DougthePug

On 12/23/2019 at 4:28 PM, drmanhattanite said:

The eBay seller of this book, uncanny stash, is a hack and shouldn't be trusted for grades

Hello drmanhattanite, this is my first purchase from uncanny stash and I've followed several of his auctions. If there's a reason to avoid his auctions, I'll certainly do so. Do you care any insight on that? Thank you for the heads up. 

2 hours ago, Deadpoolica said:

 

We've graded this exact book recently so, refer to above

Well, that is helpful.  I won the auction for this book last night.  I imagine another potential buyer posted it prior to the auction closing.  Thanks!

Thank you!

2 hours ago, The Lions Den said:

I don't like that right edge either. But it's a sweet looking book. Do you know if it was slabbed and then cracked out? 

As far as I know, this has not been cleaned and pressed, nor graded and slabbed in the past.

Thank you for the perspective on the trim, Wipple and comicquant.  I acquired this book under the pretense it was not restored.  I'm having a pro inspect the book for restoration and I'm keeping my fingers crossed there isn't a trim or anything else.  I still have the option to return it if it's concluded a restoration took place.  But I'm really (maybe naively) hoping that isn't the case.

Good looking JIM #83.  Looking forward to hearing anyone's thoughts.

5 hours ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

How good is the centerfold ? Have you done a page count to make sure it is all there. Can see the small piece missing bottom right corner on interior page. How many pages does that go through? Does it affect the story?          (although appears low enough not to)   these are more issues that may detract from overall grade but I too would say about 1.0 . If it's all there and that's the only corner maybe 1.5 but missing anything else would be 0.5 and probably noted as incomplete. 

Thanks to everyone for the thoughts on this book's grade!  To answer these questions, all pages are present and it's just the corner of the first page the has the little shark bite taken out of it.  Story should be complete.  I've included a picture of the centerfold...not a beauty queen, but it's present.

This AF15 looks like it got into a bar fight everyday since it's been published.  It's probably obvious, but tape has been added.  Cover still attached, and pages are not brittle. Thanks for your thoughts!