Robot Man Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, comicjack said: Classic cover aren't you glad you have one Yes indeed. But it is a "love book". For a number even close to that, I could be pursauded to break up with her... It looks to me like that copy might have had a little "potential" left in it. Maybe the reason for the price. M-F0uRce99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Robot Man said: Yes indeed. But it is a "love book". For a number even close to that, I could be pursauded to break up with her... It looks to me like that copy might have had a little "potential" left in it. Maybe the reason for the price. It will be slabbed and pressed and be showing up in an auction M-F0uRce99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted November 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2018 Pound for pound Orbit might be the best romance publisher. The interior work is extraordinary - Leav, Anderson, Shores, Buscema. Deep bench, with each style quite different from the others. Blows everyone else away, imho of course! Love Diary 31 might be the best Buscema cover. Classic cover beyond a doubt, on my top 50 all romance list. Given that there's nothing graded to date, and the relative condition of the ebay book, if it can get a well presented 6.0 then anything under 1K was well worth it. FoggyNelson, jimjum12, pmpknface and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) In other romance news, there's an Accepted Publications reprint copy of the wildly popular Popular Teenagers 5 in an upcoming HA auction. Still in its 2012 slab, a beautiful 8.5, but mislabeled as a Star copy. This from the same auction house that had an AR copy auctioned October last year. That copy was in a correctly labeled slab. Though this one is not, it's just plain sloppy for a premier house to get this wrong. When the same situation came up at ComicLink in May, when made aware of the mislabel, they immediately corrected the auction title and description, and noted that they were sending the book back to CGC for proper labeling. Update: HA says they'll correct this Edited November 8, 2018 by Dr. Love 1950's war comics, M-F0uRce99 and FoggyNelson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) Also, while the big number on the Orbit book is understandable (to me anyway), there was a Charlton photocover, a True Life Secrets 3, scarce and interesting, that went for almost $800 recently on Ebay as well. I thought I knew the market but I was surprised at this hammer. I expected to take it at under $300, but man was I ever wrong. One thing about romance - even though the market feels toppy as all getout, in absolute terms romance is so lesser valued, and always will be relative to other genres, that you could buy in at the top and still not take a crippling bath if there's a 50% haircut down the road. Edited November 8, 2018 by Dr. Love M-F0uRce99, 1950's war comics and FoggyNelson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted November 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) I've divested myself of a lot of books over the years, but I've managed to keep a core bunch of great DC stuff that I dearly love. Here's a stunning early issue that I sold to a friend who was kind enough to sell it back to me some years later. Thanks bro! Notice that DC rarely cluttered up the covers with balloons. No side panels. And out of 180 Girls' Love issues, maybe 10 that sectioned off the title into it's own top block that cut 1/3 or more of the image space off from the real estate available to the front cover. Graphic design wise, they were way ahead of the competition in this respect. Edited November 8, 2018 by Dr. Love 1950's war comics, Larryw7, Inaflash and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Bedrock posted a great Youthful recently. Here's another. Carey Grant? strangely disturbing any way you slice it M-F0uRce99, 1950's war comics and MrBedrock 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted November 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2018 it's been a while since I've posted a small run of books. I remember when I was new to the boards and had a ton of romance never seen by eyes other than my own and I'd do these late night marathon postings. What a trip that was! I've held onto this Ziff. One of the most wonderful romance books I've come across. Painted, by the other Anderson (Allen, not Harry), with a play of light that is masterful for this medium. M-F0uRce99, comicnoir, jimjum12 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted November 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2018 And a closer by the King. Back in the day, his Prize romance books were sought after. Now, not so much. I've sold most of what I had, except for a My Date run that I now consider to be the very start of the romance explosion, and this book. Besides the fantastic coloring, it's a heartfelt love letter from Jack to Roz and a forever keeper. Always in our hearts Jack. Thanks for the memories. jimjum12, comicjack, comicnoir and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 7 hours ago, Dr. Love said: One thing about romance - even though the market feels toppy as all getout, in absolute terms romance is so lesser valued, and always will be relative to other genres, that you could buy in at the top and still not take a crippling bath if there's a 50% haircut down the road. thanks for posting some great romance books and all the info about them too !! Larryw7 and szav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 29dukedog Posted November 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2018 On 11/7/2018 at 11:31 PM, Dr. Love said: it's been a while since I've posted a small run of books. I remember when I was new to the boards and had a ton of romance never seen by eyes other than my own and I'd do these late night marathon postings. What a trip that was! I've held onto this Ziff. One of the most wonderful romance books I've come across. Painted, by the other Anderson (Allen, not Harry), with a play of light that is masterful for this medium. I love the back cover almost as much as the front... pmpknface, MrBedrock, M-F0uRce99 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Kitty Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 On 11/7/2018 at 9:05 PM, Dr. Love said: Also, while the big number on the Orbit book is understandable (to me anyway), there was a Charlton photocover, a True Life Secrets 3, scarce and interesting, that went for almost $800 recently on Ebay as well. I thought I knew the market but I was surprised at this hammer. I expected to take it at under $300, but man was I ever wrong. I was expecting to win at over $ 300 myself, but I wrong too! Dr. Love and M-F0uRce99 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 On 11/8/2018 at 12:31 AM, Dr. Love said: it's been a while since I've posted a small run of books. I remember when I was new to the boards and had a ton of romance never seen by eyes other than my own and I'd do these late night marathon postings. What a trip that was! I've held onto this Ziff. One of the most wonderful romance books I've come across. Painted, by the other Anderson (Allen, not Harry), with a play of light that is masterful for this medium. This was the first romance comic I purchased even though it was well below my desired grade. I would love to see the original painting though it's unlikely to have survived. M-F0uRce99, Dr. Love, pmpknface and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 On 11/7/2018 at 2:56 PM, Robot Man said: Anybody see the closing price of Love Diary #31 on the bay yesterday? Jeeze! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Love-Diary-31-Oct-1952-Comic-Book-/382612447302?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137 I saw that, it was astounding. I used to see this comic for $30-$40 or whatever, 10+ years ago. There were 4 bidders (at least) above the $900 mark. M-F0uRce99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 In a world where a Hulk 181 9.6 goes for 14K, and there are 11,174 graded copies of which 117 are 9.8's, 272 are 9.6's etc... all bets are off, really M-F0uRce99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Annother “tall” St John hit the mailbox. These have become habit forming for a cheap price... M-F0uRce99, pmpknface, sagii and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 16 hours ago, Robot Man said: Annother “tall” St John hit the mailbox. These have become habit forming for a cheap price... And the dogs help also M-F0uRce99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 "Sailors were my weakness" is just awesome..... Point Five and M-F0uRce99 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 On 11/13/2018 at 12:18 PM, Robot Man said: Annother “tall” St John hit the mailbox. These have become habit forming for a cheap price... I'll bet in the right hands of a pro-conservator, the water stain on her face could be cleaned... I am super happy that Baker books are coming down a bit. M-F0uRce99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 More Youthful... pmpknface and M-F0uRce99 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
