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DR
Collector in Training
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- Posted: August 27, 2015 4:17:21 pm
- Need your expertise grading skills on this one.
TIA
Last edited November 22, 2015 11:34:10 am
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DR
Collector in Training
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- Posted: August 31, 2015 3:53:41 pm
- "Grade my comic... please". I have a buyer and could really use someone else's opinion on this one.
Last edited August 31, 2015 3:55:00 pm
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L0ngB0x
Grasshopper
lifetime member Location: NJ
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- Posted: August 31, 2015 7:34:19 pm
- 6.5 and here is my explanation.....I do believe it's higher than mid grade and where with the spine and scuffing I see on the front and back I would normally pit this at a vf. And not anywhere near mint but this is not my biggest concern.....the page quality is and what I do see is maybe some cream to tanning on the inside pages and this would bring my opinion of a very fine down a little more towards a 6 but I think it has a lot of good things going for it like no rips or tears and no lots and color lifts and no greater than 5mm creases and whatnot ...no major stains that I can see no bigger problem and those staples look far from shiny
but the page quality would bring an otherwise ten down to a 9.4 or 9.2 so I'm thinking my first impression of a very fine might lean a little more towards a fine or fine plus So my guess would be a 6.5
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Tenzil
Wise Beyond the Years
Location: Vancouver
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- Posted: September 1, 2015 2:49:41 am
- I'm not claiming to be an expert by any means but it is in quite good shape and personally I would estimate at least a 7.5 and possibly a little bit higher. The corners are in pretty good shape, the cover looks very good, the spine quite solid. It is mainly the staples and the page color that brings it down.
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Canuck
I have no life
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L0ngB0x
Grasshopper
lifetime member Location: NJ
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- Posted: September 1, 2015 12:22:35 pm
- This bronze age book is neither aged nor is it rare.....it would be graded just like coppers and moderns whatever you'd like to call it. But if it was a golden age book I think they would grade it on a curve and I don't think that's a hidden truth
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HoosierBuddy
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- Posted: September 3, 2015 12:57:00 am
- I would have probably given this a 7 FN/VF.
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DR
Collector in Training
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L0ngB0x
Grasshopper
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- Posted: September 4, 2015 8:00:55 pm
- Yeah the more I think about it the more I think I am wrong and maybe it's lower than fine and maybe more towards mid grade or vg especially when I look at the back cover.....there are some good 7.5 and 8.0 and vf books on eBay for less than what cbr has it listed at now even graded than have some pure white looking back covers and even pages but yeah idk I am not a company.
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Tenzil
Wise Beyond the Years
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- Posted: September 5, 2015 3:28:59 am
- I don't have time to look at both of them tonight so I will limit my comments to #115. What a great looking comic! Assuming there are no major flaws we can't see I think it could possibly grade as high as 9.4. Certainly no lower than 9.0 imho.
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