Doohickamabob

17 minutes ago, gozer said:

Here's a useful guide to most of the reprints out there.  Hasn't been updated in a while.

http://www.bipcomics.com/showcase/fakes/

Thanks. Seems like some pretty shady stuff going on with these reprints.

Here's another one:  Action #1 "Millennium Edition" auction with $500 starting bid ...

Again, how is this worth more than $5 or $10? I don't see it. And again, it's a zero-feedback seller. Who bids on this stuff?

What's the story with this Action Comics #1 reprint?

So I was looking at this listing on eBay...  for an "action comics #1 (1938)." It was listed in the Golden Age section, just sitting there with a $150 starting bid. No other information, no mention of it being a reprint, etc. I thought for sure it was a scam, or that it would never sell. (The seller is a zero-feedback user who created his account March 12, 2017.)

Then the auction ended and there are two bids. Somebody paid $152.50 for the thing. (Apparently.)

So what is it? What Action Comics #1 reprint is worth $152.50? And why? I thought these reprints were worth a few bucks at most.

What's the rundown on all the Action Comics #1 reprints and what they're worth? If somebody posts something like this, are they trying to pull a scam or what?

On 3/21/2017 at 8:16 AM, 29dukedog said:

Kinda cool seeing Teen-Age Romances 43 with reversed values... makes it easier to study the background, which normally is white on black.

That is a really cool idea. I did a little more adjusting for fun:

19 hours ago, N e r V said:

So I have a short list of hard to find magazines I plan on acquiring in the future.

These include Shock Illustrated #3, Eerie #1 (ash-can) 1st and/or 2nd print, and the Heidi Saha magazine. So thanks to doohickamabob's EBay auction tonight I can kiss this one off my list.

I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea but if you collect Warren magazines this is kind of a grail and despite the background of Heidi Saha and how you might view it today I think she was an important early pioneer of what we now take for granted as "cosplay" at conventions. 

Either way I've never owned a copy and am very happy to finally add it to my collection this evening.

1 hour ago, the blob said:

NO. NO. NO. You will get scammed.

 

I don't know 100% if it's a scam, but there are enough red flags there, and enough risk, for too high a cost, that I vote "avoid."

If you have good stuff, you can sell it elsewhere without the worry.

4 hours ago, gino2paulus2 said:

Fox anyone?...

 

Is that an actual photo? How was it taken? It's either an amazing photo or an elaborate Photoshop job.

On 3/11/2017 at 7:29 AM, comickings17 said:

"I have been following tiger beat since my school ays. and some of their sister publications too. I had a good collections from those as scrapbook. Now I see some of those are missing. One that I am looking for is the issue where there was an advertisement in which a teen boy actor was using a python to hide his privates wearing nothing. that was a great pinup and was in my collection since 30 years. do you have that too? Or can you hint me where to have it? thanks"

Wasn't that in Tiger Beat's sister publication Pedo Beat?

9 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

Same one. When I returned it he went to auction with it. 

Good for him. I would not pay that much for a copy with a nearly detached front cover. Guess I should have resold it, but I told him that was not my intention (it was not).

He overgraded it. It's not "low to mid grade" with that spine. I guess at least he included a photo.

I like this splash a lot:

On 3/2/2017 at 5:06 PM, Ricksneatstuff said:

It has gotten rough for sure. 

I wish this was a cheap one.  Got $450 in that one there. I would be thrilled if not for the split. 

$450? Here's one I saw a few days ago:

P.S. Should this topic be moved to the "comics related -- movies, TV" area?

On 3/13/2017 at 6:53 PM, ThothAmon said:

Hmmm.  Never thought of that.  Plus the fold-in's didn't have that many folds.  Any Gaines pedigree collectors out there have info concerning  the storage conditions?  Making the pressing decision easier.

It would be amazing to see a fold-in that was designed for that many folds. Even the clever Al Jaffee would have a tough time with that concept, I think.

Link: Comic-Con Museum to open in Balboa Park

Excerpt from story in the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper:

"A 1930s baseball bat, 1950s tennis racquet and 1980s skateboard — all totems of San Diego’s rich sporting history — are being swapped out for comics, movie props and souvenirs of today’s pop culture in a major shift at Balboa Park.

The San Diego Hall of Champions, a park institution since 1961, is going out of business and San Diego Comic-Con International is taking its place in a deal blessed by the city Wednesday and announced Thursday.

The sports museum, a creature of the late Bob Breitbard, builder of the San Diego Sports Arena and inveterate sports memorabilia collector, will send its Breitbard Hall of Fame plaques and other local sports legends to Petco Park, return its artifacts to donors and auction what’s not passed along to the San Diego History Center.

Meanwhile Comic-Con, another San Diego-born institution founded in 1970, will expand from just holding conventions to celebrating superheros, blockbuster movies and comic books. The nonprofit group will operate permanent museum to be called the Comic-Con Center for Popular Culture with rotating exhibitions — something convention enthusiasts might see as putting down roots.

“The Hall of Champions has our deepest appreciation in helping us to achieve the new chapter in Comic-Con history,” a Comic-Con spokesman said. “This center will provide a year-round interactive celebration of the innumerable aspects of popular art.”

The new museum would likely open no earlier than 2018, since the sports museum has nine months to vacate the building, north of the Air & Space Museum.

"Balboa Park is the perfect home for this new Comic-Con center to honor the popular arts," Mayor Kevin Faulconer said in a statement. "As we continue to work on retaining Comic-Con in San Diego, this will be a great permanent fixture for San Diegans and visitors alike to celebrate pop culture all year long."

