vaillant Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) Hello everyone, it has been quite a while since I last posted here in the "Spare a grade forum", so here I am. I have been sorting my small collection of Timeless Topix books, and came across a few duplicates. I had a batch that, while being really nice, had two small binder holes, so I wonder how they would grade either as a "Qualified" and not. Keep in mind that these were self-covered, so often the outer wraps (and overall page quality) end up pretty damaged. More or less they are all in the condition of this issue I am showing. Any advice/opinion is much appreciated. Edited January 24, 2019 by vaillant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Here’s another issue. Life of Cardinal Gibbons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Taking into account that it's a newsprint cover, besides the punch holes (No affect to the story), there are a few light stains, it looks as if it would grade a 6.0/6.5 green label, and a 4.0 ish blue. See what others think. Reference to punch holes here might be of some help.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 @Gnasher: Thank you! They are not stains – they’re part of the printed artwork. Consider that this particular batch (in average) as "clean" as the examples I posted. Given the self-covering, aside from the punch holes they are pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 11 minutes ago, vaillant said: @Gnasher: Thank you! They are not stains – they’re part of the printed artwork. Consider that this particular batch (in average) as "clean" as the examples I posted. Given the self-covering, aside from the punch holes they are pretty nice. I can see that now. The link to imgur wasn't working when I first looked, so was unable to enlarge. They do look great for their age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Gnasher said: I can see that now. The link to imgur wasn't working when I first looked, so was unable to enlarge. They do look great for their age. Yeah, probably because preserved within a binder. A pity for the holes, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 Some other evaluation? Please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
