zzutak Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 For the record, I have no affiliation with CGC, I don't speak for CGC, and I have absolutely no desire to come between CGC and any of their customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 12:07 PM, rexinnih said: I thought there were still two or three graders who look at the books, is it just one and done now? I can't say, but I certainly hope this 9.8 was the opinion of a single individual as opposed to the consensus of two or three. rexinnih 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I admit to becoming more skeptical/suspicious than most when I see "imprecise" terms and/or subtle changes to long-standing descriptions. Here's the evolution of the CGC guarantee: Jun 2000: "CGC guarantees one pre-grader and two senior graders will review every comic book submitted for grading." Jan 2022: "[CGC guarantees] the collectible has been inspected by at least two (2) professionals." Is there a difference between "review" and "inspect"? Are today's two "professionals" each assigning a numerical grade to the comic? Or is one of them only counting pages (checking for completeness), performing a restoration check, or responsible for some other task (like Quality Control) that does not involve assigning a numerical grade to the comic? steveinthecity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexinnih Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Thanks for the confirmation. Always a few questionable ones sneaking through but good to know there's more than one set of eyes that should be looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 8:06 PM, Artboy99 said: the book should be either a green label of apparent grade or a 0.5 blue with missing mvs /incomplete in my opinion. It depends whether it really has much effect on the content. If the cover has a piece missing the size of a value stamp it's generally not enough to make it a 0.5. Calling such a book "poor", and leaving it the same category as one missing entire pages seems harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) On 2/11/2022 at 4:43 PM, rjpb said: It depends whether it really has much effect on the content. If the cover has a piece missing the size of a value stamp it's generally not enough to make it a 0.5. Calling such a book "poor", and leaving it the same category as one missing entire pages seems harsh. I prefer the steadfast rule of 0.5 for incomplete books. If the owner wants to see a bigger grading number that is what the qualified is for. The last thing i want to see is a grading scale for incomplete books. Something has been cut out and removed from the books that no longer have the marvel value stamps. Edited February 12, 2022 by Artboy99 djzombi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
