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Show Us Your Atlas Books - Have A Cigar
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Straw-Man

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Thanks very much.

 

67 tough issues to be sure. I have knocked on a lot of doors harassed many a board member (sorry about that guys), sold, traded, swapped etc. to get a good way through it.

 

I started with a goal of 7.0 or higher as an average grade. I don't think I am going to make it, but it will be close and I will continue to upgrade when possible.

 

I have found every issue to be exceedingly difficult to find in high grade (thats the world of an Atlas collector), but interestingly I have found many of the post code issues to be more difficult than pre-code.

 

I am curious if you found this to be the case when you put your run together? I am also curious what books were the most difficult for you to locate.

 

Johnny

 

i was open to low grade books, as long as they were in one piece and were at least presentable looking, and had no problem tracking them all down. i had about 5 raw white mountains in nice shape, and a 9.4 bethlehem in the 150's.

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adamstrange

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Thanks very much.

 

67 tough issues to be sure. I have knocked on a lot of doors harassed many a board member (sorry about that guys), sold, traded, swapped etc. to get a good way through it.

 

I started with a goal of 7.0 or higher as an average grade. I don't think I am going to make it, but it will be close and I will continue to upgrade when possible.

 

I have found every issue to be exceedingly difficult to find in high grade (thats the world of an Atlas collector), but interestingly I have found many of the post code issues to be more difficult than pre-code.

 

I am curious if you found this to be the case when you put your run together? I am also curious what books were the most difficult for you to locate.

 

Johnny

 

i was open to low grade books, as long as they were in one piece and were at least presentable looking, and had no problem tracking them all down. i had about 5 raw white mountains in nice shape, and a 9.4 bethlehem in the 150's.

I have generally found 9.4s to be perfectly acceptable.

 

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adamstrange

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By the way... I have a hole in my run where that 104 would fit hm

Luckily I don't or I don't know how I would sleep at night. :insane:

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adamstrange

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Atlas interiors can vary in quality but the 104 is first rate. In addition to the Wolverton story there are two excellent robot stories.

 

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adamstrange

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Did you crack open the 104? Or is this your duplicate Northford reader lol

 

No dupes but it was such a lovely non-ped copy that I cracked it open early this year.

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Johnny545

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Nice. Pages look white to me.

 

I am always very curious how a non-ped makes it 60+ years in such a conditions, wish I knew the story of how it was stored/preserved for so long. I can only imagine much of it is pure luck.

 

A true rarity and treasure.

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