Gabriel K Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) Hi all - long time listener, first time caller. Picked this up at a local con this year, a bit confused on the grade - a few copies were at the show, some vendors had copies of this book they said were higher grade but IMO they looked worse. I self-graded using two different tools and got two wildly different grades, so really curious what y'all say. I'd also love to hear thoughts on major contributors to the grade. Thanks! Edited July 15, 2022 by Gabriel K messed up image embeds Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRoboto Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 As is 6.5 with all dirt on the back. With a good press, I see 8.0 as a possible end grade. Gabriel K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 1:55 PM, Gabriel K said: had copies of this book they said were higher grade but IMO they looked worse You will hear the phrase "buy the book, not the grade" if you hang out around these forums long enough. We've had a recent example of an Amazing Spider-Man 238 that the front look really nice, but had a big water stain on the back. I have a similar situation with another book. A particular defect may knock down the grade quite a bit, but still leave a very attractive book. The other possibility, of course, is that the sellers didn't know how to grade properly or didn't spend enough time assigning the grade. I'd call this an 8.0 on the front, 5.0 on the back. As others have suggested, the overall grade falls somewhere in between depending on if you could get a lot of the grime off the back. I'd bet topping out at the possibility of 7.5. Gabriel K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayowolf Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 6.0 a is..good cleaning to 7-7.5 Gabriel K and grendelbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 8:00 PM, Bayowolf said: 6.0 a is..good cleaning to 7-7.5 +1 6.0 C&P for 7.5. Thanks for posting. Gabriel K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel K Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 Thank you for the feedback & grades! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 On 7/17/2022 at 12:51 AM, grendelbo said: +1 6.0 C&P for 7.5. Thanks for posting. Yup grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
