ASM 1

[violentluke]

does something with the front cover look off or is it just me? cant tell in the pictures if the front is a fake or not

 

ebay

[Mark 1]

The bottom looks weird to me....I'd stay away

[violentluke]

the first page doesnt seem too line up right with the way the cover is too me.

I messages him asking if the book was all original and complete and all he replied was yes.

Then the very vague description

[roulette44]

it's definitely not just 1 copy!

[Shadow Images]

Look like the center of the cover may be a copy.

[Buzzetta]

Looks like someone tore it up and taped it back together.

[manicnerd]

The 2nd level down looks like it might be from a reprint and they trimmed the border off? Maybe some of the other taped pieces are from it?

[Kystix]

Welp someone bought it.

 

[HighRadArt]

It sold for $325. Way too good to be true.

[delorean1981]

Yeah I saw that last night and got an instant feeling. Definitely sounds too good to be true.

[ChrisInBaltimore]

It sold for $325. Way too good to be true.

 

But if it is, man what a deal!

[vaillant]

Don’t know how much a coverless copy goes for, but that’s more or less how I’d consider it. The bottom part looked like a color copy.

[ChrisInBaltimore]

But for $325, wouldn't it be worth it to throw some resto on the bad boy and make it a nice copy? You could just throw away the bottom and have it leaf casted back on, right?

[vaillant]

Leafcast would just produce new paper where paper is gone, but as good as the leaf cast is, the restorer still should have to rebuild/redraw all the missing art and color.

At this point, it would be costly and I’d be OK with a reprint or a coverless copy.

[vaillant]

BTW, you caught me off guard: thinking about it, I would have probably bought it if it was a FF#1, no matter what!

[ChrisInBaltimore]

Leafcast would just produce new paper where paper is gone, but as good as the leaf cast is, the restorer still should have to rebuild/redraw all the missing art and color.

At this point, it would be costly and I’d be OK with a reprint or a coverless copy.

 

When you say costly, how much do you think it would cost? Let's say the resto costs $1200 or so. The book gets fixed up and then gets a 6.0 PLOD. You put $1500 into a book that presents well and probably is worth what you put in to it, if not more.

 

Seems like a good deal to me…