ASM #129 cheap

[rjpb]

I wouldn't consider a comic missing a back cover to be in poor condition, unless the pages were brittle or the remaining front cover was only in fair condition. As long as the rest of the book is in presentable shape it would count as a fair. If you had a choice between two copies Action 1 with identical page quality, one with a quarter of the front cover missing, and another with a front cover that would be at home on a VG copy, but no back cover, which would you prefer?

 

With cheaper comics it isn't necessary, but I think it is possible to grade books as FR+ and FR-, what would the number grades be, 1.2 and .08?

[FFB]

I don't really collect anything at lower than VF unless it is a really high priced key, in which case I'll go to Fine or MAYBE VG if it's a nice VG on an otherwise super expensive book. But I don't buy books with chunks out of the front or back cover, so it's really just an academic discussion from my perspective.

 

I wouldn't consider a comic missing a back cover to be in poor condition, unless the pages were brittle or the remaining front cover was only in fair condition. As long as the rest of the book is in presentable shape it would count as a fair. If you had a choice between two copies Action 1 with identical page quality, one with a quarter of the front cover missing, and another with a front cover that would be at home on a VG copy, but no back cover, which would you prefer?

 

With cheaper comics it isn't necessary, but I think it is possible to grade books as FR+ and FR-, what would the number grades be, 1.2 and .08?

[uclapeterg]

same here.

[kryptonitecomics]

I don't really collect anything at lower than VF unless it is a really high priced key, in which case I'll go to Fine or MAYBE VG if it's a nice VG on an otherwise super expensive book. But I don't buy books with chunks out of the front or back cover, so it's really just an academic discussion from my perspective.

 

 

 

How about a big tape pull on the cover?

 

 

[uclapeterg]

Remember, angle the book be4 buying!

[kryptonitecomics]

Something tells me I aint going to live this one down...............maybe that's a good thing........it will remind me to look at the center of the book.

[FFB]

, I know the book you're talking about. Those are nebula, not tape pulls!!!!

 

Also, I should clarify from my statement that if I want just a reader copy, I'll obviously buy whatever condition the book is in as long as it's cheap. In this case, I don't care whether the book falls in the Fr, Gd, VG, or F- range. (I bought some Fr/Gd to VG+ copies of Jim Shooter's first stories in Adventure Comics from when he was 13 years old, for example. I don't collect these, but I wanted to check them out because he's a guy who I respect and admire a lot.) It's only for books that I will consider adding to my permanent collection that fall under my prior statement. I'm not a "condition snob" per se, it's just that from an investment standpoint, I think it's counterproductive to build a run of silver age stuff below VF.

 

I don't really collect anything at lower than VF unless it is a really high priced key, in which case I'll go to Fine or MAYBE VG if it's a nice VG on an otherwise super expensive book. But I don't buy books with chunks out of the front or back cover, so it's really just an academic discussion from my perspective.

 

 

 

How about a big tape pull on the cover?

 

 

[kryptonitecomics]

Speaking of ASM #129 and since I started this thread

 

 

I just sealed a deal on a copy finally. The dealer grades it as an 8.0 to 8.5, but the pictures provided are not big enough for me to grade the book with any accuracy. So I am going to take a leap of faith and hope that it's at least a 7.0 since I am paying about a 6.5 to 7.0 price for a raw copy.

 

Wish me luck all