X-Men 141 - 9.4/9.6/9.8? 0

[Tbone911t]

Trying to get a little better with the high end grading scale. Any insight as to what grade and why this book is would be greatly appreciated. Book lies perfectly flat. Thanks !!

 

[comicquant]

Without being able to see if there are any subtle waves etc I would say a 9.2/9.4.

 

- Crease on bottom right of front cover breaks color

- Slight corner blunting on 3 of the 4 corners.

- Looks like there may be some edge wear bottom right corner as well

 

The CBC on the bottom right corner may hold it to a 9.2 but since there's not much wear it may get a 9.4. If you look at SA/BA books given a 9.6 since 09/2016 they look nearly perfect.

[NoMan]

Without being able to see if there are any subtle waves etc I would say a 9.2/9.4.

 

- Crease on bottom right of front cover breaks color

- Slight corner blunting on 3 of the 4 corners.

- Looks like there may be some edge wear bottom right corner as well

 

The CBC on the bottom right corner may hold it to a 9.2 but since there's not much wear it may get a 9.4. If you look at SA/BA books given a 9.6 since 09/2016 they look nearly perfect.

 

Thanks Comicquant! A near perfect book IS tough to grade. (for me, at least ). I'm learning of course. PGM crew are GREAT!

 

 

[Tbone911t]

Without being able to see if there are any subtle waves etc I would say a 9.2/9.4.

 

- Crease on bottom right of front cover breaks color

- Slight corner blunting on 3 of the 4 corners.

- Looks like there may be some edge wear bottom right corner as well

 

The CBC on the bottom right corner may hold it to a 9.2 but since there's not much wear it may get a 9.4. If you look at SA/BA books given a 9.6 since 09/2016 they look nearly perfect.

 

Thanks Comicquant! A near perfect book IS tough to grade. (for me, at least ). I'm learning of course. PGM crew are GREAT!

 

 

+1. That bottom corner has me puzzled. At 1st I thought it was a CBC, then I looked again and felt it was a crack in the rock of the printing, now looking at the scan again in this post I think it's a CBC. I guess a combination of in hand and high res scan is the key? Guess that's why I love the silver age

Edited January 24, 2017 by tbone911t

[grebal]

Tiny dog ear bottom right doesn't prevent from getting 9.4, imo.

 

But as mentioned in last reply, if that's a 1 inch faint crease bottom right, probably then just 9.0. Cross your fingers for 9.2?

[Tbone911t]

Here's the link to the full size scan :

 

 

the bottom rc looks more realistic there, when you click on it you see it's actually the printing, not CBCs

[DR.X]

I would say 9.2 to be safe. I would also suggest to the OP to put a contrasting piece of paper behing the white back cover so we can get a better shot of the edges of the book. Just sayin.

[grebal]

Thanks for the comment about it being art, not crease. Tiny fleck at bottom edge looked like it might be crease. Can't estimate grades above 9.4 with much confidence not having book in hand.

 

Can guess 9.4 to 9.6 with weak confidence.

[comicquant]

Tiny dog ear bottom right doesn't prevent from getting 9.4, imo.

 

But as mentioned in last reply, if that's a 1 inch faint crease bottom right, probably then just 9.0. Cross your fingers for 9.2?

 

Six months ago I would've said this was easily a 9.4 but around the end of august beginning of september CGC really tightened up. I've also had about 3 dozen books come back in that time frame and there were some books that got hammered for next to nothing. The book below is coming up in the Feb clink auction and is a good example of what CGC grades the average looking 9.4 since that 08/09 time frame. This particular book was graded 11/16/2016.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 25, 2017 by comicquant

[comicquant]

Okay, the full sized scan makes it much easier to grade. In fact I wish all scans were that size. Based on what I've seen and taking into consideration that is art, I feel the book would lock in at a 9.4. Sweet book BTW!

Edited January 25, 2017 by comicquant