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I thought the price tags were all identical. To me, it meant the OO likely put the prices on them. Maybe he looked in his many Overstreet guides to come up with the value.

Westerns have been on a downward plunge for a long time. It is tough to put a price on GA westerns anymore. If it might be highest grades of a key issue it might be worth something. Common books in low grade would be difficult to move.

As a completist myself, I appreciate the time it took to compile the collection and the effort it took to label and price everything. The price of the mylars and boards was considerable. I even see a lot of the issues I used to own (and sold at a considerable loss). It was a loss for the OO or their family but it won’t be an easy sell unless he moves it at a lot. Individually, I think some of the books might never sell.

He’s got some very nice books though the condition varies greatly. He has a handful he wants to get graded. I got into westerns for a while and had nice copies graded. When I sold them, though, the sale price never covered the grading price. It looks like there are a number of Four Colors in the collection, too. For $10k, it was likely an amazing bargain. I could see him getting 10x-25x his original investment.

Updated video. He paid $1 a book.

Just think if it was all pre-code horror instead of westerns. He could sell them on the boards and retire.

True. I assume the buyer will want Overstreet NM prices for the westerns, too.

I saw this on YouTube. It is a collection of mainly westerns, Dells and Gold Keys our of Canada. Trigger warning - the value of the collection fell by 15% the moment the buyer began manhandling the books.

Picking a top 10 GGA covers is tough but here is an eclectic bunch.

This was my old copy. I think it was the only Planet from the Central Valley Pedigree. The mis-wrap was unfortunate but the colors were great. BTW, if posting books that I used to have is a problem for anyone, I can stop.

I think most of mine are SA books. I believe I still own all of these.

I've told this before, but this is the book that started my GA obsession. I saw it in an Alex Schomburg book of art long before I got back into comics. After doing the BA/SA bit with the Avengers and Marvel, I found the art book in my library and I was hooked. It wasn't a year before I had sold all my Marvels and put the money (plus some more) back into GA books. This copy came up on CLink and I was not to be denied. It was one book I frequently took out to cherish..

Some of my favorites, Richard. The Fight 4 is worth the price of admission.

My favorite of the entire lot. It went to the person who appreciated it as much as I did.

I hope everyone is done okay in these crazy times. Things near me are better than most of the world but I do miss you guys.