Mokiguy Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I use this program to help me grade, and there is this one area where I just don't exactly know what it is that they are calling "dent and bale marks". I tried googling to no help, and the picture they include is too small to help. So I'm hoping someone can explain "dent and bale marks" to me in plain English. Thanks ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) I suspect what they mean by 'dent and bale marks' is the surface impression left by the tight bundling of a stack of books for distribution, which was done with things like string and metal straps. The front cover of the book on top of the pile and the back cover of the one on the bottom sometimes would wind up with dents, railroad track-like impressions, or tiny cuts at the top or the bottom. Edge damage also sometimes occurred with books inside the stacks. Edited September 4, 2023 by namisgr . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigur Ros Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Just a visual to accompany what namisgr said... namisgr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokiguy Posted September 6, 2023 Author Share Posted September 6, 2023 I appreciate the answer, and think you are correct, but I wonder if they didn't mean all dents in the cover, not just those from the shipping and baling process. I suppose that the whole point of pressing a comic is to remove bends, creases, wrinkles and dents and possibly bale marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GawkHawk Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Just noticed this on a Daredevil 183 that I was planning to send for a C&P. Looks like a textbook example of a bale mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
