Ryan. Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Minor spine split bottom of spine. Small piece out of top right corner. Biggest issue is a water stain through bottom of all pages and covers. No brittleness or mustiness. Off-white pages. Everything firmly intact and flat. piper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Nice! I'll guess 3.5 unless the interior staining is really ghastly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, Point Five said: Nice! I'll guess 3.5 unless the interior staining is really ghastly. It looks throughout about what it looks like on the back cover. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 2.5 IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 3.0. While CGC has a reputation for hammering books for water stains, I have seen a few lower grade books I thought they were way too generous with. I once had a book graded as a 3.5 that not only had a water stain through the whole top quarter of the book, but it had washed out the reds in the logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 56 minutes ago, rjpb said: 3.0. While CGC has a reputation for hammering books for water stains, I have seen a few lower grade books I thought they were way too generous with. I once had a book graded as a 3.5 that not only had a water stain through the whole top quarter of the book, but it had washed out the reds in the logo. I've had horrible luck with water stains, upwards of 2 full grade drops (in my opinion) due to a stain. It's weird how much they over punish for that. This book is actually really nice in hand. Pages are nice, the colors on the cover pop, but I'm convinced CGC will just assign a "2.5 WATER STAINS" on it and slab it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 hour ago, rjpb said: 3.0. While CGC has a reputation for hammering books for water stains, I have seen a few lower grade books I thought they were way too generous with. I once had a book graded as a 3.5 that not only had a water stain through the whole top quarter of the book, but it had washed out the reds in the logo. I feel like we've seen a lot of 'big stain/gift grade' books lately. I was guessing this was an old school CGC 3.0 but ekes out a 3.5 based on current standards. Colors look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 It's tempting to submit it based strictly on curiosity of where their standards sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 49 minutes ago, Ryan. said: It's tempting to submit it based strictly on curiosity of where their standards sit. I think it would be worth, Ryan. It is a great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newstand fresh Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 2.5 to 3.0... Hope I am wrong...Awesome colors.. Good luck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 21 minutes ago, telerites said: I think it would be worth, Ryan. It is a great book. Fine, twist my arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
