How much does page quality matter

[TheShadowKnows]

in terms of value?The last brave and bold 28 6.0 sold for 7400.It had cream tooff white pages.What would be the premium for off white pages.Also a b&b 29 5.0 with white pages.

Dennis

[johnenock]

Not sure about the exact ratio to value numbers, but I pay more for White pagers especially if the book is silver age.

[sterlingcomics]

Well. if it's certified...people are definitely buying the label since they can't inspect the book. In general most people pay a premium for white and avoid or bid more cheaply cream to off-white and worse. I think COW pages are more accepted with Golden Age but not with Silver and newer.

[Ryan.]

How hard do GA prices get hammered with slightly brittle pages?

[GAMBIT]

prefer OW or better on SA books, but, as you all know, today's C/OW is tomorrows OW, so PQ is toward the bottom of the list of things I look for when buying a SA book. (especially a high valued one)

 

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but WPs always get some kind of bump

 

[ThothAmon]

Brittle pages are a huge red flag for me. Based upon my time with GPA I'd say they can knock a golden age book down 50 percent or so at the same grade. For me it might as well be 90 percent.

[newshane]

Page quality is very important to me.

 

Page quality is a pretty good indication of the overall health of the book. Of course I'd pay (a little) more for white pages. Who wants to deal with more paper degradation than they have to?

 

I do, however, think some sellers are going a little with the surcharge.

[chrisco37]

prefer OW or better on SA books, but, as you all know, today's C/OW is tomorrows OW, so PQ is toward the bottom of the list of things I look for when buying a SA book. (especially a high valued one)

 

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but WPs always get some kind of bump

 

+1000

 

I will avoid brittle/slightly brittle, but have no problem with CROW pages, especially when the price is lower because of it.

[Gotham Kid]

I will avoid brittle/slightly brittle, but have no problem with CROW pages

 

+1

 

Wouldn't accept C/OW on SA though.

[X_Phile]

Brittle pages are a huge red flag for me. Based upon my time with GPA I'd say they can knock a golden age book down 50 percent or so at the same grade. For me it might as well be 90 percent.

 

+ 1

[kinzebac]

I guess it all depends on the person. Some people don't care at all, while others will only buy white pages. That being said, people tend to have different standards for what they will accept depending on the age of the book (GA vs. SA, etc.).

[romanheart]

For bronze to modern, probably not much.

 

If you are buying slabs directly, you might want to just wait for one that has WP. Page quality is subjective however and really only a concern for older and not well kept books.

[Bomber-Bob]

I spit on CR/OW pages, in any genre. Don't want 'em.

[GAMBIT]

I spit on CR/OW pages, in any genre. Don't want 'em.

 

......or just resub them (youll have a pretty good chance at OW)

 

C/OW or OW, just about the same thing. Monday its Cr/OW, Tuesday its OW

[Bomber-Bob]

I spit on CR/OW pages, in any genre. Don't want 'em.

 

......or just resub them (youll have a pretty good chance at OW)

 

C/OW or OW, just about the same thing. Monday its Cr/OW, Tuesday its OW

 

Same can be said about the grade, yet no one seems to question paying the big bucks on an overgraded book.

[Gotham Kid]

I spit on CR/OW pages, in any genre. Don't want 'em.

 

That's because you don't collect GA, because if you did you'd be spitting in the wind.

[bcphillips119]

Im in the process of collecting high grade Silver age Batman... only going for off-white to white and white pages. If its 9.6 or 9.8 I'll grab the off-white. I won't go lower than that though.

[GoldCap]

I collect primarily GA so anything at cream and above is fine with me. I've never bought a brittle or slightly brittle PQ book but then again I never bought a restored book (at least known prior to buying it) until about a month ago so maybe I will soon

 

As for SA I only buy WP. That way it takes me longer to actually find a book and I can save money

[Tomega]

Page quality does not matter much to me as long as it is CR and above and not brittle. Since you cannot see it in a sealed slab, it is not something I can measure anyway.

[s14roller]

I prefer OW+, but am OK with CR/OW. Don't plan on going under that. Ideally book would be OW/W or White.