I'm sad about the "Sad Collection" 0

[jimbo_7071]

Apologies if this has been posted already. I didn't see anything about it when skimming.

Is scroogenightmare on eBay Muck Wilson? It looks like he's selling a bunch of water-damaged CMA, Whiz, and other Fawcett books that were formerly very high grade. 

Apparently some guy kept his high-grade golden-age books in his basement (gag) and the basement did what basements do, which is flood.

I hate seeing this so much that I'm at a loss for words.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-SAD-COLLECTION-CAPTAIN-MARVEL-ADVENTURES-11-CGC-9-6-but-water-damaged/284106140276

Edited December 8, 2020 by jimbo_7071

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

What a mess! Too bad some beautiful books destroyed. Rusty staples to come.

[Readcomix]

Rockfords lost 

[AJD]

10 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

What a mess! Too bad some beautiful books destroyed. Rusty staples to come.

Take a closer look - rust is already in the house!

[szav]

Ugh poor guy... good of the owner to disclose the damage in the sales.  This certainly creates a bad situation where some not as forthright people might try to resell the less obviously damaged books without disclosing the damage.  Hope we don’t see that happening.

[jimbo_7071]

50 minutes ago, szav said:

Ugh poor guy... good of the owner to disclose the damage in the sales.  This certainly creates a bad situation where some not as forthright people might try to resell the less obviously damaged books without disclosing the damage.  Hope we don’t see that happening.

Hopefully not. They're still in their inner wells, but they've been broken out of their outer wells, so it would be difficult for someone to pass them off as undamaged.

[pemart1966]

If ever there was a poster child for "But the book and not the grade" this is it.  No grading psychology at play here...

[D84]

I like the idea of owning the worst 9.6 ever.

[Robot Man]

Hey, I’d buy s couple of them if they went cheap. Lord knows I own worse books...

[circumstances]

And I was going to store all my slabs in a urinal!

[Timely]

2 hours ago, circumstances said:

And I was going to store all my slabs in a urinal!

That would be a pi-ss-poor decision!

Edited December 9, 2020 by Timely

[catman76]

How can water even get in there? I thought the inner thing was heat sealed and air tight, but I guess not.

[jimbo_7071]

1 hour ago, catman76 said:

How can water even get in there? I thought the inner thing was heat sealed and air tight, but I guess not.

I knew they weren't perfect, but this interview gives me the impression that they have quite a bit of water resistance.

 

[path4play]

Yikes.  And pedigrees too.

[vheflin]

6 hours ago, catman76 said:

How can water even get in there? I thought the inner thing was heat sealed and air tight, but I guess not.

There are small gaps in the corners of the inner wells.

[Tri-Color Brian]

Reminds me of this poor guys Nedor collection...