GRADING CONTEST : Round 7

[comicdonna]

[nik]

Round 7 is thankfully closed. Probably one of the toughest rounds.

 

 

Here are the results:

 

6 people guessed this as the PLOD, once again all 6 are wrong.

 

The grades:

 

6.5 - 1

 

7.0 - 2

 

7.5 - 4

 

8.0 - 13

 

8.5 - 17

 

9.0 - 24

 

9.2 - 22

 

9.4 - 8

 

9.6 - 3

 

 

CGC says

 

[shiverbones]

off by one again!!!!

[Karma23]

[Sal]

 

 

this is the worst i have ever done in any grading contest, ever. jeebus. makes me feel like quitting the hobby

[october]

 

I was debating between 7.0 and 7.5, then went with 8.0 because "it looked too nice". Damn.

[toro]

Wow, that looks better then the 9.0 that I just bought! So that is why I said 9.0! Oh well another bog goose egg for me!!

[sterlingcomics]

Wow...I thought I was going too tough for 8.5. This is a darn nice looking 7.0 compared to that TEC book. Wow.

[Dad&Son-migration]

To the 33 people that guessed 9.2 and up.. call me.. I have some NM- books for you

[sckao]

What were the major reasons for the 7.0 grade? (Now that this round is over.)

[october]

What were the major reasons for the 7.0 grade? (Now that this round is over.)

 

Back cover stains for one...

[the_Greatest]

 

 

Come on. How can it be evident that book is a 7 from looking at the scans?

Jeez. I said 8.5 thinking maybe it's an 8.

 

Too tough.

[sckao]

What were the major reasons for the 7.0 grade? (Now that this round is over.)

 

Back cover stains for one...

 

I've seen 9.0 books and higher with the dust shadows... What else?

[nik]

Diagonal crease from right edge to bottom edge just below Angels feet kills this book

[october]

What were the major reasons for the 7.0 grade? (Now that this round is over.)

 

Back cover stains for one...

 

I've seen 9.0 books and higher with the dust shadows... What else?

 

I said stains, not dust shadows.

 

Circular stain on left edge of back cover and one in the text.

[Silvers24]

[Karma23]

Diagonal crease from right edge to bottom edge just below Angels feet kills this book

Man, I can't even see the crease and didn't even consider the stain...some grader

[sckao]

Diagonal crease from right edge to bottom edge just below Angels feet kills this book

Man, I can't even see the crease and didn't even consider the stain...some grader

 

Yep. I can't even see the crease... (and didn't). Oh well. (That certainly explains it better than the minor stains on the back I think...)

 

[october]

Diagonal crease from right edge to bottom edge just below Angels feet kills this book

Man, I can't even see the crease and didn't even consider the stain...some grader

 

Yep. I can't even see the crease... (and didn't). Oh well. (That certainly explains it better than the minor stains on the back I think...)

 

 

CGC hammers the hell out of stains. Those two stains alone were enough to drop it to 8.5.

[Karma23]

that's the good thing about all this...it helps me to know what to look for and how hard the graders come down on certain defects