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Schomburg War Covers

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SteveLRoberts5

SteveLRoberts5

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I'm really not a Marvel Mystery collector so I'll yield to the expertise of fellow board members who specialize in this area. I have one Marvel Mystery in my entire collection of about 800 books--a MM 54. I noticed in the census that only three have been graded with the highest being a 9.2. I just got my copy back from CGC and it graded at a 5.0 which I couldn't believe was the second highest in the census. Are these Schomburg War Covers that rare? Does the demand far exceed available supply on these books? Perhaps someone can inform me.

 

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rjpb

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Marvel Mystery books from 1944 on have to be among the most common of Timelys, at least in low to mid-grade. My guess is that in 5.0 or less there is not enough profit to warrant slabbing these books for resale - and that many mid to high grade copies are locked up in pre-CGC collections.

 

The census really isn't useful for gauging relative rarity of GA books, except for maybe keys.

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