Robot Man

On 4/11/2024 at 5:56 PM, CGC Mike said:

For future reference, you can hand write notes on the packing slip.

Thanks Mike!

And it just might have that pencil code on the top of the first page…

On 4/11/2024 at 5:08 PM, Hap Hazard said:

Here's the rest of the box, around 6 more to go.

Ha! See that little blinking icon at the top of your page?   

Got a well appreciated tip from one of the coolest guys on the boards. He knows I collect vintage magazines with Surfer Girls on them. He had told me about this one but I figured I had near zero chance at finding this 1923 issue. I immediately jumped on it.(very unlikely I will ever see another). Muchos gracias amigo! This one has found it’s forever home!

Thanks for your observations. Glad it has been a favorable experience.

I submitted my first ever submissions to CGC at WonderCon on 3/29. Two pulps in Vintage and one in High Value all on one form. About all I can tell yet is they charged my card. The High Value one supposedly is less time than the Vintage ones. Not sure if I can track them through the process. Also not sure if they will be returned to me as a group of 3 as submitted or multiple deliveries.

My only concern so far is that there was no “Notes” area on the form. One is a Yakima ped with a copy of the COA in the back of the backing board. The other is a file copy printout from the major dealer I purchased it from. I would have like to note it and “flag” them when the books arrived. Just crossing my fingers.

Being a long time GA collector, I have learned the concept of patience. So I guess I will just have to be optimistically excited. As far as grades go, I have no idea what I will get since pulps are so much different than comics.

On 4/11/2024 at 2:11 PM, jimjum12 said:

GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Washington Confidental goes to Jimbo. In your pile it goes! Thanks!

On 4/10/2024 at 5:56 PM, RareHighGrade said:

My personal White Whale was issue #27.  I searched for decades for a nice copy, with no luck.  I eventually resigned myself to the fact that I would never be able to finish the run.

But then the Ian Levine collection of pre-hero DCs came up for auction.  Ian’s pre-hero run, although complete, consisted almost entirely of low grade and restored books.  Imagine my surprise when I discovered that, tucked away among them, was this breath-taking unrestored beauty.  The hole in my collection was finally filled.   

This issue has the earliest shark cover in comics, as well as an interior ad for Action Comics #1.

 

Probably my favorite one in the run. Don’t think I have ever run into one I could buy. Maybe some day…

On 4/10/2024 at 5:39 PM, Hap Hazard said:

Finally had time to start opening some boxes. Have around 7 long boxes of paperbacks I  picked up in the last 25 years.  Here's some pics of the first two rows of one long box. Plan on doing some organizing in the next few weeks and maybe some sales threads, may copy Robot Man's example of selling paperbacks.

Problem is I have so many!

Nice! I spy some real cool ones there. I have a sickness for those great Popular Library books with Belarski covers. Few could paint a terrified woman like ‘ole Rudolph.

Now might be a good time to run a sale Steve. I wouldn’t say they are “hot” but gaining a little steam. My current sale has done real well. If priced right, you will move a lot of the ones you decide not to keep. This is one area where a smart collector can put together a nice collection without breaking the bank.

Problem is, they just don’t turn up out “in the wild” likely used to so replacing them is a lot harder now.

Just be willing to put in a little work and you might be suprised…

Glad you had a good show Rickster! I would think if one had some reasonably priced pulps, one would do well. I imagine there were quite a few priced at “dream expectations”.

A year ago, there were quite a few comic dealers and speculators buying up everything they thought was remotely cool. Folks with NO knowledge of pulps. I suspect a number of them have learned the error of their ways. 

There are a number of “All Picture” titles with comic pages on each page telling a visual story similar to comic books. Some also had “flip corner” illustrations that simulated animation. 

Still some cool “Cheap Thrills” left… will leave this up until tomorrow then send invoices and close it up.

Remember if any buyers would prefer Media Mail, let me know otherwise postage will start at Ground Advantage.

Thanks!

3 Sherlock Holmes, I the Jury and FREE Counterfeit Eye go to mrwoggieman! And Media Mail it is! Muchos Gracias! 

On 4/10/2024 at 5:41 PM, waaaghboss said:

Found a pair of sales on HA, vg and F.

Thanks! Well, there goes that idea…

Let’s just say, the cover on the Private Life of Helen of Troy probably sold a few more books… and classic works of literature like Sherlock Holmes are still sitting here. And nobody will even take Lost Horizons for free…

On 4/10/2024 at 5:24 PM, OuterboroGuy said:

 

 

Throw these on my pile at the discounted prices.

[Just a reminder that these go beyond the covers, an excerpt from the Atlantic review of "Flee the Angry Strangers" when first published: "A one-track story of such unrelieved grimness would have gained in impact, I think, if its 480 pages had been somewhat pared down. As it stands, the book documents very vividly a sector new to the novel — its jazzy lingo, its weird loyalties, its chaotic habits and surrealistic horrors."]

