Griff's Don Winslow Journal by Saum02

[Griff]

Sometimes I have to wonder what the heck people are thinking.

 

I won this little diddy on Ebay yesterday for a whopping 10 bucks.

 

 

Now that's what I would pay for an ungraded reader copy of this issue

"which this one will eventually become". But here is were I get all confused

 

When I bought the book it was mislabeled on EBAY as

Don Wilson of the Navy #19

 

So I wonder

1: if your going to take the time to list a item on ebay "he even denoted the cracked slab" why would you not take the time to list the title correctly.

 

2: why would someone spend the cash to slab a book only worth 10 bucks, its not like that book is ever going to appreciate in value

 

Oh well it will be a nice place holder till I can replace it

[Griff]

A couple new books arrived today from our Boardie Catrick

 

First is this reader #70 from Charlton. I haven't gotten to read any of the

Charlton books yet some I'm pretty excited

 

Next up is this pretty copy of #45. Its deff a keeper and I grade it out about 8.0

[Griff]

It's Been a banner week here, I picked up a few Don Winslow books with Christmas money "see below". managed to break into the top 2000 on the registry and broke 1,000 posts

"Do I officially Qualify as a golden Age Collector now?"

 

Got this one for nothing on Pedigreecomics. man those guys are packing fools. it took me 10 mins to un pack it !

 

These 2 came from Walclark

[Griff]

Just won this at auction, Its A don Winslow of the Navy Puzzle....

Think I will have to get in touch with Robot Man to find out more about it

 

 

 

[AJD]

Very cool. You realise we need to see a photo of the completed puzzle, right?

[Griff]

oh yeah as soon as it gets here and I get to put it together

 

[Griff]

So today is a special day for me. I sold off the last of my Silver Age and Modern slabs.

I'm down to only Golden age books now. I still have a ton of silver age x-men to unload but that shouldn't be to hard.

 

I was sad to see the slabs leave "and really sad to see my registry total tank"

but I figure if you going to call yourself a Golden age collector you have to step up to the plate.

 

~Griff

[Brandon Shepherd]

You gotta do what you gotta do to collect the Golden Age, best of luck to you!

[1950's war comics]

Don Winslow comics have lots of cool covers and they are an awesome golden age set to work on with a goal of 100% CGC completion.

In the opinion of another golden age completest collector

[1950's war comics]

Don't crack out that CGC 2.0 slab or you will lose those 6 registry points OOOOHHHH NOOOOOO.............

[Griff]

hey that 2.0 is the 4th highest graded !!!!!!

[Griff]

I decided to try my hand at video uploading books from my collection. don't be to hard on me while I figure out the format I want to use.

 

I was debating talking about the background stories of the books, the grades of the books and the story in the books. I decided to try a little bit of each type. I figured that way I can get a feel for what I am best at describing and what folks want to hear more about.

 

first up is my church copy of FCC #449

this one I focused more on the grade than anything else

 

 

[Hibou]

I liked the video Griff... I'm sure it'll be a while before I get my 1st Church book.

 

Very nice!

 

And great new pickups on the DWoTN collection. I love that #47!

 

I do have to find a replacement for the #4 that I sold last year (the miswrap was killing me!)

 

So if you have any leads...

[Griff]

I've got my eye on Cheetahs #4 but if I find another I will pass on the info to you Hibou

[Griff]

here is my attempt at talking about a pedigree. not a great representation of how cool the pedigree is. I may redou this and get with Miracle Met to help me with the write up

 

[Hibou]

Yes! Definately get some input from MM.

 

Nice Okajima and nice short but informative video!

 

(And any #4 from a 6.0 up will do but I would like it to be nicely centered... thanks, Griff!)

 

 

[Griff]

Wife contracted an artist to do my first custom piece as a birthday present "Sal riding the bomb"

here is the first rough sketch he just sent me

[Griff]

and here is the final piece. Its my first original art piece

 

[Griff]

I never posted my other birthday presents. so here they are

My sister sent me this sign for my man cave

 

My friend Kevin did this wood burning of one of my favorite comic covers Suspense comics #3

 

 

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

 

 

That's awesome.