According to the lease agreement, the new museum “will be a place to learn about and interact with comics and related popular art forms on a year-round basis.”

“(The museum) will not be a collection institution,” the agreement says. “Exhibits will pull from collectors, museums, galleries and other sources, and will refresh on a regular basis to provide a dynamic visitor experience.”

The story continues (link) ...

3 hours ago, I like pie said:

That's what I assume. I don't know why this current gen exhibits it more than the previous though. If there was a more reputable company out there, I probably would have switched by now.

Especially since I just dished out $388(yesterday) to reslab the last of my defective ones. I was told they are considered acceptable levels of Newton.

Argh. I heard they reholder for free if the Newton rings are severe. Not sure how they determine what's too much versus not enough to merit free reholdering. I'm glad to hear that others here have received their comics without Newton rings, which shows that CGC is capable of minimizing it. The question is why CGC seems to have wide variation on their success at reducing the rings... Again, I don't mind if it's minimal or only shows up at an angle. And yes, otherwise the new case does highlight the colors of the comic more.

16 minutes ago, TheSurgeon said:

I have heard that as Kirby aged, his handwriting suffered and he had a tremor in his sigs. I have a similar Kirby sig. I think it's legit!

Tough call but I'd like to think it's legit too. Might want to look at as many examples of his legit signature as possible to compare. The one shown above is hard to compare because it looks like he purposely squished it to fit the space.

5 hours ago, oakman29 said:

Your Mad #1 is really turning my head though.

Glad to hear it. Don't go all Linda Blair "Exorcist" with your neck or anything.

That Mad was graded a long time ago -- it was in an early-style CGC holder, and I figured the microchamber paper probably needed to be refreshed. I don't know if that means the comic could be pressed or anything. But it's a great-looking copy. I am only selling it because I got a slight upgrade.

Apparently today is Al Jaffee's 96th birthday! (I think he's in some sort of who-can-live-longest race with Stan Lee.)

1 hour ago, ThothAmon said:

Here's a question for Mad Magazine Collectors.  I own a Mad 139 CGC 7.5 Gaines Copy that I bought on a whim for the princely sum of $24 in a Heritage auction in 2004.  Well the book is perfect but for the back fold-in was folded.  The fold's are all non color breaking and, I think, could easily be pressed out leaving a 9.6/9.8.  Does anyone think that pressing is a good idea or does the fact that Gaines himself may very well have done the fold in hold any collecting value?  Not an expensive book but a really iconic cover IMHO.  Fold in was pictured from a raw copy.

I think I'd keep it as it is, and not bother with pressing it, for the simple reason that it is not a high-value book in terms of condition -- but more high-value in terms of it being a Gaines copy. Plus yeah, the fold-in was probably done in-house by Gaines or somebody near 'n' dear to him (or somebody he hated -- either way, it's a plus!).

$24 is a steal. I need a time machine.

I have a high-grade CGC "An Illustrated History of Heidi Saha" up for auction on eBay (ends Sunday night, March 19). I posted the link in the appropriate forum sales thread as well.  Here's the link.

Ending the weekend evening of Sunday, March 19, I have a bunch of SUPERHERO, jungle, sci-fi, humor and other golden-age comics listed on eBay. There's some early Batman, a Captain America, a Sensation Comics (Wonder Woman), Buck Rogers, a Mad #1, Moon Girl, Lady Luck, Miss Fury, and plenty more. There's also a high-grade Heidi Saha magazine..  Here's the link! (Also posted this in my own thread, with pictures.)

On 3/7/2017 at 0:36 PM, GoldenPRGuy said:

Well, it only took me a 30 years to find a copy, but I have finally completed my Jackpot/Jolly Jingles run. Back cover is a little rough, but the cover presents nicely, the interior looked great in the pictures on eBay, and the price was reasonable enough at $150.

Wow, you really hit the.... I can't think of the expression right now, but you did very well!

More Golden Age stuff listed on eBay now, to end Sunday night on March 19. I highlighted it more at this board / marketplace link -- thanks for looking.

I got a bunch more Golden Age comics up on eBay this week. The auctions end the evening of Sunday, March 19.

HERE IS THE LINK TO ALL MY AUCTIONS

Highlights include:

-- New Book of Comics #1 (first DC annual), 1936-1937

-- Mad #1 (CGC 5.0) -- first satire comic book, 1952

-- An Illustrated History of Heidi Saha (CGC 8.0) -- Warren magazine

-- Captain America #61 (incomplete)

-- Blonde Phantom #12 (#1) CGC 5.0, and Blonde Phantom #19

-- BATMAN #62 CGC 4.5 -- Catwoman's origin, and first revelation she is Selina Kyle; Also: 3-D Batman w/ glasses

-- Miss Fury #6

-- Space Detective #2

-- Exciting Comics #60 (CGC 5.0) and #62 -- both GGA covers by Alex "Xela" Schomburg

-- Sensation Comics #31 (WONDER WOMAN) CGC 7.0 which is the 2nd highest graded, and has a crazy SPANKING splash page

-- Crimes by Women #10

-- Buck Rogers #2 and #4

-- Moon Girl #5: First EC horror story, "Zombie Terror"!

Also: Fat & Slat, Blackstone the Magician, Shadow Comics, Jo-Jo, Dagar, Joe Palooka #23 CGC 9.4 (Near Mint File copy), Lady Luck #86 (#1), Herauts Fides book with French-Canadian "IS THIS TOMORROW?" comic, Green Mask, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Thanks for looking! (P.S. There is more stuff listed than what's in this photo.)

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