Randall Dowling Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 43 minutes ago, speedcake said: Did you just high grade shame us? He did, didn’t he? But in the nicest way possible. In all seriousness, Hamlet has had a deep seeded dislike for the whole uber high grade chase for decades. His point (I think) is that you can’t read a comic book if you’re afraid to touch it lest it drop a half grade and 40% of its value. He’s a big fan of enjoying the whole book- cover and story inside (pretty sure he reads the ads also!). speedcake and The Lions Den 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Which is a fine philosophy, and why I'm collecting a reader run along side the "no touchy touch" run Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hamlet Posted February 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Randall Dowling said: He did, didn’t he? But in the nicest way possible. In all seriousness, Hamlet has had a deep seeded dislike for the whole uber high grade chase for decades. His point (I think) is that you can’t read a comic book if you’re afraid to touch it lest it drop a half grade and 40% of its value. He’s a big fan of enjoying the whole book- cover and story inside (pretty sure he reads the ads also!). Well, a lot of it is just being cheap, too. 🙂 I have a tough time justifying paying $200 for a 9.6 when I can get a FN+ for $15-20. Plus, being willing to buy lower grade books means there are a lot more books available to purchase when I’m out hunting. I’m not going to find much to buy at the local conventions I go to if I’m looking for 9.2+ books. There are tons of VG+ copies there though. 🙂 oakman29, Randall Dowling, speedcake and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Hamlet said: Well, a lot of it is just being cheap, too. 🙂 I have a tough time justifying paying $200 for a 9.6 when I can get a FN+ for $15-20. Plus, being willing to buy lower grade books means there are a lot more books available to purchase when I’m out hunting. I’m not going to find much to buy at the local conventions I go to if I’m looking for 9.2+ books. There are tons of VG+ copies there though. 🙂 Sounds like you and I are in notable agreement. I would rather have 10 books I can read rather than one I can't. Although I do respect people preserving high grade examples, and I'm quite willing to drop $200+ once or twice a year on a lower grade book so I can read it... I'll pay money for rare books, just low grade ones. Back to the whole Lone Star lowball idea, let me share one I got from them a few months ago. If you saw it in another thread, you may already know what they graded it at. If you didn't, I would love to hear your guesses. No hidden defects I could spot, other than some very, very slight darkening along the very edges of the inside cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Mary Jane and the sniffles is there a drug connection to that cover ? Sort of like Puff the magic Dragon type connection? 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 14 hours ago, OtherEric said: Sounds like you and I are in notable agreement. I would rather have 10 books I can read rather than one I can't. Although I do respect people preserving high grade examples, and I'm quite willing to drop $200+ once or twice a year on a lower grade book so I can read it... I'll pay money for rare books, just low grade ones. Back to the whole Lone Star lowball idea, let me share one I got from them a few months ago. If you saw it in another thread, you may already know what they graded it at. If you didn't, I would love to hear your guesses. No hidden defects I could spot, other than some very, very slight darkening along the very edges of the inside cover. I’ll play this game. My grade is an 8.5-9.0 (maybe higher?) but I can see my comic shop.com grading it as a 6.5-7.0 which is crazy. The Lions Den, oakman29 and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Agree 9.0+ Randall Dowling, The Lions Den and OtherEric 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Here's the listing from MCS for the book. My suspicion is somebody actually wrote 8.0 and it was misread at some stage: Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 3 hours ago, OtherEric said: Here's the listing from MCS for the book. My suspicion is somebody actually wrote 8.0 and it was misread at some stage: Wow! Good for you. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Dell books take a serious beating with kids back in the day. Finding one this nice is a tough thing. Randall Dowling and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 6 hours ago, OtherEric said: Here's the listing from MCS for the book. My suspicion is somebody actually wrote 8.0 and it was misread at some stage: Wow! Is there a subscription fold that we can’t see? That’s a pretty extreme example! Nice grab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Randall Dowling said: Wow! Is there a subscription fold that we can’t see? That’s a pretty extreme example! Nice grab! No subscription fold or anything else unseen. It's really one of the nicest 50's books I've ever seen in person. To get back on topic, a pickup today. A beater, but I've never seen a copy of this series in the wild before: chevalmeow, shiverbones and oakman29 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevalmeow Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I need that issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shiverbones Posted February 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 21, 2020 I guess these count Jayman, Randall Dowling, OtherEric and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Hell yes it counts.😎 shiverbones and Randall Dowling 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post speedcake Posted February 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2020 My latest pickups from Steve’s last thread. Man I wish I could have grabbed more. They are so pretty rakehell, OtherEric, oakman29 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 And last but not least, my latest Vampirella from Steve. @Hamlet you may want to avert your eyes zosocane, oakman29, Stevemmg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamlet Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, speedcake said: And last but not least, my latest Vampirella from Steve. @Hamlet you may want to avert your eyes That is one beautiful copy. I do occasionally sprinkle in a high grade copy or two. Generally when Steve or Randall Dowling has a sales thread 🙂 I just got my first copy myself. It was a slightly disappointing eBay VG. Looked a little better in the picture, but wasn’t. Randall Dowling and speedcake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 There's a bad azz sales thread about to happen tonight. Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hamlet Posted February 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 I feel like I did pretty well here. None of them are better than Fine, but they are all attached and complete. I’d call them mostly VG+. The 6 is probably more like VG- with a rough corner and some denting on the front cover, but for $7 each I sure can’t complain- batmiesta, speedcake, shiverbones and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
