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Infinite Marvel Picture Frame books
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greggy

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54 minutes ago, namisgr said:

That was a sweet collection.  Know anything about the original owner, Greg, or did you get them through a local dealer?

I bought it from a local con dealer that was helping some other guy help the OO to sell his books, as he was ill and wanted to move back to his home town.

The best Marvel books and titles got released first and they appeared to be have been stored inside, as the pages were really white.

I showed up at a show with $200 because that show never really has any good books.  I wasn't even there first but I was told to go to that table.  I bought a lot of the nicer Spider-mans (late 12 centers to early 20 centers), some Avengers and a bunch of Silver Surfers that day.  I had to go to the bank to get more money to only pay for a portion of the purchase.

The dealer drove over an hour to meet up with me the next day so I could pay for the books.  At that time, I was the only guy locally willing to spend any money at that show so after that, he gave me first crack at everything new.

The OO eventually moved but the dealer unfortunately lost contact with him.  It turned out that the other middle man took advantage of the family and got a lot of books cheap.  It must have been mostly DCs and magazines, as I stated, the best stuff got released early.  I only saw a smattering of DC books which were generally keys.

The OO eventually passed away and the OO's brother found the dealer and offered the rest of the collection to him for $11K.  The later stuff that I posted are from that batch.  Of course, there were a ton of other books which I purchased that weren't picture frames. 

There was a 9.4 X-men 12, 9.0 ASM 14, 9.4 ASM 25 and 29, and a 9.0 ASM 50 among others.

The OO bought a lot of later bronze age junk including multiples of any apparent key or first appearances.  Books that I felt were worthless and gave away in deals (She-Hulks 1) became more valuable later on :doh"

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Ghost Town

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4 hours ago, namisgr said:

33 Suscha News comics in the picture frame collection, but no time to scan them this week.  See you guys here a bit later.  :wink:

That's only 8.5% of all possible 388 Picture Frames, Bob. I think you should get to work on the 355 that got away.

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3 minutes ago, Ghost Town said:

That's only 8.5% of all possible 388 Picture Frames, Bob. I think you should get to work on the 355 that got away.

You mean you're finally ready to break up your collection, and sell me some of the sweet, sweet Suscha copies in it?  :grin:

There are so many great Suscha News copies.  The OO often bought multiple copies, and apparently often got them before they were circulated (i.e., pawed by the general masses). To top it off, he took incredible care of them after purchase - it's rare to find so much as a dinged corner or color-breaking spine crease.  Just a fantastic collection.

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Nice book. It's always cool to see the reinterpretations of the classic FF covers. 

And I just realized that Marvel had 2 different FF reprint titles going at the same time - Marvel Triple Action and Marvel's Greatest Comics. That's a lot of FF. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

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I should just check the PF stats every couple of years. Compared to 6 months ago, I think only five or 6 tough books just popped up on the census –  Western Kid #3 and #5, and some Millies subbed by some dork (that would be me). But I did the work with help from CGCdata.com and figured I might as well post the details for my fellow unicorn chasers.

Of the 388 Picture Frame books, there are:
121 books without a 9.8 or better 
48 books without a 9.6 or better
14 books without a 9.4 or better
3 books without a 9.0 or better 
12 books with just 1 submission each

0 copies in 9.0 or better
Millie the Model #194 (best is 8.5)
Millie the Model #197 (best is 8.5)
My Love #20 (best is 8.0)

No copies in 9.4 or better
Harvey #3 (1 in 9.2)
Harvey #5 (1 in 9.2)
Li'l Kids #7 (2 in 9.2, 1 in 9.0)
Li'l Kids #9 (1 in 9.2, 1 in 9.0)
Millie the Model #194 (1 in 8.5)
Millie the Model #195 (1 9.0)
Millie the Model #196 (1 in 9.2, 1 9.0)
Millie the Model #197 (2 in 8.5)
Millie the Model #198 ((1 in 9.0)
Millie the Model #199 (1 in 9.0)
My Love #20 (1 in 8.0 )
Our Love Story #20 (1 in 9.2)
Ringo Kid #17 (1 in 9.2, 2 in 9.0)
Special Marvel Edition #4 (8 in 9.2!)

