815K1 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Gday Mates, Thanks for looking at my books. I have 52 #1’s I will post for grading. I believe they are high 9’s Let’s begin Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candygramformongo Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Agree with high 9s on that one - my guess would be 9.4/9.6 815K1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Am The Answer! Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 The Answer is: 9.4 May possibly grade to a 9.6 but I'm not sure about that bottom left corner. Looks a little blunted in the pic. 815K1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ries Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Less concerned about the blunt than the staple pull near the upper staple. 9.2 815K1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candygramformongo Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 10/30/2021 at 4:21 PM, Randall Ries said: Less concerned about the blunt than the staple pull near the upper staple. 9.2 I'm not seeing the staple pull! Which picture did you spot it in? 815K1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ries Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 10/30/2021 at 8:41 PM, candygramformongo said: I'm not seeing the staple pull! Which picture did you spot it in? Perhaps I am misinterpreting? 815K1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candygramformongo Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 10/30/2021 at 8:59 PM, Randall Ries said: Perhaps I am misinterpreting? Oh interesting. I would not tend to grade down significantly on that at all. Would be really interested in what others think. Paging @grendelbo or @Funnybooks - would you be kind enough to weigh in, would really like to hear your educated guesses on how CGC views this. 815K1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I don't know how the sausage is made at CgC but there are plenty of slabbed 9.8 books with that exact staple "tear/defect" so I believe CgC grades fairly loosely in this instance. 815K1 and candygramformongo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I'll search for some modern book examples...I think ASM 361 is notorious for this... 815K1 and candygramformongo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Lower staples in each of these examples: This is a copy of a copy without the defect: candygramformongo and 815K1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Both staples candygramformongo and 815K1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 lower staple...nothing egregious...in both these quick examples...seems more pronounced when the staple(s) is attached to the black on the front wrap as opposed to the orange of the back wrap or perfectly flush candygramformongo and 815K1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 (edited) anyone else notice something different? For the record, I would agree that if the book was otherwise mint, the defect alone should drop the book to 9.6 on a good day and 9.4 in a worse case scenario Edited October 31, 2021 by Funnybooks 815K1, Randall Ries and candygramformongo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 10/31/2021 at 8:42 AM, Funnybooks said: anyone else notice something different? Each example don't have perfect wraps; the last is a newsie; the first example looks to be the only copy presenting gripper holes at the bottom edge of the front cover which is a manufacturing defect for this issue. 815K1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 9.4 or higher for the DC book. Thanks for sharing. Randall Ries and 815K1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ries Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 10/31/2021 at 10:42 AM, Funnybooks said: anyone else notice something different? For the record, I would agree that if the book was otherwise mint, the defect alone should drop the book to 9.6 on a good day and 9.4 in a worse case scenario If you mean the DC book, I would expect a 9.4. It doesn't look like a manufacturing defect. It looks like a staple pull to me. 815K1 and Funnybooks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
