Corvonie Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Really been falling in love with some of these early X-Men covers. Looking for a grade on this copy of Dominus. Among other things, I’m wondering if the shadow on the top of the front cover is faint enough to not affect grade. Thanks! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Mark me down for an 8.0. I agree. I snagged a dozen or some lower/midgrade from the era 20-25 years ago out of clearance bins at NEC & I enjoy them even if they're not gradable. I did score a 7.5 on the X-Men 49 from the bunch, probably paying $10-15 for it in 2001/2002 dollars. Likely worth more now than I paid for all of them. Corvonie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverseeker Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 I'm torn between 8.0 and 8.5...guess it depends on how hard CGC hits the light dust shadow at the top right of the cover. Looks like your book has great page quality...very nice! Corvonie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 8.5 Corvonie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vheflin Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 7.0 oww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 it is a F/VF book The humble Watcher lurking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilo2 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Wow. You’ve got a beauty there! Only some very light tanning along the spine and slight blunting at the top left corner. But really, that’s being very picky. I’m going to say 8.5. Maybe even 9.0. Thanks for sharing. Corvonie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvonie Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 On 7/1/2024 at 8:39 PM, Nilo2 said: Wow. You’ve got a beauty there! Only some very light tanning along the spine and slight blunting at the top left corner. But really, that’s being very picky. I’m going to say 8.5. Maybe even 9.0. Thanks for sharing. this seems more in line with what I *think* I'm seeing, but I'm going to send it in. I may have gone a little far on the cleaning for the dust shadow and have traded it for "gloss loss" so who knows what that will do to the grade :-/ . Lesson is, like Francis Bacon said "At some point, I have to get the painting out of the studio or else I'll ruin it." I'll be sure to share results when they come in! Nilo2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 8.5 or 9.0 with the area to take good care of when handled being around the staples on these older high grade books. Gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac100 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Based on what the top & bottom left corners, and right bottom corner, look like and the scuffing/ticks on the spine that I see on pictures 2 & 4, I'm at a 7.5 (possible 8.0) for this book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 (edited) I'm thinking 7.5. The stuff I see in picture #2 will probably get hit more than the dust shadow I think. It presents great and the dust shadow doesn't even bother me at all. The upper left corner is not "soft" but is actually in "abraded" territory and that added to the the two teeny tears are what will get the graders talking about. I'd also like to see some consistency with CGC and see this notated as a Bondage Cover. Women in bondage get noted all the time but men? Edited July 6 by Kramerica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timfinz Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 8.5 IMHO What a gorgeous looking book! Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...