PGM Witching Hour #1 1 1

[WestCoast Will]

Certainty a lower grade due to staining and other wear / abrasion. Still, wondering what y’all think 🤔 

Edited May 22, 2023 by WestCoast Will
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[scburdet]

Max 4.0 IMO b/c of the staining. It looks pretty soaked through, so I doubt there's much that would help that look any better.

[WestCoast Will]

Wow. 4.0 would be amazing. 

[grendelbo]

3.0/3.5

Thanks for posting.

[scburdet]

On 5/21/2023 at 10:44 PM, WestCoast Will said:

4.0 would be amazing

I will emphasize the "max" in my grade. CGC is on a mission to penalize stains & it's one of the defects where there's the least clarity (IMO). The book says 1.0-9.8, so they've literally only eliminated the grades for perfect & nearly destroyed comics. I've got a 6.5 with a small light stain, looks more >7.5 otherwise, and a 5.5 with a similar (probably a little less) cumulative area of staining as your book, but it's quite a bit lighter. So, I imagined my 5.5 & shaved off a few grades for the darker appearance  

I'd be interested to see this graded if nothing else to expand my mental database. It might still be a question of ROI with grading fees on a book that might fetch $100 in the current market.

[LowGradeBronze]

My instinct is 3.5 and a clear case of a book looking nicer than the grade.