Lazyboy Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/12/2022 at 2:40 PM, PeterPark said: Paying money, unfortunately, does not improve the grades. Fixed. theCapraAegagrus and PeterPark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/12/2022 at 1:51 PM, KirbyTown said: I have no idea what the actual CGC demographics are nor anything about OP, but I can confidently say that young collectors are rabid for variant covers and for CGC slabbing. Occasionally I'll venture onto Reddit. Maybe once a week - that's all I can take. I'll look at the Comic Book Collecting forum. Any time a raw book is posted there's a chorus of comments saying slab it. You gotta CGC it. The WWW tells me 65% of Reddit users are between the ages of 18 and 29. This is the hobby for them. KirbyTown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostboys Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Sounds like my man just wants his graders notes. grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyTown Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) On 7/12/2022 at 9:14 PM, grendelbo said: slab it. You gotta CGC it Counterpoint interiors could probably be left blank if they aren't already. Zoomers' lust for those exploitation covers is bolstered by an unshakable confidence in their pin-up collection's long-term value. Edited July 13, 2022 by KirbyTown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyTown Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/12/2022 at 11:36 PM, lostboys said: Sounds like my man just wants his graders notes. I believe that ship has flown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokiing Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 OP lucky that some of the new grades were not lower when considering shipping, cracking slab, handling during grading and recently hired graders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/12/2022 at 5:38 PM, LDarkseid1 said: That's a nice book, but shouldn't those spine ticks bring it down a little? Maybe 9.6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyTown Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 5:04 PM, Yorick said: shouldn't those spine ticks bring it down a little? weird bumps are a symptom of atomic age radioactivity Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LDarkseid1 Posted July 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 3:04 PM, Yorick said: That's a nice book, but shouldn't those spine ticks bring it down a little? Maybe 9.6? I was waiting for someone to do it haha, because people have questioned the grade before. I always just feel like, you have to remember we're talking about a golden age book, not modern. There's going to be more room for error on something soo old with such delicate paper, and the book as a whole is pristine. I mean pristine or near pristine corners and edges, no indents or creases, bright/clean staples or any other foreseeable defects. We have to remember once again, it's a 9.8, not a 9.9 or a 10.0. So there is some room for error, and those two ticks are EXTREMELY small. I'm not sure how they come off in the photo, but in person you can barely notice them. So I think the question becomes, are we saying a 9.8 can't have spine ticks at all, and especially small ones? That's not a mentality I'll ever prescribe to, and I think it's unfair to assume that if a book were flawless, minus a couple ticks it is undeserving of a 9.8. The only other issue is the slight miswrap of course, but that's a production defect, so doesn't take away from the grade. Now I would definitely not call my book a strong 9.8, due to the misaligned wrap, but I absolutely feel it's a 9.8. So that's my feelings, detractors or those who simply disagree with the grade can make of it what you will lol. KirbyTown, grendelbo, Yorick and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyTown Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 6:55 PM, LDarkseid1 said: I would definitely not call my book a strong 9.8, due to the misaligned wrap, but I absolutely feel it's a 9.8. MICROGRADING! YES WE NEED IT 🥳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 12:21 AM, KirbyTown said: MICROGRADING! YES WE NEED IT 🥳 Ice Cream Bunny and KirbyTown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostboys Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Here's my Infinity Gauntlet 1 cgc 9.6 What do we all think?...9.6 worthy if this is the only defect? KirbyTown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyTown Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 7:38 AM, lostboys said: 9.6 worthy if this is the only defect? I'd argue that it's a significant defect because of actual material loss, which always seems to be treated with more weight than blemishes. lostboys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostboys Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 9:00 AM, KirbyTown said: I'd argue that it's a significant defect because of actual material loss, which always seems to be treated with more weight than blemishes. So...clearly over graded or just a weak 9.6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyTown Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 8:12 AM, lostboys said: So...clearly over graded or just a weak 9.6? 9.6 seems reasonable, I would just say not a 9.8 because it's more than just a bump, it's the type of defect you cant fix lostboys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
