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[Aweandlorder]

12 minutes ago, the blob said:

Do you regularly press books that already look perfect to you? Is that what folks do nowadays?

Lol nah I try not to if I can esp marvel with digital code stickers are the worst to press but there are some that can use the improvement

[Pirate]

17 hours ago, the blob said:

Do you regularly press books that already look perfect to you? Is that what folks do nowadays?

Since CGC uses the hubble telescope to find some reason not give you a 9.8,  the answer is yes.

[mackenzie999]

19 hours ago, the blob said:

Do you regularly press books that already look perfect to you? Is that what folks do nowadays?

I belong to a couple of FB comics groups where the collectors are far less sophisticated than they are here, and the mentality there is press press press, typically accompanied by a lack of any knowledge about pressable defects, just the idea that throwing a few dollars at it will definitely improve it. I'm not lumping Awe in with these guys, he seems to know his stuff, but many don't.  

Edited November 14, 2018 by mackenzie999

[sd2416]

1 hour ago, mackenzie999 said:

I belong to a couple of FB comics groups where the collectors are far less sophisticated than they are here, and the mentality there is press press press, typically accompanied by a lack of any knowledge about pressable defects, just the idea that throwing a few dollars at it will definitely improve it. I'm not lumping Awe in with these guys, he seems to know his stuff, but many don't.  

What FB groups?  I like a good read on lunch breaks

[mackenzie999]

1 hour ago, sd2416 said:

What FB groups?  I like a good read on lunch breaks

Marvel Comics Fans 1961-1986 isn't a terrible read, mostly lower-level collectors asking a lot of stupid hypothetical questions about storylines, but there's occasionally some fun content. 

[Bird]

I spent $107 at an estate auction today. Snowstorm precludes me from emptying the car but I'll show my stuff soon enough. I took this in right away to avoid any bending though.

[Bird]

Today was a monthly auction house that sells estates, tomorrow is a local estate sale that advertised comics! I'm off again so I plan on hitting that one as well.

[Bird]

well, in the words of Garo Yepremian "I am a stupid!" (or was that Roberto DiVicenzo at The Masters?) I got 13 DC Archives (WW 1-5, Dark Knight 1-6 and Justice League 1, 2) and they got wet from the snow.They were in a tub with the lid closed but somehow they got wet. I still scored but am so angry right now! Hopefully I can read them still when they dry out.

Edited November 16, 2018 by Bird
well, I got a first print Batman 457 with the 000 code, so...still sucks!

[Bird]

If my daughter's school has delayed opening tomorrow due to snow it would be at the same time as the estate sale. My wife said that she will use vacation time and go in late to work so that I can go hunting. Is that a woman who loves her man, or what!?! It is supposed to rain and wash it all away so maybe wifey is kissing up, but that is fine by me.

[Hekla]

Since we know  @Bird will have an awesome score and while waiting until he gets around to sharing, I'll fill the time with something unusual that I purchased with a small collection a few months ago and only recently got around to processing and noticed the uniqueness of the book.

Sunset Carson, published in 1991 and signed by his wife, Jeane 'Mrs. Sunset' Carson in 1993. She wrote extensively in the book and the photos are only a smattering of what she wrote. The guy I purchased it from didn't make any comments about the book, so I overlooked it when I was going through the books initially.

[Phantalien]

8 hours ago, Hekla said:

Since we know  @Bird will have an awesome score and while waiting until he gets around to sharing, I'll fill the time with something unusual that I purchased with a small collection a few months ago and only recently got around to processing and noticed the uniqueness of the book.

Sunset Carson, published in 1991 and signed by his wife, Jeane 'Mrs. Sunset' Carson in 1993. She wrote extensively in the book and the photos are only a smattering of what she wrote. The guy I purchased it from didn't make any comments about the book, so I overlooked it when I was going through the books initially.

 

 

While I am not into this book, what I love about it is that it was personally annotated by his wife beyond what the magazine was able to accomplish.  I bet this would be utterly fascinating to someone who collects western stuff.

 

 

 I bet there are a number of us who wish someone would have annotated those huge pictures of the old DC comics dinner photos.

[Jimbo749]

17 hours ago, Bird said:

I spent $107 at an estate auction today. Snowstorm precludes me from emptying the car but I'll show my stuff soon enough. I took this in right away to avoid any bending though.

The Detroit Rock City poster on the side is groovy, love that movie.

[the blob]

13 hours ago, Hekla said:

Since we know  @Bird will have an awesome score and while waiting until he gets around to sharing, I'll fill the time with something unusual that I purchased with a small collection a few months ago and only recently got around to processing and noticed the uniqueness of the book.

Sunset Carson, published in 1991 and signed by his wife, Jeane 'Mrs. Sunset' Carson in 1993. She wrote extensively in the book and the photos are only a smattering of what she wrote. The guy I purchased it from didn't make any comments about the book, so I overlooked it when I was going through the books initially.

He came back in 1985 and did a movie called "Alien Outlaw" that also features some old time western guys like Lash La Rue:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190229/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

I had never heard of him, but he did a ton of these B list movies from 1944 - 1950. I guess they were the second movie (usually about an hour) in a double feature. People got a lot of value for their dime or nickel at the movies back then. I guess most of these are so bad they don't play them on TV much. I see westerns, but usually with bigger names. It's interesting how a lot of these guys' careers faded out around 1950-52 even though they were certainly cranking out westerns after that, but I suppose not in the same volume. This guy's career was basically over at 30.

[Bird]

well, estate sale was a bust. It was not an estate sales' comics, it was the estate sale lady's husband selling his comics at the estate sale. But I went out in 7 am snow for the number and went back at 845 so I spent $10. Really only wanted the Corben Spectres but added the other two for my bundle deal!

[ADAMANTIUM]

some 1st appearances and most NM

idk  not too bad for $1-2 finds

I had the doomsday #18, thanks to @MustEatBrains (Thanks by the way that grading contest was fun ) so I wanted to complete that run

 

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

41 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

some 1st appearances and most NM

idk  not too bad for $1-2 finds

I had the doomsday #18, thanks to @MustEatBrains (Thanks by the way that grading contest was fun ) so I wanted to complete that run

 

Love that Jim Lee cover on war journal 

[ADAMANTIUM]

2 minutes ago, Ovrclck said:

Love that Jim Lee cover on war journal 

I like it too, white pages too, it was worth saving it from the bargain bins at the used bookstore  

[Bird]

I didn't get around to looking through the box from yesterday this morning, but here are some of the things in the box.

 

The Adam Hughes book is a nice find. A bunch of comic related and scifi mags as well. Even an old Comic Buyer's Guide.

[elibowman]

I have an antique store along my commute that I have had some decent luck with over the years. The last couple months have been off the charts. In late summer I got a Crime Mysteries 4 and an Astonishing 30 (!!!). I picked up a sweet Fox romance book in September. All three of these cost me $100+, but my returns on that were off the charts. Then today I grabbed this lot for $200. 

[Callaway29]

5 hours ago, elibowman said:

I have an antique store along my commute that I have had some decent luck with over the years. The last couple months have been off the charts. In late summer I got a Crime Mysteries 4 and an Astonishing 30 (!!!). I picked up a sweet Fox romance book in September. All three of these cost me $100+, but my returns on that were off the charts. Then today I grabbed this lot for $200. 

  Honey hole...