Trimmed TTA 90?

[arexcrooke]

Hey all,i dont have a scan yet, but give me time. I got in the mail today a nice vf+ to vf/nm TTA 90. Very nice looking book with good colors and all that. I would not have noticed this, but as i had stacked the TTA 90 ontop of a TTA 95, i noticed that the book was the same width on the top part of the book. However, the bottom of the book was off by a good 1/16 of an inch off at the bottom. Without having a scan is it uncommon for books to be off of square from top to bottom? I have seen examples in the OGG where the book has been miscut from left to right.

Ill try to get a scan up by tomorrow. Ask me questions as I dont really know how else to describe it.

It is about 6 3/4 at the top and 6 5/8 at the bottom.

[october]

Deja Vu

 

There must be some mad TTA trimmer out there.

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=786386&an=0&page=0#786386

[Silver Surfer]

[arexcrooke]

Deja Vu

 

There must be some mad TTA trimmer out there.

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=786386&an=0&page=0#786386

only difference is i paid a little bit more than yours. Still got it for around $14, thats US $$4 SSurfer. Not that Canadian bologna

[Silver Surfer]

Deja Vu

 

There must be some mad TTA trimmer out there.

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=786386&an=0&page=0#786386

only difference is i paid a little bit more than yours. Still got it for around $14, thats US $$4 SSurfer. Not that Canadian bologna

 

[Aces]

Tales to Astonish are among the worst Quality of Production books I've seen from 1964-1968.

 

It's probably juat a bad QP job.

[FFB]

Hey all,i dont have a scan yet, but give me time. I got in the mail today a nice vf+ to vf/nm TTA 90. Very nice looking book with good colors and all that. I would not have noticed this, but as i had stacked the TTA 90 ontop of a TTA 95, i noticed that the book was the same width on the top part of the book. However, the bottom of the book was off by a good 1/16 of an inch off at the bottom. Without having a scan is it uncommon for books to be off of square from top to bottom? I have seen examples in the OGG where the book has been miscut from left to right.

Ill try to get a scan up by tomorrow. Ask me questions as I dont really know how else to describe it.

It is about 6 3/4 at the top and 6 5/8 at the bottom.

 

I have owned two 9.4 copies of TTA #90 that were in blue label CGC slabs and both of them had exactly the same slanted right miscut that you are describing. That is VERY common for Marvels from that era, and particularly on that book. My Sgt. Fury #50 (from about the same timeframe) is off by a full 1/4 inch at the bottom.

 

I would consider it less likely that such a book were trimmed because a trimmer would try to straighten out the leading edge to make it perfectly perpendicular to the top and bottom edges.

 

So my short answer is no, that is not evidence of trimming. It is evidence of a common slanted miscut.

[Aces]

My nice TtA 93 has that miscut too.

[FFB]

My nice TtA 93 has that miscut too.

 

Yeah, a 1/16th inch miscut Marvel from that era is about as good as it gets! If you only have a 1/16th inch miscut, thank your lucky stars.

 

After all, you could get a monstrosity like THIS:

 

 

MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!!!!!

[arexcrooke]

Thanks FFB! My book does kinda look like your Sgt. so that makes me feel better. I dont have a lot in the book but it does present nice, except for the miscut.

[Silver Surfer]

Oh the humanity.

[arexcrooke]

Oh the humanity.

[arexcrooke]

Greggy is rubbing off on me.

[Silver Surfer]

Greggy is rubbing off on me.

 

I don't think you want Greggy and his short shorts "rubbing off" on you at all.

[arexcrooke]

Greggy is rubbing off on me.

 

I don't think you want Greggy and his short shorts "rubbing off" on you at all.

Better than rubbing me off, though isnt it?

[arexcrooke]

That is just sick

[greggy]

That is just sick