G+ 2.5 for this FF 1? Talk about FUGLY!

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

Who thinks this FF 1 is really a G+ 2.5? And even if you think it technically fits within the Good guidelines, would you buy it if?

[goldust40]

That book is hideous, and soiled almost beyond recognition. Strange how there are two long diagonal creases through the centre of the cover that form an "X" - never seen that before.

 

It's a fair. Couldn't grade it above that even if structurally it might be solid.

 

And no, I wouldn't buy it - it is, as you say, just too fugly.

[Zanarkand]

Depends on the other defects. I wouldn't buy it if it also has spine splits, detached cover or wraps, tears, rusted staples, etc. Other stuff you tend to see in Good. If the mildew is the only major defect, I'd look at it this way - for maybe $500 to have it cleaned you could have a decent 4.0. If an apparent 4.0 FF #1 cr/ow, where the only resto was a cleaning, was listed for $1500 would you bid on it?

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

If an apparent 4.0 FF #1 cr/ow, where the only resto was a cleaning, was listed for $1500 would you bid on it?

 

The thing is the mildew isn't the only defect (and I doubt a cleaning would really get rid of all of it because it also appears to suffer from moisture damage).

 

Those criss-crossing creases on the front cover would ruin this book for me even without the mildew and soiling. God, it's hideous.

[uclapeterg]

I know what book you're talking about.. don't even have to check link.. there's no way i'm buying that copy!

[shrunkenhead]

Yikes who wiped their butt with that book??

[*paull*]

I don't normally recommend restoration for books, but this is a prime candidate. That thing needs some serious cleaning! There's no reason to have a book that looks like that in a collection.

[burntboy]

I don't normally recommend restoration for books, but this is a prime candidate. That thing needs some serious cleaning! There's no reason to have a book that looks like that in a collection.

 

i think i tend to agree with you here - the book is just too ugly to look at in it's present state. and i think good+ is generous all things considered.......

[noshill-migration]

It does look better than that 2.5 Action #1....

[Silver Surfer]

Is that the rolled up and on it Pedigree?

[uclapeterg]

It does look better than that 2.5 Action #1....

 

I really wondered about that.

[arexcrooke]

But wouldnt it be a good candidate for resto? Looks like the soiling was the major problem with the book. Structurally, it doesnt look to bad, unless I am missing something.

[rjpb]

If anyone actually thought this was a 2.5 I'm sure it would have been BINned by now.

[jbud73]

This is a Prime case of where a book should not have been encapsulated - at least the collecting public is astute enough to weigh in on this by not bidding. Buy the book and not the label.

[garthgantu]

Agreed, Jbud... oh, the horror, the horror...

 

The restoration would have to include quite a bit of color touch to 'fix' that hideous 'X' , as well as cleaning and pressing.

 

That book's around a Fair- by my reckoning... just fugly, bugly and ughly

[FFB]

Agreed, Jbud... oh, the horror, the horror...

 

The restoration would have to include quite a bit of color touch to 'fix' that hideous 'X' , as well as cleaning and pressing.

 

That book's around a Fair- by my reckoning... just fugly, bugly and ughly

 

Nah, you could fix that X-shaped mega-crease easily. Just trim it off!

 

I slay me.

[arexcrooke]

[uclapeterg]

Agreed, Jbud... oh, the horror, the horror...

 

The restoration would have to include quite a bit of color touch to 'fix' that hideous 'X' , as well as cleaning and pressing.

 

That book's around a Fair- by my reckoning... just fugly, bugly and ughly

 

Nah, you could fix that X-shaped mega-crease easily. Just trim it off!

 

I slay me.

 

[iron maniac]

Holy Cow! and I thought the copy I had was bad!!!