Marvel Mystery 68 Please Grade My Book

[BLBcomics-migration]

Robert Beerbohm here going back to grading school. I wish to thank those who have ventured opines on the first batch i listed here. I will be posting a series of books over the next couple weeks in an effort to come up to speed on tightened grading standards coupled with having bought a few pairs of eye glass 2.75 magnification "cheaters" to augment waning 20/20 vision brought on by advancing years. Any help welcomed. http://www.BLBComics.com

 

 

I've had this book since July, out of a one owner collection from a farm house in South Dakota of about 70 books where the Action 65 67 came out of - most all the books out of this batch have mostly white type paper, stored not so far from where the Lamont Larsen collection was uncovered

 

Kicker is just a few of the book's staples picked up a bit of moisture creep, very slight actually not getting into the inside paper at all, just a thin layer on the outside cover, stored as they were in a barn since circa 1943, when the collection waned.

 

Good thing is it was just a few books and this Marvel Mystery has zero rust on its lone staple it was printed with - common for this era of World War Two so they could make more bullets.

 

The earliest book was Detective 16 June 1938, and it, while a beater G+ well read, had white paper, making the Action #1 advert inside front cover a real beaut to look at

 

And i wish to thank all who have ventured opinions on what i have posted so far as i undertake a serious re-look at grading standards opinions. Having been in his this in a serious way since my first mail order ad in RBCC #47 Oct 1966 while still an 8th grader in Jr High school, it seems grading standards just keep to want to tighten and re-tighten as the price (perceived value) of olf comic books just seems to go up and up.

 

Maybe i should have figured out how to have kept the at least VF+ white paper Detective #27 from the Tom Reilly (erroneously called "San Francisco" copies) for today's marketplace.

 

At the time I sold it to Burl Rowe, then of Houston Texas, for $2200 in June 1973, it shattered the then-world's record of Action #1 selling for $1801.26 in May 1973. That Tec 27 was the first book to sell for over two grand as well as the Whiz #1 from the Reilly collection i sold to Burl for two grand even - they were that nice.

 

We got 100s of AP/UPI newspaper stories run about it in papers as far away as Germany and within a month we had bought 3 more Tec 27 copies along with huge amounts of other old comics - a long time ago now in a galaxy far far away.

 

I have no problems re-entering grading school to teach this-here old dog new tricks. I continuously dig up great old comics, like i have for decades now.

 

And i want to have all the people who acquire books from me to be happy camper customers who want to come back to dip inside my comics well. And i am not going to be doing 25-30 shows a year any more - too much wear and year on myself as well as the books getting to market, so i wil lbe here to get stuff mailed out pronto and answer any and all questions timely.

 

best

Robert Beerbohm

http://www.BLBComics.com

[thedude]

Bob, is that a small tear under the 10 cent price ??

[BLBcomics-migration]

Bob, is that a small tear under the 10 cent price ??

 

unfortunately, sure is - an overlapping tear which ends where you no longer see it on the left of the 10 cent sign - there is also a nick at the bottom left front cover - i meant to say these two things up above and must have missed the cut & paste part when i posted

[Aces]

7.5/8.0

 

I get some free comics for all this grading right?

[sterlingcomics]

My GA grading is non-existent....so take this with a grain of salt.

6.5

[BLBcomics-migration]

7.5/8.0

 

I get some free comics for all this grading right?

 

sure, what would you like?

[Aces]

7.5/8.0

 

I get some free comics for all this grading right?

 

sure, what would you like?

 

Got a fair/good copy of FF 2?

 

Actually I only collect the older stuff so freebies are probably out of the question.

[inconceivable]

6.5 FN+ because of the tear right edge, tear at staple, chip missing bottom spine, chip (or is it just a fold) lower left back cover

 

I have no problems re-entering grading school to teach this-here old dog new tricks.

 

This is the part I am most impressed with. Most already think they know everything!

 

Dan

[KingOfRulers]

6.0

[Comicdey]

6.5

[143ksk]

 

6.5 FN+ because of the tear right edge, tear at staple, chip missing bottom spine, chip (or is it just a fold) lower left back cover

 

 

I have no problems re-entering grading school to teach this-here old dog new tricks.

 

This is the part I am most impressed with. Most already think they know everything!

 

I totally agree with you. It takes a lot of class to reevaluate and change with the times.

[rjpb]

5.5