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I bought the collection from the Colorado Department of Revenue in 1993(?). I think there was a mention of the collection in CBM using that name before I bought it. My recollection is that Bruce Ellsworth came up with the collection name and I ran with it. You can blame me for that. I still have a ton of the books too and will eventually start processing them again. All the keys and valuable stuff was sold long ago though. Sold the AF #15 for $5k. Wish I had kept that!

My Buy what you like and look towards genres that are currently unpopular (e.g. funny animal, westerns with notable exceptions). There are bargains and LOTS of fun books under $50 out there. That's worked extremely well for me over the years. But, I try to be a black hole for comics I put in my personal collection and have been seriously collecting since the early '90s.

I'm part of it too!

Some good points in this thread! Something I've been wondering about for a long time: Can someone please explain to me why ASM 300 is now a $1,000 book? Didn't this have a print run of 1 million+? Seems every auction has at least one copy of this book in 9.0+ Who is buying this? Ae there people hoarding it? This book in particular just boggles my mind!

Recent Pick up. Really nice colors too.

I like that book too!

Giving this a bump as I still have sets available!

Happy New Year! I have a few extra sets of Photo-Journals - All NEW, Unread and still in original Shrink Wrap! Prices below: Golden Age Set (Vol 1 & 2): $115 Vol 1 or 2 $65 ea. Marvel Set (Vol 3 & 4): $50 Vol 3 or 4 $30 ea. All four volumes: $160 All books are new and unread. There might be some minor bumps and wear. The dust jackets on the Marvel sets have some wrinkling from where the clear plastic coating is delaminating though. However, I will send the best volumes I have! Full refund within 14 days after delivery if you're not satisfied. S/H in the lower 48 States: $9 for the first volume and $4 each additional one. PM for s/h outside lower 48 US. PayPal, Check, and M.O. preferred. Ships from Colorado. I can ship internationally - PM me for details please. PM me if interested. Thanks! - Tim C.

I have a few extra sets of Photo-Journals - All NEW, Unread and still in original Shrink Wrap! Prices below: Golden Age Set (Vol 1 & 2): $115 Vol 1 or 2 $65 ea. Marvel Set (Vol 3 & 4): $50 Vol 3 or 4 $30 ea. All four volumes: $160 All books are new and unread. There might be some minor bumps and wear. The dust jackets on the Marvel sets have some wrinkling from where the clear plastic coating is delaminating though. However, I will send the best volumes I have! Full refund within 14 days after delivery if you're not satisfied. S/H in the lower 48 States: $9 for the first volume and $4 each additional one. PM for s/h outside lower 48 US. PayPal, Check, and M.O. preferred. Ships from Colorado. I will be happy to gift wrap at no charge with a note if you'd like.. Thanks! - Tim C.

Giving a as I still have volumes for sale. Thanks!

Giving this a bump as I still have sets for sale. Happy to sell individual volumes too. PM me your interest. Thanks and Cheers

Tim was very easy to work with! Great and friendly person! I sold him Volume 2 of Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide to comic Books. Thanks for the order and I hope we can do a deal again soon! Thanks and Cheers, Tim C.

I have a few extra sets of Photo-Journals - All NEW, Unread and still in original Shrink Wrap! Prices below: Golden Age Set (Vol 1 & 2): $115 Marvel Set (Vol 3 & 4): $50 All four volumes: $160 All books are new and unread. There might be some minor bumps and wear. The dust jackets on the Marvel sets have some wrinkling from where the clear plastic coating is delaminating though. However, I will send the best volumes I have! Full refund within 14 days after delivery if you're not satisfied. S/H in the lower 48 States: $9 for the first volume and $4 each additional one. PM for s/h outside lower 48 US. PayPal, Check, M.O. and Credit Cards O.K. Ships from Colorado via FedEx Ground or media mail to PO Boxes. Thanks! - Tim C.

Oh! I vaguely remember Sparks. Nice guy as Dan said and not me. Of course I remember Bruce. I bought a few Salidas from him. No Michael Jackson *yet*! Might consider it if the lock down goes on for much longer though.

