mike devon

On 9/29/2021 at 7:43 PM, Professor K said:

Just click EDIT on your post and write the word CLOSED in the title. You can edit the title that way.

Cheers - can we not delete posts..?

On 9/29/2021 at 4:54 PM, Finhead said:

Your thread will get pulled unless you add a payment type, return policy and shipping info. You need to read the rules, #8,9,11 are what your missing here.

 

Oh thank you sir.

On 9/29/2021 at 1:53 PM, Straw-Man said:

mike, you might want to think about combining your spidey 50 threads; one of them is going to get pulled...

Do you you think my prices are about right..?

On 9/29/2021 at 1:53 PM, Straw-Man said:

mike, you might want to think about combining your spidey 50 threads; one of them is going to get pulled...

Hello SM - not sure what you mean..?  Two different copies.

Pence:  Nice copy.  Absolutely raw.  No retouching or trimming etc at all.

Small stain and damage where price sticker had been.

Pics taken in very strong side light - this has made the creases on the back cover look 
much more exaggerated than they are.

Would benefit from a clean and press but this is a really nice copy.

Any serious interest I can do more pics but these show all the wear.

£600 UK freepost.



Cents:  Nice copy with mild colour retouching on cover creases.  All wear is shown in these pics.

Creases are partial subscription fold + others.  Retouching is pro so creases only properly show if book is held at an angle to direct light like a window etc

No trimming.  Very slightly misaligned top right.

I can take more pics if any serious interest.

Overall a really nice looking book - when bagged looks extremely nice.

I don't know if anyone would agree/disagree but I think for general appearance a similar raw one would probably be around £1000..?

£575 - frree post in UK.



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Nice copy with mild colour retouching on cover creases.  All wear is shown in these pics.

Creases are partial subscription fold + others.  Retouching is pro so creases only properly show if book is held at an angle to direct light like a window etc

No trimming.  Very slightly misaligned top right.

I can take more pics if any serious interest.

Overall a really nice looking book - when bagged looks extremely nice.

I don't know if anyone would agree/disagree but I think for general appearance a similar raw one would probably be around £1000..?

£575 - frree post in UK.

I don't know if anyone else would agree but I think 50s punch a bit above their weight in value against condition due to it being such a lovely cover + extremely hard to get in decent nick.  Probably averagely no more worn than any other book but every little fault shows upe esp colour beaks.

Interesting cheers again everyone.  I bought this to sell and I hope to do quite well with it.  I've seen a pence copy with more wear go for over £700 GBP.  I'd love an 8.5 or 9 to keep but no chance of that they're thousands.

Cheers so far chaps.  Yeah I think a clean and press would help visually but I'm very tempted to leave as is so its completely raw.  I don't know if others would agree..?  I don't know if a clean and press would up the grade much..?

On 7/20/2021 at 7:22 PM, Asianassassincomics said:

I'd estimate a 4.5 grade after a press. 

Cheers - seems a bit low.  A bit lower than average..?

On 7/20/2021 at 6:36 PM, Asmodean said:

I would say 6.0 - 6.5

Cheers.  I thought 6.  What do you think it is that others are marking it down on..?  Or what are your reasons for giving it a 6..?

On 7/20/2021 at 4:49 PM, Funnybooks said:

I believe I was at 5.0 and it still appears 5.0 to these old man eyes

Its not the same book as a few days ago its a pence one - that other one was cents.

On 7/20/2021 at 4:15 PM, grendelbo said:

Absolutely.

It's the reverse of good Mylar which will make just about any book look grades higher.

Yeah - 'feel' is definitely a thing.

On 7/20/2021 at 4:15 PM, Point Five said:

Well, 4.0 is an 'average' book, so 5.0 is... better than that! It's basically 'scattered small-to-moderate flaws, but the eye appeal is still there'.

I mean, we enjoy sifting through the details on this forum, but at some point, it's better to stop worrying so much about the number and just enjoy the book.  

 

Well it matters to me with this one as I'll be selling it and I don't want to whack either myself or the potential buyer.

On 7/20/2021 at 4:02 PM, grendelbo said:

That's one of the great reasons for this forum. I sometimes have a hard time assessing comicbooks in my collection because of my emotional attachment to them.

Absolutely.  I think though sometimes photos can reverse flatter..?

On 7/20/2021 at 3:52 PM, Point Five said:

I'll say 5.0. Nice one!  

 

Cheers for the input.  Interesting.  After seeing it in the hand I'd put it a bit above average - also I may be a bit biased

The damage to the price isn't tears - its where the glue from the price label has affected the printing ink.  I think the book had been sold second hand from a bookshop at some point over the decades

On 7/20/2021 at 3:33 PM, grendelbo said:

Oh, I wondered about the tanning I saw on the last one. 5.0/5.5.

Cheers again.  I had it a bit higher at a 6 or so.  In the hand its got 'niceness' (?) that the photos can't quite pick up - thats bearing in mind the flaws.

On 7/20/2021 at 3:26 PM, grendelbo said:

In the last post I thought 4.5/5.0. I'm more at 5.0 now but Restored with the previously reported color touch.

Thanks for the update.

Cheers.  No colour touch here this is a different copy.  No resto at all.  What would your unrestored grade be..?  (This is a pence copy whereas the other one was cents.)

On 7/19/2021 at 9:09 PM, Funnybooks said:

5.0 purple nurple

Not qualified..?  Tiny overall area of colour touch on colour breaks and its more or less invisible.  I saw the book before and after and I was like 'wtf'

The colour touch if all squished together would be maybe 5 square mm - something like that.

Slight stain/damage where price label was removed.  Damage is old it didn't happen when the label was lifted.  I think this was prob resold at a second hand bookshop and may have had a couple of labels on and off in the past.  Great cover gloss.  Very clean and quite good whiteness on pages.  I'd presumed it was a cents copy but overall I'm really happy with it.

The stain on the price looks worse on the pics.

11 hours ago, LowGradeBronze said:

Please be aware that comics that come from the UK of that age have, well been about a bit, and the interior may be of lower page quality than a comic from the US with regard to humidity etc. You have many more copies of the same comic to choose from in the US too! Good luck, I hope it's a good 'un when it arrives. 

Cheers yeah fair point.  That said I got my ASM6 from here and its amazing.  This 50 I think may have discoloured staples so humidity a definite possibility.

4 minutes ago, The lips said:

I remember thinking it was a decent enough copy. I recognised it by the sticker. Being honest, as I wasn’t looking to bid on it I didn’t pay a great deal of attention. 
knoeing what you paid, plus the buyers tax it’s probably about right. I wouldn’t say you got a bargain but I don’t think you overpaid also. 
 

Cheers indeedy.  Looking at sold prices I hope to make a bit on it once label removed and cleaned and pressed.

On 7/17/2021 at 3:27 AM, Bayowolf said:

yes, but based on just this pic....4.5/5

 

 

Cheers for opining

58 minutes ago, The lips said:

I thought I recognised it !

I was at the auction as I live nearby so saw the comic in the flesh. I didn’t bid on that but I did on other copies of ASM. 

Can you remember if there was still a bit of shine to the cover..?  I noticed it too late on to get a condition report.  Afterwards they told me its G+ but that seems very low.