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I've always loved that cover, especially the Mini-Me.

Be sure to take pictures of Lou Fine's books while you're there so they can finally be posted on the Boards. I can't wait, it will be like when Jon Berk used to post his books.

The results on the books I was watching were strong and, in many cases, record-breaking.

Even with this discount, when you take into account a 10% auction house fee, the average economic loss is 30% in less than two years. Ouch.

The Golden Age started with Action Comics #1, which was cover-dated June 1938. There were hundreds of comics published between 1935 and 1938, the most notable of which were those published by DC and Centaur. However, those books preceded America's entrance into WW II.

That's quite a healthy price for a restored 3.0.

Mike drop.

Just think of what the demand for the New Comics run would have been like if the covers had been drawn by Flessel and Guardineer.

I remember there being a thread in the General forum about a very prominent collector who had some very high-end books misdelivered by Fed Ex. I don't think they were ever found.

Few people do, having been distracted by Veronica vamping it up off to the side.

Availability could be a factor. MM #2 seems to come up for sale less often than #3 and there are fewer copies on the census.

The Shield graced every cover of Pep through the first 50 issues, including the transition issues with Archie. The first cover from which he was absent was #51. But even then, the cover paid homage to him with Archie's outfit (sort of like a transition from the transition issues). Thereafter, he disappeared completely.

I'm not sure what you mean by "early," but here are a couple with covers by Schomburg and Montana.

It's truly absurd that the bidding on books like Tec 30 and 34 is currently only slightly above the bid for this modern book. I suspect it will be a long time before anyone will again see an 8.0 Tec 30 or 34 for sale. The modern book, on the other hand, will have hundreds of copies available every day of the year.

Great and insightful info MasterChief. Thanks for your efforts in putting this together.

I like your old scanner better. It made every one of your books look NM with white pages. Well, now that I think about it, they actually were NM with white pages.

The funny thing about this video is that, if anything, it's a pitch for how great GA comics are. His thesis can be distilled down to: (i) GA books are rare and amazing, (ii) most folks, including him, would love to own GA books, (iii) however, because of the higher value of GA books, he cannot afford them, and (iv) therefore, he is not interested in pursuing books that he is not in a position to obtain, even though he wishes he could afford to do so.

Perhaps in books, but not so much when it came to deciding where to place her signature.

More Fun 50 was earlier (12/39) And More Fun nos. 25 and 37 were even earlier.

I had been thinking the same thing and am hoping that some time can be put toward that later this year. The sad thing is that, as I understand it, the pedigree book was very close to being completed when the efforts were abandoned. Almost all (if not all) of the GA chapters had been written and the pages were already laid out with applicable covers/illustrations. But then, when they were at the 98-yard line, Matt and Steve took on new employment opportunities that prevented them from carrying the ball the last two yards. If they had just published what they had at that point, all of us would have gladly purchased a copy.

Ditto.

You are correct that many, if not most, GGA collectors focus on certain "things" that are prominently displayed in PL 17 and 23.

This is a good point. Taking into account sales tax and other potential additional fees, the cost of purchasing it from Heritage a year ago was likely over $3.2 million. ComicConnect charges a 10% commission, so the original buyer would have needed to clear at least $3.52 million to break even.

Although the cursive "Eldon" reflected on your Jumbo is the most common, CGC has also credited the block letter version as being part of the same pedigree collection:

Yes, this was my number one target in the Berk auction, and I was grateful that it may have had a low profile in the sea of incredible Church Foxes.