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.