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Looking to buy a silver age comic book. Two available. Both  CGC 7.5.

Comic Book A

light cover tanning to cover
light creasing to cover
light spine stress lines to cover
small tear top staple

 

Comic Book B

 

light cover tanning to cover
moderate spine stress lines breaks color
small, light hole left top of front cover breaks color
small, light, multiple crease left bottom of front cover breaks color

 

Which one would you choose?

 

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5 hours ago, PunisherPunisherPunisher said:
5 hours ago, Bakerbr13 said:

just curious, any reason why A over B

Less problems lol

+2

For me, it would be the color breaking creases and the small hole which appears to be bigger problems as compared to the defects on Book A. 

But then again, that's just my own opinion for what it's worth.  (shrug)

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8 hours ago, lou_fine said:

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For me, it would be the color breaking creases and the small hole which appears to be bigger problems as compared to the defects on Book A. 

But then again, that's just my own opinion for what it's worth.  (shrug)

I don't know if the staple tear will get worse over time, even with it being slabbed. That is my main concern. I would like to display the comic but not sure if that is possible with a small top staple tear. See photo of staple tear.

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On 10/11/2017 at 4:09 PM, Bakerbr13 said:

Looking to buy a silver age comic book. Two available. Both  CGC 7.5.

Comic Book A

light cover tanning to cover
light creasing to cover
light spine stress lines to cover
small tear top staple

 

Comic Book B

 

light cover tanning to cover
moderate spine stress lines breaks color
small, light hole left top of front cover breaks color
small, light, multiple crease left bottom of front cover breaks color

 

Which one would you choose?

 

Do you have scans? Lists of defects aren't the only factor here, at least not for me. I'd need to see what the eye appeal of each book is since the technical grades are equivalent. 

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I avoid staple tears like the plague.  The example above shows that the staple didn't quite blow through the cover at the time of printing, but even shaking the book in the case can worsen that.  Option A may look better, but I go for the structurally better book every time.

Still concerned about the hole, though...

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3 hours ago, mysterio said:
On 10/11/2017 at 5:09 PM, Bakerbr13 said:

Looking to buy a silver age comic book. Two available. Both  CGC 7.5.

Comic Book A

light cover tanning to cover
light creasing to cover
light spine stress lines to cover
small tear top staple

 

Comic Book B

 

light cover tanning to cover
moderate spine stress lines breaks color
small, light hole left top of front cover breaks color
small, light, multiple crease left bottom of front cover breaks color

 

Which one would you choose?

 

Do you have scans? Lists of defects aren't the only factor here, at least not for me. I'd need to see what the eye appeal of each book is since the technical grades are equivalent. 

Yeah, pretty tough to assess without seeing what the books look like.

I’ll add that if these are common books that are readily available, you may want to pick up a copy without tanning.

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