1 copy in 9.4 or better
Chili #18
Chili #19 
Chili #20 
Harvey #6 
Li'l Kids #4 
Li'l Kids #5 
Li'l Kids #6 
Li'l Pals #2 
Marvel's Greatest Comics #34 (9.6)
My Love #16 
My Love #18 (9.6)
My Love #19
Our Love Story #17 
Our Love Story #18 (9.6)
Our Love Story #19 
Rawhide Kid #103 (9.6)
Ringo Kid #13 
Ringo Kid #14 
Ringo Kid #15 
Special Marvel Edition #6 
Western Gunfighters #8 
Western Gunfighters #10 (9.8)
Wyatt Earp #31 

1 copy in 9.0 or better
Chili #18 (9.4)
Chili #19 (9.4) 
Chili #20 (9.4)
Harvey #3 (9.2)
Harvey #5 (9.2)
Harvey #6 (9.4)
Li'l Kids #6 (9.4)
Millie the Model #199 (9.0)
Our Love Story #20 (9.2)
Rawhide Kid #103 (9.6)
Ringo Kid #13 (9.4)
Ringo Kid #15 (9.4)
Special Marvel Edition #6 (9.4)

2 copies in 9.0 or better
Li'l Kids #4 (9.4, 9.2)
Li'l Kids #5 (9.4, 9.2)
Li'l Kids #9 (9.2, 9.0)
Marvel's Greatest Comics #39 (9.6, 9.4)
Mighty Marvel Western #20 (9.6, 9.4)
Millie the Model #196 (9.2, 9.0)
My Love #16 (9.4, 9.0)
My Love #18 (9.6, 9.2)
My Love #19 (9.4, 9.2)
Our Love Story #14 (9.6, 9.4)
Our Love Story #17 (9.4, 9.2)
Our Love Story #18 (9.6, 9.0)
Our Love Story #19 (9.4, 9.0)
Rawhide Kid #94 (9.4, 9.4)
Rawhide Kid #105 (9.4, 9.4)
Ringo Kid #14 (9.4, 9.0)
Two-Gun Kid #103 (9.6, 9.4)
Two-Gun Kid #102 (9.8, 9.6)
Two-Gun Kid #107 (9.4, 9.4)    

Toughest hero books in CGC 9.6 or better (They're all black covers except one dark blue and one dark brown)
Amazing Adventures #9 (1 in 9.8, 2 in 9.6)
Astonishing Tales #12 (1 in 9.8, 5 in 9.6)
Avengers #103 (10 in 9.6)
Avengers #105 (8 in 9.6)
Captain Marvel #22 (4 in 9.6)
Daredevil #86 (1 9.8, 4 in 9.6)
Incredible Hulk #158 (7 in 9.6) 
Iron Man #44 (6 in 9.6)
Sub-Mariner #43 (6 in 9.6)
X-Men #76 (6 in 9.6) 
X-Men #79 (1 in 9.8, 2 in 9.6)

Most 9.8s (They're all white covers except the TOD #1)
Amazing Spider-Man #105 – 54
Fantastic Four #121 - 47
Thor #202 - 46
Avengers #98 - 45
Avengers #102 – 42
Tomb of Dracula #1 – 42
Marvel Premiere #2 - 41

Most Submissions:
Marvel Spotlight #5 - 2073
Hero For Hire #1 - 1881
Tomb of Dracula #1 - 1294
Defenders #1 - 1097

25¢ PF stats:

0 copies in 9.4 or better
Special Marvel Edition #4

1 copy in 9.4 or better
Marvel's Greatest Comics #34 (9.6)

2 copies in 9.4 or better
Mighty Marvel Western #16
My Love #14

4 books without a 9.6 or better
Marvel Tales #33 
Mighty Marvel Western #16 
My Love #14
Special Marvel Edition #4 

10 books without a 9.8 or better
Chamber of Darkness Annual #1 
Kid Colt Outlaw #156 
Marvel's Greatest Comics #34 
Marvel Spotlight #2
Marvel Tales #33
Mighty Marvel Western #16 
My Love #14 
Special Marvel Edition #4 
Sub-Mariner #43 
Where Monsters Dwell #12 

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Will post pictures when I get it in hand...but just got grade on my Iron Man 43.

002  Iron Man  43  11/71  Marvel Comics        Universal  Grader Notes   9.8  WHITE   
George Tuska and Jim Mooney art
Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia cover  

:whee:

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2 hours ago, joeypost said:

Will post pictures when I get it in hand...but just got grade on my Iron Man 43.

002  Iron Man  43  11/71  Marvel Comics        Universal  Grader Notes   9.8  WHITE   
George Tuska and Jim Mooney art
Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia cover  

:whee:

Crikey! That's amazing.

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