GRADING SYSTEM FOR MAGAZINES
author:	Peter Leeflang
date:	28-Mar-04
Grading/		Mint	Fine	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor
State	Component
Odor	General	none	none	may be odorless or have a slight odor, like from smoking	may be odorless or have a slight odor, like from smoking or mustiness	may have odor, like from smoking or mustiness	may have odor, like from smoking or mustiness
Flatness	General	100%	100%	may be rippled	may be rippled	may be rippled	may be rippled or totally bent and deformed
Dryness	General	100%	100%	100%	100%	may be humid	may be humid
Completeness	General	100%	100%	may have loss of a small chip here and there, insert may have been removed	may have loss of a small and larger chips or pieces here and there	may be slightly incomplete, piece wise and page wise	may be extremely incomplete piece wise and page wise
	Spine	100%	may have a rare tiny edge tear, usually at top or bottom	parts of spine paper may be missing, usually top and/or bottom	parts of spine paper or entire spine may be missing	parts of spine paper or entire spine may be missing	parts of spine paper or entire spine may be missing
	Covers	100%	may have a rare tiny edge tear	may have edge tears and/or chipping	may have edge tears and/or chipping, may miss large pieces or maximum 1 cover	at least 1 cover may be absent, possibly both covers	both covers will be absent
	Pages	100%	100%	may have edge tears and/or chipping	may miss some pages (usually it is mentioned what numbers are missing), may miss parts of pages due to cut out or tearing out	may miss some pages (usually it is mentioned what numbers are missing), may miss various parts of pages due to cut out or tearing out	may miss many pages (usually it is mentioned what numbers are missing), may miss various parts of pages due to cut out or tearing out
	Staples	100%	100%	may miss one staple	may miss one staple	may miss one or more staples	may miss one or more staples
Tightness	General	100%	100%	may have partially loose components	may have partially or entirely loose components	may have partially or entirely loose components	may have partially or entirely loose components
	Spine	100%	100%	may be only partially attached to covers or binding	may not be entirely or only partially attached to covers or binding	may not be entirely or only partially attached to covers or binding	may not be entirely or only partially attached to binding
	Covers	100%	100%	may be only partially attached to spine or binding	may not be entirely or only partially attached to spine or binding or completely loose	may not be entirely, only partially attached to spine or binding or completely loose	n/a since not present
Collectibility	General	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no
Readability	General	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Foreign additions	Spine	none	may have small creases	may have creases, writing, tape, tape remains, regluing and/or dry stains	may have creases, writing, tape, tape remains, regluing and/or dry stains	may have creases, writing, tape, tape remains, regluing and/or dry or humid stains	may have creases, writing, tape, tape remains, regluing and/or dry or humid stains
	Covers	none	may have price sticker	may have creases, subscription label or stamp	may have creases, subscription label, stamps, writing, tape, tape remains, regluing and/or dry stains	may have creases, subscription label, stamps, writing, tape, tape remains, regluing and/or dry or humid stains	may have creases, subscription label, stamps, writing, tape, tape remains, regluing and/or dry or humid stains
	Pages	none	may have a few rare small creases	may have name and/or numbers written in	may have name and/or numbers written in and/or some underlining	may have name and/or numbers written in and/or minor or heavy underlining	may have name and/or numbers written in and/or minor or heavy underlining
Structure	Covers	has bright colors and white / supple paper	has bright colors and white / supple paper, may have rare tiny crease	may have fading of colors and stiffness of paper	may have  fading of colors and stiffness of paper	may have fading of colors and stiffness, even partial brittleness of paper	may have fading of colors and stiffness, even partial or entire brittleness of paper
	Pages	are white	are white, may have a few rare dog ears and/or creases	may be entirely or partially sunned, but not brittle, may have a various dog ears and/or creases	may be entirely or partially sunned, and possibly brittle, may have a many dog ears and/or creases	may be entirely or partially sunned, and possibly brittle, may have a many dog ears and/or creases	may be entirely or partially sunned, and possibly all brittle, may have a many dog ears and/or creases
	Staples	are clean	are clean	may be rusty	may be rusty	may be rusty	may be rusty