Vinyl grading should be adopted for books imo, similar to comics of course but for records it works very well when used correctly. I would remove the VG+ and possibly NM though.

Poor (P)
Good (G)
Very Good (VG)
Very Good Plus (VG+)
Excellent (E)
Near Mint (NM)
Mint (M)

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J R R TOLKIEN THE HOBBIT 1ST EDTION FOURTH IMPRESSION 1946 NO RESERVE AUCTION

294404843808

Seller: mabelmarple

(1595)

Ended Sep 26, 2021

This item ended more than 90 days ago

Ugh. It sold. I'm not sure it would even be possible to rebind this effectively, given the cut-down gutter.

Stu wrote:

Ugh. It sold. I'm not sure it would even be possible to rebind this effectively, given the cut-down gutter.

So, is it a bubble if people keep buying into it? Seems nuts.

Caudimordax wrote:

Stu wrote:

Ugh. It sold. I'm not sure it would even be possible to rebind this effectively, given the cut-down gutter.

So, is it a bubble if people keep buying into it? Seems nuts.

Bubbles can keep inflating for a long time. Though quite what is happening across the board is a bit uncertain at the moment. Inflation is pretty high in many sectors.

Anyone want a first US Hobbit that is basically in two pieces with pages torn out for 1700 USD?

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J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit Rare 1938 True First 1st US edition HC Book Poor Cond

154630223476

Seller: simpleeauctions

(2604)

Ended Oct 7, 2021

This item ended more than 90 days ago

Even I will pass on that one…

LanceFormation wrote:

Even I will pass on that one…

never thought I'd live to see the day!

Berelach wrote:

LanceFormation wrote:

Even I will pass on that one…

never thought I'd live to see the day!

Me neither!

So much WTF. Does someone want to explain to rare-book-cellar (yes, him again), what "near fine" means.

I really hope that is a fake sale, because otherwise someone threw away a lot of money on something genuinely worthless.

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J. R. R Tolkien THE SILMARILLION 1st Edition 1st Printing

133860998099

Seller: rare-book-cellar

(10618)

Ended Sep 26, 2021

This item ended more than 90 days ago

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Berelach wrote:

LanceFormation wrote:

Even I will pass on that one…

never thought I'd live to see the day!

Me neither!

Oh, you said pass....