miraclemet

Rangers 26! Used to have a 4.0 but sold it 5 years ago cause it had a detached cf and it annoyed me. Missed on the 3.5 in Clink, so consoled myself with this one! 

On 4/4/2024 at 6:27 PM, Mr.Fantastic said:

Keeping the Fiction House bondage theme going with my newest arrival, Fight #44.  Fiction House seemed to have a fetish for putting girls on these water wheels. Does anyone have this raw, and wouldn't mind showing the decapitation and lingerie panels?

Mr F you and I have the exact same taste... your last few buys/posts are the same ones I targeted in Fiction House!

Would this golden age book get a restored label due to the amateur application of glue at some point in its life? The glue was used to help keep the book attached to the cover since it was pulling away from the lone staple.

Here's a link to my Okajima camp era google doc. 
If you see any missing books or inaccuracies, please let me know!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19iTb-FgQtnxN-2ArjSZHPsagovaKcIrfkB3AqL-ZNFo/edit?usp=sharing

On 2/8/2024 at 9:20 PM, Karen's Pages said:

 

For those interested in the Okajima Pedigree, I posted a video today on my YouTube channel, Karen’s Pages.  I’ve researched this pedigree for the past couple of months and I believe I have discovered whom these comic books belong to.  Also, I believe I answer a lot of the questions/mysteries that have been posted in this thread.  The information that everyone has posted in this thread over the last decade was extremely helpful, especially images of the Okajima Pedigree books.  I sincerely hope you enjoy the video and I appreciate any comments.  Thank you. ~Karen

Super enjoyed the video Karen!

"a complete set of coded books will never be found" 

Other thoughts...

• The community analysis report part was very interesting. It makes me ask, is the implication that there are other periodicals with the same type code on them? 
• Im with you on any sort of gender-ing of comic types to one person or another is specious at best and not a good way to prove or disprove who the collection was collected by. 
• Whiz 58 (noted "8/22/44, 4T, Camp I") and Mystery Comics 2 (noted "8/9/44, Camp 3") very interesting. There are other comics with codes but no "Okajima" including Big Shot 49 (4M, 8/2/44) Superman #31 ("4xv" no date, no script). (Im gonna post the link to my google doc with all the camp coded books in a separate post) 
• Jane vs Mitsuru. Love the analysis of the Sensation #35. 
• Okajima vis Gima. My wife's family (immigrated from Italy in the 30s) has a mix of spellings thanks to Ellis Island (with the family just adopting the spelling here and there if it was on a particular document), so yeah, sounds plausible. 

Just a great analysis and creation of a very reasonable narrative based on the historical information that you dug up. If the Pedigree book ever gets published, they should DEFINATELY reach out to you to update the likely history of the collection. 

Ok, am I right about this bit of trivia regarding Archie (and the family of titles) comics? 

Archie comics are famous for GGA and swimsuit shots through the years, but can you tell me the first bikini cover appearance in Archie comics (any title in the family)? 

Answer: (click on spoiler to see)
 

So am I right? Or did I miss an earlier BIKINI cover? 
 

On 12/22/2023 at 10:16 AM, MyNameIsLegion said:

oh?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/21/style/raphael-madonna-della-rosa-ai-scli-intl-scn/index.html

yeah, while CGC is busy ignoring this thread, someone is thinking about how they can grade more,faster using AI. MCS will probably get their first because they are innovation minded but the first grading company to figure this out will disrupt the market in a way that poses the single biggest threat to CGC's dominance, much more than this little embarrassing thread. It's not a question of IF AI will will do grading of collectibles, but when. 3D objects objects are not an issue. That's been fairly routine for a decade. The last guy at CGC that might still have a job in 10 years, ironically enough as it pertains to this thread, is the mook reholdering books.

agreed. When people talk about how there's no way CGC will ever be knocked from their market dominant position, I always say whomever cracks the AI grading code will win, cause that will be the grader that can finally claim grade consistency (and no more joke about "well that must have been graded right after the grader's girlfriend broke up with him"

This is the interesting example of the same seller scam. 
Youtube video presenting IH181 swap

Poster shows an IH181 8.5 qualified that sold, and then later shows up in a Universal 9.0 slab and is sold. 

I cant imagine that CGC would miss a missing MVS on a comic that they always check that for. And it means it's have to get past all gaders and QC. So It makes me think a seller has figured out how to crack and swap books in slabs.

