PGM my King Size Hulk 1

[october]

I took a chance on a small scan and scored this one. It makes up for the half dozen piles of garbage I have gotten in the last week or two.

 

Small corner crease top right. Slight spine wear. Nice bright colors and good gloss.

 

 

[divad]

Not too bad . . . You should have seen my copy . . .

 

It makes up for the half dozen piles of garbage I have gotten in the last week or two.

 

Why do you bother with the high risk sales?

[october]

Why do you bother with the high risk sales?

 

Because in the aggregate the benefits have FAR outweighed the detriments. I would say I have saved several thousand dollars in cost off dealer prices by taking calculated risks, just in the last six months. I get burned sometimes, but 75% of those are returned for refunds and the other 25% are low dollar books.

[divad]

Why do you bother with the high risk sales?

 

Because in the aggregate the benefits have FAR outweighed the detriments. I would say I have saved several thousand dollars in cost off dealer prices by taking calculated risks. I get burned sometimes, but 75% of those are returned for refunds and the other 25% are low dollar books.

 

Understood, but there are many excellent private sellers who sell at a fraction of dealer's prices, have got the goods, and provide solid reliable service . . .

 

[october]

Why do you bother with the high risk sales?

 

Because in the aggregate the benefits have FAR outweighed the detriments. I would say I have saved several thousand dollars in cost off dealer prices by taking calculated risks. I get burned sometimes, but 75% of those are returned for refunds and the other 25% are low dollar books.

 

Understood, but there are many excellent private sellers who sell at a fraction of dealer's prices, have got the goods, and provide solid reliable service . . .

 

 

Very true, and I buy from them when the discounts are there. For keys though, no dealer, public or private, is going to cut me deals like the ones I have gotten on eBay. I posted a few in another thread and nobody would have given me prices like that.

 

 

Plus I like the gambling aspect.

[nik]

Tell me how much it cost you and Ill show you the one I picked up(not as nice as yours)

[october]

Tell me how much it cost you and Ill show you the one I picked up(not as nice as yours)

 

$25. Not a GREAT price, but still solid.

[nik]

 

Small rub in logo box, small crease BRC, white pages and back cover is awesome, but you still got me beat by $50

 

[october]

Looks as nice as mine. Mine has a tiny bit of fraying over the CCA stamp. What did you grade your's out as?

[nik]

VF+

[october]

VF+

 

What would you grade mine?

[joeypost]

To answer your original question the book looks to be 7.5-8.0.

[nik]

I can grade a little more accurate if I had the book in hand

[october]

I can grade a little more accurate if I had the book in hand

 

[divad]

Let me see if I can dig mine up . . .

[nik]

At first glance it looks like a VF/NM, but looking a little more closely at the small defects I would say VF

[divad]

Could only find my "reader copy" . . .

 

 

 

[Sal]

VF+

 

What would you grade mine?

7.0-7.5 leaning towards the latter

[Point Five]

Grading the original King Size Hulk 1...torn between 7.5 and 8.0 because of the small corner crease, but I think it might squeak by with an 8.0 just b/c the edges & spine look so crisp otherwise.

 

On the ebay-gamble thing, I'm so in Andy's camp. My GA collection of the last five years wouldn't even exist without ebay. Examples too numerous to list. The books I collect are way too expensive at any dealer site if you can find them at all, and often I return home from NYC conventions empty-handed because the low-grade GA selection is so poor and the prices so laughably high. I would have limited patience with continued gambles on $10 BA books, but I can totally relate to how the rewards of ebay buying outweigh the risks regardless of what you collect.

[october]

Could only find my "reader copy" . . .

 

Burn that beater!