Mystery box of approx 150 - 200 GA Comics arriving today

[CKB]

You gonna be in Boston next month?

 

Probably. I am going to try. I am trying to arrange to be at the May 12 NYC show as well.

[Ze-man]

OK, who had the itchy scissor fingers.

 

Gheese...I am getting tired of seeing so many books chopped up.

 

WTF were they thinking?.. Hacking away on many of the books with what appears to be a rusty machete ... I know they have chew damage..but yikes.

Can you tell if the cuts are really old, or fairly new?

 

 

Ze-

[GACollectibles]

You gonna be in Boston next month?

 

Probably. I am going to try. I am trying to arrange to be at the May 12 NYC show as well.

 

I was away for the Feb show, I'll be back in my usual corner for April....right down the row from you.

[the blob]

my guess is water damage or rat chews, so the owner chopped off the ugly parts to make a nice straight line.

 

how would you grade a book like that? Poor? Fair? Somewhere in between?

[krighton]

Books like those cut ones you're seeing i'm pretty much just describing them the best i can and let the buyer judge what they're worth...it's hard to put a number on some of these grade wise. Interesting that all of the cutting is similar, in that it's lower right hand corner...maybe he was trying to fit them into a bag and they were too big

[krighton]

i can almost guarantee the cuts are old, they were in that shed quite some time, probably the original owner went nuts or something. At least they certainly don't look fresh, the most recent date for any of the books is the early 60s though most are mid 40s

[the blob]

if a corner had mold or fungus on it or bugs, why not chop it off? makes perfect sense to me. You'll still probably get $20-$50 for some of these uglys.

[krighton]

[krighton]

in case anyone wondered i'm a bit less than halfway through scanning these.

[krighton]

yeah, the Batman 30 semi-run i put up are going in that range, $20-60 or so.

[Rob]

my guess is water damage or rat chews, so the owner chopped off the ugly parts to make a nice straight line.

 

how would you grade a book like that? Poor? Fair? Somewhere in between?

 

Poor. If a piece of the cover is missing, that can be Fair. But if the book is cut all the way through, that's incomplete in my opinion.

[ashrael]

FYI, you already posted the Flash #51. But keep on postin'!

[burntboy]

 

one of the few Batman's from #101 to around #160 that i can't recall ever owning..

 

keep 'em coming................

[krighton]

Any idea why this one doesn't guide higher, they treat it like a non-key

 

[krighton]

pssst Batman..nows a good time for a Batarang to the face of Green mask guy. I'm guessing ducking under the green electro beam thingy isn't allowed either.

[goldust40]

Any idea why this one doesn't guide higher, they treat it like a non-key

 

 

1st original Bat-Girl, very scarce, and it hasn't broken out in the guide. Still, this book should do well on ebay.

[krighton]

only real problem with the 139 is a tiny worm hole in the N which tunnels all the way through.

[Rob]

I used to own a nice copy of Batman 139, but got rid of it. It's high on my list to get back.

[goldust40]

only real problem with the 139 is a tiny worm hole in the N which tunnels all the way through.

 

It's not obtrusive and not too big a deal in the lower mid grades.

[krighton]