What would you choose? Perfect centring or Perfect colour? Updated with pics

[Diaolos]

Hi boardies,

 

I am have the opportunity to purchase a book for my collection that I have been looking for. Grade is the same at 9.2 and price is the same. Only difference is one has perfect centring but OW/W pages while the other has good centring and white pages. Would you choose the pages colours or the centring?

 

Thanks to everyone for taking a look and offer their opinion.

 

 

 

 

[miraclemet]

what era is the book?

[Cyclops]

I'd take the perfect centering because it's not really a huge deal with the OW/W. If it was CR/OW, it might be a harder decision.

 

The page quality may come back White one day.

 

 

[Diaolos]

what era is the book?

 

Bronze book published in 1973

[Cyclops]

If you were ever going to sell it, I think you'd get more of a premium for the centering then you would for the White Pages.

[FineCollector]

Tell us what the book is. Some books like Avengers Annual 7 are always hideously off-center, and a well centered version would be quite the find.

[HarveySwick]

Tough decision! If it's a common enough book, wait and buy THE book. Because either way, you might be kicking yourself if another pops up with both the centering AND PQ! I'm personally more of a PQ snob than grade, but I feel like centering may even trump PQ! So, I guess if it's a common enough book - wait. If you feel that you can't, get the better centered book. OW/W to W is sometimes a very minimal difference. A big white spine or terrible centering really stands out though!

[kav]

Centering

[scooter99]

If you were ever going to sell it, I think you'd get more of a premium for the centering then you would for the White Pages.

 

+1

 

If you have any hoarding tendencies, buy both.

[Diaolos]

Don't think the centring is that bad on the second. Will make it easy and upload pics in a few seconds

 

Back to watching my beloved Habs. What a wild game!

 

[Diaolos]

What would you choose...

Copy A

 

Copy B

[HarveySwick]

I think that's easy - Copy A!

 

The white spine looks even and straight. Copy B looks like the Marvel Comics Group bar has a slight tilt down to the right! It might just be the scan, but Copy A looks like it has bolder, brighter colors!

 

Copy A

[Cyclops]

Well-centered bronze age keys make me happy.

[bababooey]

Copy A

 

(thumbs u

[Diaolos]

Well-centered bronze age keys make me happy.

 

A or B?

[kav]

A

[Diaolos]

Looks like the A's have spoken!

[scooter99]

IM 55's are notorious for misrwaps. Is the picture of A lightened? Is the copy B scan darker than the actual colors of the book?

 

Both books look fine, but based on pics/scans that you present, I'd take A as well.

[Diaolos]

IM 55's are notorious for misrwaps. Is the picture of A lightened? Is the copy B scan darker than the actual colors of the book?

 

Both books look fine, but based on pics/scans that you present, I'd take A as well.

 

Unfortunately I do not have the answer to these questions but the looks like copy A has a definite advantage in colour overall

[rodan57]

Given that the quality of the second photo hides the true colours and that the staples are not well around on the back, I'd take B.

 

It's beautifully centred. This is very hard to find.

 

Besides, the white strip on A hides non-colour breaking stresses, whereas none will exist on B.

 

As I crack all my keeper books, I have witnessed many a W and OW/W that are interchangeable.