Regardless of grade.....what are dealbreakers for you?

[Mio]

Stan Lee sharpie sig; brittle pages; rusty staples; pieces missing.

[Mutant Manatee]

Somebodys name or a library stamp etc, nada

 

I actually love vintage store stamps, arrival date stamps, and even the handwritten name of the original owner if done neatly.

 

The defects I avoid are:

 

1. Sun fading

2. Brittle pages

3. Trimming

4. Color touch

5. Bad musty odor

6. Severe moisture damage

[s14roller]

I have stayed away from restored and so far, brittle pages. I would probably never buy a sun faded cover as it loses that "pop" that I love from cover art.

 

I actually have seen some date stamps that I really like, so open to those.

[davidpg]

Price.

[Chaseman210]

Mis-wraps, rust, and tanning.

[EwanUK]

Somebodys name or a library stamp etc, nada

 

I actually love vintage store stamps, arrival date stamps, and even the handwritten name of the original owner if done neatly.

 

The defects I avoid are:

 

1. Sun fading

2. Brittle pages

3. Trimming

4. Color touch

5. Bad musty odor

6. Severe moisture damage

 

pretty similar

like vintage arrival date stamps

 

deal breakers

 

1. trimming

2. fading

3. pieces replaced

4. new CGC / CBCS label - both 100 steps backwards

 

don't mind colour touch at all, in fact i can't see how it's literally any different from a signed or sketched book - other than in intent both are pen added to the cover... abd sometimes the ct book has much much less

[Erndog]

Mis-wraps.

 

Even in high grade, a wonky miswrap and I bolt.

[BatFace-migration]

I hate detached covers.

[GoldCap]

Mis-wraps bug me but not as much as rusty staples or brittle pages.

 

Don't like detached covers/centerfolds but if it's a well presenting book (and one I've been hunting for a while) I'll take it.

 

I guess my only deal breakers are excessive rodent chew/smell. Oh, and sun faded.

[mysterio]

Me.....

1. Brittle pages, even slightly

2. Rusted staples

3. Anything more than just a slight restoration, few color touches, cover cleaned, reinforced etc.

4. Writing on the cover, a small mark i can deal with. Somebodys name or a library stamp etc, nada

 

Seems a little hypocritical for the Island of Misfit Toys to get all high and mighty on misfit books...

[FN-2199]

1. Rusty Staples

2. Boogers stuck to the book

[Chillax23]

Deal breakers: (1) Rusted Staples, (2) Tape, (3) Writing on the cover, and (4) trimmed pages (if talking about restored)

[Aweandlorder]

Mcfarlane covers

[grebal]

Good thread. I buy for myself of course, but I can't help but have been affected by thoughts of 'what if I want to sell it?' And it hasn't changed much over the decades, the same few items appear most frequently on collectors' lists.

 

Opinions on how wrong I got this are welcome, but based on above, it seemed to me (some of it's editorialized):

 

Damage Level 1 (Most common fatal flaws)

Restoration (trim)

Brittle pages

Rusted staple

Sun bleached/faded

Chews

Foul odors

Incomplete

 

Damage 2

Restor. color touch

Tape

Writing (many dislike sigs as defacement)

Moisture damage

Moderate tanning/dust shadow

Chunks

Crooked wraps

Detached cover

?-discolored (brown, not rusted) staple, or is there no distinction to most?

 

Damage 3

Chips, marvel chipping

Mis-wrap -poorly centered

Stamps

Blown staple on cover

Detached ctrfold

Fanning/reader's roll

?Small light stains, including moisture stains or slight ripple

 

Damage 4 (flaws least mentioned, or not at all)

Lt. soiling, foxing

Creases

Tears

Blown staple inside

[Red_Hood]

1) Heavy tanning or halo effect

 

2) Smoke odors

[Nick's Comics]

-Comics ripped into 2 piece... top half and bottom half.

-Comics that were disassemble and then reassembled backwards.

-Possessed by evil spirits comics.

 

All major deal breakers for me!

 

[NP_Gresham]

Any restoration, missing covers or signatures.

I wont own any of those

[FineCollector]

Nothing I own has one popped staple. Either they're both firmly attached, or the cover is totally detached.

 

Brittle, trimming, rusty staples, faded covers are all no-no's.

 

I don't mind dates, prices, or a name written or stamped on the cover, but I don't like moustaches, word balloons, shading, or any other defacement of the art.

[SupergirlDC1959]

1- Rust

2- Brittle Pages

3- Huge chunks of missing paper

4- Signed books

5- Major staining on front or back cover

6- Self repaired comics

7- Restored comics from the silver age and anything after that age

8- Writing on front cover

9- Grading companies other than CGC

10- Spine splits of more than 10mm (would only buy such a book if it was rare to find in in a specific grade or higher) I prefer the split to be at the bottom of the of the spine not in the middle or at the top

[romanheart]

I generally get more modern comics. Silver and on.

 

The things I avoid are anything with foxing, dust shadows, overspray, and date stamps.