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[Westy Steve]

Let’s see what Golden age goody you bought recently for not a lot of money.  I’m not talking about a ridiculous bargain you lucked into. I’m not talking about a purchase you made 30 years ago. I’m talking about a purchase that’s a good example of what a modest amount of funds can buy TODAY. Share the price Or price range if you feel comfortable doing that.

Edited November 25, 2019 by Westy Steve

[Ameri]

ok, I thought I did good with these two recently - the #1 was $247 and the #2 was only $50. Lower grade, but cheap for two 1940 books. The promotional poster is from the 1970's. Buck was a big deal in the 1970's. 

[OtherEric]

A few books I've picked up so far this year, all $30 or less.  Not high grade, but some great reading copies of some genuine classic books.  A couple were even $10:

[Robot Man]

13 hours ago, OtherEric said:

A few books I've picked up so far this year, all $30 or less.  Not high grade, but some great reading copies of some genuine classic books.  A couple were even $10:

WeSome Science... Come on Eric, you've gotta spring for a nice upgrade for that one. Such a stone classic!

Ah, MAD #9. The first EC I ever bought. The first comic book MAD I ever bought. Paid the princely sum of $2. for it. My dad about killed me. Was the first time I ever paid more than cover price for any comic. Once that happened, I found myself falling down the dark rabbit hole that I am in now. Still have it too!

[OtherEric]

2 hours ago, Robot Man said:

WeSome Science... Come on Eric, you've gotta spring for a nice upgrade for that one. Such a stone classic!

Ah, MAD #9. The first EC I ever bought. The first comic book MAD I ever bought. Paid the princely sum of $2. for it. My dad about killed me. Was the first time I ever paid more than cover price for any comic. Once that happened, I found myself falling down the dark rabbit hole that I am in now. Still have it too!

It’s on the list, to be sure.  But I still feel it was $10 very well spent, and there are still so many other EC’s to get...

Great memories on your Mad #9, I stood have my first dime comic somewhere.  A Looney Tunes I traded some modern book for, that dropped me down the rabbit hole over 30 years ago now.

[circumstances]

The coveted Spark Man 1! 8 on the census, Gerber 7. Female torture. What more can you ask for? Let's just say well under 99 dolla.

 

[pastandpresentcomics]

Less than $50

[mwotka]

Picked this up at local show last weekend for $35.  Water damage unfortunately.  But Kamen art!!

[jimbo_7071]

This one was $40.

 

 

[BishopT]

These were the second, third, and fourth GA books I’ve ever bought in my years collecting. Hopefully it’s the beginning to a modest collection.

Edited December 1, 2019 by BishopT

[Cat-Man_America]

Oops, ...think I made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in this thread by mistake.  

      

[Frisco Larson]

I took the opportunity to look at Metro's weekend sale list …. didn't find anything there, but it occasioned me to look the site over to see if this weekends complimentary shipping would be of some advantage and lo and behold, there was THIS little gem sparkling among it's much more expensive collection mates! This checks a LOT of boxes for me: Early Golden Age, period correct police officer in pursuit of wrong doer, from the collection of Jon Berk (an awesome fella), Lamont Larson copy (with Lamont's name on the cover), certified nice grade, straight WHITE pages and a price that was just too sweet to resist!!! Are ya ready for this (in my best Regis Philbin impression)? This beauty only set me back $180!!!! As stated earlier, shipping is free this weekend at Metropolis, so it's worth a peek  I'm glad that I looked! 

[Mmehdy]

On 11/28/2019 at 9:04 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

This one was $40.

 

 

never seen that one before...nice buy

[aardvark88]

From the $1 bin, got some nice Dark Horse and Eclipse Wolverton reprints for reading pleasure:

Rain of atomic fire from 'The end of the Earth:'

Edited December 1, 2019 by aardvark88
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[Larryw7]

Forty bucks.

[Westy Steve]

Bought for $20 each.  I wasn’t aware that there were Tarzan titles that were not photo covers. I like this version better. This one is this issue number nine. I believe issue number seven has Tarzan mixing it up with dinosaurs. I kind of want that one now.

[PopKulture]

10 hours ago, Westy Steve said:

I wasn’t aware that there were Tarzan titles that were not photo covers.

They had some really great painted covers in the middle of the Dell run and towards the end as well. I have a mixture of Lex Barker photo covers (number 52 is propped up on my rotating shelf right now, as a matter of fact) and some nice painted covers in my collection, along with a few of those early line-drawn covers. 

How much cooler would it be if there were Foster and Hogarth covers to start the run?? 

http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=8046

[entalmighty1]

[entalmighty1]

For some reason, I've never been able to find a decent looking copy of this one.  Was pleasantly surprised how low the auction ended.

 

Edited December 6, 2019 by entalmighty1

[frozentundraguy]

Picked this book up recently right here on the boards.