L.B. Cole cover thread! Post your favorites by the master! 40 40

[Sqeggs]

18 hours ago, Inaflash said:

One more from San Diego

 

That's a book that you rarely see. 

[entalmighty1]

41 minutes ago, shortboxed said:

Picked this up at SDCC. Highest graded. Next highest is a 6.5.

You dirty dog.  

[drbanner]

Good-god, Katy bar the door! Clink has some nice Blue Bolts coming up in their August auction, but this is something else. 

Edited August 1, 2018 by drbanner

[comicjack]

Good grief 9.8 

[pmpknface]

DEAR SWEET JEEBUS!!!!     

That copy makes the one on Heritage look like a napkin!  That 7.5 is over 3k with time to spare, what's that thing gonna get?!?!?!

[comicjack]

1 hour ago, pmpknface said:

DEAR SWEET JEEBUS!!!!     

That copy makes the one on Heritage look like a napkin!  That 7.5 is over 3k with time to spare, what's that thing gonna get?!?!?!

My guess wouldn't even be close a book way undervalued until now 

[fifties]

[drbanner]

23 hours ago, pmpknface said:

DEAR SWEET JEEBUS!!!!     

That copy makes the one on Heritage look like a napkin!  That 7.5 is over 3k with time to spare, what's that thing gonna get?!?!?!

Crazy price for the Heritage "mis-folded napkin" copy. The ComicLink copy might just set an all-time record for an LB Cole book, which I think is currently held by the 9.6 Spokane copy of Blue Bolt 115 ($16,730). 

[telerites]

16 hours ago, fifties said:

Love this book.  Congrats!

[telerites]

44 minutes ago, drbanner said:

Crazy price for the Heritage "mis-folded napkin" copy. The ComicLink copy might just set an all-time record for an LB Cole book, which I think is currently held by the 9.6 Spokane copy of Blue Bolt 115 ($16,730). 

Just amazing book.  It makes my 5.5 look like a dirty diaper.  Stunning colors.  Agree this could easily bump that record - only last year an 8.0 sold for $2,888 and now the 7.5 sells for $6,900.   

[fifties]

2 hours ago, telerites said:

Love this book.  Congrats!

Thx, I actually have two copies; this one is sorta pristine, and the other is the reader.

[pmpknface]

15 hours ago, drbanner said:

Crazy price for the Heritage "mis-folded napkin" copy. The ComicLink copy might just set an all-time record for an LB Cole book, which I think is currently held by the 9.6 Spokane copy of Blue Bolt 115 ($16,730). 

I'm pretty sure you're right.  Not even an issue of MASK has gotten that kind of dough.  If a high grade one of those appeared now that may set the bar.  The Mile High SUSPENSE COMICS #11, CGC 9.4 also went for 11k, and that was in 2005.  I wonder what that would get today....

[pmpknface]

Oh, I just saw the BB #105 7.5 on ha went for $6,900!  Let the games begin on the 9.8!!!

[jr81784]

Kind of amazes me that nobody will touch a trimmed book, but a book with a severe miscut gets that kind of money? Seems silly. 

[fifties]

3 hours ago, jr81784 said:

Kind of amazes me that nobody will touch a trimmed book, but a book with a severe miscut gets that kind of money? Seems silly. 

Not really.  A factory defect is a long way from an intentional amateur attempt at improvement, such as color touching or trimming.

 

Here's another sweet little L.B. Cole cover in my stash of those horrid comic books;

[Black Bat]

On November 7, 2017 at 7:13 AM, theeone29 said:

one of my favorites

I've been meaning to ask about this book for awhile- there's multiple versions right?   I've seen a few copies for sale over the past year, in high grade for very reasonable prices, but figured they weren't the most desirable versions.  Am I wrong???

[lbcolefan]

Won this one tonight.

 

[marmat]

I am in negotiations to buy a Shocking Mystery Cases 50, I'd like to ask you guys what would be a fair market value for this copy (sorry about the pic, it's the only one I have at the moment):

 

Edited August 6, 2018 by marmat

[entalmighty1]

1 hour ago, marmat said:

I am in negotiations to buy a Shocking Mystery Cases 50, I'd like to ask you guys what would be a fair market value for this copy (sorry about the pic, it's the only one I have at the moment):

 

Man, that's a smoking copy.  Highest graded is a single 7.5, this looks like it would beat that pretty easily.  In this market, who knows what's fair anymore?  1k?  2k?  Neither of those numbers would seem out of the ordinary to me.

[path4play]

Grabbed this, no monster's or babes but hard to miss Cole's black light poster color palette.