Mask Comics actual pricing 10 10

[comicjack]

53 minutes ago, pmpknface said:

I'd love to put in a bid on this Cole book, but even as this is rare I can't fathom this starting asking price...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Suspense-Comics-3-1944-L-B-COLE-Gerber-9-rarity-Coverless-w-repro-cover/163984677047?hash=item262e3f98b7:g:zGQAAOSwTvNdudH9

He is a board member and a rather cheap way to have some of the book.The cover sells it but having the insides doesn't hurt either imho 

[comicjack]

The restored Mask i from CC auction didn't do to bad last night either 

[manetteska]

5 hours ago, comicjack said:

The restored Mask i from CC auction didn't do to bad last night either 

Linkie?

[comicjack]

13 minutes ago, manetteska said:

Linkie?

No linkie but it got about $4800 for restored 4.5 

[cbcnow]

43 minutes ago, manetteska said:

Linkie?

https://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=861036

[manetteska]

29 minutes ago, cbcnow said:

https://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=861036

Feeling better about my "second prize" Mask purchase every auction.

[pmpknface]

23 hours ago, comicjack said:

He is a board member and a rather cheap way to have some of the book.The cover sells it but having the insides doesn't hurt either imho 

I thought so, and I'd LOVE to have the Cole story.  Just sad that's not in the cards for me.  

[lou_fine]

On 12/5/2019 at 5:32 PM, comicjack said:

On 12/5/2019 at 5:09 PM, thehumantorch said:

I don't think it's a bubble.  We've seen a trend of valuing classic covers higher and I believe it will continue.

Let's hope so 

Definitely hard to say since these kinds of price increases are generally not sustainable longer term.  

Just take a look at AF 15 which was going gangbusters there a couple of years ago, but has definitely slowed right back down over the past year or so.  Looks like Hulk 181's was the IT book for last year and the early part of this year, and even this book is starting to level off right now.  

With the GA market, was it not all about Matt baker covers for 2018 before this cycled through to L.B. Cole covers for this current 2019 year.  I strongly believe the comic book market is very cylical which makes me wonder who the new hot GA artist will be for the coming 2020 year.  Will the hyper demand for the Cole books start to level off similar to what happend with the Baker books this year and shift to another old time fan favoeite artist like Raboy with some of his beautiful and classic early Master covers. 

Especially since the entire Fawcett line of books have seemingly been banished to the penalty box for decades now and maybe it's their turn to finally have the spotlight shine on them. 

Edited December 13, 2019 by lou_fine

[cbcnow]

19 hours ago, manetteska said:

Feeling better about my "second prize" Mask purchase every auction.

[Callaway29]

Happy for everyone who got in early, but cautioning those who are contemplating chasing these books... We’ve seen these run-ups enough to know they always cap out and then backtrack a little, or at best go stagnant. I suspect we’re nearing that point, so a little patience could yield a better entry point down the road. Regardless, nobody can argue they aren’t amazing books. I prefer #2 over #1 as well...

This guy is starting to look like a deal, came out 3yrs later (1948 vs 1945). Colors aren’t quite as vibrant, but Cole was 100% having a flashback...

Edited December 14, 2019 by Callaway29

[pmpknface]

That Target book was one of the earliest Cole books I picked up.  If you could make a transition from Mask 1 to that Target book, you can make another one from that Target to Suspense 11 where criminals are drowning in Satan's money.   

[LearnedHand]

Startling 11, Suspense 8, Mask 1&2.

Taste is obviously subjective, but to me, the first two listed are phenomenal comic book covers; the latter 2 are almost like masterpieces from a famous painter you might see in a museum.  

 

 

[Ryan.]

I'll content myself with this one.

[lou_fine]

Was checking something earlier about the Hawkeye pedigree collection and I noticed that they mentioned a HG grade copy of Mask 1 being in that collection.

Would anybody here know anything thing about this pedigree copy and if it has ever shown up in the marketplace?  

Just wondering if it was an Universal unrestored copy, and if so, I imagine it has not yet been graded since the current highest graded copy is only a CGC 7.5 copy.  

[entalmighty1]

7 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Was checking something earlier about the Hawkeye pedigree collection and I noticed that they mentioned a HG grade copy of Mask 1 being in that collection.

Would anybody here know anything thing about this pedigree copy and if it has ever shown up in the marketplace?  

Just wondering if it was an Universal unrestored copy, and if so, I imagine it has not yet been graded since the current highest graded copy is only a CGC 7.5 copy.  

I seem to remember Richard telling me he saw a pretty big part of that collection at one point.  Maybe he can shed some light.

@MrBedrock

[lou_fine]

8 hours ago, entalmighty1 said:

I seem to remember Richard telling me he saw a pretty big part of that collection at one point.  Maybe he can shed some light.

Actually, I forgot to include the link where I had seen the Mask 1 being highlighted as one of the key books found in the Hawkeye Collection:

http://moocowcomics.blogspot.com/2006/02/hawkeye-pedigree.html

Looks like Joe Smejkal was probably the key player when it came to acquiring the majority of the collection.  I remembered sitting next to him at one of the SD CBM dinners back in the day to honor all of the GA DC creators.  Definitely a nice gentleman and good to hear him talk about his collecting days including some of the Hawkeye books which he had.  He talked about the Hawkeye copy of Punch 10 that he was planning to require, but did not mentioned any other specific books like Mask 1 or Punch12.

It was definitely nice to sit down for dinner and to have the opportunity to talk to one of these old time collectors for a couple of hours. 

[pmpknface]

The Ghostly Weird Tales 122 has been hot too.  the 4.0 on CL is up in a few days and about to hit 2K...

[pmpknface]

This Ghostly Weird Tales #122 just got $1343 on the bay...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ghostly-Weird-Stories-122-LB-Cole-Cover-Horror-Comic/143542683330?autorefresh=true

[pmpknface]

 

 

Edited May 4, 2020 by pmpknface

[Artboy99]

17 hours ago, pmpknface said:

 

 

The owner of the 1.8 #1 is known to me, $4080 usd for a 1.8. Wow

 I paid $1673 in 2013 for a CGC 5.5 that I have sold. I will never own this book again, I just couldn't bring myself to spend $4000 usd on a 1.8 when I owned a 5.5 for less than half of that 7 years ago. Don't sell any books, just keep them.