1Cool Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) I'll be sending this gem in this week so I should have it back fairly quickly. Want to give an educated guess what it will come back with. Centerfold is secure - no interior defects and both staples are attached. I'd put page quality at Off-White. Edited March 22, 2018 by 1Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creaturefan95 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 3.0-3.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 No fair. You have to pick one. It’s probably a 2.5 at worst and a prayer of a 4.5 so there isn’t many grades in that range. See if you can guess the CGC grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creaturefan95 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) 29 minutes ago, 1Cool said: No fair. You have to pick one. It’s probably a 2.5 at worst and a prayer of a 4.5 so there isn’t many grades in that range. See if you can guess the CGC grade. I'll go with 3.5 then Edited February 26, 2018 by creaturefan95 war is hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Looks like a 3.0 to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 In all honesty, IMO, it's a 3.0 if the staples were holding a little more tightly. Because of the indentation (pulling in) at the staples combined with the cover creasing of the typical CGC 3.5, that 3.0 is slightly optimistic and a 2.5 more likely than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) I'll weigh in on how I saw it. I had it as a gimmee 3.0 when I first saw it. Looked at a few CGC 3.0 and thought this one presented a bit better so I bumped it up to a 3.5 and that is my guess. I did find a few CGC 4.0 key books that looked pretty similar so who knows. I'd be happy with 3.5 but would not be surprised with a 3.0. Edited February 26, 2018 by 1Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Look at this TOS 39 CGC 4.0. Missing a big chunk and has spine wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Is mine better or worse then this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Better or worse then this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Better or worse?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 3.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimebuster Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 CGC 3.5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conan09279 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 3.5 to 4.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azkaban Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 3.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 The slabbed examples posted for comparison to the originally discussed Avengers 1 all have one thing in common. Much tighter at the spine than the Avengers 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colossus is awesome! Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 4.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Book gets shipped out today so I hope to have it back in 3 weeks or so. Keep them guesses coming in. Anyone want to go with 2.5? or a crazy guess of 4.5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, James J Johnson said: The slabbed examples posted for comparison to the originally discussed Avengers 1 all have one thing in common. Much tighter at the spine than the Avengers 1. I agree most of them do have tighter staples. So you are saying staple pulls have a bigger downgrade compared to a piece missing, pretty heavy marvel chipping or severe tape staining? Edited February 27, 2018 by 1Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, 1Cool said: I agree most of them do have tighter staples. So you are saying staple pulls have a bigger downgrade compared to a piece missing, pretty heavy marvel chipping or severe tape staining? IMO, the entire spine area, that is, the spine and the area two inches to the right of the Avengers 1 has significantly more wear than the other examples imaged. Enough so that I see it as being in a lower band of grade area than the rest in this thread. . As far as chips go, there are many CGC graded Silver age books with chips. Some of them quite deep and many, that get 6.5 and 7.0 based on the structure of the spine being of high grade quality. Conversely, I've never seen a CGC graded Silver age book with a spine and surrounding spine area like this getting better than a 3.5, even if the rest of it was free from all other defect. The spine is the heart of the book. The alpha and omega that graders assess other flaws against. Edited February 27, 2018 by James J Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
