Here's the latest update on what's going on:
We have bought 6 assorted Westerns:
Tex Taylor 003 ($12.50)
Two Gun Kid 005 ($21.50)
Wild West 002 ($29.00)
Rawhide Kid 004 ($19.00)
Tex Taylor 007 ($13.00)
Two-Gun Western (1st series) 010 ($9.00)
I have received and scanned the first three books, still waiting on the last three.
For the scanned books, I completed the raws and people have volunteered to edit them. Teachbug took Two Gun Kid 005, and Tomander and Gambit expressed interest in editing the other two, although I haven't delivered the raws to them yet.
We do have one problem with Wild West 002-- the auction said the book was complete (and it is in beautiful shape), but there is a page torn out. I sent an email to the seller, but I haven't heard back yet. I don't expect them to accept a return-- reading their feedback, someone bitched about a $175 book and they wouldn't take it back. I can't imagine they're going to be accommodating for us, but we'll see.
There are no incomplete stories (picture or text), so the missing page must have been ads. It was torn out so cleanly that I didn't even notice the damage when I flipped through it. I found it only because I took the book apart to avoid damaging the cover, and that's when I came across the half page. Even when I reassembled it I had trouble finding where the page should have been.
This leaves us in a spot-- when I sell the book, if I disclose the missing page, we won't get as much for the book, but if I don't, I might have to take the book back if someone notices. I personally think it should be disclosed.
In other news, RK19 sold, and after fees we ended up with about $49.00. Project spreadsheet has been updated accordingly.
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What Teach said. If a page is missing we have to come clean. eBay has buyer and seller feedback for a reason.
Hopefully, the seller who sold us this deficient copy will come clean as well.
Powerhouse Pepper Comics 3 was also published in July, 1948 and it has been scanned (from a coverless copy). You may want to check the ads in that comic and see if it matches up with Wild West 2. Both comics had 36 pages.
Timely Comics released in July, 1948:
Blackstone The Magician 3
Georgie Comics 17
Ideal 1
Miss America v7 12
Patsy Walker 17
Powerhouse Pepper Comics 3
Wild West 2
Summer, 1948:
Super Rabbit 12
Already tried to find the other ad. It is a house ad that lists other Timely titles available. I have 4 other books from the same month (Captain America 67, Powerhouse Pepper 3, Human Torch 31, All-True Crime 28), but the ad in question is different in each book, and none match the ad we're missing.
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