Aamaharris

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11/14/2020
Topic: Cover white space soiling

Aamaharris
Aamaharris
 I have bronze age books and some copper that weren't stored very well their first 1-2 decades. Does any soiling from ink transfer (assuming that's what it is) make the book at best a 6.0? So far I've been looking at it as a flaw that ranges from minor to major, depending on how extensive it is. Below is the back cover of my Sandman vol 1 #1. If a book had no other flaws but this, how would you grade it?

Edit: I spotted a thread on reddit related to this and picked up a new term, "stacking dirt". The white eraser cleaning method worked, so it wasn't ink staining. But I'm still interested in knowing the answer to this question.
edited by aamaharris on 11/14/2020
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