CHEAP MCS AUCTIONS: THRILLING COMICS (Schomburg cover), WEIRD HORRORS (GGA cover) finishing now! Some PCH BINs added! 0

[Point Five]

A potpourri of comic auctions ending Monday night...nice books, going WAY cheap. I think all of the regular MCS bidders must be out at the beach or something.   Let their loss be your gain!

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Two auctions still active:

Thrilling Comics (1940-51 Better/Nedor/Standard) 60 GD/VG 3.0 (my grade was 4.0/4.5). Alex Schomburg GGA cover; some stains on back but a much, much nicer copy than average. Link: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=49222829

Weird Horrors (1952) 8 GD- 1.8 (my grade was 2.0). Nice GGA graveyard cover. Deep colors and nice appearance for the grade. Link: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=49222830

Completed auctions:

Spoiler

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 48 FN+ 6.5 (my grade was 7.5; most dealers would say 8.0). Beautiful copy of this silver age Spidey; probably my favorite Romita cover. Link: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=49222817

Crime Smashers (1950-53 Trojan) 14 FR 1.0 (my grade was 1.5; 1.0 is obviously too harsh, sheesh guys!) Classic crime book with a GGA cover from this hot series. Link: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=49222820

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 152 GD+ 2.5 (my grade was 4.0). Great-looking Whitman cover with super vibrant colors. Link: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=49222822

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 155 VG 4.0 (my grade was 7.0, but they note a spot of rust transfer at a staple that I missed. I suck! But 4.0 is still way too harsh IMO). Beautiful Whitman cover with a very high grade appearance. What looks like a scratch in the logo is a print production wrinkle (I checked it with a magnifying loop). Link: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=49222823

Good luck, and thanks for looking!

--Jon

Edited July 30, 2019 by Point Five

[adampasz]

Cool books. I will check it out. Haven't followed the MCS auctions in a while.

Are the grades verified via the Point Five Grading Service?

[Point Five]

1 hour ago, adampasz said:

Cool books. I will check it out. Haven't followed the MCS auctions in a while.

Are the grades verified via the Point Five Grading Service?

No, these grades are just off-the-cuff, not verified. You wouldn't believe the backlog at this point.

 

[Point Five]

Some of these books are starting to wake up a bit. Thanks for the bids! 

All six end tonight, roughly 8 pm to 11 pm EST. 

 

[nines]

First auction I've participated in. Nabbed 2 books so far. Yay!

Edited July 30, 2019 by nines

[Point Five]

15 minutes ago, nines said:

First auction I've participated in. Nabbed 2 books so far. Yay!

Wow, congrats! That Spidey is a real beaut. I think you‘ll be pleased.  

 

[Point Five]

Jungles up next.  

 

[nines]

2 minutes ago, Point Five said:

Jungles up next.  

 

Those grades should be the subject of a crime book

[Point Five]

7 minutes ago, nines said:

Those grades should be the subject of a crime book

 

[nines]

Bring me that sweet green cover! Nevermind the itty bit of tape in the back cover

Edited July 30, 2019 by nines

[Point Five]

1 minute ago, nines said:

Bring me that sweet green cover. Nevermind the itty bit of tape in the back cover

You won the Jungle #152? Nice, well done! I'll miss that one.

Next up are the Thrilling and Weird Horrors. The Thrilling seems to be getting the most love tonight.   Weird Horrors is still snoozing. 

 

[nines]

I kicked off the run for Thrilling but I think I locked myself into Spy Smasher and I don't want to make tonight that expensive ha

[Point Five]

1 minute ago, nines said:

I kicked off the run for Thrilling but I think I locked myself into Spy Smasher and I don't want to make tonight that expensive ha

[Point Five]

And since you guys have been kind enough to follow this thread... Here's a few precode horror books that I have listed as BINs on MCS. (Unfortunately, if GA books aren't bought the instant they're listed, they generally sink like stones into their vast inventory.) Three fun books, undergraded and well worth your consideration.

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Baffling Mysteries (1952) 14 GD+ 2.5 (my grade was 3.5; most dealers would say 4.0/4.5). Lovely copy of this GGA cover with deep reds. Link: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=49222818

Strange Mysteries (1951 Superior) 5 FR 1.0 (my grade was 1.8/2.0; again, a book with this eye appeal is not a Fair, ye cats!) Zany GGA cover and some fun weird interior stories. Link: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=49222824

Thing! (1952) 9 GD- 1.8 (my grade was 2.0, but I can live with 1.8. ). Cool GGA abduction cover from this classic horror series. Link: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=49222827