DR.X

I'm starting to "ab sporr" this whole thread.

This is a classic example of buying a book, without doing a complete page count, many years ago. Going through these books again and found this.

At first glance this book looks like an easy 9.0, but out of the Mylite tells a different story.

Back cover has an area between the spine and word text, about 4" long that looks like some type of scuff or something. See pic.

The last eight pages have a tear on the top edge, starting in the middle of the book about 1.25", going down to about .5" on the last page.

6.0

On 4/3/2023 at 5:43 PM, grendelbo said:

Generally you're looking at 2.5-4.0 with other defects also being considered. 

There is a Qualified 9.6 Amazing Fantasy 15 out there with a 3-hole punch.

Many moons ago ( I wish I could remember ), someone had I believe,  a Tales of Suspense #1 on e-bay ( I think ) that was slabbed  with a blue label in 9.0 with 3 binder holes. Maybe BUTM might remember. We talked about it on the boards like WTF.

a cleaning for sure,  and a light press to get those small dings and dents out. 8.5 would be about right.

I waken up this morning, thinking I could "go liath" back in bed, "orr go " get more books to post. This is getting bad around here.

On 1/28/2024 at 3:47 PM, Frisco Larson said:

It's been a while ... 

From the front cover that book looks much better than a 5.0.

Thread is Closed for now. Thanks for the purchases and the fun. Next round coming up in the future so stay tuned, as the purge continues.

Invoices next week.

One of my priorities was the Kirby monster books. I had a ton of them. I was hooked on the covers. Of course F.F.'s were always on the nightstand too. I had a ton of war books also. G.I. Combat, Our Army at War, etc. Loved the D.C. books also, Strange Adventures, Tales of the Unexpected, etc. Probably all ended up in a landfill or the garbage.

The cute little neighbors grandson ended up being a druggie, and in trouble all the time. Hope he enjoyed my books.

On 1/27/2024 at 8:32 AM, TheComicsPreacher said:

Thank you for sharing your well-loved FFs with us! They’ll be read again and enjoyed many times over in their new homes, I’m sure. just curious if any of those book-length vertical creases on some of the books are subscription creases?  

I would assume so, but who knows. I personally never had any subsriptions to books, as we had local drug stores, and one newspaper store that had spinner racks.

I've told this story before, but I was buying comics off the shelves back in the mid 60's. I had a pretty good stack as books were for the most part ten/twelve cents. Would buy and swap with kids in the neighborhood all the time.

Came home from school one day and my books were all gone, and my baseball cards. My mother gave them all to a neighbors grand son, because she said, she didn't want all that junk in our bed rooms.

When I got in my late teens, early twenties, I started all over again. She probably gave away a small fortune.

On 1/27/2024 at 8:32 AM, Corvonie said:

Take at $30, thanks!

Last bump for this thread. I'll close this up sometime this evening.

Still one poor, lonely, raw book left, and a few nice slabs.  Invoices next week.

On 1/26/2024 at 2:09 PM, jr70 said:

On 1/25/2024 at 7:20 PM, DR.X said:

Fantastic Four #57 - CGC - 9.2 White     DOOM

BP = 900.00

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Take

Thank you.

On 1/26/2024 at 10:15 AM, lizards2 said:

They are kind of like dog poop on your shoe.

Hail Hydra

There must be a moratorium on slabbed books.

On 1/26/2024 at 9:41 AM, Azkaban said:

put it on my pile  at $30.00

On 1/25/2024 at 8:14 PM, HighStakesComics said:

Ill take the 60 also please

On 1/25/2024 at 8:11 PM, HighStakesComics said:

Ill take the 50, Dr X!

On 1/25/2024 at 7:41 PM, rdp collectibles said:

claim freebie and take...F.F. #31 - $25.00

On 1/25/2024 at 7:40 PM, Azkaban said:

LOL. This book was taken by already.