Readcomix Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Inside cover tanning and dust shadow on bc are throwing me a bit, making me indecisive. Thanks in advance for the inputs! Galen130 and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeSauce Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Looks like a 2.0 - 2.5 to me Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPPJames Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Yea the tanning and dust shadow throws me as well. I maybe minimizing how much of a deduction that would be, but I going with 5.0 Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 5.5 Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassman10 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 5.0 Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 5.0 range. Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 13 hours ago, Deadpoolica said: 5.5 agreed on 5.5 Readcomix and Deadpoolica 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Design Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 5.0 Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lions Den Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) If sending this to CGC, I would advise putting a sticker on the bag which alerts the recipients to the slightly brittle nature of the cover. And 5.0 or 5.5 is usually the range for a book like this... Edited December 4, 2020 by The Lions Den Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 Thank you everyone; looks like the caucus is coalescing around the 5 range. I appreciate the help; I was hemming and hawing around the cover-tanning issues, but the pages and front present very nicely. This helpful/reinforcing that I wasn’t too generous in my grade-thinking. @The Lions Den thank you re: note too, but no intentions to slab it. Still, good general advice for slabbing in similiar situations. The Lions Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 3 hours ago, The Lions Den said: If sending this to CGC, I would advise putting a sticker on the bag which alerts the recipients to the slightly brittle nature of the cover. And 5.0 or 5.5 is usually the range for a book like this... And it depends on just *how* brittle the graders perceive it to be. IMO, the 5.0 to 5.5 estimates most accurately reflect the overall appearance of the book, but if in hand, the paper leans more towards brittle than not, it could grade much lower. The Lions Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 5.0 Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 G/VG condition Readcomix and FoggyNelson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 5 hours ago, 1950's war comics said: G/VG condition Might very well be. The technical grade could drop considerably from the "eye appeal" grade of 5.0/5.5 if the pages make that brittle point of no return in the opinion of the graders. Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 10 minutes ago, James J Johnson said: Might very well be. The technical grade could drop considerably from the "eye appeal" grade of 5.0/5.5 if the pages make that brittle point of no return in the opinion of the graders. Thanks; paper is supple mostly, just that top edge is a bit chippy. Book can be read easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Readcomix said: Thanks; paper is supple mostly, just that top edge is a bit chippy. Book can be read easily. Then that tips the scale in your favor. A sure path to 2.0 is submitting what looks to be a midgrade book and the spine starts to crack, split, and separate when even gently handled. If there's no hint of structural weakness like that due to brittling, then I've got 5.5 on this. Edited December 5, 2020 by James J Johnson Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Structurally solid VGF (5.0) Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
