PGM Fantastic Four #48 (1st Silver Surfer) - Grade is in! 2 2

[Deutero]

This book is my grail as the Surfer is my favourite character. I already have a copy but it's a UK Price Variant. I'm from the UK so I do like pence variants but i've been upgrading my other pence FF issues with surfer appearances.

 

My current copy is a 5.0 blue label OW/W.

 

Do you think this cents copy can get close to that grade?

 

Thanks in advance

Edited July 6, 2023 by Deutero
Grade update

[LowGradeBronze]

I think 3.5 is the best you're looking at here.

[jcjames]

On 2/5/2023 at 1:50 PM, LowGradeBronze said:

I think 3.5 is the best you're looking at here.

Agree. The very best. 

3.0, sticker residue plus faded inks beneath plus some color loss/flecking from removal, rusty staple with rust migration, spine-roll, foxing, bc sticker residue, slight tanning of fc & bc, spine/edge-wear, corner abrasion, ("M" on cover likely not affecting grade). 

Great book to own and that presents fairly well. 

 

Edited February 5, 2023 by jcjames

[1950's war comics]

3,0 but nice key no matter the grade !

[scburdet]

Rusty staple w/transfer to paper & the ?sticker? stain means you're lower than your current copy 3.5±0.5

[TC33]

With a really excellent clean and press perhaps a little scraping off some excess rust, you should be able to get 4.0 and possibly as high as 4.5 on a really generous day.  As is you are prob 3.5, I would go with my grades vs. the lower ones above, I am in the top 10 of the CGC grading contest and ALL of my grade misses have been too tight, not too loose!

[Mars76]

3.5-4.0 tops.

[grendelbo]

3.5/4.0

Thanks for posting.

[Golden Pete]

3.5

[Deutero]

@LowGradeBronze@jcjames@1950's war comics@scburdet@TC33@Mars76@grendelbo@Golden Pete

 

So apparently you're all bums and don't know what you're talking about

 

This one completely threw me as I was expecting around a 3.0/3.5 and hoping for a 4.0 at best.

 

I got it C&P and the grade . . . .

 

 

 

 

6.0 (Universal) Off-White to White Pages

 

Grader's notes:

sticker residue front & back cover
top staple rusted & stains through book
creasing to cover

 

Needless to say i'm delighted with the grade but it does leave me with a bit of a dilemma. My current copy is a 5.0 UK Price Variant but I still think it presents more nicely than this copy. Was planning on selling a copy but it looks like i'm going to end up keeping both copies