Discuss comic grading and how to evaluate books
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bigelk Posts: 4
2/11/2016
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HI, I am very new to comics but I have received some golden age comics from my grandma. These are my very first comics and I can't find anywhere if my Canadian Edition is worth the same and the American. Any help would be appreciated. And would I be able to post a picture somewhere to see the estimated grading. I don't know much about grading besides the few things I have read online but they seem to be a 8 or 9 at least. Thanks, Brandon
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bigelk Posts: 4
2/11/2016
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Thank you the other day I did use the site and set them at 8 for a grading although I don't know the actual grading. And found out that they are worth about $120 for the American. I will try on my laptop to post photos. When I get home.
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Laroo42 Posts: 112
2/12/2016
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Hey Bigelk,
The pictures look great, but...
To get a better idea of condition, you'll have to take them out of the bag to reduce the glare.
A large part of grading are creases, tears, staining, folds, etc. Most damage occurs on the spine or corners. You may want to zoom in and take a closer picture of any damages.
Otherwise, the comics look to be in fantastic condition for their age!
Dave
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
2/13/2016
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I am not sure about now but it used to be that these older Canadian editions used to be half or less of the American copies. I don't know about the Dells but books published by other publishers usually were printed and distributed by Canadian publishers who had bought plates from the US publisher. Sometimes the content of Canadian edition were different than the same issue number in the US. This may be only with DC books but I don't know.
Those are some great looking books Brandon! One of those books appears to have rusting with some rust migrating to the paper. That would drop the grade on that book. Stains of any kind are grade killers.
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quinnspuddinjoker Posts: 673
2/17/2016
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Book looks a vf- or better to me.
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