Help me grade this FF#44

[gcox-migration]

here is a nice FF44....there is a printers crease on the green wing of dragon....let me know also if this is a spine roll issue or just the way it went through the press when it was created......book lays very flat and is very very clean, how does CGC look at these issues...as far as wear on this book goes, I have seen worse new books at shops...

 

[nik]

9.0

[Sal]

goodness, i hope that isn't a trim job.

 

if not, i'd go with Nikos's score

[FFB]

Why 9.0? I am thinking 9.4.

[gcox-migration]

now what is easiest to see if it is a trim job?

[nik]

The color flakes on the upper and lower spine, small stain on the back cover above the word "Others", looks like a slight moisture wrinkle on the back spine about halfway down ( I could be wrong). Back cover top edge, are some of the things I see that will probably keep this from a 9.4.

 

Plus I noticed lately that they have been less forgiving for flaws. This book looks as nice if not a little nicer than my #55 I sold recently, had similar overall defects and graded at a 9.0.

[burntboy]

Why 9.0? I am thinking 9.4.

 

Maybe if Nikos submitted this himself about a year ago, it MIGHT go as high as a 9.4 , but i'd have to agree that the spine flakes top and bottom, BC staple stress, that little stain on the BC, will keep it right around a 9.0.

 

but what is with the front cover?? the pages protrude ever so slightly past the BC but really stick way out past the FC. i realize that's a pretty huge miswrap, but would that account for the "shortness" of the FC???

[sterlingcomics]

A weak 9.0

[gcox-migration]

You guys are tough.....

 

But I like the in details you give.....

 

 

 

 

I like that supergirl pic...where did that come from?

[Sal]

Why 9.0? I am thinking 9.4.

 

Maybe if Nikos submitted this himself about a year ago, it MIGHT go as high as a 9.4 , but i'd have to agree that the spine flakes top and bottom, BC staple stress, that little stain on the BC, will keep it right around a 9.0.

 

but what is with the front cover?? the pages protrude ever so slightly past the BC but really stick way out past the FC. i realize that's a pretty huge miswrap, but would that account for the "shortness" of the FC???

 

that's why i was asking if it was trimmed. plus, the edge of the cover looks rather whitish to me, but that might be my eyes decieving me the rebellious bastards

[Aces]

9.2

 

Outside shot at 9.4.

[sterlingcomics]

You guys are tough.....

 

Get a few graded by CGC...you'll toughen up in no time