Question on Grading a comic Messages in this topic - RSS

jludley2000
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12/12/2016

jludley2000
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I got The Amazing Spider-Man 101 first appearance of Morbius that I bought off of ebay The seller who has a good rating, graded the comic at 4.0 Very Good based on looking at the comic it seems to fall under the general consensus of what he graded it. However I was under the impression that a staple was pulled out a little bit but wasn't aware it was missing. So my question is this, Is 4.0 Very Good the grade you'd give a comic with a staple missing?
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netstuffers
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12/14/2016

netstuffers
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Grading takes the whole book into account so a missing staple doesn't necessarily mean it drops the grade by itself, but it is one of the major defects. On our guide, we don't start discussing missing staples until the 2.0/1.5 range. So the rest of the book would have to be in pretty tip top shape with just a missing staple for it to stay at 4.0

http://comicspriceguide.com/comic-book-grading
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Oxbladder
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12/14/2016

Oxbladder
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It also depends on if there was ever a staple. If it never got stapled the grade can be in VG range.
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