Based on my newly created budget I wasn't supposed to buy any CGC comics until later this month or next month but as any Golden Age collector likely knows there are opportunities you can't pass up or you literally may not see them again in your lifetime.

All-American Western is a VERY difficult set to collect. There are just 24 issues total and many of them have just one or two CGC graded copies. Imagine my surprise/delight upon discovering not one but TWO highest grade issues on EBAY at reasonable prices. The issues are 8.0 and 8.5 which aren't stunningly high grades but again these are the highest graded currently in existence so I can't do any better and both have white pages. I won another All-American Western graded 9.4 from this same dealer awhile back at an unbelievable bargain and one person commented that even for a 9.4 it looked amazing and I have to agree. I wonder if the same person graded all these issues and was in a bit of a mood because just like the 9.4 these two comics look better than their grade and as I said have white pages. The one problem on one issue is poor placement of the staples. I take it the dealer learned his lesson on the auction because this time they were sold as "or Best Offer" so I didn't get nearly the bargain.

My only problem now is the CGC website seems to be having some problems with a few of the issues of All-American Western and it's not showing their registry points. I wasn't able to successfully enter my CGC certification number for issue 126. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.

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