Avengers #1 Under graded? (Grade Revealed!) 0

[Randall Ries]

6 hours ago, Mr.Fantastic said:

Here it is......Some of you were rather close with the 7.0 opinions. My personal feeling is that it could be a 7.5-8.0 if there isn't anything i'm not seeing in the scan. Question now for me is......Should I pay a 7.0/7.5 price for a 6.5 book?  Additionally, there is the risk/stress of breaking a book that cost several thousand dollars out of its current slab for re-grading and submission.

 

I'll say this much: If you want a 7.0, 8.0, 9.0  Avengers 1, go buy one. If you want to buy a 6.5 that looks like a 7.0, save some money and do it. Just pay a 6.5 price for it. I have many 7.0-7.5 that look like 9.0. They are a part of my collection and selling isn't high on my priority list. I don't want a rat looking book and I don't need 9.8's, either. Just a nice, presentable book. A little character never hurt anyone.

[thunsicker]

Thing that worries me most is the lower right corner.  Hard to see exactly what's going on there.  Is there paper loss?  Bug chew?  The scan has a weird artifact where it looks like the whole cover is woven, which makes some stuff hard to make out.  And there is, as you noted, a lot of Marvel pre-chipping going on.  My gut impression was a 7.0

[Point Five]

Yeah, I thought that right edge tear was one of those 'Marvel chipping tear so CGC pretends not to notice it, no impact on grade' deals. But who even knows.  

 

[I’m Rick Jones bitch]

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[Albert Thurgood]

I also think 7, and CGC must have downgraded it for that chipping. If there are interior problems that caused the lower grade, you are never going to see them while it's in the slab are you?

[Mars76]

On 2/27/2021 at 7:08 PM, Randall Ries said:

I'll say this much: If you want a 7.0, 8.0, 9.0  Avengers 1, go buy one. If you want to buy a 6.5 that looks like a 7.0, save some money and do it. Just pay a 6.5 price for it. I have many 7.0-7.5 that look like 9.0. They are a part of my collection and selling isn't high on my priority list. I don't want a rat looking book and I don't need 9.8's, either. Just a nice, presentable book. A little character never hurt anyone.

Very well said.

The book looks much nicer than a 6.5 but it sounds like the seller is asking for a hefty premium. It's a nice looking 7.0 to me.

[Mr.Fantastic]

Update:  I didn't buy the book.  But after going back to look again it appears someone has offered $9,500 which was the original selling price.  Personally, I just couldn't pull the trigger, as nice as it was for the grade, it was just too far above average selling price.

Edited March 8, 2021 by Mr.Fantastic

[Mr.Fantastic]

2 minutes ago, Mr.Fantastic said:

Update:  I didn't buy the book.  But after going back to look again it appears someone has offered $9,500 which was the original selling price.  Personally, I just couldn't pull the trigger, as nice as it was for the grade, it was just too far above average selling price.

Just looked again.  While someone offered the asking price of $9,500 appears the seller upped the price to $9,999. Good grief, Seller's prerogative i guess.