On 10/27/2023 at 7:38 PM, Mijael.Levy said:

Only 2 copies in Census a 4.5 and mine wich is the top grade . 

The 4.5 is mine, and as a GA Sci-Fi collector I can say it's going nowhere, so someone buy this beauty offered up! Great deep blacks on the 7.0!

On 10/30/2023 at 8:45 PM, catrick339 said:

Assignment In Eternity,  Robert A. Heinlein
Signet 1161, stated first edition, Nov 1954

There is a small 50c price stamp on page 1, otherwise the interior is nice throughout.
Flat, clean, square, glossy, with minor general wear. 
Grab a nice one from the first GrandMaster of Science Fiction!

Asking $15

Take

On 10/30/2023 at 8:57 PM, catrick339 said:

Tippy Teen 15
If you're going to chase Tower publications, this is the one to search for, MUCH tougher that THUNDER Agents in my experience.

Spine slightly cocked, bit of light soiling, minor general wear. Tight, good gloss, white pages.
My former copy, upgraded it earlier this summer. 

Asking $10

Take

On 9/27/2023 at 3:57 PM, Gaard said:

Now those do it for me.

 

I remember years ago on these boards somebody put together a nice collection of 'lady in white' comics. All featured a woman in a white dress/negligee. It was a nice collection and looked awesome.

On 9/30/2023 at 7:02 PM, Readcomix said:

@n2wdw I think he is thinking of you, Mike.

On 9/30/2023 at 7:04 PM, Ryan. said:

@miraclemet maybe...

Yep that was my Lady in White collection. Kept a few, sold most years back...wish I'd kept some more of them!

Jose is coming to Baltimore and I was trying to see about him doing a pre-show comic sketch commission that I could pick up and submit to CGC for yellow labeling. 

Anyone know of how to contact Jose for this? I've found a few pages on Facebook, but he doesn't seem to have his own website or a well publicized method of contact for this kind of stuff, so I thought I'd check with you all!

On 9/30/2022 at 10:39 AM, shadroch said:

Auctioning them as a lot seems very risky and will almost certainly bring you less money.  Selling them in the same auction might look impressive but will the limited buying pool still be around for the 27th book? The 30th book?

I, personally, would break them up over six months to a year, so the potential buyers can replenish their funds.  Esoteric titles have a very shallow buyers pool and you don't want to drain it before you have to. 

Several years ago, an occasional member here decided to sell his famous double cover collection in a short time, and I think he left a lot of money on the table as oppossed to stretching it out over a year or two.

that's the same thinking Im having... I think having 5-6 books in each auction for 5-6 months that include lots of the top shelf stuff (highest graded and/or pedigrees) and some of the lesser (2nd, 3rd, 5th highest) stuff might lift some of the lesser book lots (consolation prizes). 

(and just to be clear when I say "as a lot" I merely mean having 30 individual lots all in the same auction, not one lot of all 30 books, that'd be crazy!)

 

On 9/30/2022 at 9:12 AM, Funnybooks said:

offer to sell it here on the boards as a set

that means I have to figure out what they're worth! (jk)

On 9/30/2022 at 9:13 AM, Upgrayedd2 said:

I’m curious if CLINK provides a lot-style option. 

I dont recall ever seeing lots listed on CLINK, definately not lots of CGCed books. 

Regardless I would be listing them as 30 individual lots (They've sold registry sets like that in the past, and theyve always listed them individually and just noted that they were part of a top registry set)

Im thinking of shifting gears and selling one of my registry sets. It's about 30 books, of which 22 are highest graded or are pedigree copies. It's 50s sci-fi, but not a widely collected (there are only two collections in the registry with more than 10% of the set, and only a couple of active collections). Books from the set (Space Adventures) don't come up often, but as I said, there's also not a lot of people collecting them. A few months ago there were 3 high grade title copies on CLINK and there was spirited bidding (including me) on the three, but 30 books is a lot more than 3...

I'm looking at consigning the set to an auction house to sell them, but don't know if breaking the set up into a few auctions is a better approach versus putting all 30 books in one auction for the sake of making it a "statement" listing. 

Im sure Im not the first person wrestling with this decision. What's been others experiences? Done it one way and wished for the other? Im not hurting for the money so the timing isnt a driving factor for me...