RareHighGrade

The Aurora collection also has somewhat similar coding.

On 8/14/2022 at 3:26 PM, lou_fine said:

Since it went all the way back to New Comics 1, was the run complete and if so, was you able to nab the "S" copy of New Comics 2 which appears to the super rare hen's teeth out of the early issues of this run?  

No, I picked up the 1, 4, 6, 8 and 9, but never saw the 2.  I don't know if there was one.

On 8/14/2022 at 2:49 PM, lou_fine said:

Any idea if this collection went all the way back to New Comics 1 since there's a copy of New Comics 5 in there? 

Yes.

On 8/14/2022 at 1:54 PM, lou_fine said:

Seriously though, is the small penciled "S" collection infamous for restoration work or what would now be considered as Conservation work?  

No, Mark once had the penciled "S" run of early Adventures.  He tinkered with some of them, but left the vast majority of them alone.  When you said you got it from Mark and it was in relatively high grade, I thought it might be from that collection. I don't think I've ever seen the "S" copy of NA #12.

On 8/14/2022 at 1:19 PM, lou_fine said:

Yes sir, only 6 graded copies in total with your copy here being the highest graded by a safe comfortable margin and certainly presents nicely relative to its assigned CGC grade.    

That is, until I finally get around to having my copy graded which from just a front cover scan only, appears to be just as sharp as your copy here, but with a slightly better spine. 

Then again, since I got it from Mark Wilson way back in the day, no worries for you at all as I am quite sure that my copy will come back encased in one of those beautiful purple labelled holders.  Even though I asked him at the time if there was any restoration on the book and he swore to me up and down that it was totally unrestored.  Since I knew that everybody has a different definition for restoration, I then asked him if he had touched the book in any way and when he told me the book was completely untouched, I knew right away it was a lie as he must have touched it in order to mail it out to me in the first place.    

It's a good thing that time can be a good panacea for so many long term collector's purchasing mistakes.    

Is your copy from the penciled "S" collection?

Wow, those are gorgeous books!  Yes, the markings on the first two books are consistent with Ohios.  I don't recognize the others.  So this is not an original owner collection?

On 8/12/2022 at 4:27 PM, Robot Man said:

On 8/12/2022 at 4:24 PM, IngelsFan said:

Thanks for sharing these pages! I don’t think I’ve seen these issue of New Adventure up for sale since.

Most likely buried deep in a collection or collections. 

True Dat.

On 8/12/2022 at 1:18 PM, sagii said:

On 8/12/2022 at 11:45 AM, plady69 said:

Way to much dialog! Every picture tells a story!

To each their own my friend 

Yes, what would TAR #9 be without the dialogue: "That little cheat will do anything to hold d*ck."

On 8/12/2022 at 11:03 AM, szav said:

To be fair, and interestingly, that defect is actually listed on the graders notes as ‘small paper lift mid spine.’

That's interesting because it means they actually considered it, rather than missed it, when giving the 9.4 grade.  I'm not sure which is worse.  

Having said that, I think that some of the Promise book grades were given because of the unusually bright colors and gloss.

On 8/12/2022 at 11:43 AM, plady69 said:

Is that my book I sold on here or Feebay? F—-. Great book! I was broke. 😞

No, I bought this at the SD Comic-Con in '94.

On 8/10/2022 at 4:33 PM, Qua-Brot said:

Look what just came in the door!

Can you imagine if a college student smoked a (tobacco) pipe today.

Current prices are still low on many books with 30 minutes to go before the auction starts.  I wonder how many prospective buyers are sitting at their computers waiting for the final bidding?

Very nice.  

I think that one of the primary factors holding back FF 209 is that it is more commonly found than some of the other issues.  In terms of the quality of the art, I like it better than many, if not most, of the other covers in the run, particularly the damsel in distress.

I couldn't have said it better.

Some previously sold Promise books are coming up again in the HA auction that opens for bidding on 8/19.

Nice mid-grade copy of Speed 35 on Clink right now.  I've always loved this cover.

Nice collection of LBC's!

On 7/21/2022 at 12:13 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Thanks GCG!

It would be great if someone could post a scan of the list of Top 100 GA Books so that we could get a sense of the increases.

On 7/18/2022 at 3:40 PM, Straw-Man said:

Yes, that does look like the same book, and it's a beaut.  

On 7/17/2022 at 7:53 PM, lou_fine said:

I believe this copy was then eventually deemed to be the Allentown pedigree copy if I remember correctly and reslabbed as such.  

That's interesting, I wasn't aware of the belated designation.  Once the Allentown provenance is lost, it would be tough to reestablish it because Allentown lacks the distinctive markings that many other pedigrees have.

On 7/16/2022 at 1:55 PM, Dr. Love said:

this does not compute

but if it did, I'd have to go with the All-Picture All-True #2 - a rebound, and contrary to what HA says, not a Baker cover.  Otherwise, if it's Baker you want, All-Picture #1.

imho of course

Thanks Doc.