Popular Post cheetah Posted September 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2020 These were my only two Allentown books. Pretty amazing collection of books in the pedigree. Microchip, AJD, sagii and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 @cheetah I came really close to buying that Wings 28 when Metropolis had it for sale. Beautiful books! cheetah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lou_fine Posted September 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2020 11 hours ago, Randall Dowling said: @cheetah I came really close to buying that Wings 28 when Metropolis had it for sale. Beautiful books! Well, being the greedy collector that I am, I would want both books there, but if I had to choose only one, I would definitely go for the Wings 5: Absolutely love the strong deep red colors on this copy here and the perspective of the bomb coming out of the cover and right towards you is just bang on. Microchip, Badger, cheetah and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Timely Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 I was going through scans of books I used to own. Here's a scan of the Allentown Copy of Detective Comics #29 that I took back in 1999. Robot Man, batman_fan, Rip and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Timely said: I was going through scans of books I used to own. Here's a scan of the Allentown Copy of Detective Comics #29 that I took back in 1999. Everyone loves #31 of course, but I count #29 as my favorite cover. The Allentown #29 is beautiful -- is there another copy out there that tops it? Church, or ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, originalisbest said: Everyone loves #31 of course, but I count #29 as my favorite cover. The Allentown #29 is beautiful -- is there another copy out there that tops it? Church, or ? No, the Church is lower grade. originalisbest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crowzilla Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Timely said: I was going through scans of books I used to own. Here's a scan of the Allentown Copy of Detective Comics #29 that I took back in 1999. So we all know this ended up with Eric ("not the actor") R. , but what is the story of why it isn't with the Dentist? Did he just not want to interrupt the Church run he has, or he didn't offer enough, or you didn't offer it? What's the story there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Timely Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Crowzilla said: So we all know this ended up with Eric ("not the actor") R. , but what is the story of why it isn't with the Dentist? Did he just not want to interrupt the Church run he has, or he didn't offer enough, or you didn't offer it? What's the story there? The book was owned by dealer Joe V. when I saw it in SD. He sold it to the dentist, letting go of the MH copy. I offered to trade the Mile High run of Sensation Comics to get the book. I flew out to the east coast and traded the 65 Sensation Mile Highs I had for the AT Detective 29, the All Flash MH run, 4 Action Comcs MH's & a nice size check (and with that check I bought the Adventure Comics #42 & #79 MH's from Pat Kochanek). The dentist was able to get back the Det 29 MH. Crowzilla, lou_fine, EmilC and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Wow, for such a small collection, it's surprising that the current whereabouts of most of the collections current statuses is unknown (or not disclosed). Any way of knowing how many are/were slabbed? I know @MrBedrock @telerites @Straw-Man have shared copies , I consider myself fortunate enough to have one, we know of copies from famed private collections like Verzyl and "The Dentist". ....... anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) thx for the scan. that book is SICK Edited January 27, 2021 by Bronty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 5 hours ago, Timely said: The book was owned by dealer Joe V. when I saw it in SD. He sold it to the dentist, letting go of the MH copy. I offered to trade the Mile High run of Sensation Comics to get the book. I flew out to the east coast and traded the 65 Sensation Mile Highs I had for the AT Detective 29, the All Flash MH run, 4 Action Comcs MH's & a nice size check (and with that check I bought the Adventure Comics #42 & #79 MH's from Pat Kochanek). The dentist was able to get back the Det 29 MH. Around what time period was this? I guess this goes to show that the Dentist was also a rather active trader of books when he saw something that he really wanted for his collection, and not quite the hoarder some figure that he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 58 minutes ago, lou_fine said: Around what time period was this? I guess this goes to show that the Dentist was also a rather active trader of books when he saw something that he really wanted for his collection, and not quite the hoarder some figure that he was. 1999 lou_fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 20 hours ago, Timely said: 20 hours ago, originalisbest said: Everyone loves #31 of course, but I count #29 as my favorite cover. The Allentown #29 is beautiful -- is there another copy out there that tops it? Church, or ? No, the Church is lower grade. 19 hours ago, Timely said: 19 hours ago, Crowzilla said: So we all know this ended up with Eric ("not the actor") R. , but what is the story of why it isn't with the Dentist? Did he just not want to interrupt the Church run he has, or he didn't offer enough, or you didn't offer it? What's the story there? The book was owned by dealer Joe V. when I saw it in SD. He sold it to the dentist, letting go of the MH copy. I offered to trade the Mile High run of Sensation Comics to get the book. I flew out to the east coast and traded the 65 Sensation Mile Highs I had for the AT Detective 29, the All Flash MH run, 4 Action Comcs MH's & a nice size check (and with that check I bought the Adventure Comics #42 & #79 MH's from Pat Kochanek). The dentist was able to get back the Det 29 MH. So the Dentist DID own the AT Tec 29, and gave up the MH Tec 29, but then gave up the AT Tec 29 and reacquired the MH Tec 29? Even though the MH Tec 29 was not as good a copy? Why? originalisbest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 3 hours ago, tth2 said: So the Dentist DID own the AT Tec 29, and gave up the MH Tec 29, but then gave up the AT Tec 29 and reacquired the MH Tec 29? Even though the MH Tec 29 was not as good a copy? Why? A chance to pick up 65 Sensation Comics from the MH collection was too good to pass up. His collection was probably VERY thin on that title. Of all the GA DC titles Sensation Comics seem to be the rarest (probably because most boys didn't buy or keep them), especially in high grade. originalisbest, lou_fine and jimjum12 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 Not many books with "cream" on the label... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/27/2021 at 1:19 PM, sagii said: Wow, for such a small collection, it's surprising that the current whereabouts of most of the collections current statuses is unknown (or not disclosed). Any way of knowing how many are/were slabbed? I know @MrBedrock @telerites @Straw-Man have shared copies , I consider myself fortunate enough to have one, we know of copies from famed private collections like Verzyl and "The Dentist". ....... anyone else? Allentown is one of just a few pedigree collections that I don’t have an example of. Small collection and are tightly held. Odds are pretty good that I will never have one. Waiting for the Promise collection to crash so I can pick up an example or two. sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 1:16 PM, Robot Man said: Allentown is one of just a few pedigree collections that I don’t have an example of. Small collection and are tightly held. Odds are pretty good that I will never have one. Waiting for the Promise collection to crash so I can pick up an example or two. +1 on the Promise front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 There are already Promise books on eBay, but no discounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 10:36 AM, Larryw7 said: There are already Promise books on eBay, but no discounts. Patience grass hopper. Our time WILL come! sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
