tic81 Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Curious what you all think on this, is it worth cracking cleaning and pressing? I think the back cover in particular could really be improved. Graders notes: crease full center of back cover crease full center of front cover moderate creasing to cover soiling on cover spine stress lines to cover wear all corners of cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 I doubt you'd get higher than a 4.5 with a C&P. Maybe. 4.0 might be it's max. Sub crease both covers - that's the book's major faults. All other faults mentioned in the graders notes fall within the VG range. Sauce Dog and tic81 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning55 Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 I agree with @grendelbo. The defects are not going away, just present better overall, mostly due to a good cleaning. There are suspicious stains at the bottom center of the rear cover that could also be present on the pages. A shame to slab a grimey book without cleaning it first. grendelbo and tic81 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tic81 Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 Alright you confirmed my first thoughts, like you said sucks its so dirty. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 A 4.5 is kinda the max grade for a sub crease. tic81 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 On 9/3/2023 at 12:21 PM, grendelbo said: I doubt you'd get higher than a 4.5 with a C&P. Maybe. 4.0 might be it's max. Sub crease both covers - that's the book's major faults. All other faults mentioned in the graders notes fall within the VG range. On 9/3/2023 at 12:42 PM, Lightning55 said: I agree with @grendelbo. The defects are not going away, just present better overall, mostly due to a good cleaning. There are suspicious stains at the bottom center of the rear cover that could also be present on the pages. A shame to slab a grimey book without cleaning it first. On 9/4/2023 at 12:02 AM, BlowUpTheMoon said: A 4.5 is kinda the max grade for a sub crease. That’s what she said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jharvey Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 On 9/4/2023 at 12:02 AM, BlowUpTheMoon said: A 4.5 is kinda the max grade for a sub crease. I've seen quite a few CGC 5.5 with a sub crease, but they looked a lot nicer than this X-men 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
