Qua-Brot Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 (edited) First - rules: No bad people, no HOS or Probies. For this I will only accept Check or Money Order (US funds only) - have to clear before sending out book. Suitcases of cash work as well. Shipping will be FREE Registered Mail fully insured (may take longer, but you will get it safe and sound). No overseas, will do Canada if you can explain how I can do the equivalent of Registered mail (or some other secure sending) and should also be free unless it is way more expensive than shipping in the US. This is an odd, rare item. When old comics get read and played with and loved they tend to lose certain parts - the centerfolds being the most commonly lost pieces (covers tend to be the second most lost part). Here I seem to have gone inverted - I only have the centerfold! Bought a stack of books, in between the coverless books there were some pieces, and in my researches into what these were I realized this is the centerfold to Detective Comics 1! I did the page count (using info from the Grand Comics Database) and it checks out. Features the last 2 pages of the 13 page "The Claws of the Red Dragon" (this is the story from which the front cover was drawn) and the first 2 pages of the 4 page Gumshoe Gus in the Gotlotz Jewels mystery (get it - Gotlotz = got lots!). For a page ripped from the bosom of its book and left bereft of protection, it is in decent condition. The first page is great with some minor wear/chipping on the upper right edges and some minor rips along the right edge. The "spine" is great - fully attached the entire length of the pages with the holes where the staples were popped, as expected. Last page has some roughness at the top edge, a ripped section on the right edge (see the pictures), some rips along the right edge and bottom edge (the piece that looks like its missing - just folded up behind), and one small chip at the bottom of the corner. Page quality is tan to cream, supple pages, no brittleness (though I wouldn't try stress it too much to try it out, nevertheless the pieces that were folded behind etc. did not fall off when I injudiciously folded them back into place!). Please take a close look at the pictures and ask questions or for more pictures/scans (I will try to get to that if I can dig my scanner out from under the pile of comics on it) How does one price this? I have no clue! Someone is asking $3,550 for just the back cover (although it is CGC certified). An incomplete Tec 1 sold in 2017 for about $2,000 - missing first two wraps AND THE CENTERFOLD! I'm going to ask $5,500 and see where we end up. I am willing to conditionally sell in that the person commits to buying it and I will send it to CGC (at my own cost) to be authenticated/slabbed - if it comes back as not what it seems to be, buyer is off the hook. If it comes back as what I am saying it is, buyer pays what was agreed for it and receives the pages. Thank you for looking! Edited May 31, 2019 by Qua-Brot Annihilus and SkOw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