Sin Street, Journey into Ecstacy & Flee Angry Strangers go to OuterboroGuy. Many thanks! Will add to your pile. Hey, no judgement on my part why anyone wants these…

Can’t remember if I posted this or not. One of my favorites. Dated Dec 22, 1934, my, how festive!

Was thinking of sending it in for grading. I spent about an hour searching the net for pricing but like a great many, no pricing available. I wonder how CGC would value it? Most certainly, the Bookery guide wouldn’t work.  

On 4/10/2024 at 4:21 PM, Cushing Fan said:

Jane Mansfield goes to Cushing Fan. Some how that sounds so wrong…Thank you sir! 

On 4/10/2024 at 2:17 PM, jimjum12 said:

 @ $20, and media mail on my pile please, Brother Bob. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Flying Saucers goes to Jimbo. 

CRAZY price reductions now in effect. Some up to 50% or more! Priced to move.

I will leave this open until Friday and will send invoices then and close ‘er down.

If any buyers are on a budget and prefer Media Mail, (these qualify),  please let me know and I will invoice that way.

The Phantom seems to be more popular “down under” than anywhere else in the world. Seems like every time I have been there, I have seen quite a few. Have the older ones pretty much dried up there now? 

On 4/10/2024 at 5:23 AM, 1Cool said:

I can see why the guys who only specialize in older books could see the hot copper / modern spec buyers as a nuisance but those guys seem to have done pretty well during the boom even though they missed out on some easy more modern money.  A dealer can't complain much when their copper age books get wiped out at $5 a piece when they had been sitting on them for years - even if they didn't get post explosion prices on some of them.  A scorching hot market benefits pretty much every seller and I'm sure almost all will miss the movie spec money revenue one way or another. 

I would much prefer a couple nice SA books or one nice GA books over countless boxes of common easy to get copper or modern books. Takes up a lot less room and much easier to keep track of. In all my years in this hobby, I have found that good scarcer GA books have way out preformed newer ones. 

On 4/9/2024 at 8:09 PM, paqart said:

I just bought three over the last few days. The reason is that I suddenly realized what a good artist C.C. Beck is. It's amazing how under-rated he is. Other collectors can have the Mac Raboy covers. Beck's draghtsmanship reminds me of industrial design. For the level of detail, it's perfect and has more volume per line than anyone out there. At this moment, my two favorite GA artists are Carl Barks and C.C. Beck. For SA, probably Carl Barks and Jack Kirby, then Gil Kane and Johnny Romita in BA.

As for the stories, I happen to like them. They are refreshing in contrast to the bleak, dark, and sadistic material that has become so popular since Miller's Dark Knight came out and changed comics for the next 40 years. I also like the fact they aren't filled with all the weirdness found in 1950's horror comics. It's no surprise they outsold Superman; they're more family-friendly than anything outside of Disney, with all the adventure craved by readers of superhero comics.

The Barks ducks are masterpieces. Some of my favorite books in the hobby. I find the Fawcett stuff a bit less exciting. I have quite a few nice ones but would sell them off first before a lot of my other books. Just personal taste.

I discovered ECs at a young age. They grabbed me like no other books. Lead me into PCH, Crime & Sci-Fi. My tastes in superhero have always been darker characters like The Spectre, Dr. Fate, early Batman, Capt. America and other fringe characters.

Always seemed like “forbidden fruit” Not that I don’t like some light hearted Capt. Marvel or Superman from time to time but I would have been long gone from this hobby without the weirder stuff.

Then again, I was always more of a Rolling Stones fan than a Beatles fan in the early days.

No wrong answers here, just different tastes…

On 4/9/2024 at 10:49 AM, sfcityduck said:

Mitch is an old school collector who is coy about what he owns, usually only referencing what he's sold (I'm still blown away he bought the Krigstein Master Race OA off of Russ Cochran). 

And although he reveals some aspects of the story of the world record Action 1 in this story I've never seen before (like he had three copies at one point), still he was coy in the interview:

 

Why's he being coy? Still owns all or part of that Action 1?

Interesting. Playing coy to avoid detailing his final sale details or something else? Mitch once opined on this site that the reasons that folks don't CGC their comics is that they don't want to do so until they want to sell or they want to see what their "competition" for the best copy has gotten as a grade. He basically stated that there are Action Comics 1 owners in a standoff waiting to see how others' books grade out. Talking about himself? Only Mitch can answer -- but he demonstrated in the interview that he won't.  

Frankly, that’s up to Mitch. He obviously had his own personal reasons and I respect that. It is really none of our business what he or any other collector owns. There are other board members here that probably have jaw dropping books and don’t share either.

Not that I’m anything more than a minnow in this pond, I have no problem sharing most of my stuff. There are things I have kept my trap shut on for my own reasons, but generally, I am a lover of junk and enjoy posting stuff that might be fun for others.

Back to the recent Action #1 sale. Wasn’t this collection originally found by Don and Maggie Thompson back in the Stone Age? I wonder what Maggie feels about this sale? 

On 4/9/2024 at 6:33 PM, mrwoogieman said:

Lot of 10 Tarzan books go to mrwoogieman. Thank you sir!