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[adamstrange]

Some of the second tier companies and issues starting to show up .

Edited May 6, 2021 by adamstrange

[sfcityduck]

32 minutes ago, Crowzilla said:

Chuck had sold over 4,000 books by the time the catalog came out, it's not hard to imagine at all that someone besides Burrell picked up a small Timely run by one of the first female comic artists, and that the complete run guided for under $1000 total.

Especially since Timely's Ms. Fury is a newspaper strip reprint comic, right?

[adamstrange]

"Armand" written on the cover. 

[sagii]

14 minutes ago, adamstrange said:

Some of the second tier companies and issues starting to show up .

Oh boy....

[adamstrange]

 

[Funnybooks]

5 minutes ago, adamstrange said:

"Armand" written on the cover. 

Armand is of French origin meaning “soldier”

[sfcityduck]

11 minutes ago, adamstrange said:

Some of the second tier companies and issues starting to show up .

 

Also some nice Harvey's and Better's.

[szav]

1 minute ago, adamstrange said:

I mean is the top left corner or entire right edge of a book really that important to the grading anyway?

[sfcityduck]

8 minutes ago, adamstrange said:

"Armand" written on the cover. 

 

I hope it is not one of the Hammer's.

 

[lou_fine]

1 hour ago, szav said:

I mean is the top left corner or entire right edge of a book really that important to the grading anyway?

Absolutely hate this Covid-19 fiasco that we are still stuck in after more than a whole year as I am now way way overdue to have my eyes checked.   

Especially in my old age when my eyes must really be starting to go, because no matter how hard I look and look, I still can't see much wrong with this top left corner here at all:    

Edited May 6, 2021 by lou_fine

[lou_fine]

First book in the GA portion from CL's Focused Auction last Friday which is why my fading memory can still remember it:

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dace%2Bcomics%2B65%26GO%3DGO%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1477098&id=1477098&itemType=0

After seeing that beautiful Subby 11 above, I just can't for the life of me figure out how this book here managed to score such a high grade given all that wear around the bottom staple area and those fugly ticks running down the length of the spine and let's not even talk about those nasty corners on this book here.    

Edited May 6, 2021 by lou_fine

[fast eddie]

11 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

First book in the GA portion from CL's Focused Auction last Friday which is why my fading memory can still remember it:

 

After seeing that beautiful Subby 11 above, I just can't for the life of me figure out how this book here managed to score such a high grade given all that wear around the bottom staple area and those fugly ticks running down the length of the spine and let's not even talk about those nasty corners on this book here.    

The bald spot on my head is getting larger from all the scratching I've done,,,,,,,,,,,,,sigh

[sfcityduck]

One observation:  The most valuable comic in the June auction is not going to be from this pedigree from what I can see.

[lou_fine]

On 5/4/2021 at 5:41 PM, sagii said:

On 5/4/2021 at 5:27 PM, adamstrange said:

About 600 lots per night.

That's freaking amazing ,

But as many of us stated in hindsight unless it was Jon's wishes otherwise,  probably should have been spread out among to at least two auction

As Jon had stated during not only the runup to the auction of his books, but also many times in the years prior to that, he was only a caretaker for the books within his collection and that he would be passing them onto the next generation of collectors to look after and care for the books.  

With Jon's absolute love for the books, their history, and the hobby place as a whole, I got the feeling it was never really all about the money for him and although putting them all up in one auction might have been the least painful method for him, it was probably also the best way to get the books into the hands of as many comic book collectors as possible.  

All I know is that a lot of books fell through the cracks, and as a result, even I along with a lot of other smaller time collectors were also able to pick up some super rare Centaurs and other truly HTF GA books without breaking the bank.   

I strongly doubt that this will happen with the Promise Collection though, since it appears the auction is gearing up to extract as much money from your pocket as possible, and hence not really meant for the smaller time collector on a budget.  

Edited May 6, 2021 by lou_fine

[jimbo_7071]

47 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

As Jon had stated during not only the runup to the auction of his books, but also many times in the years prior to that, he was only a caretaker for the books within his collection and that he would be passing them onto the next generation of collectors to look after and care for the books.  

With Jon's absolute love for the books, their history, and the hobby place as a whole, I got the feeling it was never really all about the money for him and although putting them all up in one auction might have been the least painful method for him, it was probably also the best way to get the books into the hands of as many comic book collectors as possible.  

All I know is that a lot of books fell through the cracks, and as a result, even I along with a lot of other smaller time collectors were also able to pick up some super rare Centaurs and other truly HTF GA books without breaking the bank.   

I strongly doubt that this will happen with the Promise Collection though, since it appears the auction is gearing up to extract as much money from your pocket as possible, and hence not really meant for the smaller time collector on a budget.  

I have to disagree with Mitch about 85% of the grades being spot on; most of the books I've looked at closely have been significantly overgraded. It looks to me like an auction where a lot of collectors with deep pockets are going to pay top dollar for books in the 8.5—9.2 range with labels in the 9.4—9.8 range. I would strongly advise any buyer in this auction not to ever crack out the books.

[sagii]

7 hours ago, lou_fine said:

As Jon had stated during not only the runup to the auction of his books, but also many times in the years prior to that, he was only a caretaker for the books within his collection and that he would be passing them onto the next generation of collectors to look after and care for the books.  

With Jon's absolute love for the books, their history, and the hobby place as a whole, I got the feeling it was never really all about the money for him and although putting them all up in one auction might have been the least painful method for him, it was probably also the best way to get the books into the hands of as many comic book collectors as possible.  

All I know is that a lot of books fell through the cracks, and as a result, even I along with a lot of other smaller time collectors were also able to pick up some super rare Centaurs and other truly HTF GA books without breaking the bank.   

I strongly doubt that this will happen with the Promise Collection though, since it appears the auction is gearing up to extract as much money from your pocket as possible, and hence not really meant for the smaller time collector on a budget.  

I'm of the mind a few will skip through the cracks. They have to

While uber high grade and a pedigree, even the Church collection has it's 'meh' books: non classic cover, artist, key books. A collection of this size must have few as well. High grade 'meh', but 'meh' nonetheless.

A "Hey Pal" from the Promise collection is still a 'Hey Pal"  but what a copy of "Hey Pal" to own 

[ThothAmon]

Old family adage. ‘“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”

[vheflin]

6 hours ago, jimbo_7071 said:

I have to disagree with Mitch about 85% of the grades being spot on; most of the books I've looked at closely have been significantly overgraded. It looks to me like an auction where a lot of collectors with deep pockets are going to pay top dollar for books in the 8.5—9.2 range with labels in the 9.4—9.8 range. I would strongly advise any buyer in this auction not to ever crack out the books.

Catman #30 9.2

a spine tear, surely production caused, kept it out of 9.8

[vheflin]

This one doesn't look like Armand and may have an 'i' 

 

but here's another that looks like Armand

[buttock]

8 hours ago, jimbo_7071 said:

I have to disagree with Mitch about 85% of the grades being spot on; most of the books I've looked at closely have been significantly overgraded. It looks to me like an auction where a lot of collectors with deep pockets are going to pay top dollar for books in the 8.5—9.2 range with labels in the 9.4—9.8 range. I would strongly advise any buyer in this auction not to ever crack out the books.

I would strongly advise that nobody even bid on them.  Just ignore them and move on.  They're garbage.