My comics are rare and near mint. Believe me! (Photo included) 0

[valiantman]

[theCapraAegagrus]

[JazzMan]

There is ebay rare or scarce (which is just about any comic advertised) and then there's scarce as defined by Gerber.  If you are unfamiliar with Gerber Photo Journal books, you can purchase them from ebay https://www.amazon.com/s?k=gerber+photo+journals&ref=nb_sb_noss  I love perusing the covers from time to time.

But here's the scarcity index as reposted from another thread:

11 - non-existent - known to have been printed but no copies known - Gerber has not assigned any books an 11

10 - unique - less than 5 copies known

9 - very rare - 6-10 copies

8 - rare - 11-20 copies

7 - scarce - 21-50 copies

6 - uncommon 50-200 copies

5 - less common than average 200-1000 copies

4 - average - 1000-2000 copies

3 - more common than average

2 - common

1 - very common

The scarcity is very fluid - what was considered a Gerber 8 at one time can become a Gerber 4 or even more common with a warehouse find.  Also, scarcity does not equal $$.  There's plenty of scarce comics that don't garner a big price tag.

[valiantman]

I put a bunch of the Gerber Index codes into my CGCdata.com database years ago so that I could keep track of the submissions.

Here's the current table:

[Randall Ries]

7 hours ago, JazzMan said:

There is ebay rare or scarce (which is just about any comic advertised) and then there's scarce as defined by Gerber.  If you are unfamiliar with Gerber Photo Journal books, you can purchase them from ebay https://www.amazon.com/s?k=gerber+photo+journals&ref=nb_sb_noss  I love perusing the covers from time to time.

But here's the scarcity index as reposted from another thread:

11 - non-existent - known to have been printed but no copies known - Gerber has not assigned any books an 11

10 - unique - less than 5 copies known

9 - very rare - 6-10 copies

8 - rare - 11-20 copies

7 - scarce - 21-50 copies

6 - uncommon 50-200 copies

5 - less common than average 200-1000 copies

4 - average - 1000-2000 copies

3 - more common than average

2 - common

1 - very common

The scarcity is very fluid - what was considered a Gerber 8 at one time can become a Gerber 4 or even more common with a warehouse find.  Also, scarcity does not equal $$.  There's plenty of scarce comics that don't garner a big price tag.

I bought a Vampironica #4 for the Bat 251 homage. 300 copies printed. A Gerber 5. Anyone can buy one for about $30 raw.

[MetalPSI]

How about wizard 1/2 maxx red and blue test prints 

[Namtak]