eselrod Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) Wondering how this would grade, couple of questions about it. I'll point out what I think could be drawbacks. I'd be interested in opinions. 1.) my initial concern is this discoloring below the "A" and "N" in Gaiman on front bottom left side of the book. It is not a physical imperfection to the touch, cover is smooth with no scrapes or grooves. I found another 2 examples pretty quickly on ebay, links below, and one is graded 9.8 so maybe they're not counting off for this. I'd like to hear others' thoughts https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sandman-1-CGC-9-8-1989-2066767006-1st-app-Morpheus-the-Modern-Age-Sandman/362932645162 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sandman-1-DC-1st-App-Morpheus-Lord-of-Dreams-Key-Very-High-Grade/202945153441 2.) Probably hard to tell but there is 2 spine ticks that don't appear to break color, I've got closeups below, maybe they'll show up. 3.) Bottom and top corners on spine side are a little soft. So assuming the odd printing is accepted as normal for this book, does a press on the spine ticks improve this book to a 9.6 range? Edited March 26, 2020 by eselrod Added photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 10 hours ago, eselrod said: Wondering how this would grade, couple of questions about it. I'll point out what I think could be drawbacks. I'd be interested in opinions. 1.) my initial concern is this discoloring below the "A" and "N" in Gaiman on front bottom left side of the book. It is not a physical imperfection to the touch, cover is smooth with no scrapes or grooves. I found another 2 examples pretty quickly on ebay, links below, and one is graded 9.8 so maybe they're not counting off for this. I'd like to hear others' thoughts https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sandman-1-CGC-9-8-1989-2066767006-1st-app-Morpheus-the-Modern-Age-Sandman/362932645162 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sandman-1-DC-1st-App-Morpheus-Lord-of-Dreams-Key-Very-High-Grade/202945153441 2.) Probably hard to tell but there is 2 spine ticks that don't appear to break color, I've got closeups below, maybe they'll show up. 3.) Bottom and top corners on spine side are a little soft. So assuming the odd printing is accepted as normal for this book, does a press on the spine ticks improve this book to a 9.6 range? IMO: No. 9.0 range. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Agreed with @theCapraAegagrus The spine wear keeps this at 9.0-9.2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 9.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
