What's new in your Silver Age collection this week 43 43

[Azkaban]

1 hour ago, Readcomix said:

First silver age of 2020 for me 

 one of these days I'll add a copy to my collection, a certain copy from a boardie I have my eye on 

[Readcomix]

6 hours ago, Azkaban said:

 one of these days I'll add a copy to my collection, a certain copy from a boardie I have my eye on 

I just got this one; I hope it's a different boardie! 

[sconnie_comics]

My favorite silver age books I own 

 

Edited January 15, 2020 by NEED MO DAKKA
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[Math Teacher]

My post is going to be like: What's new in your Silver Age collection this month.

Avengers #8 CGC 7.0 - bought from Instagram.
Black Knight #4 CGC 6.0 - bought from @Ricksneatstuff - Now I only need issues #3 and #5 to complete this run.
Casper and Nightmare #11 - CGC 9.8 File Copy - bought from Heritage - No, I don't collect Harvey comics, but I just thought it would be cool to own a 53-year old book in 9.8 condition - This is the highest graded book in my collection.
From Beyond the Unknown #17 - CGC 9.6 Murphy Anderson File Copy Pedigree - I don't collect this title either, but I just wanted to get a book from this pedigree - Murphy Anderson is one of my all-time favorite artists.
X-Men #5 CGC 6.0 - bought from eBay.
X-Men #10 raw - bought from Heritage graded as 6.5 - this will be going to CGC - I'm only seven issues short of finishing my X-Men #1 - #17 run in 6.0 or higher (#2, #6, #7, #13, #15, #16, #17) - Why am I stopping at #17, you might ask - #17 was the last Kirby cover.

 

Joe

 

 

  

 

 

 

[OuterboroGuy]

Pence price variants

[rakehell]

9 hours ago, OuterboroGuy said:

Pence price variants

Nice! Where'd you get 'em?

[OuterboroGuy]

2 hours ago, rakehell said:

Nice! Where'd you get 'em?

HA

[rakehell]

3 hours ago, OuterboroGuy said:

HA

Looks like a nice lot. I just recently unloaded my pence Silver Surfer 11. Making room for other obscurities. 

[OuterboroGuy]

3 hours ago, rakehell said:

Looks like a nice lot. I just recently unloaded my pence Silver Surfer 11. Making room for other obscurities. 

Yes, pleased with the books.  Question for you -- how did you value the pence copy?  I am thinking approx. 60% of cents value for equivalent grade.

[evilskip]

The JLA 12 was a birthday gift from my wonderful wife. I've been wanting a nice copy for a few years now and this does the trick. The WF 109 is from the Vernon Leon Hamilton Collection as you can see by the cover.

Edited January 16, 2020 by evilskip

[AdamLogan]

Rawhide Kid 22 - Found in a London used book store

I was shocked to find this today in a used book store in London while on a work trip, far away from home in California! I always stop in these kinds of stores while traveling for work in hopes of finding a gem, and on this trip I was not disappointed - but, there is a twist ending of sorts.

I was over the moon and ecstatic to basically get this book for free as I have been on the search for this one for a long while, but have never been inclined to pay the average online price of this particular book!

The issues they had in their longbox full of random issues were all in sleeves with a backing board (good) - but, all were heavily taped shut (bad). I politely asked the guy working at the store if I could remove the book from the sleeve and inspect the book. He said, "sure", and yanked the book out of my hands and popped open the tape sleeve and quickly and carelessly pulled the book from the bag. I almost had a heart attack, but it did indeed come out safely. He handed the book to me and I sighed a sigh of relief.

The book does have a slight ring on the cover where someone sat a drink can on it once upon a time, but it is barely visible and you have to turn the book just right in the light to even see it at all. Otherwise - complete with all ads, and the staples are in amazing condition with a very tightly attached cover. Too good to be true!

Then... I asked the guy if I could reinsert the book into the sleeve myself, and he said, "No... We have to do it ourselves so it doesn't get damaged". I asked him to please be careful, and asked in the most polite way possible if he could remove the tape from the sleeve before reinserting. He absolutely refused and said, "Nothing is going to happen". Of course... the tape stuck to the cover. I hung my head in disbelief.

To his credit, he spent 20 minutes with me gently pulling up the tape, and he managed to not pull up any ink. However, the book does now have a bit of tape glue on the cover - and I have to admit, it is frustrating me. You can see that below near the Totem's hand on the left side of the cover.

So in the end, I am ecstatic to have found this book! But, going forward - always be insistent with inexperienced store employees when tape is near a Silver or Golden age cover! Lesson learned ha!

I also got these other Rawhide Kid issues, along with the 22, for just 5 pounds (about $6.25 USD) each!

Happy hunting everyone!

[gadzukes]

2 hours ago, AdamLogan said:

Rawhide Kid 22 - Found in a London used book store

I was shocked to find this today in a used book store in London while on a work trip, far away from home in California! I always stop in these kinds of stores while traveling for work in hopes of finding a gem, and on this trip I was not disappointed - but, there is a twist ending of sorts.

 

 

 

 

I was over the moon and ecstatic to basically get this book for free as I have been on the search for this one for a long while, but have never been inclined to pay the average online price of this particular book!