Here's my I wonder how much of the appreciation in Key GA/SA/Bronze etc is due to white collar professionals and the "wealthy" seeking to diversify their portfolios. I think many investors are looking for alternative investments to increase returns. Stocks by MANY measures are now overvalued, the 30 year Treasury yields are, what, less than 2.3%(!!)? The Fed is doing not-QE to support the repo market which is lifting the stock market. Real estate is still expensive in most major cities. How long this can last, I have no idea but, it can't last forever. So, if there's a 25%-50% correction in stocks, will that spill over to keys? Seems likely if there's not a quick rebound. But, I do expect that rates can't go up (because of the interest due on the national debt) until something "breaks" and then lookout! Tangibles (like comics) might do well. Anyway, the big questions I have: 1) are new people entering the hobby? 2) What are their demographics? Young? old? 3) Why are they entering? Investment? Collecting? I wonder if the big auction houses or large dealers could help answer such questions. Maybe Bedrock or G.A.tor can chime in? Besides low interest rates driving the collectible market I believe there are the following tail winds: - TV and movies making collecting comics at least acceptable if not cool - CGC and the other third party grading services - The Overstreet price Guide - The auction houses - I think Heritage is especially helpful to broaden the comic collecting universe since they are in so many other fields - Mass media showcasing record sales At some point, I suspect, the public is going to get tired of the superhero movies which might be a drag on investment potential Regarding buying the rarest and best. In my experience, that does not always work. Case in point: From the Heritage archives Target Comics #7 MH CGC 9.6 sold for $57,500 in 2003 Failed to sell in 2007 with a reserve of $40,000 I have no idea what happened to the book since then. But, I bet someone probably lost some serious bucks if the book flipped since then. As a Centaur collector primarily focused on Funny pages, Funny Picture Stories, Star Comics and Star Ranger there's been more than a couple of times where I'm pretty sure it's just me and another guy in a bidding war at an auction. If I want the book badly enough, a record price may ensue. This may bring out an additional copy or two locked up in collections and the next price isn't anywhere near as record setting. I've seen that happen a couple of times. But, since I'm more interested in upgrading or finishing a run, while annoying, I'm prepared for that going in. What I'm getting at is there needs to be a large enough pool of collectors chasing specific books to satisfy the supply that comes out of the wood work. As prices escalate, fewer people can spring for it and other stuff looks like a deal in comparison. As a long time L.B. Cole collector, I'm getting priced out of the market. So, I'm not buying as much there as I was a few years ago and am moving on to other things that seem more reasonably priced in comparison.

Here's the Mile High. Can't believe I bought it almost 10 years ago!

Here's my 7.0. One of the first things I bought from Heritage way back in 2002. Wasn't there another 7.0 or something that sat on C'link forever with a ridiculous asking price? Does anyone know if it sold? If so, for what?

Heritage auctioned off the Cover Proof in 2003. I kick myself for not bidding higher. Many (all?) of the L.B. Cole cover proofs have duplicates, so I'm hoping to stumble across one someday.

Giving this thread a bump with this:

I enjoyed going through this thread and thought I'd give it a bump with this: only 2 on census. this and a 3.0

I have a few extra sets of Photo-Journals - All NEW, Unread and still in original Shrink Wrap! Prices below: Golden Age Set (Vol 1 & 2): $115 Marvel Set (Vol 3 & 4): $50 All four volumes: $160 All books are new and unread. There might be some minor bumps and wear. The dust jackets on the Marvel sets have some wrinkling from where the clear plastic coating is delaminating though. However, I will send the best volumes I have! Full refund within 14 days after delivery if you're not satisfied. S/H in the lower 48 States: $9 for the first volume and $4 each additional one. PM for s/h outside lower 48 US. PayPal, Check, M.O. and Credit Cards O.K. Ships from Colorado via FedEx Ground or media mail to PO Boxes. Thanks! - Tim C.

As to how many are missing - it depends on how you count them. There are roughly 88 White Spaces. Most are for a single issue. However, some White Spaces reference more than a couple books (e.g. there's just a single White Space for Jeanie #s 21-27). Then there are some series where there's no White Space but not all issues are shown - this is especially true for some genres like funny animal and romance. Finally, there are some White Spaces for some issues that the hobby is pretty sure don't exist (e.g. Animal Crackers #2). IIRC, Overstreet put a few issues he knew didn't exist into the Overstreet Price Guide to help catch plagiarism. Hope that helps!

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Some stickers were printed in issues of Comic Book Marketplace (Man, that was an awesome magazine! I miss it!). Off hand, I don't recall a single set of all stickers. I don't think it would be too difficult to make - just pull images from comics.org Hmmm.... Maybe I should do that!

I still have sets available! I can ship to PO Boxes at same S/H via Media Mail. PM me if you'd like any of the volumes. Thanks!