Noonies Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Any help would be appreciated. The main issue is the interior cover with color loss. Thanks for any input. Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Gosh, I could take a wild guess. 8.0 I'm wondering though what could cause this? Something inserted between the interior front cover and first page? Manufacturing defect? @zzutak @The Lions Den Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 The only issue I see with this book (other than the inside front cover) are a couple of tiny dents on the spine without color break. Without the inside front cover issue the book is certainly in the NM- 9.2 to NM 9.4 range. The issue with the inside front cover is puzzling, it appears that some of the ink has slightly stained the splash page but it does not appear to bleed through the cover, did it bleed through to other interior pages? Honestly I do not know how to address that issue since it is a hidden defect, how much will that drop the grade, does it still get a Blue Label? If I were grading this book for my collection I would drop the grade to a VF+ 8.5 to VF/NM 9.0 with a notation about the cover. Waiting to see what the experts think. Februus and grendelbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Perhaps the inks on the inside front cover were not 100% dry when the cover was attached to the interior? It would be useful to know if this is also observed on the inside back cover and/or with other copies of this issue. If this anomaly is unique to this single copy, the underlying cause will also be unique to this single copy. The Lions Den, grendelbo and Galen130 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noonies Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Just the interior cover is the only area affected. I have seen this to a lesser degree when a backer board is placed on the inside cover to heat and press. I won’t press this as I don’t want to mess with the book.I had it at a 9.2-9.4 as well with a drop to maybe 9.0-8.5. grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 10:07 AM, Andrew Hahn said: Just the interior cover is the only area affected. I have seen this to a lesser degree when a backer board is placed on the inside cover to heat and press. I won’t press this as I don’t want to mess with the book.I had it at a 9.2-9.4 as well with a drop to maybe 9.0-8.5. You think it may have been previously pressed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noonies Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 12:22 PM, grendelbo said: You think it may have been previously pressed? I do. If you look at the back cover spine area you can see a light vertical line running the length of the book. It’s very light so the picture doesn’t pick it up well but to me it says that something not very thick was placed there as well. grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 9:48 AM, zzutak said: Perhaps the inks on the inside front cover were not 100% dry when the cover was attached to the interior? It would be useful to know if this is also observed on the inside back cover and/or with other copies of this issue. If this anomaly is unique to this single copy, the underlying cause will also be unique to this single copy. My thought as well…about wet ink transfer. 8.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Februus Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I’m gonna say 9.0 looks like some kind of printing defect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
