Corvonie Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Hi, I think I scored on this copy of this issue of Rex that is an 8 on the Gerber scale! Looking for a grade from the community. Thanks, as always, for your insight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying_bison Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 What an amazing and rare book. You never see this one. I would say 6.0-6.5 as is. Corvonie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 6.5/7.0. Maybe a grade higher b/c CGC has been more lenient with spine tics. The back cover is remarkably clean. Corvonie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvonie Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 On 10/22/2023 at 11:03 PM, scburdet said: 6.5/7.0. Maybe a grade higher b/c CGC has been more lenient with spine tics. The back cover is remarkably clean. Thanks for your time as always SC! I didn’t know that ppl have observed that trend but it’s good to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 A fun book, for sure. Gil Kane did a nice job with this title. Publication of Ernst Gerber's Photo-Journals in 1989 was a truly seminal event in our hobby -- comparable in significance to Overstreet's first Price Guide and CGC's founding. Visual stimuli are very effective (remember Dr. Lecter's admonition to Clarice Starling, "We begin by coveting what we see."). However, Gerber's scarcity research was more anecdotal than scientific and done in the "pre-internet" era. As a result, his scarcity ratings often underestimate the number of surviving copies (especially for the less-collectible titles of that era). This is definitely a well above average copy (I believe Rex issues were only found in a small handful of the very largest CGC-recognized pedigree collections). But I agree with what's already been said: the spine ticks and corner chip (TLC BC) almost certainly will cap CGC's grade at the 6.5/7.0 level (w/ cr-ow pages). grendelbo and Corvonie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 (edited) I have only ever come across 2 issues of Rex in the wild here in the UK, in fifty years. #24 & #38 Certainly a tough title to collect and all seem pretty scarce to me Yours is definitely nicer than mine. 6.5 at least Edited October 24, 2023 by Kevin.J zzutak and Corvonie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvonie Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 On 10/24/2023 at 9:16 AM, Kevin.J said: I have only ever come across 2 issues of Rex in the wild here in the UK, in fifty years. #24 & #48 Certainly a tough title to collect and all seem pretty scarce to me Yours is definitely nicer than mine. 6.5 at least Oh man so check this out - I bought these from a seller in the UK, and asked if they combined shipping. They said yes and here’s what arrived in the mail. How could I be happier than with a uk seller who sends cash and sends dollars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 On 10/24/2023 at 11:16 PM, Corvonie said: Oh man so check this out - I bought these from a seller in the UK, and asked if they combined shipping. They said yes and here’s what arrived in the mail. How could I be happier than with a uk seller who sends cash and sends dollars? Sweet. Back in the days before ebay and paypal, I used to buy from the US all the time. I used to go to the travel agent and change my pounds into dollars and send the dollars in a greeting card to disguise it, did this for years and always arrived safely. I still have a random drawer with about 100 dollars in as sometimes you would get the books with a discount and they would send dollars back , they are not legal tender here so just accumulated in the drawer and I never got around to changing them over. Corvonie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 6.5 Thanks for posting. Corvonie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
