Wolverine #88 with foxing on subscription insert 1 1

[JDH-84]

I have a Wolverine 88 standard (non deluxe) edition that is a 9.6-9.8, but the marvel subscription insert has basically turned totally brown. I suspect it's foxing. Would this hurt the grade? The pages are all white.

[JDH-84]

Here's more pictures. On the back side of the front insert, you can see a faint outline of the word boxes from the first page. On the last page you can see a faint outline of the insert and also what looks like writing from the last page transferred to the insert. 

[buttock]

On 7/28/2023 at 8:13 PM, JDH-84 said:

Here's more pictures. On the back side of the front insert, you can see a faint outline of the word boxes from the first page. On the last page you can see a faint outline of the insert and also what looks like writing from the last page transferred to the insert. 

That's not foxing, it's just tanned.  

[JDH-84]

Thanks, I started to think that's what it was after looking at it again. Any affect on grade?

[marvelmaniac]

Books are graded in their entirety, here are the grading standards for page color only. How much of a hit does a book with Tan pages take if everything is else is perfect?

NM/MT 9.8 -  Paper is white, supple and fresh. 

NM+ 9.6 - .Paper is off-white, supple and fresh.

NM- 9.2/NM 9.4 - Paper is off-white to cream, supple and fresh.

VF/NM 9.0 - Paper is off-white to cream and supple.

VF 8.0 -  Paper is cream to tan and supple.

FN/VF 7.0 - Paper is cream to tan. 

FN 6.0 - Paper is tan to brown and fairly supple with no signs of brittleness.

 

 

 

Edited July 30, 2023 by marvelmaniac

[theCapraAegagrus]

Interesting. Following.