Point Five's 4th Annual Grading Contest: ROUND 1 BOOKS! 8 8

[Point Five]

Round 2 books are up!  Deadline is Tuesday night 10 PM EST.

 

[scburdet]

On 6/18/2023 at 11:35 PM, Point Five said:

2.5 or 3.0

I recommend the CGC book to people often despite their caginess about certain defects. But they're quite definitive about staple detachments & spine splits. Fully split spine, max 1.8. Period. Easiest way to spot a dealer who doesn't know/use or ignores CGC standards. IDK if any official standards would give a fully split spine come in 2 or higher.

[Point Five]

On 6/18/2023 at 10:39 PM, scburdet said:

I recommend the CGC book to people often despite their caginess about certain defects. But they're quite definitive about staple detachments & spine splits. Fully split spine, max 1.8. Period. Easiest way to spot a dealer who doesn't know/use or ignores CGC standards. IDK if any official standards would give a fully split spine come in 2 or higher.

I still need to read the CGC book. Especially after seeing... no, no, I can't say yet.   

 

[grendelbo]

On 6/18/2023 at 8:44 PM, Point Five said:

I still need to read the CGC book. Especially after seeing... no, no, I can't say yet.   

 

Round 3 head-scratcher on its way?

 

Book 1 - you ain't going above a 1.8 with a split and detached cover. This book has a few other issues despite presenting very well. 1.5

Book 2 - I figured with all those ticks it would be between 8.0 and 9.0. I chose the middle of the two grades. 8.5. Safe bet.

Book 3 - it looks all of a 2.0. Classic 2.0.

Thanks for compiling the results so quickly and getting the 2nd round going tonight.

Edited June 19, 2023 by grendelbo

[scburdet]

On 6/18/2023 at 11:52 PM, grendelbo said:

Book 3 - it looks all of a 2.0. Classic 2.0

The CGC contest has ruined me on a few counts. Some of those super creasy DC books grading so high has my calibration off. I wrote down 2.0/2.5 and then bumped it 

[youfoundjake]

oops, forgot to check in, good luck everyone.

[Warlord]

On 6/18/2023 at 10:01 PM, Point Five said:

1. Action Comics #33

This one had the most big misses by far. Many of you seemed to grade by the book's eye appeal -- which is substantial! -- but 'spine of cover completely split & cover detached' is a big honking structural thing and (I imagine) was always going to keep the book somewhere in the 1.0-2.0 range. I was pleased this got a Universal grade.
 

I said 2.0.  Figured it was 1.5 to 1.8 but spectacular eye appeal should have gotten the max possible 2.0. I figured the tape wouldn't count against it, but perhaps that's the difference.  It's at least on a par with the eye appeal of these other 2.0s.

 

[Cocomonkey]

Argh, I forgot this was starting late Friday, and I don't usually check my computer over the weekend...ah well!