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Batman #181 CGC 4.0 Off White pages. $800

Batman #69 CGC 6.0 Off White to White pages. $1,000

Batman #66 CGC 3.5 Off white to White pages. $800

Batman #65 CGC 3.5 Off White pages. $1,200

Batman #46 CGC 4.5 White pages. $700

Batman # 40 CGC 4.0 Off White to White pages. $1,400

Batman #39 CGC 6.5 Off White to White pages. $1,000

Batman # 35 Off White to White pages. $1,350

This is my first sales thread on the forums, I'll try to make it right. Usual rules: 1. No HOS or PL members. 2. First in the thread wins. This supersedes any PM negotiations. 3. No returns on CGC graded books, please be sure that you really want it before buying. 4. U.S. sales and shipping only. 5. Payment is by USPS money order. 6. BIN price includes USPS insured Priority shipping. 10% off all listed books. Please note, I usually go radio silent on the internet from 4:30 PM Pacific on Fridays to 7:30 AM Pacific on Mondays as I have grandkids to watch on the weekends. This does not mean that I will be ignoring this sales thread, it just means that I have other obligations that come first. I will do my best to check during the weekends, and will most definitely be responding by Monday mornings at the latest. I will honor any time stamped in the order that they appear, so please be patient. I will address any PM's as they come in. Here they are- Batman # 30, CGC 7.0 White pages. $1,900

Reposted from another forum- Around 30 years ago I worked on drum scanners at several color houses, to avoid newtons rings when scanning transparencies we would apply a light dusting of scanning powder to the mounting surface of the transparency (Kodachrome or Ektachrome slides, 2x3 or larger professional transparencies) when mounting to the scanning drum. This worked quite well unless you were enlarging the scan about 300-400% then you would oil mount the transparency to avoid enlarging the powder grains. Obviously oil mounting collectables is out of the question, but since slabbed books are not going under a microscope perhaps a similar product could be used when encapsulating comics? I'm not sure if scanning powder is even available anymore as by the late '90's-early 2000's digital cameras pretty much moved drum scanning to the dustbin. I am wondering if CGC could incorporate something similar, applying a light dusting of scanning powder between the surfaces of the mylar and slab to prevent Newton Rings, maybe CGC Mike could look into it?

2 words: Scanning powder.

Back in the Day, a friend of mine's brother used to refer to DC as Dumb Cluck comics. He was obviously a Marvel fan. When I was a kid growing up in the 60's I really liked the DC titles, later as I grew older I gravitated to the Marvel titles.

I too have wondered about the Eldon pedigree, I din't realize that there were possibly 2 different Eldons involved but I was curious as to why some were signed in cursive and some signed with block letters. I bought this 3 Batman books back in 1984 out of an ad in The Comic Buyers Guide from a man named Charles Sawyer who was located in Boulder CO. I still have the box they were shipped in and had a mailing label with "Church" on it which brings to mind the famous Mile High Collection, not that these books were part of that collection but I wonder if there is some connection there. Sorry about the glare on the pictures, on the Batman #9 you can barely see the signature in cursive on the N in Batman.

Looks like the pressman was asleep and the bindery operator as well.

I had a copy of Hulk 181 that I purchased off the rack for a quarter brand new, sold it back in the mid-eighties for $30 and thought that I did pretty good. wish that I had a crystal ball for that one.

That is a good policy-as long as FedEx honors it. Just yesterday I was expecting a shipment to arrive, followed the tracking and it was to be delivered between 10 AM and 2:30 PM. I work during the day, my wife works nights, so she is home during the day. I had told her to expect a package that she would have to sign for, gave her the updates about tracking and she waited until about 2 PM and texted me that she was going to bed for the day. I checked FedEx tracking about 3 PM and it showed that the package was delivered, so I thought cool, they caught her before she went to bed. I came home around 5 PM to find the package which I had valued at $11,200 sitting in front of my garage, obviously outside and in the open. I woke my wife up and she didn't know about it, so package was delivered without any signature. Luckily nothing happened to it, but I was kind of PO'd that the FedEx driver would do that.

Picked these up as a pair a long time ago-

Good for him. I had heard that the Smith Family Bookstore had closed down, and Emerald City Comics along with it.

Very cool. I'm definetly getting old, I forgot about his copy Of Showcase #4! Does he still own/operate Nostalgia Collectables?

That's great, I still have many copies of books (Mostly early FF's) with that stamp and his buddy's stamp Lyle Nance. I remember him telling me that he started collecting comics in the mid 1960's and as word got out, he had people calling him and Lyle to come pick up their kids' old comics, most of the time free of charge! That is how he started his comic business. The last I ever saw of him was at a convention in Portland in the late '80's, how about you?

The only copy of Action #1 that I ever saw was when I was in College at the University of Oregon in the early 80's. The owner of the local comic shop Emerald City Comics took me down the street to his safety deposit box and showed me his prized stash which also included copies of Reform School Girls #1 and Batman #47 as I recall. He had purchased his copy in 1979 for $6000.00 which merited a story in the Wall Street Journal. It was a F-VF copy as I remember. I lost touch with him over the years and heard that he sold his business and his copy of Action #1, although I have not confirmed this. My very first GA book that I purchased in 1979 that I still have-

Sorry to hear about that Ken, I hope that you recover your losses.

A 1970 Camaro Z28, does my screen name make sense now? I've had the car for 37 years now while my comic collection was built between the late 60's to the early 90's I hope that its OK to post a pic of it here-

Very cool, that's a rare bike. My car is in the resto shop now, the time and $$$$ are sure to add up!

I love it. I'm in the process of selling the bulk of my collection to restore my vintage muscle car.