bapowell Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) Recently purchased this off Ebay; the exterior seems to match the seller's estimated grade (1/4" spine split, dust shadow on back), but I noticed two interior pages with corner pieces out. I can't seem to find much info on how this affects grade. Any thoughts would be appreciated! Edited January 22, 2022 by bapowell Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Vg/vg+ cond 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) 6.0/6.5 Type in "pieces missing interior pages cgc” in your Google search and you'll find some past threads. No real consensus though. IMO, 0.5-1.0 grade deduction in the FN/VF/NM range. Likely no effect on lower grades. All depends on the size of the piece though. @zzutakwas just around and he's had something to say about this type of flaw in the past. Maybe he'll stop back by. Thanks for posting. Edited January 22, 2022 by grendelbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 grendlebo! There's really nothing I can offer that hasn't already been posted. Personally, I find the dark sun shadows and lighter, more generalized oxidation halo (which is also present on the front cover) far more objectionable that the missing interior corner pieces. Yeah, the interior defect should've been called out in the item description; however, I don't think it's significant enough to fuss about. One man's opinion ...... bapowell and grendelbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bapowell Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 Thanks all. The seller called it a Fine which doesn't seem to warrant a fight. grendelbo and Februus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I am trying to grade and was in the 6.5 - 5.5 range when I just began frowning and frowning some more. Tough one for me as all that back cover action is a weakness of mine for sure, don't know how to grade it really. I am not too keen on that corner chunk but it really isn't a grading issue for me if that is the largest piece and isn't more than a few pages (ooh, can I say wrap, yeah)...doesn't extend to more than one wrap. ooh, I am getting the lingo (perhaps, maybe), sounding smart now. we will see in a hour or day or whatever how I do in the grading contest and how much my opinion is worth (good graders above though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdrguy101 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Is it possible the top of the cover has been trimmed? I'm certainly no expert and seems like an odd book to bother trimming, but the top where it says Master of the Mystic arts sure looks a little off to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 5.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 fine is fair +/- .5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Februus Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I think this is a nice looking 5.5. I wanted to go 6.0 but the back cover is not good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
