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The Kevin Davenport Memorial Grading Contest Screaming Room

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Aces

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Who gets a 9.8 with a color breaking spine break? Christo_pull_hair.gif

 

hi.gif I have two of them.

 

Remind me never to buy CGC 9.8's. sumo.gif

 

Don't ever buy CGC 9.8's.

 

Except on Tuesdays, during a month with an odd number of days, when it's partly cloudy.

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Mr. Zipper

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Who gets a 9.8 with a color breaking spine break? Christo_pull_hair.gif

 

hi.gif I have two of them.

 

By definition, a 9.8 does have some flaws, that's why it's not a 10.0.

 

I have a number of modern 9.8s, and yes, some copies have very tiny stresses or bends. You can see tiny flaws upon IN-HAND inspection.

 

BUT, these flaws are so small, that it's virtually impossible to make them appear on a scan. Or, they should be tiny non-colorbreaking bends that also don't show up on scans. My thinking is that a SCAN of a 9.8, should look PERFECT.

 

Any flaw allowable in a 9.8. should be so tiny that it won't show up in any normal sized scan.

 

So, when I CAN see color loss at TWO corners and colorbreaking spine stress, my thinking is the book is automatically precluded from being a 9.8... ESPECIALLY when it's a modern! frustrated.gifChristo_pull_hair.gifsign-rantpost.gif

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Cue the violin . . . Maestro? 27_laughing.gifinsane.gif

 

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No smack talking. 893naughty-thumb.gif He is doing exactly what he's supposed to be doing in this thread. The whole point is to have a screaming room where you can let off steam without someone else talking [#@$%!!!] to you. Christo_pull_hair.gif

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jimm94

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By definition, a 9.8 does have some flaws, that's why it's not a 10.0.

 

I have a number of modern 9.8s, and yes, some copies have very tiny stresses or bends. You can see tiny flaws upon IN-HAND inspection.

 

BUT, these flaws are so small, that it's virtually impossible to make them appear on a scan. Or, they should be tiny non-colorbreaking bends that also don't show up on scans. My thinking is that a SCAN of a 9.8, should look PERFECT.

 

Any flaw allowable in a 9.8. should be so tiny that it won't show up in any normal sized scan.

 

So, when I CAN see color loss at TWO corners and colorbreaking spine stress, my thinking is the book is automatically precluded from being a 9.8... ESPECIALLY when it's a modern! frustrated.gifChristo_pull_hair.gifsign-rantpost.gif

 

I agree 100%, with the one amendment that any scan-visible flaw would need to be an almost imperceptible production defect that is allowable in grade.

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Cue the violin . . . Maestro? 27_laughing.gifinsane.gif

 

hi.gif

 

No smack talking. 893naughty-thumb.gif He is doing exactly what he's supposed to be doing in this thread. The whole point is to have a screaming room where you can let off steam without someone else talking [#@$%!!!] to you. Christo_pull_hair.gif

 

Oh . . . I get it -- A catharsis! insane.gif

 

Is there an hourly fee? 27_laughing.gif

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By definition, a 9.8 does have some flaws, that's why it's not a 10.0.

 

I have a number of modern 9.8s, and yes, some copies have very tiny stresses or bends. You can see tiny flaws upon IN-HAND inspection.

 

BUT, these flaws are so small, that it's virtually impossible to make them appear on a scan. Or, they should be tiny non-colorbreaking bends that also don't show up on scans. My thinking is that a SCAN of a 9.8, should look PERFECT.

 

Any flaw allowable in a 9.8. should be so tiny that it won't show up in any normal sized scan.

 

So, when I CAN see color loss at TWO corners and colorbreaking spine stress, my thinking is the book is automatically precluded from being a 9.8... ESPECIALLY when it's a modern! frustrated.gifChristo_pull_hair.gifsign-rantpost.gif

 

I agree 100%, with the one amendment that any scan-visible flaw would need to be an almost imperceptible production defect that is allowable in grade.

 

What if it's a really great scanner that can pick up just about anything? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif (I know that they really don't exist, but just curious)

 

And I wonder if you people really are person_without_enough_empathying about the grade, or if you are all just upset that I got it right? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif Now I don't want to hear anything about me person_without_enough_empathying about the Round 11 grade, cause you guys sure are person_without_enough_empathying about this one. 893naughty-thumb.gif

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By definition, a 9.8 does have some flaws, that's why it's not a 10.0.

 

I have a number of modern 9.8s, and yes, some copies have very tiny stresses or bends. You can see tiny flaws upon IN-HAND inspection.

 

BUT, these flaws are so small, that it's virtually impossible to make them appear on a scan. Or, they should be tiny non-colorbreaking bends that also don't show up on scans. My thinking is that a SCAN of a 9.8, should look PERFECT.

 

Any flaw allowable in a 9.8. should be so tiny that it won't show up in any normal sized scan.

