Do census numbers constitute value? 1 1

[seanfingh]

And there are scads of modern comics where the number of 9.6s is a fraction of the number of 9.8s. The better grade always outperforms except, presumably in Bizarro World. Me am sure of that.

[Qalyar]

34 minutes ago, seanfingh said:

And there are scads of modern comics where the number of 9.6s is a fraction of the number of 9.8s. The better grade always outperforms except, presumably in Bizarro World. Me am sure of that.

There are times when a specific comic in a lower grade will outperform its better, but that's not going to happen with 9.6/9.8s, nor is it ever because of census populations. Especially in the mid-grades, and especially on older books, there are times when the eye-appeal of a comic might not closely track the technical grade (because some visually minimal faults hit grade harder than something technically minor but cover-impacting). For a lot of comics, the value in the 5.0-7.0ish range is pretty flat, and so eye appeal on the individual book level can sometimes lead to counterintuitive sales results.

But that is never -- never -- because the lower grade book is "rarer".

It will also never happen at the 9.6/9.8 level because faults of those types don't really come into play at those grades... and because the 9.8 premium generally trumps other concerns.

Edited March 1, 2021 by Qalyar

[seanfingh]

42 minutes ago, Qalyar said:

There are times when a specific comic in a lower grade will outperform its better, but that's not going to happen with 9.6/9.8s, nor is it ever because of census populations. Especially in the mid-grades, and especially on older books, there are times when the eye-appeal of a comic might not closely track the technical grade (because some visually minimal faults hit grade harder than something technically minor but cover-impacting). For a lot of comics, the value in the 5.0-7.0ish range is pretty flat, and so eye appeal on the individual book level can sometimes lead to counterintuitive sales results.

But that is never -- never -- because the lower grade book is "rarer".

It will also never happen at the 9.6/9.8 level because faults of those types don't really come into play at those grades... and because the 9.8 premium generally trumps other concerns.

Yes. I could see a great eye appeal 5.5 out perform a 6.5 on a GA book for sure. But none of that has direct correlation to the census. Valid hypothetical, though.

[jug12x]

Nope, higher the better grade. Think about 1000 of 8.5 and 20 that 8's. If you have an 8, it means there a 1000 more better than yours. Your book is less than the average.