ChrispyC66 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) Hi, What would your grade be for this House of Secrets 92. there are four spine cracks with a couple behind the staples. The cover is not detached (yet!). Thanks. Edited September 16, 2022 by ChrispyC66 Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 If the spine cracks are a sign of brittleness, (and they look to me as if opening and closing the book without causing damage is risky business,) then I'm afraid I won't go higher than a 4.5 despite the otherwise lovely appearance. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninanina Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 4.5 bang on...but a nice looking 4.5 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 5.0±0.5 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRoboto Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 5.0 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 4.5/5.0 Thanks for posting. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 4:40 PM, AhsokaTano Jedi Apprentice said: Based on how nice the back looks and the fact I don't believe this can be graded a 5.0 ........It presents so well maybe it is a 5.0.........The safe call is a 4.5 .... I wonder if slabbing it before the staples become detached is the way to go ? Could the staples become detached during the encapsulation process ? Maybe the shipping process could detach the staples ? It sure is a nice book. I will be sending it in for grading with a note to the graders regarding the spine condition. We’ll see how it goes. frozentundraguy and grendelbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I was thinking 5.5 or so before I noticed the spine crack, still a book that presents nicely. I would estimate 4.0 to 4.5. mysterymachine and ChrispyC66 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibou Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 This has always been a tough book for me to grade but I'm going with a 4.0 / 4.5 ... nice looking copy for sure! ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Design Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 5.0 should be possible...nice iconic book. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojohand Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 4.5 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lpgk Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 5.5 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 5.5 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars76 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 6.0 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 5.0 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 So many of you were close on this one, but there is one correct guess… @Mars76 you were courageous enough to go the extra .5 grading points. 👏 grendelbo, Mars76, MrRoboto and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
