Ink Bleed on cover and spine - effect on grading 0

[Sentral]

Hello All,

    I have been considering buying an iron man 55, but there is blue ink bleed on the bottom of the front cover and lower left spine.  Lets say its a 9.0 without the bleed.  How much would that drop it down?  Thanks

Jason

[Tony S]

9 hours ago, jaysteig1 said:

Hello All,

    I have been considering buying an iron man 55, but there is blue ink bleed on the bottom of the front cover and lower left spine.  Lets say its a 9.0 without the bleed.  How much would that drop it down?  Thanks

Jason

You really need to post some pictures.  What you are describing is most likely distributor ink. Many books had the top edge (or sometimes the bottom) spray painted different colors so retailers knew when to send unsold copies back in for credit. They would take a stack of books and spray paint the edges the color of the month. Sometimes the person doing the spray painting got carried away.  And the top copy always got overspray.

How much it affects the grade depends on how bad. If it's nice and neat just along the top as intended, it doesn't have much if any affect. I have a FF 45 that looks great with a moderate amount of overspray on the back cover that got 8.5