If a comic (my ASM 300) has a 9.8 front and about a 9.4 back... 1 1

[OGlelow]

What does the overall grade become? I'm a little confused on the grading aspect of things.

9.6?

[Bomber-Bob]

I don't think it's easy to answer your question. Grading is not a pure mathematical formula. Depending on the back cover problem, you may get a 9.4 or 9.6 . It's even possible to maintain a 9.8. If you show us a pick of the Back Cover it would help. 

[OGlelow]

1 minute ago, Bomber-Bob said:

I don't think it's easy to answer your question. Grading is not a pure mathematical formula. Depending on the back cover problem, you may get a 9.4 or 9.6 . It's even possible to maintain a 9.8. If you show us a pick of the Back Cover it would help. 

Stand by please and i will.

[OGlelow]

An occasional fingerprint or two as well...

 

A few spine ticks...

 

 

[OGlelow]

[ADAMANTIUM]

you'd get more feed back if you started the thread here where we do this kind if thing  

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/forum/42-hey-buddy-can-you-spare-a-grade/

all that said i'd say 9.2

[OGlelow]

3 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

you'd get more feed back if you started the thread here where we do this kind if thing  

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/forum/42-hey-buddy-can-you-spare-a-grade/

all that said i'd say 9.2

Already did so. Thank you.

[Ken Aldred]

4 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

you'd get more feed back if you started the thread here where we do this kind if thing  

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/forum/42-hey-buddy-can-you-spare-a-grade/

all that said i'd say 9.2

If the back’s around 9.4, then another flaw on the front could drop it down to an overall 9.2 at best.

The fingerprints might be a problem.

Better to be cautious, then have a nice surprise if the slab returns higher.

Edited September 21, 2019 by Ken Aldred

[RockMyAmadeus]

Comic grading is not *quite* like coin grading, where you can have a "net" grade. The front cover can be perfect, but if the back cover has problems, the back cover is what will bring the book down, irrespective of the front cover...mostly. If a front cover is flawless, and the back cover has a 3" color breaking crease....you've still got yourself a 7.0 book. If the front cover has a minor accumulation of flaws....say in the 9.0-9.2 range...and you still have that 3" color breaking crease, the book still gets that 7.0, because there's a "range" of defects tolerated in each grade.

It's the "art" part of grading, rather than the "science."

[oakman29]

The fingerprints will bring that book in the 7.5/8.0 area. The spine ticks are quite a few, so 9.4 back is not what you have.