Grading Help? What am I missing here?

[conservativeone]

CGC says VF/NM 9.0??? Back cover is fine. conservo.

[Rickdogg]

Looks sharp to me. Are there any flaws that can bring the grade down on the inside?

[Guest]

all four corners have some blunting. that's about it.

[ArAich]

 

I think the brown edges brought the grade down....

[Rickdogg]

It sure is slightly discolored, but that sure sucks if it got knocked down that much

[ArAich]

 

I recently had a book that was pre-graded at 9.4 but was finalized at an 8.0...

The reason....discoloration on top of book caused by "heat"...

 

Check it out...

[Rickdogg]

Ouch!!!! That hurts

[conservativeone]

This was back in the old days when CGC posted grading notes and none are present. The edges are slightly darker but when you hold it in your hands they don't appear as drastic as sun shadows and the darkening is ever so slight. I have seen magnitudes worse on higher graded books. The four corners are faded out slightly by the scanner and the blunting is infinitesimal whan you view the book in person.

[Gorgo]

I have that same book in 8.0 that looks identical except mine has sharp corners but not as much richness in color (and gloss?). I'll post a cover scan when I get to scanning more books.

[Bugaboo-migration]

It's hard to tell with that light colored cover. Perhaps there is some spine stresses that cgc picked up that we aren't seeing???

[greggy]

Well, I guess officially CGC loves me because my copy came back 9.6 with OWW pages. However, it has been long sold (too cheaply) to clobberintime!

[sborock]

Our notes say:

creases top and left edge back cover does not break color

crease top edge cover DNBC

stress lines

[Rickdogg]

OUCH!

 

Nice pic steve

[Rickdogg]

No back cover flaws ehhh?

[sborock]

Thanks! That's my daughter, Rachel. She loves Spidey!

[Guest]

well there you have it. The dreaded non color breaking creases.

 

The only time I really get mad at ebay grading is when I look at a book and it appears the seller never took the book out of the bag. It doesn't happen too often, but when it does it drives me crazy. "Oh yeah, this is a VF/NM book with a five inch non color breaking crease on the front cover. Grrrr..."

[drbanner]

stress lines

 

Ahhh...yes, the "invisible" stress lines that don't show up on white cover books but are killers on black cover books. Is Spidey 28 really tougher in true high grade than Spidey 23, or do the spine stresses show more prominently on the 28, thusly making it "appear" in lower grade than a Spidey 23 with comparable spine stress? I say a 1/16" spine stress is a stress is a stress, and from the grade on this book, I guess CGC agrees!

[Bugaboo-migration]

uh huh........what did I just say in my post before Steve came in to comment?

 

[Illiterati-migration]

uh huh........what did I just say in my post before Steve came in to comment?

 

I don't know... do you just skim past your posts too??

[Bugaboo-migration]

well......yeah......but that's just 'cause they aren't worth reading.......but that doesn't mean that you guy's should too.