MisterMR Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) So I already 99% know the answer but just wanted more opinions on what the highest grade might be with this big chunk missing. One staple also detached at center. Also there’s a lot of cover wrinkling; assuming this was pressed (and can be pressed) to remove a lot of that, would that make any difference? Thanks for looking! Edited March 13 by MisterMR Added photo grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lions Den Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Ouch. For starters, a large piece missing from the cover can't be Qualified like a missing piece from the interior. The final grade also depends on how nice the rest of the book is, and you're right, this cover has a lot of wrinkles. Judging by some of the other books I've seen, I think the best this one could be is around a 1.5. grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 1.0 piece is too big & nothing to be done. It might look marginally more presentable with the wrinkling pressed out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 1.0/1.5 Thanks for posting. I'd still take it. The Lions Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MisterMR Posted March 13 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 13 Grade came back lower than I expected TBH. I thought this would be a 1.5, MAYBE a 1.8. @joeypost did an INCREDIBLE job on this, getting all the cover wrinkles out and doing a cleaning; it looks so much better. But I guess that corner chunk was too much to overcome. grendelbo, Tom789, scburdet and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmattioli86 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Ah, drats.. harsh grade at 1.0… would the staple detachment have anything to do with the grade given even with the big chunk missing? Still looks gorgeous either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/12/2024 at 7:35 PM, MisterMR said: Grade came back lower than I expected TBH. I thought this would be a 1.5, MAYBE a 1.8. @joeypost did an INCREDIBLE job on this, getting all the cover wrinkles out and doing a cleaning; it looks so much better. But I guess that corner chunk was too much to overcome. You cant expect CGC to accurately grade your book with all the voodoo drums beating incessantly. 1.5 would have been nice but still a cool book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMR Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 On 3/14/2024 at 10:56 PM, Bmattioli86 said: Ah, drats.. harsh grade at 1.0… would the staple detachment have anything to do with the grade given even with the big chunk missing? Still looks gorgeous either way! You’d think so, but they didn’t even put it in the grader notes. I’m half tempted to resubmit but at most I could hope for a .5 bump Bmattioli86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 The staple detachment makes little difference in the grade because of the size of the missing piece. It could have been the difference between a 1.5 and a 1.0 or it could've meant nothing. Bmattioli86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmattioli86 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 On 3/15/2024 at 11:51 PM, MisterMR said: You’d think so, but they didn’t even put it in the grader notes. I’m half tempted to resubmit but at most I could hope for a .5 bump Presentation wise, you can’t even notice the ripped corner morbius21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
