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Here's an interesting comic that I own from this publisher. Of course, it is the first appearance of Sad Sack. Unless there is a Sad Sack movie in the works, that probably doesn't mean much to the younger generation of collectors. What caught my eye on this book was the address label. Jimmie Mackie was the younger of the two brothers (Leroy was the older) that accumulated the Cookeville collection.

Hope I'm wrong, but I don't think your copy is the Cookeville copy. Mistakes happen. But who knows, it was a huge collection and maybe it is a unique book in the collection.

Well. that makes sense. I had questioned the pedigree label on the 9.0 in the Heritage thread. While the SMN initials aren't as common as the SN, you can see the similar styles. The SMN and NN initials become more common on books from 1945 and up. I wonder if the young lady started adding her middle initial for some reason.

Apologies in advance if you were the consignor or the winner of this auction. Not an Event Auction item, but this comic book hammered last night in the HA Sunday auction. Curious as to what others might think. This comic is sitting in a Cookeville pedigree label holder and yet has none of the typical markings of a Cookeville copy (SN, NN, SMN, or Leroy Mackie's name). The time frame is right and Mackie did buy a number of Police Comics. Still, unless the person submitting the comic to CGC had some very strong provenance, I am not convinced this is a Cookeville. https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/police-comics-45-cookeville-pedigree-quality-1945-cgc-vf-nm-90-off-white-to-white-pages/a/122019-13247.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyTrackedLots-101116

Here's a few that have fairly low census numbers. Probably because of low interest. 4 on census 7 of these 4 on the census

This one came back recently and kind of bugged me. CGC called it a color touch and I think it was just someone idly coloring on the cover. After all, if you were trying to color touch the cover, why would you choose red on a green area and why would you have red on other areas to the left of the so-called "color touch?" I thought it would just be a down grade like any other random coloring or marking on the cover.

“To be sold as a collection in a single lot.” Wow, that’s going to narrow the bidder pool.

Love it. Apparently the Jungle Lord is a fan of vinyl. I’m guessing the guy in the foreground tried to steal his record player.

In regards to “lowering your bid on what you are really willing to actually pay,” I would respectfully disagree. Even if the auction house charged a 100% markup for buyer’s premium, shipping, handling fee, service with a smile, and sales tax, I would still PAY what I’m willing to spend on that book. Let’s say I wanted a book at $1000. If the auction house charges $100 for shipping, $100 in sales tax, $100 BP, $100 for a box to ship it in, and $100 just because we can fee, then my bid is $500. If I win, I pay $1000. So while technically my bid is less than what I was willing to pay, I still paid exactly what I was willing to pay. You just have to think of your “bid” as the final out the door price, not what you enter on the bid line.

Especially for the Golden Age market, I find that auctions offer a good selection, convenience in regards to avoiding travel and crowds, and are, at the very least, price competitive with dealers at conventions.

Not to derail the discussion about the Mystery Men and Wonderworlds, but thought I would post my only Allentown.

Billy, when I searched for 1940 comics in my registry sets, it came up. After I posted it, saw the 1/41 date and pulled a switcheroo.