Popular Post blue808 Posted July 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2018 Has anyone ever seen another one like this before? I believe my father ordered this back in 1972 from an add in the Comic Buyers Guide. He said the was an option to purchase either the soft cover or hard cover. KobaltDog, F For Fake, comicjack and 8 others 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 nice find, very rare indeed ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowzilla Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Pretty sure there were 100 copies each of the HC editions of Overstreet #2 and #3. After that they were regular hardbound editions starting with #4 that had the same outer covers as the softcovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 On 7/29/2018 at 2:32 PM, blue808 said: Has anyone ever seen another one like this before? I believe my father ordered this back in 1972 from an add in the Comic Buyers Guide. He said the was an option to purchase either the soft cover or hard cover. Yes,I own one signed by Bob Overstreet Senormac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Batman1fan Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 One of those sold a few months ago on ebay. I don't remember the final price, but I bid it up to $500.00 and it wasn't even close to the winning bid. That's a nice find, those don't turn up very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Stop pimping your eventual sale. xoxo greggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue808 Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 21 hours ago, greggy said: Stop pimping your eventual sale. xoxo greggy Not mine to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senormac Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) that is pretty dang cool..... to an Overstreet Comic Guide collector..... Edited August 11, 2018 by Senormac too snarky :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I think I just have the regular hc. Not this version? Hm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_rotation Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Does anyone else own a copy of this? I'm trying to determine if the hardcover for #2 was available in two versions. The copy in the OP looks black, but a copy Heritage auctioned in 2003 looks blue: https://comics.ha.com/itm/memorabilia/comic-related/overstreet-price-guide-2-hardcover-overstreet-1972-condition-vf-nm-printed-in-extremely-limited-numbers-early-overstr/a/808-4781.s Anyone have any insight? I know sometimes the lighting can be deceiving, but these look radically different to me, David Stone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I owned hardcovers of 2-30 when I sold them all to Rob Rogovin. I got my # 2 from Jack Mallette (who got it directly from Bob). My copy looked exactly like this one. If I recall correctly Jack said that there were only a handful made in hardcover... David Stone and blue808 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David Stone Posted February 5, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2019 Wish I had seen this post earlier! I am writing an ongoing series of articles on the Overstreet Guide for the Heritage Auctions Comics Newsletter. The #2 HC is discussed here https://comics.ha.com/heritage-auctions-newsletter/comics-and-animation-news-family-guy-lou-fine-and-a-pedigree-collection.s?id=5604 . I traced six copies of the #2 HC, but I did not know about this one. I presume the same owner has had it since 1972? Gary Carter did a lot of research on the Guide in the Comic Book Marketplace in the 1990s, conducting surveys, etc. He also found six copies, but whether they are the same six I found is unknown. The book in this thread does not appear to be one of the six I found, but it may have been reported in Gary's surveys. On the other hand, it might be a previously unknown copy. It's possible there are 13 known survivors, if these citations all represent different books. I found three different varieties of the #2 HC, with different dates on the binding stamps and different arrangement of the text on the cover. This book is the same variety as the one from Bob Overstreet's collection. I thought this variety might be some kind of prototype, since I could only find one example and it belonged to Bob, but this second example sort of works against that theory. Every time a new copy surfaces we expand the knowledge base for this very rare and important issue. About the color, they are all navy blue, but they look black in certain lighting conditions. The number 3 hardbound has the same navy blue cover and I bought one on eBay that the consignor described as black and looked black in the picture. When it arrived, I was relieved to see it was the standard navy blue color. Congratulations on finding this rare and valuable issue! I know of one private sale of a NM copy that brought $3,500, but that is a high record price. Check out the Heritage article for more information on varieties, prices, and pictures of some other copies. bronze johnny, ltsan3, Moondog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grebal Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, David Stone said: When it arrived, I was relieved to see it was the standard navy blue color. Why relieved? Fear of counterfeit? Wouldn't a mystery edition be cooler? David Stone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stone Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I was half afraid the book might have been privately bound with the black cover. It sold for more than $400, so the risk was not negligible.The consignor insisted it was black, even after I asked questions and pointed out the hardbound #3 had a blue cover. But the fabric of the cover looked right in the picture and the gilt lettering was a match for other copies I had seen, so I took a chance on it. I asked around the comics department at Heritage and posted a question on the Message Boards, but no one believed in a black cover variant, so I was pretty nervous until the book arrived. grebal and bronze johnny 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 10 hours ago, David Stone said: Wish I had seen this post earlier! I am writing an ongoing series of articles on the Overstreet Guide for the Heritage Auctions Comics Newsletter. The #2 HC is discussed here https://comics.ha.com/heritage-auctions-newsletter/comics-and-animation-news-family-guy-lou-fine-and-a-pedigree-collection.s?id=5604 . I traced six copies of the #2 HC, but I did not know about this one. I presume the same owner has had it since 1972? Gary Carter did a lot of research on the Guide in the Comic Book Marketplace in the 1990s, conducting surveys, etc. He also found six copies, but whether they are the same six I found is unknown. The book in this thread does not appear to be one of the six I found, but it may have been reported in Gary's surveys. On the other hand, it might be a previously unknown copy. It's possible there are 13 known survivors, if these citations all represent different books. I found three different varieties of the #2 HC, with different dates on the binding stamps and different arrangement of the text on the cover. This book is the same variety as the one from Bob Overstreet's collection. I thought this variety might be some kind of prototype, since I could only find one example and it belonged to Bob, but this second example sort of works against that theory. Every time a new copy surfaces we expand the knowledge base for this very rare and important issue. About the color, they are all navy blue, but they look black in certain lighting conditions. The number 3 hardbound has the same navy blue cover and I bought one on eBay that the consignor described as black and looked black in the picture. When it arrived, I was relieved to see it was the standard navy blue color. Congratulations on finding this rare and valuable issue! I know of one private sale of a NM copy that brought $3,500, but that is a high record price. Check out the Heritage article for more information on varieties, prices, and pictures of some other copies. I couldn't find the article in the newsletter with the info you provided. Can you send an accessible link? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stone Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 3 hours ago, bronze johnny said: I couldn't find the article in the newsletter with the info you provided. Can you send an accessible link? Thanks! Sorry, this should work https://comics.ha.com/c/newsletter.zx?frame=no&id=5604#collector-c . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Allen Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) I'm curious is there a website which proves information on the 48th edition (current) prices? ~ Does Heritage Auctions still provide them? Edited February 6, 2019 by Bart Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, David Stone said: Sorry, this should work https://comics.ha.com/c/newsletter.zx?frame=no&id=5604#collector-c . Got it- thanks! Edited February 6, 2019 by bronze johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Excellent article! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
