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CGC 6.0 s, why so many?
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I have noticed recently that there are more 6.0s graded now than there were six months ago. That seems to be a trend that has been going on since CGC came into existence. The only conclusion to be drawn from this is that many books are being "pressed" to 6.0.

Lots of newly minted 6.0s these days.

 

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16 minutes ago, MrBedrock said:

I have noticed recently that there are more 6.0s graded now than there were six months ago. That seems to be a trend that has been going on since CGC came into existence. The only conclusion to be drawn from this is that many books are being "pressed" to 6.0.

Lots of newly minted 6.0s these days.

 

No Richard - it's because everything is just fine!

Heeyuck! lol

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11 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

From what I've seen of newly graded books, 6.0 is the new 4.0 to 8.0....., 

regression to the mean

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5 hours ago, MrBedrock said:

I have noticed recently that there are more 6.0s graded now than there were six months ago. That seems to be a trend that has been going on since CGC came into existence. The only conclusion to be drawn from this is that many books are being "pressed" to 6.0.

Lots of newly minted 6.0s these days.

 

Love your snarky humor Mr B lol

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1 hour ago, kav said:

6.0 makes sense-lower grades might not be worth slabbing and higher grades are rarer.  

As the prices inch up on high grade, the relative value of the lesser condition books will start to reach the submission threshold; the value of the book making the cost of submission sensible.

Also, why are so few men 6.8" compared to how many are 5'8" to 5'9" (average height for an adult male in America on the chart I just saw)?  6.0 is a middle grade. The 13/14th rung of our 26 rung grading scale. Stands to reason that there should eventually be more books graded 6.0 than anything else.

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1 hour ago, James J Johnson said:

As the prices inch up on high grade, the relative value of the lesser condition books will start to reach the submission threshold; the value of the book making the cost of submission sensible.

Also, why are so few men 6.8" compared to how many are 5'8" to 5'9" (average height for an adult male in America on the chart I just saw)?  6.0 is a middle grade. The 13/14th rung of our 26 rung grading scale. Stands to reason that there should eventually be more books graded 6.0 than anything else.

All good questions!

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13 hours ago, MrBedrock said:

I have noticed recently that there are more 6.0s graded now than there were six months ago. That seems to be a trend that has been going on since CGC came into existence. The only conclusion to be drawn from this is that many books are being "pressed" to 6.0.

Lots of newly minted 6.0s these days.

 

Or a lot of 8.0's are being home pressed into 6.0, just a thought. :)

 

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It's the natural high point in the Bell Curve for grades and submissions.  There are likely several reasons for this.  Some have already been said but look at any individual books (mostly SA/BA/CA) where there is a spread of grades from 05 to 9.8 you'll tend to see this.  Moderns and GA may not reflect this as much for those books having a majority of the grades being on opposite ends of the grading scale.  Many GA books only exist from 0.5 to 8.0 which may push the peak of the curve further down to the left at the 4.0 and 5.0s.  Whereas the moderns tend to have more quantity in higher grades pushing the curve more to the right in the 7.0 and 8.0s.

Why this curve is becoming more pronounced in the 6.0 grade from previous years may be due to certain factors:

1. growth/saturation of comics being subbed by newer submitters who are not quite savvy at grading where a 6.0 looks like a 9.0 to them and not using the pre-screen option.

2. Value of mid-grades becoming worthy of submission due to the rising prices of higher grades

3. Growth of resubs/newsubs due to pressing from lower grades

4. Long held collections in mid-grade being prepped for sale by owners looking to cash out

5. Lots of otherwise VF/NM books being subbed with rusty staples, detatched centerfold on 1 staple, stains, minor spine split, or other single major defects that drop an otherwise VF/NM book down to a FINE.

6. restoration removal subs dropping an 8.0 PLOD to a 6.0 Universal

7. bunch of previously autographed books prior to CGC's signature series being submitted and requesting the Universal label instead of the Qualified label.

On the lighter side of things it could also be:

8. CGC hired a guy with meat hooks for hands to handle the submissions rendering otherwise 9.x books to 6.0 after a few punctures and drops

9. USPS deliveries of submissions to CGC have been frequently run over by the delivery trucks.

10. CGC is using a new automated grading machine that rips the comic out of the bag to speed up the grading processes.

11. CGC has tightened up their grading standards assigning a 6.0 to anything that isn't a 9.8 and hoping to encourage resubs.

 

 

 

 

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