2022 CGC Grading Contest Season 1 Fall Edition (#4) Round 3 7 7

[sledgehammer]

On 11/9/2022 at 2:02 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Three bullseyes!

Deux points Royaume Uni 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/9/2022 at 11:37 AM, sledgehammer said:

 Two! Two points on zis round of ze contest most difficult, Ah-ha-ha-ha-hah!

[Sandflea]

2 bulls, 2 grades off by 2, 1 off by .5... a little better,,, 

[comicginger1789]

On 11/8/2022 at 11:39 PM, frozentundraguy said:

I really missed the pier on the Swamp Thing, and had it at 5.5 for the large gash. Four of the 5 books I had graded  more harshly than GCG, with the only exception being Captain Flight, as I had it at 6.0. 

A lot of people hit that book hard. It was a 9.2-9.4 book for me otherwise though. I personally didnt think a 4 point grade bump was fair so I went with roughly a 2.0 point grade bump and it worked 

[sledgehammer]

I've mentioned before that things are a bit different than the old days.

I'm always reminded of my ASM 6 that dropped from 9.0 to 7.5, because an even smaller piece came off the bottom of the back cover.

If this was 15 years ago, I would have called it 7.0, but that's why I bumped it to 7.5 now.

[CGC Mike]

Here are the results for round 3

 

[F For Fake]

1 bullseye, everything else pretty close, mostly at half a point/grade. Had Capt Flight at 5.5, Surfer at 8.5. Biggest different was the JIM, which I had a 3.0. I just can't give a book with two big pieces missing like that a 4.0. Can't and won't! Bah! 

Otherwise this whole game has been pretty reassuring, that my grading is pretty solid. I have missed a couple, but nothing has been embarrassingly off. I can live with it.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/9/2022 at 2:01 PM, CGC Mike said:

Here are the results for round 3

 

Still hidden, Mike:

[Get Marwood & I]

....don't worry, just saw your comment in the R4 thread....

[Yorick]

On 11/8/2022 at 5:16 PM, sledgehammer said:

changed to 9.4

AT25 Got me too (I submitted 9.4).  That bottom right edge must be much worse in-hand.  My worst book this round.

[Yorick]

On 11/8/2022 at 5:31 PM, Point Five said:

That Swamp Thing! 

If you sell me a raw 7.5 with a gash out of the back like that, you may as well include a return shipping label. 

 

I wanted to give it a qualified grade. 

[Qalyar]

Swamp Thing did me in, I think. I ... thought that was bug chew and graded down hard accordingly.

[Point Five]

On 11/8/2022 at 10:19 PM, AJD said:

I thought that might have been a printing problem, with the paper tearing where it was grabbed to be pulled through the press or assembly step. I discounted it because of that and gave the book an 8.0 otherwise. Close but - as usual - no cigar.

I just noticed that the grading notes Mike posted refer to the back cover gash as a 'small chip'.  
 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/9/2022 at 7:44 PM, Point Five said:

I just noticed that the grading notes Mike posted refer to the back cover gash as a 'small chip'.  
 

 

[TheGeneral]

On 11/9/2022 at 10:34 AM, Yorick said:

AT25 Got me too (I submitted 9.4).  That bottom right edge must be much worse in-hand.  My worst book this round.

Same. I can't see the top left front crease either

[Squirrel Guy]

On the Swamp Thing I gave a 7.0 but can see 7.5. It’s not just a tear, it almost should be considered a small missing piece. A regular tear would not be as bad a hit. 
 

surprised the journey got a 4.0 as the 3 missing pieces total accumulation puts it as a pretty big missing junk. I get the other total Accumulation of defects is lower, but that’s still pretty big missing piece accumulation. 
 

Still lots to learn and these contests help for sure. 

[musicmeta]

Got 2 bullseye's but that Thor book killed me.  Ended up with 7pts.  Uhh!