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Callaway29

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Need some help with this one guys. Want to make sure I'm being honest with myself... Please let me know what you think of grade, pre/post press. Sorry front cover only...

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To help draw your eye, what I see is:

- Multiple spine ticks, extent of color breaking is tough to say

- Top left, blue section, above Namor's head but left of his right arm. Couple spots. Also a couple black smudges on the A & 2nd R in "MARINER". Also a brown spot in-between the R & I of "MARINER". Could all be production, or maybe not...?

- Top edge curled over, can be mostly pressed out. This goes for the top right corner as well.

- Near top right quadrant, fleck of blue. Just a production thing, or pen? I highly suspect it's nothing of concern, but...

- Bottom right corner. Itsy bitsy piece of front cover folded forward. Press would improve, but probably not make disappear.

- Blunted bottom left corner

 

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Callaway29

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4 minutes ago, silversufer27 said:

what did you give it?

As it sits about the same as twopiece honestly, but like I said...I thought I was being a little OCD which is why I came here. After press/clean 8.0/8.5...9.0 if I got lucky. Notice I didn't say PGM. A dealer is offering this as a NM- (9.2)...

3 minutes ago, TwoPiece said:

You and @ADAMANTIUM can cry about my harsh grading together.

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Side thought. A lot of people boast about being a harsh grader. I'd rather be accurate vs harsh. That should be the goal...

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theCapraAegagrus

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Just now, Callaway29 said:

Side thought. A lot of people boast about being a harsh grader. I'd rather be accurate vs harsh. That should be the goal...

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:pullhair:

I don't consider myself a "harsh" grader, but he begged me to stop giving him 3.0-3.5s. lol

I'm not mature enough in grading to consider my opinions "accurate". :sorry:

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Kromak

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Before reading your description.... 8.5 or 9.0. After reading your description, 7.5-8.0. I cannot really see most of the issues that you listed, the photo is not good enough unfortunately.

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The Lions Den

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The top edge is very typical for Silver Age Marvels. The rest of the flaws look pretty minor to me. If there are no hidden flaws, an 8.5 - 9.0 certainly seems possible here. I'd have it pressed to make it as good as it can be...

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