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Cool book!

 

Has anyone argued with fewer new sales = fewer survivors?

 

 

Awesome awesome!!

As you can see...I am not very good at posting things, I seem to studder and repeat myself.

 

 

Big ups to boardie BC who hooked me up with Chilling Tales 15, and helped me complete this run. It has eluded me, and I'm pretty stoked to finally get a pretty copy. One of my favorite PCH covers - by Matt Fox.

 

 

Great pickup!

Two things that always grabbed me about this cover;

The scale of the demons compared to the man and the tree hands.

Just wonderful stuff!

 

Yeah. I wonder if ol' Matt Fox had a thing for shrooms...or acid! I think the colors of the sky are what puts this cover over the top for me.

 

Many of Matt Fox's covers are genuinely bizarre - they remind me of illustrations you'd find in 19th century middle European books featuring cautionary tales.

Good analogy Andy. They have a certain crazy Puritan folklore aspect. Apparently he was into woodcut and etching, among other things, which I think kind of comes through in his comics.

Careful! She's addicting!

Not sure how she's going to get out of this predicament!

 

simply awesome...

Nothing like Ricky's, but...

Bad hair to bad hair

Had this a while but finally getting around to taking some decent images of stuff

Can't have a medical cover without Nellie

Finally got a 15!

Big ups to boardie BC who hooked me up with Chilling Tales 15, and helped me complete this run. It has eluded me, and I'm pretty stoked to finally get a pretty copy. One of my favorite PCH covers - by Matt Fox.

 

 

Great pickup!

Two things that always grabbed me about this cover;

The scale of the demons compared to the man and the tree hands.

Just wonderful stuff!

Yeah. I wonder if ol' Matt Fox had a thing for shrooms...or acid! I think the colors of the sky are what puts this cover over the top for me.

That there is what is called Golden Age, baby. Love that book, Jack!

Big ups to boardie BC who hooked me up with Chilling Tales 15, and helped me complete this run. It has eluded me, and I'm pretty stoked to finally get a pretty copy. One of my favorite PCH covers - by Matt Fox.

I've kept out of this discussion because anything I'd say might be taken as a bidding strategy or conflict of interest if one assumes that I intend to bid on any of these early high grade Hits. The one thing I'm trying to avoid is either talking up or talking down these books in an open forum as I have no desire to influence anyone's bidding one way or the other, ...nor do I wish anything but the best for the consignor, whoever that may be.

 

That said, I have formed an opinion based on what I've seen. There are only two things you can bank on from this, 1) that as Church books these are a unique group of collectibles from a prestigious pedigree collection, and 2) that for a variety of reasons I've decided not to bid on any of them.

 

To the latter point, the White page designations, combined with recent grading under the new CGC slab & label design will either embolden bidder confidence or elicit more cautionary bidding. The prudent posture ...or caveat, if you prefer... as recommended by auction houses, is to examine the books closely either in person or through available scans before bidding, to assess the risks and potential value. This seems like excellent advice.

 

Given the premium placed on the Church pedigree and the relative scarcity of Hits in high grade, the unprecedented availability of this early run will probably fuel frenzied bidding. Out of curiosity, I've tried to comparing my high grade Hits to the recently graded Church copies offered in this auction. The interiors are apparently remarkable (as typical of Church copies), but I can only gauge grading from cover scans and PQ designations on labels. In several instances, I was left with more questions than answers.

 

Note: Please, don't speculate on why I've chosen to sit this one out. As stated earlier, I have no desire to influence bidding one way or the other.

 

I too am a BSD and would like to express my interest or lack thereof in bidding or possibly not bidding on these books. I'd also like to state that they are exceptional, but possibly not exceptional, because I personally have not vetted them except in the degree that I have. Therefore, I choose to reserve my bidding for the time when it may be appropriate, yet I may not bid. But I hope that doesn't influence anyone from bidding. Or not bidding.

 

Which I myself may or may not do.

 

Depending on circumstances and my personal dictums regarding viewing of these books.

 

Take your time, Mitch.

Guys, it just got here! Let it enjoy this good home for a while before it moves to another....but I promise to remember....

No.

I've kept out of this discussion because anything I'd say might be taken as a bidding strategy or conflict of interest if one assumes that I intend to bid on any of these early high grade Hits. The one thing I'm trying to avoid is either talking up or talking down these books in an open forum as I have no desire to influence anyone's bidding one way or the other, ...nor do I wish anything but the best for the consignor, whoever that may be.

 

That said, I have formed an opinion based on what I've seen. There are only two things you can bank on from this, 1) that as Church books these are a unique group of collectibles from a prestigious pedigree collection, and 2) that for a variety of reasons I've decided not to bid on any of them.

 

To the latter point, the White page designations, combined with recent grading under the new CGC slab & label design will either embolden bidder confidence or elicit more cautionary bidding. The prudent posture ...or caveat, if you prefer... as recommended by auction houses, is to examine the books closely either in person or through available scans before bidding, to assess the risks and potential value. This seems like excellent advice.

 

Given the premium placed on the Church pedigree and the relative scarcity of Hits in high grade, the unprecedented availability of this early run will probably fuel frenzied bidding. Out of curiosity, I've tried to comparing my high grade Hits to the recently graded Church copies offered in this auction. The interiors are apparently remarkable (as typical of Church copies), but I can only gauge grading from cover scans and PQ designations on labels. In several instances, I was left with more questions than answers.

 

Note: Please, don't speculate on why I've chosen to sit this one out. As stated earlier, I have no desire to influence bidding one way or the other.

 

Cool story.

I'd kill for the 17!!

 

That's one of the ones I'm watching

 

There's far too many beautiful covers here to just focus on one only.

 

I've always love the covers for Hit 1, 6, and 11, but the ones for 4, 10, 13, 16, etc sure look stunning also. Heck, they are all fantastically gorgeous covers.

OK. Buy them all.

I'd kill for the 17!!

 

That's one of the ones I'm watching

...and that's exactly what I'll end up doing - watching!!

Here's another fav that probably doesn't get enough notice either but another nice color scheme with some cool ghouls in the background!

 

Yeah that gang is fantastic!! Ingels' zombies were awesome but Everett's rule for me.

Very nice! Sometimes it takes a little pointing out to really notice a book. I've never noticed all the awesome background going on in that cover.

 

This is one of my personal MT favorites as well. Love the color scheme on this Maneely gem. This is a Big Apple copy.

 

I have never been able to acquire a nicer copy of that book because it's so tough. Gorgeous example