NM/9.0???

highradart · **Joined:** Mar 02, 2010 9:54 PM **Posts:** 851

How is this a NM/9.0 book? Scuff marks from printing left and right cover?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Iron-Man-1-1968-MARVEL-NEAR-MINT-9-0-NM-ORIGIN-/220658660399?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

macathro · **Posted:** Aug 26, 2010 8:34 PM

highradart wrote:

How is this a NM/9.0 book? Scuff marks from printing left and right cover?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Iron-Man-1-1968-MARVEL-NEAR-MINT-9-0-NM-ORIGIN-/220658660399?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

I don't see it at all! My rough guess would be around a 5.5 or so. That is quite a bit of scuffing and the crease at the top is pretty noticable. I just don't think that much scuffing is really allowed on higher grades. :2cents:

Mr. Zipper · **Joined:** Apr 25, 2007 2:21 AM **Posts:** 6017

Between the color rub and the crescent crease at the top, I'd say 6.0 at very best. Maybe lower as Mike C suggested.

Mr. Zipper · **Joined:** Apr 25, 2007 2:21 AM **Posts:** 6017

I wonder if it was at the top of a bundle and the string rubbing caused that color loss.

macathro · **Posted:** Aug 26, 2010 8:57 PM

Mr. Zipper wrote:

I wonder if it was at the top of a bundle and the string rubbing caused that color loss.

I didn't think about that. It looks like something like that happened. There is alot less rubbing on the right-hand side so it could be that it wasn't as secure and the left-hand side was able to move more. :dunno:

whisp · **Joined:** Aug 09, 2010 8:30 AM **Posts:** 152

I thought 9.0 was very fine / near mint.

macathro · **Posted:** Aug 27, 2010 5:08 AM

whisp wrote:

I thought 9.0 was very fine / near mint.

It is. That is why we are questioning the grading on this book. It doesn't appear to be a VF/NM copy but the seller is advertising it as such.

Monkeyman · **Joined:** Apr 25, 2007 2:21 AM **Posts:** 3512

I thought Fine range as well, although at $250 it is being priced like a F/VF. I never understood why this common, late 60s book was priced so high?????

Mike

Mr. Zipper · **Joined:** Apr 25, 2007 2:21 AM **Posts:** 6017

Monkeyman wrote:

I thought Fine range as well, although at $250 it is being priced like a F/VF. I never understood why this common, late 60s book was priced so high?????

Mike

This seems to be one of the few books that got a movie bump that really retained much of the bump.

I sold my undercopy (around 6.0 if I recall correctly) for over $300 prior to the movie. :yipeeeee:

highradart · **Joined:** Mar 02, 2010 9:54 PM **Posts:** 851

Currently at $410. Someone's NOT going to be happy when they get the book and actually take a good look at it. Last time I looked Quality had this book at <$500 for an 8.5 (starting bid - not sure what the BIN was).

Cimm · **Joined:** Mar 30, 2009 11:41 AM **Posts:** 1990

People are blind. It is at 565.55 as of this writing, and that is just RID-donk-ULOUS! My grade would be a 5.5, absolute MAX!

Boozad · **Posted:** Aug 29, 2010 12:07 PM

I haven't been bothered to even look at the listing, is the photo as good quality in the listing? I think people are blind bidding, seeing the title and grade and not looking any further.

Mr. Zipper · **Joined:** Apr 25, 2007 2:21 AM **Posts:** 6017

Cimm wrote:

People are blind. It is at 565.55 as of this writing, and that is just RID-donk-ULOUS! My grade would be a 5.5, absolute MAX!

In the listing the seller states:

-Scuff marks from printing on the left & right side of the cover
(They are from printing because they have gloss coated over them)

Whatever happened to eye appeal? It seems like in the CGC era of grading, as long as something is "production related," the ugliness is supposed to be disregarded -- no matter how fugly.

Even so, without the scuff marks, the crescent crease and other wear puts it no better than 6.5/7.0 IMO.

highradart · **Joined:** Mar 02, 2010 9:54 PM **Posts:** 851

Wow...$641 for this book. I knew I should have kept that one I had graded on here with the ugly crease (it looked better than this book).

Monkeyman · **Joined:** Apr 25, 2007 2:21 AM **Posts:** 3512

highradart wrote:

Wow...$641 for this book. I knew I should have kept that one I had graded on here with the ugly crease (it looked better than this book).

Even if you had kept it, you would have to misrepresent it when selling to get this kind of price.

Mike

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