walclark Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Here's a recent auction win from Heritage that just arrived. The first picture is taken from their website. Their description of the comic: Captain Aero Comics #13 (Holyoke Publications, 1944) Condition: GD+. The only other copy we've offered over the years of this Gerber "7" issue was the Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) Pedigree copy in 2006. Charles Quinlan Japanese War cover. The cover is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 never seen that one before. cool, walter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Here's a recent auction win from Heritage that just arrived. The first picture is taken from their website. Their description of the comic: Captain Aero Comics #13 (Holyoke Publications, 1944) Condition: GD+. The only other copy we've offered over the years of this Gerber "7" issue was the Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) Pedigree copy in 2006. Charles Quinlan Japanese War cover. The cover is detached. It looks like HA was selling someone's collection of lower-grade, but extremely scarce GA books. This was a great pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Here's a recent auction win from Heritage that just arrived. The first picture is taken from their website. Their description of the comic: Captain Aero Comics #13 (Holyoke Publications, 1944) Condition: GD+. The only other copy we've offered over the years of this Gerber "7" issue was the Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) Pedigree copy in 2006. Charles Quinlan Japanese War cover. The cover is detached. Congrats Walter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walclark Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I thought it was a pretty nice looking book from the Heritage scans. But when the book arrived and I got a closer look, here's what I found. When you look at the book at an angle, you can tell there is something off. That something is a tear that goes about 75 % of the way down the length of the front cover. And there is some paper stuck to the inside of the front cover. Also, while they noted that the cover was detached, I think it should have been noted that half of the interior wraps were also detached from the staple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 HA = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Umm...were our congrats premature.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woowoo Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) HA = you need some money back who cares that its HA thats wrong.......... unless its still a great deal. Edited February 24, 2016 by woowoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny545 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) I'll never forget HA sending a rare GA book that was almost certainly destined to end up grading top of the census, but HA for whatever reason packed it with a rubberband wrapped over the book leaving indentations on each side. I graded it and it tied with two others.... Love that captain aero and I love Quinlan art. Edited February 24, 2016 by Johnny545 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I thought it was a pretty nice looking book from the Heritage scans. But when the book arrived and I got a closer look, here's what I found. When you look at the book at an angle, you can tell there is something off. That something is a tear that goes about 75 % of the way down the length of the front cover. And there is some paper stuck to the inside of the front cover. Also, while they noted that the cover was detached, I think it should have been noted that half of the interior wraps were also detached from the staple. Whoa! Bummer! I wonder if other books from that collection also had undisclosed problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walclark Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Yeah, it was definitely disappointing. Unfortunately, this isn't my first experience with poor grading on raw comics from the major auction houses. One gave me a small credit on my account when a book was found to have undisclosed restoration (and believe me, it was not hard to spot...it stuck out like a sore thumb. If you couldn't see it, it was because you graded the comic without ever taking it out of the mylar). Wasn't an expensive book to begin with, so I was somewhat satisfied with their response. In the past, Heritage has generally offered me full refunds and sent a prepaid mailing label for the book to be returned. I've got a message in to them and I'm pretty sure that's what will happen again this time. Just wish it would stop happening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woowoo Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Like i say its better to have something than nothing you can always make more money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Yeah, it was definitely disappointing. Unfortunately, this isn't my first experience with poor grading on raw comics from the major auction houses. One gave me a small credit on my account when a book was found to have undisclosed restoration (and believe me, it was not hard to spot...it stuck out like a sore thumb. If you couldn't see it, it was because you graded the comic without ever taking it out of the mylar). Wasn't an expensive book to begin with, so I was somewhat satisfied with their response. In the past, Heritage has generally offered me full refunds and sent a prepaid mailing label for the book to be returned. I've got a message in to them and I'm pretty sure that's what will happen again this time. Just wish it would stop happening! I've found that it doesn't really matter who the vendor is, an auction house, dealer, or private eBay seller, they all make mistakes, to include obviously not even taking the book out of the sleeve to inspect it. I'll either ask for a partial refund at times with an individual, or to send the book back. Normally the seller will refund return postage. So Heritage offers a pre-paid return mailing label...Isn't that nice of them, after charging a 20% buyers premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Here's two fave GA Batmans I maybe haven't posted, or haven't posted in a long while at any rate! Unusually nice ones for me. (Interesting footnote: the #46 had a wicked spine roll which I had expertly pressed by Kenny way back in the day.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen James Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Just in today, early chiropractor cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen James Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Love the color perspective on these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Here's two fave GA Batmans I maybe haven't posted, or haven't posted in a long while at any rate! Unusually nice ones for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Here's two fave GA Batmans I maybe haven't posted, or haven't posted in a long while at any rate! Unusually nice ones for me. (Interesting footnote: the #46 had a wicked spine roll which I had expertly pressed by Kenny way back in the day.) Nice! I know everyone is Joker crazy these days, but I really like the 46. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelholt Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Just in today, early chiropractor cover Chiropractor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Here's two fave GA Batmans I maybe haven't posted, or haven't posted in a long while at any rate! Unusually nice ones for me. (Interesting footnote: the #46 had a wicked spine roll which I had expertly pressed by Kenny way back in the day.) This is unacceptable. Based on your recent posts, you are going to have to change your board name to "Six Point Five." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
