An item meritting this grade must meet the following criteria;

(I) The item is an "As New" condition, or it is in the same condition as the day it was made (usually representing Perfect or Almost Perfect condition).

(II) The item exhibits an amazing state of preservation with virtually no perceptible flaws of any kind, other than very minor flaws that may have occurred during the printing process.

(III) Printing registration should be perfect. (All this means, basically, is that during the printing process the alignment of the colours were perfect, so that there are NO offset images).

(IV) All edges of the item are crisp, sharp, with NO fraying or dents of any kind.

(V) Any fold lines present must not break the ink on the item (which causes a faint white line).

(VI) A rolled poster must NOT have been folded under any circumstances.

An item meritting this grade must meet the following criteria;

(I) The item is in an "Unused", or very carefully used, state.

(II) There maybe a minor storage defect, including one very minor border tear (less than 0.5cm in length).

(III) One tiny pinhole in each corner is acceptable.

(IV) Very slight compression marks (indentations) from cinema use may be present (ie from poster being clamped in a display unit).

(V) Item may have very slight fold wear; any such wear must not significantly affect the eye appeal of the image.

(VI) Any folds present must not have damaged the actual poster print/image.

(VII) Edges are almost perfect, with absolutely NO edge fraying.

(VII) Printing registration is slightly offset.

(IX) A rolled poster must NOT have been folded under any circumstances.

An item meriiting this grade must meet the following criteria;

(I) The item maybe in an "Unused", or very carefully used, state (if a C9 is almost like new, then a C8 is not far behind a C9).

(II) The item is bright and clean (the image area of the poster should be undamaged).

(III) Ageing on olded items could be present; paper could be slightly yellowed, but NOT brown.

(IV) There must be NO writing on the front of the poster, however, writing on the back of the poster that does NOT bleed through is acceptable.

(V) A handful of small pinholes could be present.

(VI) Normal/minor creases are acceptable on one sheets and larger posters, but NO creases must be present on posters smaller than a one sheet, such as a lobby card. One or two corner creases (1/2" in length or less) can be present.

(VII) Minimal or slight restoration could be present if professionally donw. Frontal tape repairs are prohibited, but possibly one very minor tape repair to the back of the item is acceptable.

(VIII) One or two minor tears (less than 1" in length) are acceptable in this grade.

(IX) Fold tears often occur at the interior folds, where the item has been unfolded and refolded unnecessarily numerous times. This kind of minor paper separation (tear) is common and is allowable, notwithstanding other extenuating circumstances.

(X) The item may show more fold wear than a C9, but with only a minimal amount of colour paper loss present.

(XI) Edges are almost perfect, with NO edge fraying.

(XII) A rolled poster must NOT have been folded under any circumstances.

An item meritting this grade must meet the following criteria;

(I) The item has been very nicely preserved, and is almost a C8, but one or two unsightly flaws, or heavier than normal fold wear or pinholes, or one small piece of tape on a corner, cause the item to be assigned as a C7 rather than a C8.

(II) A minor damp stain on an unobtrusive part of the poster could be accepted.

(III) A poster that has been trimmed in any way should not be rated higher than a C7, even if the item seems to be in otherwise C9 condition.

(IV) A rolled poster must NOT have been folded under any circumstances.

An item meritting this grade must meet the following criteria;

(I) The typical, used poster in "Average" condition, with wear and defects to be expected of an item that was intended to be used and re-used.

(II) The eye appeal of the image area should be good.

(III) Minor border repair, edge tears, stains, or other signs of average use could be present.

(IV) The poster may have slight browning of paper, but no brittleness or flaking; it may also have a small amount of writing in some unobtrusive area of the poster.

(V) Sun-fading on the poster should be described, and if significant, should prevent the example from being in this grade.

(VI) Tape anywhere on the poster should be mentioned and described.

(VII) Professional major restoration is acceptable, along with minor amateur colour touchup with coloured markers.

(VIII) Heavy insect or rodent damage is not allowable in this grade.

(IX) Larger posters could have minor fold tears (length of which should be described); also normal folds, creases, and possible minor repaired tears (from the back).

(X) Common flaws that relegate an item to C6 include heavy fold wear, unusually large number of pinholes or staple holes, taped corners or fold lines reinforced with tape, minor tears, possibly minor paper loss (pieces missing) from the border, edge fraying and so on.

(XI) Because posters were so often used and reused, the C6 grade is very common.

(XII) Posters that have been rolled, but then folded are acceptable. However, some types of posters, such as one sheets and quads, from the mid-1990's to the present day, are excluded. This is because nowadays one sheets and quads are always issued rolled.

An item meritting this grade must meet the following criteria;

(I) Still suitable for display, but the item is heavily-worn, showing significant signs of use such as multiple pinholes or staple holes, tape, tears, soiling, pieces missing, small markings or pen/pencil marks.

(II) Although this is an "In-between" grade and difficult to distinguish from a C6, items are relegated to this lower classification when there is a greater number of general flaws than would normally be expected in the higher grade, or when one major flaw makes the C6 grade unacceptable.

An item meritting this grade must meet the following criteria;

(I) The item is below average, but is still suitable for display. It has been heavily used, with significant signs of use that affect the overall eye appeal of the piece.

(II) The poster is complete, but the graphics are face-worn.

(III) Small pieces may be missing from the border areas (which should be described).

(IV) There could be tape or writing on the poster.

(V) There will be tears and numerous pinholes present.

An item meritting this grade must meet the following criteria;

(I) A heavily worn item, more so than an item in C4 condition, with many tears and defects, but still complete.

An item meritting this grade must meet the following criteria;

(I) An extremely worn, possibly incomplete item.

An item meritting this grade must meet the following criteria;

(I) This is the lowest grade, representing items in the worst possible condition.

(II) The item is heavily damaged, missing large pieces, is brittle and crumbling.

(III) Except for valuable rarities that are worth getting restored, items in this grade have no value.

(IV) We call items in this grade . . . "Wrapping Paper"!