X-Men 50...Please give me your opinions.

[Sal]

just got this in today. Pretty lucky purchase, as scans were minute, and i paid just under OSPG in the grade i suspect it is in. pages are OWW, no interior defects. There is a slight NCB crease of sorts in the BLFC that the scan has picked up and made to look worse than it is...i apologise for the colours, it's late and i used my wife's crappy scanner without changing any default settings.

 

 

 

God bless ImageShack.com...

 

Thank you in advance.

[Aces]

Looks like a classic VF-NM 9.0.

 

Unless some some of that miscoloring is foxing...

That might drop it a notch.

[uclapeterg]

8.0 or 8.5.

 

There goes A's overguessimates.

[Aces]

Are those two creases that are going through Iceman's hand?

 

I may have to drop to 8.0 too...

[casey1870]

7.5

[divad]

. . . that the scan has picked up and made to look worse than it is...

[divad]

Looks like a classic VF-NM 9.0.

 

Unless some some of that miscoloring is foxing...

That might drop it a notch.

 

[divad]

8.0

 

Anybody can undergrade . . .

[nik]

8.0 looks about right.

[burntboy]

8.0 looks about right.

 

yup - based on those being creases in the LLC FC, i'd say 7.5 - 8.0. the problem is that CGC would hammer the book for non-color breaking creases........

 

did i mention that i absolutely adore that cover?!?!?!?

[Sal]

thanks for all your input. i would concur with the 8.0...which means i paid somewhat below OSPG, but not a large amount below. the crease that goes through Iceman's hand isn't colour breaking, but i suspect a reflection of the scanner light. there's a large amount of gloss on the book...

 

in all honesty, this was a textbook case of how not to buy on eBay. small scan, up against another committed buyer - price went up 50% in the last hour of the auction - no grade given...i bought with my heart and not my head, but i am glad i did. lucky, lucky, lucky

[divad]

thanks for all your input. i would concur with the 8.0...which means i paid somewhat below OSPG, but not a large amount below. the crease that goes through Iceman's hand isn't colour breaking, but i suspect a reflection of the scanner light. there's a large amount of gloss on the book...

 

in all honesty, this was a textbook case of how not to buy on eBay. small scan, up against another committed buyer - price went up 50% in the last hour of the auction - no grade given...i bought with my heart and not my head, but i am glad i did. lucky, lucky, lucky

 

Sal,

 

Nice book, One of my favs!

But that crease goes all the way through the book - how can I tell? Look at the dirt on the LRBC - it accurately corresponds to the crease on the LLF

 

-divad

[Sal]

thanks for all your input. i would concur with the 8.0...which means i paid somewhat below OSPG, but not a large amount below. the crease that goes through Iceman's hand isn't colour breaking, but i suspect a reflection of the scanner light. there's a large amount of gloss on the book...

 

in all honesty, this was a textbook case of how not to buy on eBay. small scan, up against another committed buyer - price went up 50% in the last hour of the auction - no grade given...i bought with my heart and not my head, but i am glad i did. lucky, lucky, lucky

 

Sal,

 

Nice book, One of my favs!

But that crease goes all the way through the book - how can I tell? Look at the dirt on the LRBC - it accurately corresponds to the crease on the LLF

 

-divad

 

no, you're right about that, no question. it looks like the book had something dropped on it at one point, and the colour DOES break in a few spots, not along the length of the crease, but in spots.

 

poop.

 

well, i didn't buy it to sell it, and it certainly won't be the only copy i ever own. thanks for pointing that out for me

[divad]

well, i didn't buy it to sell it, and it certainly won't be the only copy i ever own. thanks for pointing that out for me

 

Yeah, I've owned about 5 or 6 copies and I'm always lookin' for my next one. Not only is it a killer cover, but the interior art is fantastic.

 

If I'm not mistaken, it is also the first use of the new logo which lasted some 150-200 issues!