Ted Knight

Do you have any actual Golden Age books? Man, that True Crime looks very sweet!

That's a grim looking cover. (Casual toss of the axe into the water) Mehh, probably should get rid of it.

This math is hurting my head.

Nothing little about that gem. Great book, man!

Agreed except for one thing. When the market soars, the books on my want list are a little less attainable without a similar increase in my buying power.

These are all great comments and correctly thought out. I also wonder if the phenomenon of dealers buying books at the top of an initial auction, assuming they can then either press and flip or just price up and put out for sale is another explanation for these price drops. Can't tell you how many times I've been outbid on a book at Heritage, just to see it pop up at a dealer a month later, marked 20-40% higher than the final auction price. Long ago when I was a manager at a LCS, I would never have survived buying books like that. Even books that I thought were a premium and in demand. It assumes that there are somehow other buyers, unaware of the auctions that will pay higher prices. Or that the market is growing so fast that prices are increasing at an incredible rate. I believe these numbers contradict both theories. What we're seeing may well be the #2 and #3 bidders after the same book again at another auction. Without the #1 bidder, the price drops.

Very nice, sir! Everything worked out after all. (thumbs u

Tell me it wasn't the Master 38 that Ted at Superworld had.

MANNDOWN?

Nice grab, and nice price. I agree - nice capture Ron! Agreed. I really wanted to go after this book but in the end I couldn't... which, I guess is the opposite of mannup... whatever that is.

That Seven Seas is a tough book.

You gave it a good shot. That's a great book but it went for big money. I'd be okay with letting it go. Your copy is very pretty as is. (thumbs u

Nice grab! I was wondering if one of you guys took it down. (thumbs u

The entire Board knows the answer to this question. I used my month off to find video on eharmony of the culprit that suggested the length of my sentence. This is awesome. Welcome back, sir. (thumbs u

I had to look up antimacassars for the word origin. Very nice, Mr. Strange. (thumbs u

Wow. That's good stuff. Particularly the placement of the dalmation ornament over the bookshelf. That's what you're talking about, right?

You sir, have good taste in books of all kinds. Looks like it was a very successful show. (thumbs u

I've always liked the landscape prints by Hokusai and Hiroshige. Yooshi is also fun to look at. I find that the nuances to these prints take a long time of viewing to fully appreciate. Right now, I only have a couple of Shin Hanga prints by Koitsu that I like very well. Nice stuff, guys!

I know this is an old post but I'm just making my way through this thread and thought this deserved some recognition. Very cool, BB-gun!

Yes, good eye. I'd been after one for quite awhile. Classic cover, pretty tough to find in decent shape, and this was a tightly graded copy. Great looking, got hammered for a tear on the spine. Nice pickup, sir! I love that cover.

That's a great drawing, man. Reminds me of some of the illustrations from the Monster Manual, only better. (thumbs u

That's a pretty book. Nice score!

Not very prolific, though. I think he did only 5 covers on Action? Yes, but Action 2 is an amazing cover.

That's pretty cool, Pat. Thanks for sharing. (thumbs u

Tough in grade! It's beautiful! Those colors are awesome. Great book, Bedrock! (thumbs u