How does CGC grade against interior page manufacturing errors? 1 1

[Nilo2]

Hi all,

Wondoring what CGC’s grading standards are for books with manufacturing tears to the interior pages. Specifically, I have several books with small pin holes and tears at the bottom of interior pages. It looks like the paper was damaged while being sorted through a feeder. I’ve attached an image of a book with similar damage that I found on the web. Any thoughts on how these types of defects grade out? Can books with these defects still achieve a 9.4 to 9.8 grade range?

 

Thanks

[Jennifer F.]

Good afternoon,

Thanks for your message.  We can't really advise on how a particular defect might affect the overall grade. There are many factors that would go into the grade and we would have to look at the condition of the book as a whole before we could make any determinations.  Certainly, it will have some effect on the grade but we couldn't say how much without examining it.

Thanks!

[steveinthecity]

19 hours ago, Nilo2 said:

Hi all,

Wondoring what CGC’s grading standards are for books with manufacturing tears to the interior pages. Specifically, I have several books with small pin holes and tears at the bottom of interior pages. It looks like the paper was damaged while being sorted through a feeder. I’ve attached an image of a book with similar damage that I found on the web. Any thoughts on how these types of defects grade out? Can books with these defects still achieve a 9.4 to 9.8 grade range?

 

Thanks

Of course the entirety of a books condition requires consideration when assigning a grade, but these “gripper holes” or perforation tears alone shouldn’t preclude a book from the 9.4 to 9.8 range.