Qua-Brot Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 (edited) Batman 217, gorgeous copy with 1 issue: fingerprint in front cover by top staple. If this is a 9.4 book (For arguments sake) without the fingerprint, where would it end up as is? See pics for as is Thanks! Edited June 29, 2022 by Qua-Brot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Probably down to 9.0ish. Qua-Brot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Typically a grade or two reduction until you get into the VF range where the flaw is more "acceptable." It all depends on it's severity and how noticable the fingerprints are. With your book I think it would suffer only one grade in reduction. So 9.2 were it to be a 9.4 otherwise. Mojohand, Qua-Brot and Brandon Shepherd 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin76 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 So an otherwise 9.8 book would be hammered down to a 9.2 over a fingerprint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilla06 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Only grader note is finger print on cover breaks color..... Maybe near the face on the right middle of the cover.... I barely notice it. To be a 7.5 blew my mind... and ruined my day haha sent this in hoping for a 9.6/9.8. Really should have done the prescreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Thor Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I sent in a Uncanny X-Men 142 with the exact same flaw as you picture above on Spiderman 410. When I get it back, in 3-4 months, I'll ping here my result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeypost Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) Fingerprints, especially ones that smudge or remove ink, are the kiss of death. I believe CGC treats them the same as stains. Edited August 2, 2022 by joeypost greggy and grendelbo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 4:26 PM, David Evilla said: Maybe near the face on the right middle of the cover.... I barely notice it. To be a 7.5 blew my mind... and ruined my day haha sent this in hoping for a 9.6/9.8. Really should have done the prescreen Maybe? That's a bunch of ink lifted off that area. That's around the grade I would give it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
