Action Comics #1 to 10 on ebay

[airwalker]

More books offered by Silver Age Comics and he now has Action 1 to 10 on ebay. What is the story behind this run?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ACTION-COMICS-1-VG-VG-1st-appearance-Superman_W0QQitemZ260224434760QQihZ016QQcategoryZ35752QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

[Dark Knight]

Seems like most of his business are from consignments and not "OO collections"

[DiceX]

Sorry, but when you sell books like that, you should put up more than one 50kb scan of the front cover.

 

Nice run.

 

 

[slackjawcomics]

How many times has a Action #1 been offered on eBay?

[burntboy]

Sorry, but when you sell books like that, you should put up more than one 50kb scan of the front cover.

 

Nice run.

 

Precisely - and that scan is cropped on the bottom and right edge. OR the edges are impossibly sharp given the condition of the rest of the comic.

 

and would that copy grade out as a VG with tape on EVERY page??

 

i refuse to believe that anyone selling that book wouldn't get it graded to verify the grade and lack of resto.....what a crapshoot. but it certainly looks nice in any event..........

[kimik]

Sorry, but when you sell books like that, you should put up more than one 50kb scan of the front cover.

 

Nice run.

 

Precisely - and that scan is cropped on the bottom and right edge. OR the edges are impossibly sharp given the condition of the rest of the comic.

 

and would that copy grade out as a VG with tape on EVERY page??

 

i refuse to believe that anyone selling that book wouldn't get it graded to verify the grade and lack of resto.....what a crapshoot. but it certainly looks nice in any event..........

 

Interesting that the scan is cropped on this one but there is no problem with generating a full scan for #7.

 

I agree with you about the tape - is it holding loose pages in the book? How bad is it? Is this a frakenstein copy?

[Shield]

I think the most ironic thing is in the auction the banner "www.silveragecoimics.com" has the exact same background as a purple labeled CGC book. Interesting, no?

 

[Chi Bamm]

I'm just amazed at the unprofessionial look of the sale and the people actually bidding. There's already 4 bids of up to 20K, with only 1 half scan of 1 comic, granted they are early Actions. I say multiple scans of the multiple books if I'm spending that much but call me

[Broken Shakespear]

Wouldn't archival tape on every page to reinforce the pages be considered a resto, similar to tear seals?

 

If he slabbed it, it would probably come back aa a PLOD. Which for this book, would probably still fetch a fair price...

[Broken Shakespear]

I'm curious how that tape is being used two. Two methods spring to mind. The tape could be along the spine edge of the pages, connecting two pages together. This would prevent frail pages from splitting and coming loose from the book. ala Hinging tape...

 

If pages are already completely seperated and only held in by tape, then this could be a Frankenstein. You might never know.

 

Another technique I have seen though, on regular books, is for a piece (or pieces) of tape to be put across the entire width of the page. Almost a sort of laminating. I've seen this on older small books (3x5 and 4x6) like journals or diaries. It's a very thin film archival tape that makes the pages somewhat stiff and ridgid and able to withstand handling again. I've only seen this on texts that were so brittle that touching them might break the page.

[aardvark88]

At least Gus was generous to give us a scan of the back cover on the Action 1 since it will sell for more than $21k. Most of his other $5k up comics have only 1 piddly scan.

[1koko]

Guys - the books are for real.

 

They have been consigned by a board member.

 

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