ninanina

Immediately thought, oh...almost a 4.0. Looks like some agree. I'll go along with a 3.5 on this one.

30 spine ticks along with accumulation of other flaws (inc. minor stain on back) = 5.0 

I don't know, could go 9.8 but as I can see only 2 serious flaws, I'll lean towards a 9.6.

On 8/8/2021 at 11:09 AM, ninanina said:

Looks to me like a 7.0.

Sorry, that's after the spine repair.

Looks to me like a 7.0.

7.5 with an outside chance of an 8.0

Here's something I saved. From what I can remember, someone put this on the forum several months ago. 

It's flat, shiny and has no accumulation of creases no stains so I'm gonna' say 7.5. Nice copy.

Wondering if Disney might have any interest in purchasing DC down the road if and when it becomes available. Could it happen? There's always something kick starting the hobby...maybe that's the next big one.

Ok, I'll stick my neck out at a 7.5. 

Yeah, he nailed it. 6.5 on my end as well. 

Not that I see any flaws, but IMO there's a better chance of it coming back as a 9.6 than a 9.9 or better. I am simply basing this on historical results. I had a trusted Overstreet adviser tell me that you could send in a stack of what you believe are perfect. Some will certainly come back 9.8, but several could come back as 9.6's or even 9.4's. None will come back as a 9.9 or better. And, he's sent in thousands of books for grading. So, while not impossible, highly improbable. CGC is very meticulous and thorough, and they see things you don't. 

7.5 because although it has an accumulation of ticks, corners, some edge wear along top...no serious creases. Considering it's an older Silver Age, could an 8.0 be possible? That's a nice copy. 

I'm thinking 7.5

2.0

2.0

On 7/25/2021 at 1:34 PM, James J Johnson said:

No apology necessary! We're good. GTFO is the acronym for Get The F Out. So I was simply surprised by it as a response to my suggesting that a stand up seller, still in business 12 years later should at least be made aware of it, and make his own determination as to if it behooves him to remedy or mitigate the obvious loss the OP incurred due to his negligence. 12 days, 12 months, or 12 years later, it still wouldn't hurt to ask. Of course, the statute of limitations for fraud is typically 3 to 6 years depending on the state, but the seller may feel that there's no statute of limitations on his ethics, honesty, and responsibility, which he may feel supersedes legal limitations. 

Of course it's a longshot. But it doesn't hurt to ask and if the seller seems receptive to righting the loss, suggesting a remedy that equally shares the blame.

 

Okay, if that was your suggestion then it most definitely was the right one as that's exactly what I did and it worked out well. I learned a long time ago in any situation, it never hurts to ask as the worst he can say is no. Thank you for the suggestion. 

On 7/25/2021 at 4:02 PM, shadroch said:

So you knew the book was restored when you bought it?

I knew it was restored, just didn't realize it had a photo-copied cover. 

Here's one.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/203327234099?hash=item2f573f6033:g:xVgAAOSwEShgYyAe

It is the way of things. 

On 7/24/2021 at 1:26 AM, divad said:

It's not Copper . . . 

Sorry, I have no idea when this came out. So, is it modern?

Sorry, all I got is this one. Not CGC graded, but it did survive a fire. The upper right corner was extra crispy, so I broke off the burned bits. Bought this over 40 years ago for a song. 

Wow, what a thing to have. I would be very interested in finding out how you came to possess it. I think there's a story here. 

On 7/24/2021 at 8:12 AM, jeffreyk said:

The fact that any seller would do that after 12-years is amazing, that was very nice of him.

My thinking it had more to do with the relationship we have. I was actually invited to and went to his wedding. He invited a handful of his customer/business acquaintances at the time, and I just happened to be one of them. We still keep in touch from time to time and get together for coffee. Even so, if he didn't do anything, I would not have held it against him...and I told him that when I brought it to his attention as I did agree to some of the posts that suggested I leave bygones be bygones. 

On 7/24/2021 at 7:20 AM, speople said:

How can you not notice immediately that the cover was a photocopy ?

Even a laser printed cover would be as obvious as hell. 

All I can say is that I've dealt with this particular seller since the late '70's and I trusted him. I had no reason to think it wasn't an original cover. Admittedly, I remember thinking at the time it looked odd, but simply decided it looked that way it did due to the restoration. And yeah, even though it happened 12 years ago, I do feel kind of foolish and embarrassed it happened.