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  • October 29, 2015 12:50
October 29, 2015 12:50

Yesterday I bought nr 1 of the Hercules series from Dark Dragon Books.

So this one: http://www.catawiki.be/catalogus/strips/series-helden/hercules/1168297-de -thracian-wars-1

However, I just noticed that the first sixteen pages are missing. It is not a damage, but a manufacturing defect. Normally this strip is bundled per 4 prints (4x4 pages) and these bundles are then bound together in the hardcover.

So, the first bundle fell out during manufacture.

It is not a well-known series right now, but I occasionally see that misprints are worth more than a successful copy. But in this case the result is of course illegible ...

Does anyone have more info about this?

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October 29, 2015 13:08

Misprints are of no value to a large group of collectors.

However, there is also a group of collectors who are interested in misprints.

Putting a value on your album is therefore very difficult:

The value is what the enthusiast is willing to pay for it .....

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October 29, 2015 13:09

For 99 out of 100 collectors, such a manufacturing defect is worthless. But there are some collectors who may be willing to do more for it. Just try to find it. That is the main problem, I think.

edit: Rik was 37 seconds before me ... (;-)

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October 29, 2015 13:12

You are getting older Arco ... :)

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October 30, 2015 17:31

In this case with missing pages it seems to me that the value is less rather than more. I think that an album with pages in a different language or with blank page (s) or if there are extra pages in it, the value will be higher!

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