PGM ASM #299 2 2

[MikeTheSpike]

So I found this book in my childhood box, and it was, uh, well-loved. The cover was very wrinkled and I thought it would be worthless so I decided to practice on it. I put it in a humidity chamber and pressed it a few times, and I think this is as good as it's going to get. There are still some crease remnants that you can see when you look at the gloss from an angle. (Kind of hard to photograph.) Several spine stresses as well.

[grendelbo]

6.0

Thanks for posting.

[scburdet]

5.0/5.5. I think the staple tears might hold this one back a grade, especially since it's a high census book

[MikeTheSpike]

On 7/20/2023 at 10:08 AM, scburdet said:

5.0/5.5. I think the staple tears might hold this one back a grade, especially since it's a high census book

I don't think there are staple tears. It's just creases. Here's what it looks like from the inside. I don't think the paper is actually pierced. What do you think?

Edited July 22, 2023 by MikeTheSpike

[scburdet]

Relatively speaking, staple tears are viewed more leniently than other tears by CGC. Creasing is not quite as bad as a tear, but you're probably not looking at a big difference in grades between creases around the staples and small staple tears. Maybe 0.5 higher.

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

5.5