How much does a water stain decrease grade?

[ArAich]

This book is in decent shape except for the stain on the bottom of the back cover. It does not affect the interior at all. Any idea how much the grade will be decreased by a stain such as this?

 

[murph0]

water stain? Is it all the way through the book to the front?

 

Brian

[ArAich]

Nope...it is only apparent on the back cover.

[murph0]

does it smell musty? It could create mold.

 

Brian

[Bugaboo-migration]

Comic sniffer ! !

[ArAich]

Smells fine to me...no musty odor at all.....

[Bugaboo-migration]

Dammit......another comic sniffer......it's like a friggin' plague ! !

[murph0]

I'd give it a F+ at best b/c it's easy to see the stain..maybe a F/VF.

 

Brian

[Bugaboo-migration]

Stain?.....Sniff?........are we talking about comics or underwear now?

[blowout]

No way CGC would give a book with that big a stain a F+.

I'd give it a VG+ at best assuming perfection other then the water.

[blowout]

There's no chance that YOU could be talking about comics.

Would be a first.

[murph0]

If that book was flawless outside of a small stain, it'd be much higher then VG+..have you seen the books at VG+?

 

Brian

[Bugaboo-migration]

I sent my underwear in to CGC once...........the pre-sniffers rejected them.

[murph0]

Now given that this book isn't flawless, you can already see it's a tanned some. I'll say VG/F based on the back cover alone.

 

Brian

[Bugaboo-migration]

You're supposed to be logged in as murph0 when you say something like that.

[blowout]

"If that book was flawless outside of a small stain, it'd be much higher then VG+..have you seen the books at VG+?"

 

Obviously you haven't.

One major defect can easily take an otherwise perfect book down to VG+, and that is by no means a 'small' stain.

[murph0]

It is, if it's only on the back cover like he stated. Here's a VG- that's beat up AND has a big stain on the back. Using your argument..if it just had the stain and was otherwise flawless it would be a VG+.. Cap 4

So all those flaws on the book only knock it down to VG-? Don't think so.

 

Brian

[ArAich]

Actually murph I 'm really curious as to how much a water stain like this would decrease the grade ie: would it drop a full grade, 1/2 grade or what?

[murph0]

Well you can't even get into the realm of F/VF, IMO.. and in the other guys opinion if you ahve a small stain and the book is otherwise flawless you can't have better then a VG+. So take it however you want..but it knocks it down a lot.

 

Brian

[blowout]

Cannot see a stain on that book anywhere near as obtrusive as the one on ariarch's book.

I stand by my grade, and if you want to pay Fine prices for books with water stains on the cover, then good luck to you.