what distinguishes a 9.6 from a 9.8?

[Master_P]

How are/what defines what errors/flaws are acceptable for a 9.6?

And what distinguishes a 9.2 from a 9.4 from a 9.6 from a 9.8?

 

 

[MustEatBrains]

[jaeldubyoo]

Less flaws?

[Mark 1]

The only way to learn this is to look at 9.8 books vs 9.6, 9.4, 9.2 etc books.

 

There is no magic description to give you advice on what distinguishes them besides learning what flaws make up a 9.8 vs others.

[tabcom]

Can one make the distinctions by examining a hi-res scan?

[thecopperagekids]

The only way to learn this is to look at 9.8 books vs 9.6, 9.4, 9.2 etc books.

 

There is no magic description to give you advice on what distinguishes them besides learning what flaws make up a 9.8 vs others.

 

Absolutely correct.

 

I'll also add that it takes years of experience in the hobby to be a competent grader.

 

Even then, grading is subjective...that is one of the reasons why every book that is graded is graded by 3 graders individually and then finalized by a head grader.

 

 

Can one make the distinctions by examining a hi-res scan?

 

Yes, to a certain extent.I participate in the PGM sub forum sometimes but just like the header of that thread notates, grading from scanned images and/or pictures is NOT reliable.

 

In most cases, HI-RES scans can give you a pretty good indication of the grade....call it a ballpark idea of the grade .

 

Even if you see FC/BC scans ALONG with clears pics from a $500 cell phone. such as....

 

A pic of the ength of the spine from and assorted other angles, corners.......and pics are also helpful to see if the scanner lid is obscuring flaws like how flat the book lies, due to NCB bends that may not show up in a scanned image......and of it was given a hack press job, resulting in the the corners of the book curling up, a scanner will not reveal the extent of those bends and certainly not corner curling.

 

Bottom line, you need to have a book in hand to accurately grade a book.