I like 7.5's

[Silver]

I just got in a Superboy #22 in 7.5. I have to say I really like the 7-8 range of slabbed books. The prices are affordable, and you can get a real nice looking book. Here is my 22.

 

[Fan4Fan]

That has nice eye appeal. Good catch!

 

Thanks,

Fan4Fan

[joe_collector]

Lana looks to have inherited some super-strength as well.

[aardvark88]

Sweet looking copy. Same goes for SA Marvel or DC keys or semi-keys. Nice appearance & almost no one to bid against.

[sfilosa]

Nice book.

 

The best 7.5 books are the ones where they are very few (or any) color breaking flaws, but has some surface wear (i.e. creases that don't break color).

 

In other words high-grade VF/NM or better books, with a long non-breaking crease are usually downgraded into the VF- to VF range yet have great Eye-Appeal. Or the front cover looks almost perfect but there is a small light stain on the back.

 

There are some VF- to VF that don't have nice eye appeal. They might have a heavy dust shadow, marvel chipping or tears, lots of small creases on a dark cover book, etc. Those are the ones I try to stay away from.

 

Once again, nice pick-up.

[duncan36]

If you're collecting primarily for pleasure, 7.5-8.5 is the way to go. Beautiful books reasonable prices. Plus its inevitable that they increase in value as 9.0+ books keep getting out of reach for average slobs like me.

[garthgantu]

Why does this thread sound just a wee bit "apologetic," like someone at a 12-step meeting getting up and admitting, "I like to watch." ?

 

Nothing wrong with a solid 7.5 from 50 years ago - it's probably one of the top 5 or 10 slabbed copies, in this case. A beautiful specimen!

[sfilosa]

I don't think the topic is specifically about that one book. More of a general comment that VF- (7.5) are very collectible also.

 

As has been pointed out many times, books between VG and VF seem to be in the no man's land (as they are not reader copies and not investment quality).

 

I normally won't buy books below VF except in certain cases where a VF- really has a high-grade eye appeal (by having slightly hidden defects).

 

The book in question fits that example as it has very nice eye-appeal.

 

 

 

 

[Aman619]

I agree that many 50s and early 60s books like the Superboy you posted are a great buy. They really get hammered in CGCs grading standards, but are sweet looking books!

[PovertyRow]

Well, I consider almost ANY GA book in just plain Fine a nice find. Perhaps not overly rare when taken in context of GA but still a nice find and a nice thing to have. Any GA above Fine? Well,