Can someone provide a link to the "Gerber" rating...

[dizzyfoxx]

...on the scarcity of comic books?

[agro23]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gerber-Photo-Journal...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

But, it's all analog. You gotta look 'em up.

 

I think it's high time to digitize the things and/or maybe update the scarcity of some of the books with someone like Win's index.

[bluechip]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gerber-Photo-Journal...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

But, it's all analog. You gotta look 'em up.

 

I think it's high time to digitize the things and/or maybe update the scarcity of some of the books with someone like Win's index.

 

Having an online soucrce for checking the (estimated) scarcity of books is a great idea.

 

 

 

[dizzyfoxx]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gerber-Photo-Journal...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

But, it's all analog. You gotta look 'em up.

 

I think it's high time to digitize the things and/or maybe update the scarcity of some of the books with someone like Win's index.

 

Having an online soucrce for checking the (estimated) scarcity of books is a great idea.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the replies. I'm actually (for right now) just looking for what each levels equates to. i.e. Gerber 1 means "x" copies exist, Gerber 7 means "x" copies exist, etc. etc. for all of the different levels.

[seank]

Better price: www.budplant.com

 

Buy the books if you're interested in Golden Age. I put it off for many many months and now regret it. The Gerbers are big lovely books with thousands of pretty pictures to browse.

[agro23]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gerber-Photo-Journal...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

But, it's all analog. You gotta look 'em up.

 

I think it's high time to digitize the things and/or maybe update the scarcity of some of the books with someone like Win's index.

 

Having an online soucrce for checking the (estimated) scarcity of books is a great idea.

What do you suppose the copyright issues would be if someone OCR'd the lot? It'd cost a copy of the books since the pages would have to be unbound to get a good scan, but a hundred bucks and 100 hours could make something like this a reality. Heck, I'd host it gratis on my company site.

 

Anyone know Perl/SQL?

[Theagenes]

 

Thanks for the replies. I'm actually (for right now) just looking for what each levels equates to. i.e. Gerber 1 means "x" copies exist, Gerber 7 means "x" copies exist, etc. etc. for all of the different levels.

 

5 = 200 to 1000 copies

6 = 50 to 200

7 = 20 to 50

8 = 10 to 20

9 = 5 to 10

10 = 1 to 5

11 = No existing copies

 

Keep in mind that this index was created well before the internet and ebay and was based on a very limited sampling of what is actually out there. As a general rule of thumb, you can assume that most books are less scarce than their Gerber rating, though not always. Do a search for "Gerber" and "accuracy" and you should find someinteresting discussions on this topic.

[Primetime]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gerber-Photo-Journal...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

But, it's all analog. You gotta look 'em up.

 

I think it's high time to digitize the things and/or maybe update the scarcity of some of the books with someone like Win's index.

 

Having an online soucrce for checking the (estimated) scarcity of books is a great idea.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the replies. I'm actually (for right now) just looking for what each levels equates to. i.e. Gerber 1 means "x" copies exist, Gerber 7 means "x" copies exist, etc. etc. for all of the different levels.

 

That is all printed in the 1st GA Photo journal...it describes what the scarcity index means (ie. 2-10 with the higher # being scarcer)..not sure if a link online is available but I recommend buying them if you don't have one (2 books--HEAVY like 7 lbs each!) and you collect GA (which you do!)...the pics are amazing to look at...