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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2015 19:15:18 GMT -5
Does the date stamp on this back cover look like a personalised date stamp or a store book stamp??  |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 28, 2015 20:20:25 GMT -5
Looks like a store stamp to me.
Might be from Bob's Groceries or something. My Green Lantern #76 has a stamp from a book store on the back cover.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 29, 2015 11:46:27 GMT -5
It looks like something one of those pricing stamps would put out, which would tend to smudge if was done en-masse, so I'd say it was done by who ever sold it rather than the publisher.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jun 29, 2015 13:48:44 GMT -5
Maybe I am an oddball, but I love me a date stamp on a comic. As long as it only one and not smeared across the cover, I would happily take any comic from that era in my collection and if it had a date stamp on it from that time period, I would love it even more.
Ditto for a nice neat name in an interior margin. Just shows nostalgia, which I like.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 29, 2015 14:03:04 GMT -5
I never heard of any publisher date stamping their books. Nor a distributor, but I'm just guessing there. Most likely its a store but sometimes it could be the consumer. How could one ever tell the difference?
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 29, 2015 14:18:59 GMT -5
I never heard of any publisher date stamping their books. Nor a distributor, but I'm just guessing there. Most likely its a store but sometimes it could be the consumer. How could one ever tell the difference? No way to be certain, I tend to lean towards a retailer just because those kinds of stamping devices are common in retail and not so common for your regular reader. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 29, 2015 14:21:11 GMT -5
I've seen pedigrees where the reader has written the date on every book. So it's possible it could be from a collector. But that sort of thing usually is written, not stamped. I'd bet it's from the retailer or distributor.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2015 17:25:40 GMT -5
I've seen pedigrees where the reader has written the date on every book. So it's possible it could be from a collector. But that sort of thing usually is written, not stamped. I'd bet it's from the retailer or distributor. I don't get it with pedigrees though...why would a 8.0 once owned by Mr Pedigree be worth more than a 9.4 owned by Mrs Collector? I'd prefer the book without the ding regardless of who owned it. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 29, 2015 17:41:18 GMT -5
I've seen pedigrees where the reader has written the date on every book. So it's possible it could be from a collector. But that sort of thing usually is written, not stamped. I'd bet it's from the retailer or distributor. I don't get it with pedigrees though...why would a 8.0 once owned by Mr Pedigree be worth more than a 9.4 owned by Mrs Collector? I'd prefer the book without the ding regardless of who owned it. I don't think they're worth more across the board, just to a certain subset of collectors that prize that sense of nostalgia. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 29, 2015 19:31:21 GMT -5
For most pedigrees I agree. There are a couple that I think the pedigree does legitimately add some value. I know I would pay more for an Okajima book than a normal copy in the same condition, or better condition. I tried to get the Okajima copy of Boy Comics #16 in 7.0 a couple years ago, and it went for like 3 times the going rate for the grade due to the pedigree. Other pedigrees I personally don't care that much about, though some of them are pretty interesting.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jun 30, 2015 10:11:43 GMT -5
I think the stories behind the "pedigrees" are what's interesting, rather than owning something that was part of a famous collection. I know there are some collectors willing to pay a premium for a pedigree, but I'm far too cheap to do that.
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Post by fanboystranger on Jun 30, 2015 12:08:05 GMT -5
I'm not so much interested in the date stamp as my new theory that Mickey Mantle fabricated the Junior Sales Club of America as a means to subsidize his legendary drinking habit.
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Post by marvelmaniac on Jun 30, 2015 18:08:47 GMT -5
Maybe I am an oddball, but I love me a date stamp on a comic. As long as it only one and not smeared across the cover, I would happily take any comic from that era in my collection and if it had a date stamp on it from that time period, I would love it even more. Ditto for a nice neat name in an interior margin. Just shows nostalgia, which I like. I am with you 100%. Shows the history of the book and the times when it was sold. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 20:17:26 GMT -5
Maybe I am an oddball, but I love me a date stamp on a comic. As long as it only one and not smeared across the cover, I would happily take any comic from that era in my collection and if it had a date stamp on it from that time period, I would love it even more. Ditto for a nice neat name in an interior margin. Just shows nostalgia, which I like. I am with you 100%. Shows the history of the book and the times when it was sold. I've like your response here. Thanks for sharing that. |
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Post by marvelmaniac on Jul 1, 2015 6:13:34 GMT -5
Just to add to my opinion on date stamps and other signs of the times...
I still collect today because of the joy I felt as a kid when I got new books, that is what I am trying to relive.
When I was a kid they were "comic books", they did not become "collectibles" until way later on.
Even though I am spending a lot more than the 10/12 cent cover price these days to complete my runs and the books are stored and handled properly to help preserve them, books with writing on the cover, date stamps, names written on the pages, subscription creases, etc are part of the history of the book and its travels through time, after all they are "Comic Books".
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