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oakman29

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  1. On 5/27/2022 at 7:08 PM, Stevemmg said:

    Yes, this is the original painting.  It was held by an ex-Warren employee until the early 1990’s. An east coast collector was tracking down such avenues in search of original Warren art and happened on this and many others. He claims to have had nearly 200 covers assembled by the middle ‘90’s. He also has had a couple of auction companies, and when he decided to give up the collection, sold some of them through those, and others through private transactions. He sold this one at auction in 2005. The buyer has a relationship with this collector to date, and has apparently fallen into bad health and asked for assistance in selling the piece. I was fortunate enough to be the new owner. I expect it to arrive on Tuesday following the holiday break. :whee:

    Gulp🥴

  2. On 5/21/2022 at 7:15 AM, 50 Fiddy said:

    J N J Comics in Fountain Valley was my go to place for Golden/Silver Age pre-pandemic.  They have about 30-40 boxes of "wall" stuff comics hidden in long boxes on one side of the store, and a few hundred boxes of run type books in his bins.  The prices are pretty reasonable and the owner has worked with me on pricing on most of the stuff I bought from him.  Kind of old school feel to the shop and it does have that old comic book store smell to it...when it doesn't smell like weed.  

    Does he still keep the lights off day and night. Hahaha😂

  3. On 5/20/2022 at 10:51 PM, Subby1938 said:

    I think all collectables will take a beating now I’m glad I sold when I did ( not Tmnt but in general ). The world is a very unstable place and the economy in North America a steaming pile of dung. Money won’t stay parked in collectables if other tangible assets are plummeting . Hope you can get some good money but those crazy highs are long gone . 

    I beg to differ, but then again what do I know.

  4. On 5/19/2022 at 6:46 PM, flashlites said:

    The insides of these are just awesome! These little campy short horror stories along with the Vampi story. Just great stuff--and the covers!? I mean its just an awesome title to collect! I counted the other day I now have 26 so a little less than a 1/4 of the way complete. I already have a #2 and a #3 and 4 of the 5 Frazetta covers? So most of the heavy lifting is done. I am really enjoying putting this thing together.

    They really are awesome runs to collect.