PGM ASM 69

[The-Collector]

Hey guys

 

Not sure about that brown mark on the top FC. Any ideas what it is?

 

The dirt on the back looks much worse in the scan than in person.

 

 

sincerely

 

 

Jake

 

 

 

[toyman-migration]

9.0, nice group of books, should consider cleaning them.

[Jester Hats]

As is, I'd give it an 8.0 - 8.5.

[FineCollector]

The border of the stain is very straight. I'm guessing there was a small piece of clear tape inside the cover, and the last owner was able to flake it off.

[Wilson3d]

So the mark on the front cover is not a distributor stripe? I'm in the 8.0-8.5 crowd. Great looking book!

[mar-vell]

if the mark up top is soiling,tape damage or smoke damage(i've seen smoke damaged books that have shadows just like that one before) i will call it a 7.5 due to the fact the affected area is relatively small and the rest of the book is fairly tight.

 

if the mark is somehow distributer related then i would say it is in the 8.5 range as structurally it is very nice however the colors look a little flat and perhaps devoid of gloss typically found on the higher grade silver age books. Plus the BC is a little dirty as well even magnified by the scan i would say there is too much light soiling to reach any higher.

[400yrs]

7.5 mainly due to that stain and the rounded edge corners. From the scan, looks like tape that was flaked off, as mentioned before.