What if you didn't know? Then what?

It's been a while since I posted up here because of my hectic schedule but I can finally catch my breath and post up here on the boards for all you good collectors such as myself.

NYCC was great this year even though I missed out on getting to see Tnerb at the show and saying hi. I was also very dissapointed in not being able to see Stan Lee or Todd Mcfarlane and have them sign my Amazing Spider-man #300. That was the biggest bummer of all so I gave the book to NY Comics to get the sigs for me. Not the way I hoped to get them but it will have to do.

As I was browsing the NYCC for graded books to add to my collection I was haggling with sellers over books and pointed out that if they would give me the book for a certain price in respect that I can get it on ebay for a better price than what they were offering it for at the show. I was willing to pay cash and pay the same price as on eBay and I even proved it to them on my iPhone. But none the less the seller wouldn't budge so I joyfully walked away and kept searching for a better deal. What book was it you may ask? It was the Killing Joke 1st print CGC 9.8. The seller wanted $175 for it And I offered him $125 and actually wound up getting it for an even $100 on eBay so it was worth it not buying it at the NYCC.

This brings me to the question of Page Quality and the declaration of it on the CGC labels regardless of the color whether it be yellow or blue, purple etc. The page quality is always stated and that's great to know. I also noticed the desirability of a book due to having white pages as opposed to off white to white which to me isn't a big deal but I guess it is to some collectors. That is also a deciding factor when it comes to values on the open market. For example: There are two books equally graded at 9.8 one book has white pages and the other with off white to white pages. The book with the white pages will sell for more because of it. Now my question is what if you didn't know? Then what? What if CGC didn't put page quality on the lable and only put the grade? Then how would you know? Or better yet how would you place the value of it? You would solely base your buying decision on the posted grade and that's it. After all you can't see the pages once the book is sealed, all you can see is the front and back cover. So I think it's more of a mental issue of rather you just knowing the page quality than actually seeing it. That actually can drive the cost up of a book having white pages but I am more concerned about the grade rather than page quality and if I can get a nice graded 9.8 comic for less I don't mind the page quality at all.

Thanks for reading.

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