The doctor was a perfectionist who would not add an item to one of his collections unless it was in mint or near-mint condition.
Most of the boxes were in mint or near-mint condition, and none could be rated less than excellent.
The seal's been broken, but she's in near-mint condition.
So the pieces that have come down in near-mint condition are worth a lot.
Even a carefully disassembled box would be nearly impossible to refold and repack in near-mint condition.
Her box from last year (a 64-pack with the built-in sharpener) is in near-mint condition.
A copy of the first Amazing Spider-Man from 1963, in near-mint condition, is expected to bring up to $9,000.
It was in near-mint condition and was probably fashioned just after the Civil War.
You find one or two in near-mint condition, then it goes to good, then fair, then really terrible.
In 2004, copies in near-mint condition were priced in excess of $500 each.
