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[JollyComics]

On 1/9/2020 at 11:21 AM, lizards2 said:

What does I think about your posting alone?  

What DO I think.....

Fixed 4 ya!

[Prince Namor]

19 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

The Smiths were of their time. I can't listen to much of it now. That's not to say it isn't a thing of unparalleled beauty, but it's time is past. 

 

[Prince Namor]

 

[Get Marwood & I]

1 hour ago, Chuck Gower said:

 

Careful, you'll have Senormac over here 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 3/24/2020 at 4:54 PM, GARYSTAR said:

I first saw them in 1978 at Rock against Racism gig in Brixton which Elvis Costello headlined.

Bet that was a great gig. I never really got into SLF for some reason. I also like things rougher around the edges. Nothing better than raw, ragged live power is there. 

[Get Marwood & I]

[Get Marwood & I]

Morning 

Its not often that you see a genuine eBay listing from an obvious novice with a hidden gem. Here is one such rare listing:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Collection-Of-Comics-1956-To-1965/164153426295?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

 

 

Zoom in....

 

The seller has a rating of 4 and added this to his listing description along with some additional pictures once alerted:

"UPDATE: I've been asked about the amazing fantasy no. 15 spiderman comic by many interested watchers. Just to let you know all know that it is complete and i have added pictures of it. I did some research and have counted all pages. Every page is there. I cant ad more pics for some reason so send me a message to request photos and I will be more than happy to help. I'm blown away with the response. Thank you everyone"

It just shows that it can happen but also how unlikely it is that you would ever snag it cheap / under the radar. There must be so many people out there constantly scanning listings looking for scenarios like these. Fortunately for the seller, the cat is out of the bag and he should get a decent price.

It raises a philosophical question for me. Is it right to profit off of another persons ignorance? If there were no comments / bids, I would have contacted the seller and told him to at least change the title to 'Amazing Fantasy 15' to ensure his listing gets the widest attention. Would that make me foolish? Many years back I spotted an ASM 35 cent variant for, as I recall, £4.99 on eBay. I waited for the auction to end and won it for the £4.99 - no one else spotted it / bid. It arrived, was a VFN or so and I sold it some time later for over £100. I have to say, I felt bad about it. The chap at work at the time told me I was being silly - I had earned the right to the profit by having a skill set - comic knowledge - and had put that skill set to use. It was the sellers loss that the didn't research properly, he said.

And yet I felt bad.

I often wonder what type of dealer I would have been had I tried to make buying and selling comics my business. I've come to the conclusion that I would almost certainly have been rubbish.

It'll be interesting to see what the lot goes for in the end - the AF is a pence copy (hurray!) but has seen better days...

[mrc]

I know it's an AF15 but really, such a beater, I would'nt have it in my collection at any price. In fact I'd prefer a reprint. Interesting post though.... 

[Get Marwood & I]

18 minutes ago, mrc said:

I know it's an AF15 but really, such a beater, I wouldn't have it in my collection at any price. In fact I'd prefer a reprint. Interesting post though.... 

I know what you mean - the mouldy look is massively off-putting isn't it, even for an AF#15. I can see this lot being relisted a few times. 

[lizards2]

5 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

5 hours ago, mrc said:

I know it's an AF15 but really, such a beater, I wouldn't have it in my collection at any price. In fact I'd prefer a reprint. Interesting post though.... 

I know what you mean - the mouldy look is massively off-putting isn't it, even for an AF#15. I can see this lot being relisted a few times. 

I feel the same way - it looks like it might infect other books. 

[Get Marwood & I]

I've posted this elsewhere but here is a letter I received from Steve Ditko back in 2017.

This is what I wrote - very crudely - on the 6th of January (we write day then month in the UK):

 

This is what I got back in the post...

 

...dated the 14th of January - only 12 days after mine!

 

He returned my original letter - note the two green circled prices, which he did to emphasise the point in his letter:

 

Anyway, the point of posting this again - I saw two other letters online recently and both were dated 01/14/17:

 

 

So on Saturday January the 14th 2017, Steve was responding to letters!

God rest his cranky soul 

 

[alexgross.com]

55 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

I've posted this elsewhere but here is a letter I received from Steve Ditko back in 2017.

This is what I wrote - very crudely - on the 6th of January (we write day then month in the UK):

 

This is what I got back in the post...

 

...dated the 14th of January - only 12 days after mine!

 

He returned my original letter - note the two green circled prices, which he did to emphasise the point in his letter:

 

Anyway, the point of posting this again - I saw two other letters online recently and both were dated 01/14/17:

 

 

So on Saturday January the 14th 2017, Steve was responding to letters!

God rest his cranky soul 

 

just curious how you came to know his address? these letters are priceless. what a thrill it must have been to get a letter from him. even if it's contents were fairly trivial. 

[Get Marwood & I]

29 minutes ago, www.alexgross.com said:

just curious how you came to know his address? these letters are priceless. what a thrill it must have been to get a letter from him. even if it's contents were fairly trivial. 

I just Googleated it as I recall. I didn't expect a reply in a million years, not least because I forgot to add the return postage cost. I'd sort of forgotten all about it if I'm honest and couldn't believe it when it arrived. Three years I researched those damn font variants and he dismisses them as trivial! I thought that was bloody fantastic 

[Get Marwood & I]

I do like an off-register Alan 

 

...or two 

 

[Get Marwood & I]

Does anyone in England remember these playing cards from the 70's?

 

We had such a great time playing them, me and my brother.

 

Special powers eight!

 

Ah, those were the days....

 

[Kevin.J]

3 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

I've posted this elsewhere but here is a letter I received from Steve Ditko back in 2017.

This is what I wrote - very crudely - on the 6th of January (we write day then month in the UK):

 

This is what I got back in the post...

 

...dated the 14th of January - only 12 days after mine!

 

He returned my original letter - note the two green circled prices, which he did to emphasise the point in his letter:

 

Anyway, the point of posting this again - I saw two other letters online recently and both were dated 01/14/17:

 

 

So on Saturday January the 14th 2017, Steve was responding to letters!

God rest his cranky soul 

 

[Kevin.J]

46 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Does anyone in England remember these playing cards from the 70's?

 

We had such a great time playing them, me and my brother.

 

Special powers eight!

 

Ah, those were the days....

 

Yep, I have a pack of those

[Get Marwood & I]

Just now, Kevin.J said:

Yep, I have a pack of those

You missed it didn't you Kevin 

[Kevin.J]

1 minute ago, Get Marwood & I said:

You missed it didn't you Kevin 

No, I saw it

 

[Get Marwood & I]

4 minutes ago, Kevin.J said:

No, I saw it

 

I was expecting a guffaw. Maybe a titter.