a Green River pedigree.

 

 

[Flaming_Telepath]

Without the pen mark...it looks like a 9.0 to me.

 

8.0 would look to be the lowest grade that I'd expect the mark to drop the book.

 

 

Thanks for that!

 

OK, we're sorta getting close to a middle ground here. I think we could be talking 8.5. CGC take a more understanding view of chipping if it's a production fault rather than post-sale damage, and this is chipping on the leading edge. Also, nobody seems to be too fazed by the pen mark, other than it's one small defect to be added to the admittedly short list.

 

After listening to everybody, I think it's at least an 8.0, with a good shot at 8.5. Anyone want to throw a spanner in the works of that thinking?

[Mr. Zipper]

I think it's at least an 8.0, with a good shot at 8.5.

 

I think this is a good guess.

 

IMO, the corners have too much wear and the bump to the LLC is more than would be allowed in 9.0 or higher.

[Foolkiller]

8.0/8.5

[burntboy]

9.0

 

i agree with pimpy - that's a nice looking book.......9.0.......