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[CLOSED] Illustrated Stories of the Operas: Carmen - RARE Gerber 9! Only 7 in Census $575 OBO
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Mike Bromberg

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 Illustrated Stories of the Operas: Carmen - RARE Gerber 9! Only 7 in Census $575 OBO

VERY cool book. Essentially, Bernard Bailey tried a series of these, producing four - including Carmen - to sell at operas. Of course the idea tanked, and they're all pretty rare. 
Not only is this a Gerber 9, it's listed but not shown in the book – not even a white space!
(Also interesting is that there are different back covers.)
Feel free to Make an Offer. More pics if you want.
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JB123

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49 minutes ago, Mike Bromberg said:

 Illustrated Stories of the Operas: Carmen - RARE Gerber 9! Only 7 in Census $675 OBO

VERY cool book. Essentially, Bernard Bailey tried a series of these, producing four - including Carmen - to sell at operas. Of course the idea tanked, and they're all pretty rare. 
Not only is this a Gerber 9, it's listed but not shown in the book – not even a white space!
(Also interesting is that there are different back covers.)
Feel free to Make an Offer. More pics if you want.
Paypal is best. Ship to US only, $15.50 + free insurance. (Plus cool freebies!) No returns.
[Due to the virus, I can only ship Mondays.]
Been selling on eBay since 1998 (comicsbymike) and at shows going back to 1986, collecting since age 6 (1974). I'm a good guy, you'll be happy. 

Carmen.jpeg

Carmen back - real.jpeg

Carmen label - real.jpeg

Can you read the stamp and tell us? i love store stamps and dates etc....

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Mike Bromberg

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7 hours ago, KCOComics said:

Very cool book and appreciate the back story! 

There were four of them total - this, Rigoletto, Faust, and Aida. 

 Another odd thing is that the cover could be on white paper like this, or goldenrod (also with red and black ink)! It really looks strange! 

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Clarification that the different color paper was only for the cover, not the interior.
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1 hour ago, Mike Bromberg said:

Another odd thing is that the cover could be on white paper like this, or goldenrod (also with red and black ink)! It really looks strange! 

I was looking through some on Heritage and noticed this.  There was a 9.0 with the goldenrod cover and an 8.0 with a nice crisp white cover. I was super confused and thought they graded a super faded cover as a 9.0 lol

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2 hours ago, Nic8612 said:

I was looking through some on Heritage and noticed this.  There was a 9.0 with the goldenrod cover and an 8.0 with a nice crisp white cover. I was super confused and thought they graded a super faded cover as a 9.0 lol

Yeah, it was a weird run, for sure. No surprise it wasn't the most successful business venture ever. :^)

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