FORUM PRE-SCREEN: 9.8?

[THE_BEYONDER]

Thinking about trying my hand at a 9.8 pre-screen. Save me the $3....and help me weed out the rejects.

 

Candidate #1:

 

[Stout1a]

IMHO this book falls a wee tiny bit shy of the coveted 9.8 I see one spine tick at the upper staple. Plus the back cover LRC looks a tiny bit off as well. It is a solid a 9.6 though. A very nice book....

[KingOfRulers]

I see the little tick too. I don't think its bad enough to pull it out of 9.8 though.

[Stout1a]

KingOfRulers. Id agree the one tiny spine tick wouldnt drop it out of a 9.8 What does IMHO is the back covers lower right corner. Its very hard too tell. But it looks a tiny bit off. It's very hard to tell from the scan. It is black all the way down. Then right at the very bottom it is white. If that mark is there, it would IMHO take it out of a 9.8 If it isnt, it has a very good shot of hitting 9.8

[THE_BEYONDER]

1 "yes"

1 "no"

 

Thanks for your input guys. I think this could be a fun exercise, and possibly help us to better understand the 'criteria' for a CGC 9.8

[THE_BEYONDER]

KingOfRulers. Id agree the one tiny spine tick wouldnt drop it out of a 9.8 What does IMHO is the back covers lower right corner. Its very hard too tell. But it looks a tiny bit off. It's very hard to tell from the scan. It is black all the way down. Then right at the very bottom it is white. If that mark is there, it would IMHO take it out of a 9.8 If it isnt, it has a very good shot of hitting 9.8

 

I'm pretty sure what you're looking at is 'factory', and I don't think CGC will make a deduction for it.

[mar-vell]

make that 2 nays

looks 9.6 to me

[CJ]

I will go 9.8

Looks awsome. I see the "tick" below the staple but still a 9.8 imho

[THE_BEYONDER]

Candidate #2:

 

All I see is a single "tick" about mid spine

 

[KingOfRulers]

Not a certain 9.8, but certainly a candidate.

[Point Five]

It's fun to guess, but IMO the difference between a 9.6 and a 9.8 is near-imaginary. I don't think we can tell on which side of the fence a book will fall, particularly since there may be minute imperfections in the gloss that don't show up in scans. Both books are breathtakingly sharp, and I could make the case either way...both look virtually perfect to me and could easily score 9.8s, or I could nitpick tiny flaws in the corners & spines and argue that they're 9.6s. I would "guess" both books are well worth the prescreen (after all, is a 9.6 "bad"?), particularly the #54 where the corners look especially crisp. Just my two cents!

[Kermit the frog]

 

B

I think the 54 can have some pretty good chances to a 9.8, the 51 i'm way less confident about it...still a very nice one!

 

regards

[B-Smooth]

I deal with 9.6s and 9.8s all the time from this era. Theyre both 9.6s

[ronm3-migration]

I have about 150 9.8's sitting right here and I will say you have as good of a shot at a 9.8 as you do at the 9.6. 50/50. i can show you about 50 9.4's that could have been graded 9.6's. I really dont know what the they are doing down there but I would take the shot on the 9.8 as it looks good enough to pass for a 9.8 to me.

Your corners look sharp all that is left is to hold it on an angle in the light right in front of the light source and take a good look at the spine. On that cover the spine problems will show immediately.

[ronm3-migration]

Peter Parker 51 is a 9.6.

[weaponx]

Book 1: 9.6

Book 2: 9.8

[THE_BEYONDER]

....all that is left is to hold it on an angle in the light right in front of the light source and take a good look at the spine. On that cover the spine problems will show immediately.

 

Obviously I've done this prior to selecting it as a candidate. Nothing there.

[inconceivable]

Philisophical question: If you think the book has a shot, isn't it worth the $3 to see?

 

Anything said based on the scans should not disuade you since you have the books in hand. The books do look like NM/M 9.8 candidates to me for what it is worth. Good luck.

 

Dan

[THE_BEYONDER]

Philisophical question: If you think the book has a shot, isn't it worth the $3 to see?

 

Anything said based on the scans should not disuade you since you have the books in hand. The books do look like NM/M 9.8 candidates to me for what it is worth. Good luck.

 

Dan

 

I was only kidding about the $3. I've done a few 9.6 pre-screens before....and got back a bunch of 9.8s

 

I did a 50 book submission once, and would have saved myself a ton of money if I pre-screened at 9.8 instead.

[THE_BEYONDER]

Candidate #3