Grade my Avengers 58

[jbud73]

[Tomega]

9.0-9.2 range. Hard to tell what the spine truly looks like and those stains on the back hurt.

Tomega

[supapimp]

FN 6.0 due to back cover staining, my X-Men 94 looked NM- but due to "stuff" on the back cover, CGC graded it FN/VF 7.0.

[jbud73]

Ya the back cover spots hurt, and its always hard to tell a spine on a white book, but this puppy is tight and straight with great gloss and super sharp corners except for the top left which is slight scuff you can see from the scan. The only defects I can see are the back stain spots which are small and the date stamp. However, if it comes back a 6.0 Ill sell it on Ebay for a $0.01 and never submit one again.

[ninanina]

FN 6.0 due to back cover staining, my X-Men 94 looked NM- but due to "stuff" on the back cover, CGC graded it FN/VF 7.0.

 

Seems a bit unfair.

[supapimp]

that's what the CGC grader told me the notes were, "stuff"...how silly, steve if your reading this, im resubmitting for a CGC NM- 9.2!

[jbud73]

Well thanks for the heads up on the stains, I was like wow when i saw it, then i took it out of the bag, nice pages OW/W great spine and corners, then I turned it around. 3 little spots.

[sfilosa]

The staining will definitely hurt the grade. Probably not worth submitting.

 

Also, you cropped the bottom of the book, so its hard to tell if there is any bump at the bottom of the spine.

[jonnydouble]

Have to agree with everyone else.....I learned the hard way that small stains on a back cover can turn a 9.0 into a 7.0

 

J.D.

[ninanina]

Buy if they are now going to grade to overstreet standards?

[jjreason-migration]

Couple of comments - best SA Avengers cover, looks really great from the front, the date stamp has about the worst possible date I can think of - not that it affects the grade, just unfortunate. I'd be more worried if I could "feel" the spots, ie if they're from slopped coffee or pop, whatever. If it's just brown with no texture they shouldn't drag it down into the 7's in my opinion - which unfortunately don't count for [!@#%^&^]. Nice looking book.

[garthgantu]

Overall very nice, though a fair amount of "stuff" going on both front and back...okay, to clarify, the sheen of dirt, especially along the spine on the front, as well as throughout the back cover.

 

This seems like a solid candidate for the old Wonder Bread cleaning trick - which I've tried with pretty positive results.

 

The small stains on back shouldn't drop it more than 1/2 grade, IMHO... they're small, they're on the back, and they don't look 'raised' - i.e., like something that's sitting on the surface of the paper. Nor do they look like they've bled through the cover...

 

But with all the dirt, I'd guess 6.0 to 7.0 ...CGC's getting harsher on these late SA books...