 

So, when I CAN see color loss at TWO corners and colorbreaking spine stress, my thinking is the book is automatically precluded from being a 9.8... ESPECIALLY when it's a modern! frustrated.gifChristo_pull_hair.gifsign-rantpost.gif

 

I agree 100%, with the one amendment that any scan-visible flaw would need to be an almost imperceptible production defect that is allowable in grade.

 

What if it's a really great scanner that can pick up just about anything? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif (I know that they really don't exist, but just curious)

 

And I wonder if you people really are person_without_enough_empathying about the grade, or if you are all just upset that I got it right? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif Now I don't want to hear anything about me person_without_enough_empathying about the Round 11 grade, cause you guys sure are person_without_enough_empathying about this one. 893naughty-thumb.gif

 

27_laughing.gif Believe me, no one gives a [#@$%!!!] whether you got it right or not.

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And I wonder if you people really are person_without_enough_empathying about the grade, or if you are all just upset that I got it right? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif Now I don't want to hear anything about me person_without_enough_empathying about the Round 11 grade, cause you guys sure are person_without_enough_empathying about this one. 893naughty-thumb.gif

 

Hobby, I think I can speak for 99.99% of the forum constituency when I say that we don't care what you got right or wrong, just as no one cares about what I or anyone else got right or wrong in the contest.

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By definition, a 9.8 does have some flaws, that's why it's not a 10.0.

 

I have a number of modern 9.8s, and yes, some copies have very tiny stresses or bends. You can see tiny flaws upon IN-HAND inspection.

 

BUT, these flaws are so small, that it's virtually impossible to make them appear on a scan. Or, they should be tiny non-colorbreaking bends that also don't show up on scans. My thinking is that a SCAN of a 9.8, should look PERFECT.

 

Any flaw allowable in a 9.8. should be so tiny that it won't show up in any normal sized scan.

 

So, when I CAN see color loss at TWO corners and colorbreaking spine stress, my thinking is the book is automatically precluded from being a 9.8... ESPECIALLY when it's a modern! frustrated.gifChristo_pull_hair.gifsign-rantpost.gif

 

I agree 100%, with the one amendment that any scan-visible flaw would need to be an almost imperceptible production defect that is allowable in grade.

 

What if it's a really great scanner that can pick up just about anything? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif (I know that they really don't exist, but just curious)

 

And I wonder if you people really are person_without_enough_empathying about the grade, or if you are all just upset that I got it right? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif Now I don't want to hear anything about me person_without_enough_empathying about the Round 11 grade, cause you guys sure are person_without_enough_empathying about this one. 893naughty-thumb.gif

 

27_laughing.gif Believe me, no one gives a [#@$%!!!] whether you got it right or not.

 

Good.

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And I wonder if you people really are person_without_enough_empathying about the grade, or if you are all just upset that I got it right? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif Now I don't want to hear anything about me person_without_enough_empathying about the Round 11 grade, cause you guys sure are person_without_enough_empathying about this one. 893naughty-thumb.gif

 

Hobby, I think I can speak for 99.99% of the forum constituency when I say that we don't care what you got right or wrong, just as no one cares about what I or anyone else got right or wrong in the contest.

 

It was supposed to be a joke. makepoint.gif

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And I wonder if you people really are person_without_enough_empathying about the grade, or if you are all just upset that I got it right? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif Now I don't want to hear anything about me person_without_enough_empathying about the Round 11 grade, cause you guys sure are person_without_enough_empathying about this one. 893naughty-thumb.gif

 

Hobby, I think I can speak for 99.99% of the forum constituency when I say that we don't care what you got right or wrong, just as no one cares about what I or anyone else got right or wrong in the contest.

 

It was supposed to be a joke. makepoint.gif

 

...and as I said in Round 11: You forgot this! stooges.gif

 

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And I wonder if you people really are person_without_enough_empathying about the grade, or if you are all just upset that I got it right? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif Now I don't want to hear anything about me person_without_enough_empathying about the Round 11 grade, cause you guys sure are person_without_enough_empathying about this one. 893naughty-thumb.gif

 

Hobby, I think I can speak for 99.99% of the forum constituency when I say that we don't care what you got right or wrong, just as no one cares about what I or anyone else got right or wrong in the contest.

 

It was supposed to be a joke. makepoint.gif

 

...and as I said in Round 11: You forgot this! stooges.gif

 

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Sorry for the slow response, Hobby. My wife and I went out for a quick bite to eat. I mentioned your grade to her, our waiter, the hostess, and a pan handler in the parking lot. They didn't care either. stooges.giftongue.gif

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Hobgoblin

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In honor of all those who said I was person_without_enough_empathying in Round 10, and then went on to [#@$%!!!] about Round 12's 9.8 grade ........

 

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Eff-ing hypocrites. By the way, whoever made this nice banner, the actual word is spelled ambulAnce, not ambulence. So in that case, I better give a

 

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Wow, that is fun! I see now why you guys give me such a hard time on occasion. thumbsup2.gif

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