The issues they had in their longbox full of random issues were all in sleeves with a backing board (good) - but, all were heavily taped shut (bad). I politely asked the guy working at the store if I could remove the book from the sleeve and inspect the book. He said, "sure", and yanked the book out of my hands and popped open the tape sleeve and quickly and carelessly pulled the book from the bag. I almost had a heart attack, but it did indeed come out safely. He handed the book to me and I sighed a sigh of relief.

The book does have a slight ring on the cover where someone sat a drink can on it once upon a time, but it is barely visible and you have to turn the book just right in the light to even see it at all. Otherwise - complete with all ads, and the staples are in amazing condition with a very tightly attached cover. Too good to be true!

Then... I asked the guy if I could reinsert the book into the sleeve myself, and he said, "No... We have to do it ourselves so it doesn't get damaged". I asked him to please be careful, and asked in the most polite way possible if he could remove the tape from the sleeve before reinserting. He absolutely refused and said, "Nothing is going to happen". Of course... the tape stuck to the cover. I hung my head in disbelief.

To his credit, he spent 20 minutes with me gently pulling up the tape, and he managed to not pull up any ink. However, the book does now have a bit of tape glue on the cover - and I have to admit, it is frustrating me. You can see that below near the Totem's hand on the left side of the cover.

 

So in the end, I am ecstatic to have found this book! But, going forward - always be insistent with inexperienced store employees when tape is near a Silver or Golden age cover! Lesson learned ha!

I also got these other Rawhide Kid issues, along with the 22, for just 5 pounds (about $6.25 USD) each!

Happy hunting everyone!

Good story.  Sweet set.

I had your experience happen to me when I met someone to buy their Strange Tales 110.  She was not a comic person, and I asked if I could remove it from the mylar.  She opened it herself started to pull it out, the tape stuck, she pulled harder. and she put a small 1/8" round tape pull right in the middle of the front cover (that's a dark cover so it really showed).  I was going to pay her $750 originally.  I told her I couldn't give her any more than $500 for it now.  She was embarrassed and took it.

Edited January 16, 2020 by gadzukes

[AdamLogan]

1 hour ago, gadzukes said:

Good story.  Sweet set.

I had your experience happen to me when I met someone to buy their Strange Tales 110.  She was not a comic person, and I asked if I could remove it from the mylar.  She opened it herself started to pull it out, the tape stuck, she pulled harder. and she put a small 1/8" round tape pull right in the middle of the front cover (that's a dark cover so it really showed).  I was going to pay her $750 originally.  I told her I couldn't give her any more than $500 for it now.  She was embarrassed and took it.

Yikes I'm sure your heart sank. Don't mess with Doctor Strange ha!

As an update, I'll have another new shiny silver age acquisition to show off tomorrow. My wife just called from California, though it is the middle of the night here in London, to let me know an Amazing Fantasy 15 I had been long in search of arrived at home today! So excited!

Will post up pictures once I arrive home tomorrow. Can't wait!!!

[mec3437]

[B2D327]

On 1/14/2020 at 11:32 PM, Readcomix said:

Thank you; I see you're off to a nice start too! Sharp Creature 

and thank you. It came in a horror lot I picked up from eBay with a few other Dell and Gold Key keys. It was the nicest in the bunch and the only one I was really looking for. The others were basically bonuses

[B2D327]

20 minutes ago, mec3437 said:

At first glance, I thought that was Jason from Friday the 13th as the antagonist 

[B2D327]

A few more goodies. I thought the seller of the Sub Mariner was gonna flake having 0 feedback and taking about a week to update shipping for multiple wins but to his credit, they arrived 2 days after he notified me of being tied up at work. Thor 165 was an offer accepted for a nice high grade...that book is near impossible to find in decent shape at a reasonable price like the FF annual. 2 years ago I was finding nice copies for about 20-30 bucks, now it’s on everyone’s radar. This is what happens when you (unfortunately) have to sell your collection and have to replace everything you were attached to. I am having fun hunting everything down again though

[Azkaban]

cleaning out my office and brought these home today

 

[rakehell]

13 hours ago, OuterboroGuy said:

Yes, pleased with the books.  Question for you -- how did you value the pence copy?  I am thinking approx. 60% of cents value for equivalent grade.

It depends on two things, really: condition (really good or really bad) & whether or not it's a key. As a rule of thumb for middle of the road conditions/issues 60% is not far off.

If you're after a high grade pence AF 15, TOS 39, JIM 83 or Hulk 1, it'll cost you more than the equivalent cents copy, simply because there are so few of them around.

Likewise, if you're after... I don't know... a pence Conan 65 or a Power-Man 27 reader copy or gap filler, you're over-paying at 5 bucks whether it's a cents or pence cover. 

Also, a few issues are so rare as a pence variant (some of the pre-hero titles & obscure stuff like My Girl Pearl 7 & Patsy & Hedy 70 & 71) that they'll claim a premium in any grade.

Edited January 17, 2020 by rakehell
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[B2D327]

Mail call and really happy with the seller. I get the impression he’s more of a collector than dealer with how the books were shipped in individual mylars. Definitely adding him to my “favorites”