Batman 1

[jkrk]

How would the board grade this book?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2195650414&category=35751

 

Thanks

[Shield]

Good/Very Good 3.0

[CGCMINT]

About a GD+ (2.5).

 

John

 

[buttock]

I've gotta go G+. It's fairly solid, just not that pretty.

[Perry-migration]

Purely a 2.5

[Solar]

Looks pretty busted for a 3.5. I say 2.5.

[Aces]

CGC says 3.5!?

How could they be wrong?

 

I see this is the Golden-Age grading curve in effect here...

 

As a Silver-Age collector I would say Good to Good+(on a sunshiney day).

 

Big spine roll, staple detached at cover and at centerfold.

Tons of wear... Come on... VG- my ars!

 

 

If someone tried to sell me an FF 2 or FF 12 that looked like that and called it a VG- I'd be hard pressed not to laugh out loud.

[Rip]

I'll say 3.0 at best. But honestly I'd have to see the book.

I've never been a fan of CGC's grading with Golden Age keys.

[uluru]

3.0

[garthgantu]

CGC says 3.5!?

How could they be wrong?

 

I see this is the Golden-Age grading curve in effect here...

 

As a Silver-Age collector I would say Good to Good+(on a sunshiney day).

 

Big spine roll, staple detached at cover and at centerfold.

Tons of wear... Come on... VG- my ars!

 

 

If someone tried to sell me an FF 2 or FF 12 that looked like that and called it a VG- I'd be hard pressed not to laugh out loud.

 

Yeh, I'm with Aces (and many others, obviously) on this one...even with the "kinder, gentler" grading that CGC seems to apply to GA books - especially keys - this is nowhere near my idea of a VG- comic. I'd say G/G+ at best. Hell, if the cover and c-fold weren't "half-detached," I'd still give it a G+ or so... with those two significant defects, I'm thinking G is a pretty kind grade.

 

It would be fascinating to see a side-by-side comparison of 10 - 20 "VG- 3.5s" (or just about any other grade, for that matter) from various Ages... I'm sure they'd be all over the map in terms of appearance.

[supapimp]

i don't know, other than the defects you mentioned, there are no colour breaking creases on the cover or back cover.

[Warlord]

Good/Very Good 3.0

 

Ditto

[murph0]

I agree with John, looks like a G+.

 

Brian

[kimik]

That looks like just a plain old GD to me.

[uclapeterg]

3.0

[RushComics]

 

I'd say, 2.5. Mainly due to the extremely dirty cover and the general wear.

 

By the way, I've seen examples where CGC used "Golden-Age grading curve" on Silver Age books.

 

I once saw an auction for a "VF 8.0" Amazing Fantasy # 15 that had a crease that made me go *that's* a VF??

 

This was a few years ago, around that time I had sent a handful of comics to CGC.

I kept looking at it the picture with the big old corner crease, and then looking at my copy of X-Men # 95 that to my eye looked minty that they gave a VF- (I still don't know why)

[ablue]

How would the board grade this book?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2195650414&category=35751

 

Thanks

 

CGG (9.2)