MadGenius Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 If you saw these grader notes on a CGC 9.8, how would it make you feel about the grade? Personally, it makes me think this is a soft 9.8. Is that the wrong way to interpret this? Grader Notes very light wear breaks color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougC Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 regardless if warranted or not I always view grader notes on a 9.8 as suspicious and a book you should never crack out. I have the following notes on one of my 9.8s MAY1979 and RockMyAmadeus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lions Den Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I've seen numerous examples of 9.8 graded books having notes. I'm actually appreciative when CGC enters grading notes for books like this, because they're basically saying without this flaw it may have graded at a 9.9 or 10... This is Who We Are 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadGenius Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 On 3/15/2024 at 10:27 AM, The Lions Den said: I've seen numerous examples of 9.8 graded books having notes. I'm actually appreciative when CGC enters grading notes for books like this, because they're basically saying without this flaw it may have graded at a 9.9 or 10... That's the real question, isn't it? Are they saying the book was nearly a 9.9 but for that flaw or are they saying it's essentially a 9.7 (strong 9.6 / weak 9.8)? I look at it as the latter since grader notes on 9.8s are not the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Elf Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/15/2024 at 9:37 AM, MadGenius said: Are they saying the book was nearly a 9.9 but for that flaw or are they saying it's essentially a 9.7 (strong 9.6 / weak 9.8)? Likely both are true--without the flaw it could be a 9.9 but with the flaw it's a 9.8 (which I guess since you're inventing grades would be anything from a 9.7 to a 9.84). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpiokyle84 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 I just received a submission back in a 9.8 with these notes: Grader Notes: light spine stress lines to cover light wear all corners of cover moderate creasing to cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAY1979 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 (edited) On 6/18/2024 at 2:40 PM, scorpiokyle84 said: I just received a submission back in a 9.8 with these notes: Grader Notes: light spine stress lines to cover light wear all corners of cover moderate creasing to cover reads like a 9.6 Edited June 19 by MAR1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topnotchman Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 On 6/18/2024 at 1:40 PM, scorpiokyle84 said: I just received a submission back in a 9.8 with these notes: Grader Notes: light spine stress lines to cover light wear all corners of cover moderate creasing to cover I can help you evaluate this farther, can you provide a submission number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...