Panda2 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I got the 6.0 on the first book but was a full 1.0 grade harsher on the others(I spent a lot of time comparing to my own graded books) and either things have become more lenient or I am losing my mind. -iron man - soft corners, abraded edges, creasing and wear across the top? 9.2? I had it at 8.5 -comet I was at 5.5 but waffled with a 6. The extra stain and the piece out got me lower -HOS I saw spine stress lines and some wear that I wouldn’t have thought to see in 9. I was at 8.0 -fear 10- I thought the abraded corners brought this down but clearly I just have to adjust my grading I was a full point under on all the newer books I had this at 7.5 this was a sad round of 8 points F For Fake and CJ Design 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 7:17 PM, zzutak said: I would've nailed Book #3 (Comet #1) if I hadn't assigned the book a one grade increment deduction for the "unwitnessed" creator signature. If only we had been told that it was appropriately witnessed and that Signature Series encapsulations were fair game. D-oh! I noticed that one too but I ignored it. That book was signed in 2009 and that certification number is not found. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boron Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 5 points, 2 bulls, undergrade by 1 on the last two. but had IM at 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarfordRoad Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Really thought the bottom staple of the Iron Man was at least partially detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brumil190 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Bad round for me. 11 points. Totally whiffed on the first 3 books. 4 grades low on the first two books. 2 grades low on the comet. The HOS was a bull and one grade low on the fear 10 I was between 8.5 an 9.0 on the HOS and between 8.0 and 8.5 on the fear 10. Now where to go but up. Hopefully. jcjames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted January 30 Author Administrator Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:17 PM, zzutak said: I would've nailed Book #3 (Comet #1) if I hadn't assigned the book a one grade increment deduction for the "unwitnessed" creator signature. If only we had been told that it was appropriately witnessed and that Signature Series encapsulations were fair game. D-oh! On 1/29/2024 at 8:36 PM, Point Five said: On 1/29/2024 at 8:25 PM, AJD said: Did the graders miss the writing on the cover of the Comet? Edit: never mind, I just noticed the yellow label! I spent a while looking that book up to check that it was not meant to be there. Not thrilled by that one, TBH Agreed, ideally that would have been flagged. I guess I always thought all books were "Universal unless otherwise stated". Sorry guys, that was my fault. I usually add the CGC books to my folder after a few days, so I didn't notice the SS until it was too late. I should have checked for SS. I was told in the beginning of these contests that all books would be blue label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted January 30 Author Administrator Share Posted January 30 Here is a link to round 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 7:02 PM, JollyComics said: I noticed that one too but I ignored it. That book was signed in 2009 and that certification number is not found. Weird. Another for the Swapped Files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:16 PM, jcjames said: Another for the Swapped Files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Speederman Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Racket Squad in Action #1: 5.0 — Was going to go with 5.5 but changed last minute. Iron Man #4: 8.5 — Surprised that's a 9.2... Comet #1: 7.0 — So close. HoS #90: 8.5 — Kept going back and forth between 9.0 and 8.5 but made the wrong choice. Adventure into Fear #10: 8.5 — 🎯 Total of 6 points. Could be worse. On to round 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 9:15 PM, CGC Mike said: Sorry guys, that was my fault. I usually add the CGC books to my folder after a few days, so I didn't notice the SS until it was too late. I should have checked for SS. I was told in the beginning of these contests that all books would be blue label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Other than the 22 slabbed books in my PC that I've had for almost 10 years now, I have personally handled exactly zero other slabbed books since before Covid. Edited January 30 by jcjames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cman429 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) 7 points. Only half grade off the first three but whiffed a full grade on the House & Man Thing. It looked way smaller to me. Edited January 30 by Cman429 Fixed score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 2 Bullseyes, 2 of them 1/2 off and 1 that I was a full grade off (Comet). Okay. There may be hope for me. musicmeta and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Burned on both those mid-grades. Ouch. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) I'm resigned to being near the bottom of the totem pole. Had Iron Man at 8.0, Racket Squad at 5.0 and HOS at 9.4. Well at least I had a bullseye on the Comet book for a total of 8 points. Edited January 30 by frozentundraguy ChrispyC66 and ADAMANTIUM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/30/2024 at 1:15 PM, CGC Mike said: Sorry guys, that was my fault. I usually add the CGC books to my folder after a few days, so I didn't notice the SS until it was too late. I should have checked for SS. I was told in the beginning of these contests that all books would be blue label. No problem Mike. I would still have got +1 on that one (instead of +2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC33 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 That comet book has massive spine wear on the back a large back corner crease and a sizable corner chunk missing. I have some Key 5.0's that literally look WAAAY better than that book assuming you grade the back cover and front cover defects the same! ARGH! Also that HOS has an upper left corner crease where the whole corner was bent back at one point that breaks the color that is fairly sizable, that 9.0 grade ignores that all together, so I had that book several grades lower. Seems like I have a few hundred books to resubmit for grading if these defects are going to slip by in those high of grades. Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Only 35c Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Wow. 2 bullseyes. 1x one off. 2x three off = 7 points. Edited January 30 by Still Only 35c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzemarvel Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 5:21 PM, universal soldier said: Me too! And I thought it was just magic marker doodles -- so I "earned" some points (multiple) for how far off I was. universal soldier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
