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7th Annual Green Eggs Grading Contest Round 5
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kav

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2 minutes ago, thirdgreenham said:

I actually bought this book as a 9.0.  Well, the seller priced it as a 9.2, I figured it'd grade out at a 9.0 and I'd still be able to make something off of it.  

I took it out of the bag to inspect it, but didn't open the book very far.  Didn't need to as it was so sharp.  Yeah, the paper quality wasn't anything to like, but the book was sharp from every angle.

Subbed it as soon as I got back to my shop.  I was 'floored' to see it was a 2.0. lol Then I saw Brittle Pages and multiple pages split and detached.  :facepalm:  Makes me wish I opened that book a tad bit further and discovered the massive defects.

Anyway, I thought this would be a wild book to include in the contest.  I mean, how do you grade this flaw?  RMA was right, it's a flaw that is right up there with INCOMPLETE, but not quite as bad as a 0.5.  So, a book that presents like a 9.0 with this flaw, loses 7 full grades.  Wow! Interesting, right? 

I cant even imagine not doing a page count-especially for a high dollar book!!!  I do them for $5 low grade strange adventures!!!!!!

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5 minutes ago, thirdgreenham said:

I actually bought this book as a 9.0.  Well, the seller priced it as a 9.2, I figured it'd grade out at a 9.0 and I'd still be able to make something off of it.  

I took it out of the bag to inspect it, but didn't open the book very far.  Didn't need to as it was so sharp.  Yeah, the paper quality wasn't anything to like, but the book was sharp from every angle.

Subbed it as soon as I got back to my shop.  I was 'floored' to see it was a 2.0. lol Then I saw Brittle Pages and multiple pages split and detached.  :facepalm:  Makes me wish I opened that book a tad bit further and discovered the massive defects.

Anyway, I thought this would be a wild book to include in the contest.  I mean, how do you grade this flaw?  RMA was right, it's a flaw that is right up there with INCOMPLETE, but not quite as bad as a 0.5.  So, a book that presents like a 9.0 with this flaw, loses 7 full grades.  Wow! Interesting, right? 

Done it myself- Paid $550 for a VERY NICE looking Batman 251, so nice in fact, I didn't want my big fat fingers to screw it up by flipping through it. Then on top of that, I spent $70 getting it signed by Neal Adams and Denny O'Neil and another $30 to grade it, only for it to come back with a Green Label, Missing Page 14, Affects Story, INCOMPLETE. Hulk was angry that day.

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2 minutes ago, Magickyak said:

Done it myself- Paid $550 for a VERY NICE looking Batman 251, so nice in face, I didn't want my big fat fingers to screw it up by flipping through it. Then on top of that, I spent $70 getting it signed by Neal Adams and Denny O'Neil and another $30 to grade it, only for it to come back with a Green Label, Missing Page 14, Affects Story, INCOMPLETE. Hulk was angry that day.

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3 minutes ago, Magickyak said:

Done it myself- Paid $550 for a VERY NICE looking Batman 251, so nice in fact, I didn't want my big fat fingers to screw it up by flipping through it. Then on top of that, I spent $70 getting it signed by Neal Adams and Denny O'Neil and another $30 to grade it, only for it to come back with a Green Label, Missing Page 14, Affects Story, INCOMPLETE. Hulk was angry that day.

why is that book so pricey anyway??  So its got a kneel atoms cover so what.  I can get kneel atoms covers all day long for like $2

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7 minutes ago, kav said:

why is that book so pricey anyway??  So its got a kneel atoms cover so what.  I can get kneel atoms covers all day long for like $2

Couldn't tell ya. I just bought it thinking it would be an easy flip for a profit. Thankfully I'm not that stupid all the time and my successes still outweigh my massive failures.

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1 minute ago, Wolverinex said:

Damn, I thought the highest a brittle pages could go is 1.8...

 

Anyway, i again blew it this round.  1.5 and 7.5.  Only 1 bullseye again... 

Brittle can go up to 5.0.  What got me was the inside pages, I went 4.0.  I knew about the pages but didn't think it would hammer it THAT much.

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3 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

Damn, I thought the highest a brittle pages could go is 1.8...

 

Anyway, i again blew it this round.  1.5 and 7.5.  Only 1 bullseye again... 

You are still Top 20, my friend!

WUDY!!!!!

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1 minute ago, Crops068 said:

Brittle can go up to 5.0.  What got me was the inside pages, I went 4.0.  I knew about the pages but didn't think it would hammer it THAT much.

It hammered it that much.

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