peted76 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Hey all, long time lurker first time poster.. thank you in advance for having me here I picked this book up and it seems really nice, I'm loving the old FF books and have recently started building a collection. I have a few questions.. 1) it appears the inner print is visible on the front cover.. not as in I can see the ink but I can see faint indent lines in the bottom left and very slightly on the top right. 2) the colours are great on this book, the black and darker colours are almost too good, is that a sign of something being done to this book or just a book with really good colour? 3) the spine roll.. it looks like it 'should' be like that as the pages sorta line up pretty well, but the staples are clearly on the rear, is that usual? 4) I have not cleaned this book (yet) and am debating whether to do more than a light cotton wool ball, would an experienced cleaner be able to do much to this? I've tried to angle the images with the light to best show off the book and areas of note, I love this forum and I'd love your experience grading this and offering any tips? Thank you in advance. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars76 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 That's one good looking book. I have a few silver age books that have a nice rich color. Some of those books just had a good quality print. I dont think anything has been done to it imo. I wouldn't try to clean the front I would maybe do a light cleaning of the white areas on the back cover. All that being said I would grade it as an 8.0-8.5 just because it looks so much nicer than the 7.5's I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Nice, tight and flat. 7.5 - 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 14 hours ago, peted76 said: I have a few questions.. 1) it appears the inner print is visible on the front cover.. not as in I can see the ink but I can see faint indent lines in the bottom left and very slightly on the top right. 2) the colours are great on this book, the black and darker colours are almost too good, is that a sign of something being done to this book or just a book with really good colour? 3) the spine roll.. it looks like it 'should' be like that as the pages sorta line up pretty well, but the staples are clearly on the rear, is that usual? 4) I have not cleaned this book (yet) and am debating whether to do more than a light cotton wool ball, would an experienced cleaner be able to do much to this? I have some answers! Those are "MFG defects", so they're negligible when it comes to condition/grade. This was obviously taken care of really well, so I doubt it's been restored, but it's always possible. Yes, that's somewhat usual for older books. I doubt that cleaning this book will improve its appearance or condition. All of that being said, it's an 8.0 IMO. MPH1964 and Mars76 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peted76 Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Well a big thank you to you knowledge people, I’m very pleased with that indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 CGC 7.0-7.5 FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagekilz Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 7.5 - 8, really nice book. congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Teacher Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, 1950's war comics said: CGC 7.0-7.5 I'm with @1950's war comicson this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH1964 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 7.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
