After two years down here, I finally found a decent mostly BA collection for sale. It's about 2,000 books but fully a third are well read Marvels, DCs in 3.0 or worse shape, or Archies, Charlton and Whitmans in VGish shape. There are few keys- no X-Men, No Hulk 180/181 and there are runs like Marvel Team Up from 65 to 100,except for #95, and Thor from 259-350, but no 337.
It's obvious the books were picked over but the seller denies it. He also claims to have bought books off the rack that are older than he is. The books are bagged and boarded but they weren't for years and most are 8.0-8.5 at best. The few SA books are 4.0-6.0 and nothing stands out. The Copper books mostly are Marvels that are part of longer runs, Thor, FF, Spidey.... and seem to have been carefully cared for, but no keys. That they are organized is nice, and they are in newer boxes with lids that won't need replacement, but the owners lack of honesty is bothersome.
Does this ever come up when buying collections or books?