Download The Overstreet Guide To Grading Comics 2016 Edition Robert M Overstreet Various 9781603601993 Books
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Newly updated, The Overstreet Guide To Grading Comics includes the 10-point grading system, as well as exhaustive descriptions of Primary and Split Grades, examples of each grade with more than 200 full-color images in all, articles on storage, preservation, and restoration, a look at the independent, third-party grading companies, and much more! Since 1970, the name "Overstreet" has symbolized a vast knowledge of American comic books. While The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide helps you learn about comic values, this third book in our new “How To†line teaches you the importance of condition (a factor that is often the key to real collectability) and how to grade accurately.
Download The Overstreet Guide To Grading Comics 2016 Edition Robert M Overstreet Various 9781603601993 Books
"Anyone selling comics should have this book. No joke. There are too many phony graders out there that don't know what they are doing or what to call their defects. I was one of them before I got this book. In 3 days of using this book to grade comics, I feel finally like a legitimate grader. This book gave me many technical terms and pictures to show what exactly the defect looks like. I just can't give this book enough credit.
After going to my local comic shop 1-2 times a week for grading help (thanks to Time Warp in Boulder, you guys rock!!!), finally I have my grading Bible and can leave them alone to get their work done!"
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The Overstreet Guide To Grading Comics 2016 Edition Robert M Overstreet Various 9781603601993 Books Reviews :
The Overstreet Guide To Grading Comics 2016 Edition Robert M Overstreet Various 9781603601993 Books Reviews
- The book is very informative and I think its a must have for collectors. They tackle many topics including the history of grading, definitions, grading non traditional comics, third party graders, restoration, preservation, and more. My only complaint would be this. They have a section of high definition pictures of various comic books in order to help you understand the grading system. For each grade they have several different examples which is great but they only show the front covers. I wish they included a picture of the back cover as well since this is important in the grading process. I have comics where the front and back covers can present different issues and combining the 2 to get a grade is often my challenge.
- Anyone selling comics should have this book. No joke. There are too many phony graders out there that don't know what they are doing or what to call their defects. I was one of them before I got this book. In 3 days of using this book to grade comics, I feel finally like a legitimate grader. This book gave me many technical terms and pictures to show what exactly the defect looks like. I just can't give this book enough credit.
After going to my local comic shop 1-2 times a week for grading help (thanks to Time Warp in Boulder, you guys rock!!!), finally I have my grading Bible and can leave them alone to get their work done! - This book is a great tool for comic book aficionados, but I can't recommend it for anyone who doesn't know at least a little about grading comic books already. It would be very easy to undergrade or overgrade using this book alone. You need to see comics being graded in person in order to really learn how it's done, and that can't happen with just pictures. It doesn't help that a few of the books included here make questionable examples. Using a book with a white or pale-coloured cover and calling out creasing is not productive because a photo of that won't show anything, and the same goes for a dark cover and soiling/foxing.
Honestly, this is a great book, but only if you already know how to use it. - The pictures really help one distinguish the differences in mid-grade books, which I believe most collectors have the greatest difficulty in grading accurately. For all the talk about collectors and sellers over-grading books, I believe there is just as much under-grading in the 3.0 to 6.0 area.
- It's helped me understand the condition my comics are in. More important it helps me buy comics at the right price and I have more confidence in my judgement, and I know when to walk away from a sale or buy it.
- Even if they do have a online version now. I like books....especially books that give you interesting tidbits about items you own. Like comics. I've only missed two years in which I didn't purchase a copy.
- Got this as a present, my brother loves it since he's a big comic guy. Its fun to flip thru too to learn key issues and history of some of the issues.
- It does help you to get started grading your comics. The visual aids are a perfect reference tool to keep around as you progress.
