Who would DO THIS?!?!

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

This is inhumane...

 

Amazing Fantasy 15 - Amazing Spider-Man 100 in hardcover...literally.

 

It is really sad because these look like they are in really good condition too.

[blowout]

Probably created back in the days when comics were for reading.

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

Probably created back in the days when comics were for reading.

 

, the guy who did this probably kicked himself when Marvel Masterworks came out.

[FFB]

My question is, how much would that go for if he put it up for auction starting at a dollar, with no reserve?

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

My question is, how much would that go for if he put it up for auction starting at a dollar, with no reserve?

 

I was wondering the same thing...

 

The scans make the covers look like they are at LEAST VF+

 

However, I have no idea what kind of damage the stitching did. At least he didn't use glue.

[s-man]

Isnt this the same set that was put up for auction before by the same seller?

[FFB]

Isnt this the same set that was put up for auction before by the same seller?

 

It's been up a couple times, I think.

[PovertyRow]

My question is, how much would that go for if he put it up for auction starting at a dollar, with no reserve?

 

I was wondering the same thing...

 

The scans make the covers look like they are at LEAST VF+

 

However, I have no idea what kind of damage the stitching did. At least he didn't use glue.

 

It may be possible to remove glue. But stitching means holes through the covers and every page.

 

Plus the trimming.

[rob_react]

Bound volumes aren't all that rare. Libraries, some publishers and some collectors did it to make comics easier to read and store. At the time it wouldn't have been a big deal at all. To be honest, I'm sure people would have questioned spending all that money just to have some comics bound.

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

It may be possible to remove glue. But stitching means holes through the covers and every page.

 

Plus the trimming.

 

God, I hope not. He doesn't say that they were trimmed, but if they were, he would be lucky to get 1/10th of what he is asking.

[rob_react]

It may be possible to remove glue. But stitching means holes through the covers and every page.

 

Plus the trimming.

 

God, I hope not. He doesn't say that they were trimmed, but if they were, he would be lucky to get 1/10th of what he is asking.

 

Bound volumes are traditionally trimmed to give the edge a nice uniform look. It's actually rare to find one that HASN'T been trimmed.

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

Bound volumes are traditionally trimmed to give the edge a nice uniform look. It's actually rare to find one that HASN'T been trimmed.

 

Not being an OG, I did not know that. In fact...I didn't even know that these existed.

[FFB]

It may be possible to remove glue. But stitching means holes through the covers and every page.

 

Plus the trimming.

 

God, I hope not. He doesn't say that they were trimmed, but if they were, he would be lucky to get 1/10th of what he is asking.

 

Yes he does say that. In the description.

[PovertyRow]

It may be possible to remove glue. But stitching means holes through the covers and every page.

 

Plus the trimming.

 

God, I hope not. He doesn't say that they were trimmed, but if they were, he would be lucky to get 1/10th of what he is asking.

 

check the 5th paragraph: "The process of the binding, including a uniform trim to keep all the pages aligned and perfect" - "aligned and perfect" - nice bit of hype!

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

It may be possible to remove glue. But stitching means holes through the covers and every page.

 

Plus the trimming.

 

God, I hope not. He doesn't say that they were trimmed, but if they were, he would be lucky to get 1/10th of what he is asking.

 

Yes he does say that. In the description.

 

Yo, I am an insufficiently_thoughtful_person. I completely missed that when he said:

 

The process of the binding, including a uniform trim to keep all the pages aligned

 

[MikeS]

It seems as if the seller has been trying to sell this for $30,000 at the San Diego con for at least the past 10 years....never any takers....

[Aces]

They look high grade too...

[jimm94]

My question is, how much would that go for if he put it up for auction starting at a dollar, with no reserve?

 

I was wondering the same thing...

 

The scans make the covers look like they are at LEAST VF+

 

However, I have no idea what kind of damage the stitching did. At least he didn't use glue.

 

It may be possible to remove glue. But stitching means holes through the covers and every page.

 

Plus the trimming.

 

I've seen this set a few times before and the thing I still don't understand is whether or not they still have spines, or if they were chopped off to be glued and stitched.

 

BTW, Hi POV!

[ft88]

Lets see I could buy some Fines from 21-101 for what, say $5000 and have them trimmed and bound. So the first book with all the keys is worth $25k. AF 15 as is $2k and #1 is $1500. Another $5 k for 2-20. Add $1500 for coolness factor and their worth $15k. I'll wait until the 50% off sale.

[rob_react]

A bound volume of FF 1-24 sold for just over $5,000 at Heritage last year and that set was untrimmed, so that'll give you the idea of the where this pricing sits.