What’s the lowest numerical number you would consider high grade? 1 1

[action1kid]

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[Funnybooks]

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Edited July 1, 2023 by Funnybooks

[aardvark88]

GA Cgc 7.5 with off-wht to wht pgs, no store stamp nor subscription crease. Good color strike and decent quality of production (spine alignment).

[Heronext]

8.5

[Primetime]

7.0 - which was a very nice book in the 1990s

[KCOComics]

 

8.0 for high grade. 

[MattTheDuck]

There are 24 possible "grades" that CGC provides (not including "NG" or "Page").  Seven of these (29 percent) are 9.0 and above.  At 8.5 and above, you have 1/3 of possible grades.  That seems to me a reasonable dividing line - however, I suspect you have an outsized percentage of all grades in 8.5 and above so the sample size may be skewed.

[bronze johnny]

In general, high grade war, romance, and western comics are relatively scarcer than superhero books published in the Bronze, Silver, and Golden Ages. Also depends on the relative scarcity of the comic book in question. A 6.0 gerber 8 might be the highest graded copy in existence so that would be a high graded copy. 

Edited July 1, 2023 by bronze johnny

[OtherEric]

Gold, 7.0 or within one point of highest known copy.  Silver, 8.5.  Bronze, 9.0.  Copper, 9.4.  Modern, 9.8.

[sagii]

I'm 'close' to @OtherEric assessment,  but I'd say

Gold (6.5 to 7.0) imagine a golden age Cap in these grades

Silver (7.0 to 8.0) imagne an Incredible Hulk 1 in these grades

Bronze (8.0 to 9.0) imagine a Hulk 181 in these grades 

[Microchip]

On 7/2/2023 at 10:02 AM, OtherEric said:

Gold, 7.0 or within one point of highest known copy.  Silver, 8.5.  Bronze, 9.0.  Copper, 9.4.  Modern, 9.8.

Thats a tricky one.

A black cover BA key, a 9.0 is often a great grade to have.   For the bulk of the BA books, so readily available, I'd bump it up a notch.

[Gatsby77]

On 7/1/2023 at 9:02 PM, Microchip said:

Thats a tricky one.

A black cover BA key, a 9.0 is often a great grade to have.   For the bulk of the BA books, so readily available, I'd bump it up a notch.

This.

I once had a CGC 9.0 copy of Marvel Premiere # 1 and a CGC 9.6 copy.

The difference was ridiculous - and palpable.

Had for me to settle for 9.0 in any but literally the top 15-20 Bronze books right now (like, the top 10 most expensive and then say...10 super rare $.35 variants - where it's a matter of availability rather than cost).

Like...I'd take an Iron Fist 14 $.35 variant in 5.5 where I wouldn't touch an All Star Western 10 or a Conan 1 in under 9.4.

[Axe Elf]

To me, "high grade" should be "high grade" regardless of era, so I'm probably in the 9.0 and above camp--it should have "NM" or "M" in the descriptor somewhere to be "high grade."

If there aren't any high grade golden age books, then there aren't any high grade golden age books, and just calling a mid-grade golden age book a high grade book doesn't make it a high grade book.

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[rjpb]

7.5 for Gold and early Silver, 8.0 for late Silver and Bronze, 9.0 for Copper and Modern. I find it to be a bit more than a relative term ( If the highest graded copy of a rare book is a 5.0, that's not "high grade"), but still somewhat subjective given the general availability of superior copies of books in general from the era. While books just qualifying are not going to seem particularly high grade compared to 9.4 and up copies in any era, their overall quality (if accurately graded) should be such that they are attractive copies with the sort of flaws someone outside the hobby would not be quick to notice. 

There is a little room at the edges as far as CGC graded books are concerned. I've seen GA books with a 7.5 label that I wouldn't consider "high grade" as they have too much tanning, foxing or dust shadowing that has a negative impact on eye-appeal to the point where they just don't look nice enough to be considered "high grade" IMHO. Conversely there are 7.0s which seem harshly graded and definitely have "high grade" eye appeal. 

 

[1950's war comics]

in GA it is definitely a high grade comic if it is 7.0 

[The-Collector]

On 7/2/2023 at 9:48 AM, bronze johnny said:

In general, high grade war, romance, and western comics are relatively scarcer than superhero books published in the Bronze, Silver, and Golden Ages. Also depends on the relative scarcity of the comic book in question. A 6.0 gerber 8 might be the highest graded copy in existence so that would be a high graded copy. 

This; it depends on the era, genre, and issue. For foreign GA I think 6.0 is high grade on many books. For EC PCH 9.2/9.4 seems high grade to me. 

[tth2]

On 7/2/2023 at 9:49 AM, Axe Elf said:

To me, "high grade" should be "high grade" regardless of era, so I'm probably in the 9.0 and above camp--it should have "NM" or "M" in the descriptor somewhere to be "high grade."

If there aren't any high grade golden age books, then there aren't any high grade golden age books, and just calling a mid-grade golden age book a high grade book doesn't make it a high grade book.

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YES!  If it's mulch, it's mulch, no matter how old it is. 

Now, one can say that mulch is the best you can do for some GA books, and therefore one may be willing to buy a mulch-grade GA book while they wouldn't be willing to do so for SA, but it doesn't mean that suddenly mulch isn't mulch.  It's just that GA mulch is more desirable than SA mulch.

[Larryw7]

7.0

[jimjum12]

Gold, 8.0.   Silver, 9.0.  Bronze, 9.4.  Copper, 9.8.  Modern, 9.9

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[Mr. Lady Luck]

For an obscure GA book, 6.5