Nschenks Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) Mostly just the color breaking ticks here. Also some light creasing on the front/back that is not color breaking and should press nicely, along with a slight indent TRBC (pictured) that is also non-CB and should hopefully smooth out. Thoughts pre/post press? This one should be going out soon. Edited April 8 by Nschenks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Minor spine stress with multiple stress lines/spine ticks some of which break color, long color breaking scratch along lower spine. IMO... 7.0 FINE/VERY FINE (FN/VF): Back to Top An above-average copy that shows minor wear but is still relatively flat and clean with outstanding eye appeal. A small accumulation of minor bindery/printing defects is allowed. Minor cover wear beginning to show, possibly including minor creases. Corners may be blunted. Inks are generally bright with a moderate reduction in reflectivity. Stamped or inked arrival dates may be present. Minor foxing. The slightest spine roll may be present, as well as a possible moderate color break. Staples may show some discoloration. Slight staple tears and a small accumulation of light stress lines may be present. Slight rust migration. Paper is cream to tan. Centerfold is mostly secure. Minor interior tears at the margin may be present. Nschenks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nschenks Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 On 1/22/2024 at 1:39 PM, marvelmaniac said: Minor spine stress with multiple stress lines/spine ticks some of which break color, long color breaking scratch along lower spine. IMO... 7.0 FINE/VERY FINE (FN/VF): Back to Top An above-average copy that shows minor wear but is still relatively flat and clean with outstanding eye appeal. A small accumulation of minor bindery/printing defects is allowed. Minor cover wear beginning to show, possibly including minor creases. Corners may be blunted. Inks are generally bright with a moderate reduction in reflectivity. Stamped or inked arrival dates may be present. Minor foxing. The slightest spine roll may be present, as well as a possible moderate color break. Staples may show some discoloration. Slight staple tears and a small accumulation of light stress lines may be present. Slight rust migration. Paper is cream to tan. Centerfold is mostly secure. Minor interior tears at the margin may be present. Just to clarify, there’s no color breaking scratch—it’s just light reflecting on the spine (unless you’re talking about something else I missed). Sorry for the glare! I don’t have a scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semicentennial Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 VF- Nschenks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I can see this pressing to 9.0, maybe 9.2. A few grades lower now Nschenks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 1/22/2024 at 1:46 PM, Nsschenks said: Just to clarify, there’s no color breaking scratch—it’s just light reflecting on the spine (unless you’re talking about something else I missed). Sorry for the glare! I don’t have a scanner. If that is glare and not a color breaking scratch then, yes, the book should grade higher, possibly a VF 8.0 to VF+ 8.5, all depends on how the grader feels about color breaking stress lines on that particular day, lots of gray areas with wording. Just for spine stress only... NM- 9.2 to NM 9.4 - Almost no stress lines VF/NM 9.0 - A very minor accumulation of stress lines may be present if they are nearly imperceptible. VF 8.0 - Very slight staple tears and a few almost insignificant stress lines may be present. FN/VF 7.0 - Slight staple tears and a small accumulation of light stress lines may be present. FN 6.0 - Minor staple tears and a few slight stress lines may be present, Nschenks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nschenks Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 On 1/23/2024 at 12:23 PM, marvelmaniac said: If that is glare and not a color breaking scratch then, yes, the book should grade higher, possibly a VF 8.0 to VF+ 8.5, all depends on how the grader feels about color breaking stress lines on that particular day, lots of gray areas with wording. Just for spine stress only... NM- 9.2 to NM 9.4 - Almost no stress lines VF/NM 9.0 - A very minor accumulation of stress lines may be present if they are nearly imperceptible. VF 8.0 - Very slight staple tears and a few almost insignificant stress lines may be present. FN/VF 7.0 - Slight staple tears and a small accumulation of light stress lines may be present. FN 6.0 - Minor staple tears and a few slight stress lines may be present, Yeah, I've looked at other graded copies of this book and they're all over the place in terms of number of spine ticks. Hope my luck is good that day lol. Thanks for the feedback! (and yep, that line is just reflected light--I'll try and get better pictures next time I post a book here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 1/23/2024 at 12:37 PM, Nsschenks said: Yeah, I've looked at other graded copies of this book and they're all over the place in terms of number of spine ticks. Hope my luck is good that day lol. Thanks for the feedback! (and yep, that line is just reflected light--I'll try and get better pictures next time I post a book here). I have always found that if I take pics using artificial lighting you get glare and shadows, good luck on the grading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nschenks Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 Maybe the most suspect of the grades I got back in my last sub. Seemed like too many spine ticks to warrant this high of a grade. That said, I can't complain--and it is quite clean otherwise. Press definitely helped the presentation of this substantially. Mars76 and scburdet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 There has never been a better time to slab then right now................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars76 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Looks great slabbed. I had it at an 9.2, 9.4 tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Would've said 9.4 but the result doesn't surprise me. Nice. Thanks for updating the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Oh wow! You got a nice gift from CGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morbius21 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 4/8/2024 at 1:32 PM, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said: There has never been a better time to slab then right now................... I always think that until I get my submissions back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
