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[Ducktape]

Hi everyone,

I know that stains are very bad for the grade of a book. Would you buy a book with a back cover with stains like this? 

Thank you!

Edited December 19, 2018 by DingoDog

[marvelmaniac]

Your question is very vague.

It all depends on what you are buying it for or planning on doing with it..

Investment, slab and flip, read and collect, etc.

I am a collector only, so that staining on the rear cover would not bother me in the least.

According to the grading standards "minor staining" is listed as a defect allowed up to FN 6.0 and not mentioned in any grades higher so the "assumption" would be that staining in any grade higher than a FN 6.0 would take a hit, how much of a hit???

All depends...

What book is this?

What other flaws/defects are present on the book that affect the "overall" grade.

 

[comicquant]

It really depends on the book but from the looks of it most of that would clean up with a dry clean (with the exception of the brown stain by the "new").   What would bother me more is that it seems to be miscut.

[gadzukes]

1 hour ago, comicquant said:

 from the looks of it most of that would clean up with a dry clean

+1

[Karl Liebl]

It looks like dirt and not true stains.  Here are examples of stains that cost me 2 grades recently...

 

[Ducktape]

3 hours ago, marvelmaniac said:

Your question is very vague.

It all depends on what you are buying it for or planning on doing with it..

 

Id like to get copies of books I like in the 7.0 and up range. (of course I would never collect true keys) Thanks

[marvelmaniac]

20 hours ago, DingoDog said:

Id like to get copies of books I like in the 7.0 and up range. (of course I would never collect true keys) Thanks

Without seeing the entire book nobody can make an assessment as to weather the book would fall into the FN/VF 7.0 range.