To Mads & Kintoun (Grading of 2nd hand comic books)

[Niels Houlberg Hansen]

Thank you very much for your help.

Niels

>These grades derive from Overstreet's price guide, and I'm pretty sure 
>that you'll find a definition in Komiklex in the beginning.
>I don't know about others, but I know most Germans made up their own 
>scale, ranging from Z0 til Z-something, where Z0 is equal to Mint.
>Best wishes,
>Mads

>The official "Free Comic Book Day" annual event web site has a very
thorough
>section devoted to these terms. You can check it at
>http://www.freecomicbookday.com/new_grading.asp
>The most important thing to keep in mind is how old a particular issue
>happens to be. For instance, Dell Disney comic books truly in near mint
>condition are virtually impossible to find so it's unrealistic to search
for
>them in high grade.
>Kintoun