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GRADING FOR POSTERS & OTHER PAPER
- Mint - Near perfect, like just came off the press, no blemishes or defects.
- Near Mint (NM) - Less than Mint and better than Excellent
- Excellent (EX) - Bright and clean, few pinholes, minor creases or dings, no tape marks. Also described as Fine.
- Very Good (VG) - Slight stains, fading, small tears, pinholes. As much as 1/4 inch can be missing from the corner and/or edge.
- Good - Heavily worn copy, tears, torn or missing paper up 1/2 inch, tape marks. Slight browning of paper, mild fading.
- Fair - Major rips, tears, folds, creases, missing paper, pinholes.
- Poor - Destroyed, worn, torn, brittle, taped and missing corners, water damaged.
Some items may not have a grade. In that case, refer to enlarged photo(s) for a detailed look. Please feel free to email with specific questions before you purchase
GRADING FOR ALL OTHER ITEMS
We Realize different things have different methods of grading. For example; surfboards often grade on a 1 to 10 scale. Coins grade: uncirculated, mint, very good etc. We are not experts in all fields of collectibles, so we've applied one system to grade most items. This system we are using can become obsolete as we become more informed about our items. For now, here's how grading will work.
- NOS - New Old Stock
- MINT - perfect, flawless.
- N.MINT - near perfect
- V.GOOD - still very nice but has some flaws and possible need of minor repair.
- GOOD - displayable but needs some repair and/or has repairs
- POOR - condition may be poor, but item could be very rare