Silver

On 1/7/2024 at 11:23 AM, buttock said:

On the short list of greatest covers ever published. 

You need to sell me that 😊

On 1/1/2024 at 10:31 AM, namisgr said:

Nice clean copy!

On 1/1/2024 at 9:09 AM, buttock said:

A few of my favorites from 2023

Dang Dan, those are some sweet books!

On 12/18/2023 at 10:07 AM, namisgr said:

I found a scan of one more early SA DC I used to own with the same date of 1961 written in pen right next to the issue number, and it's another nice copy.

This is a known pedigree, I just can’t remember which one.  😂

On 11/11/2023 at 8:51 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Whoa! Nice colors on that copy!

Recent eBay pickup. Always wanted to collect this series, they remind me of Brave and the Bold's early issues.

On 11/28/2023 at 3:15 PM, Math Teacher said:

My runs include:
Amazing Spider-Man #1 - #400, plus Amazing Fantasy #15 and Annuals #1 - #5.
Fantastic Four #1 - #300, plus Annuals #1 - #6.
Daredevil #1 - #200, plus Annuals #1 and #4.
Atom #1 - #45, plus Showcase #34 - #36.
Hawkman #1 - #27 (minus #25), plus Brave and the Bold #34 - #36 and #42 - #44.
Metal Men #1 - #56, plus Showcase #37 - #40.

These probably really don't count as runs, but I also have these:
Avengers #1 - #16.
Incredible Hulk #1 - #6.
Journey into Mystery #83 - #92, plus a few additional issues.
Sgt. Fury #1 - #10.
Strange Tales #101 - #110, plus a few additional issues.
Tales of Suspense #39 - #49, plus a few additional issues.
Tales to Astonish #27, #35 - #44, plus a few additional issues.
X-Men #1 - #16.
Brave and the Bold #2 - #24.
Flash - All the first appearances of the SA villains, along with SA Trickster covers, plus Showcase #4, #8, #13, and #14.

I am currently working on obtaining slabbed copies of Justice League of America #1 - #14, to go along with my Brave and the Bold #28 - #30.

As for single issues, I would like to obtain a copy of Detective Comics #140 (first Riddler), Batman #171 and Batman #232, Giant-Size X-Men #1, and Incredible Hulk #181. The last three issues are replacement copies for books that I sold to help finance the purchase of Amazing Fantasy #15 and Showcase #4.

Very impressive!

On 11/23/2023 at 12:57 PM, fifties said:

Negative, it has entirely different stories, and titled the same as number 1.  There were not two number 1's and no number 2.

So Weird! So there is a Tor 1, no number 2, then a  3,4, and 5.

Then there's a 3-D comics 1 and 2 both with new Tor stories? Why wasn't there a Tor #2? 

@fifties is the green cover issue the exact same interiors as the blue cover one?

I love the pre-hero Marvels, what an awesome collection!!!

Price drop, $375 shipped! Also, the Green Arrow story is drawn by Jack Kirby! You know you want it now 

Unless I find a better copy, that wont happen!

On 11/21/2023 at 7:11 PM, Funnybooks said:

uncool

 

Super uncool

Rules:

Shipping is included in price.

Return accepted if notified within a week of delivery. 

Price with postage is within US, all others postage will be added. 

I'll take it trumps PM's. 

Thanks for looking!

One book for now. 

Adventure Comics #256 cracked out of CGC holder, 7.0 CR/OW

Silver age origin of Green Arrow. 

Last GPA sale in May was for $462. 

My price is $415 shipped. 

Thanks for looking!

On 11/3/2023 at 9:59 AM, drbanner said:

Action Comics 424 NM  $26.00

Take

Superboy 197 is a key 

On 10/15/2023 at 3:54 PM, sfcityduck said:

What's the criteria?  Its sort of a meaningless question.  Are we talking quality, total value, backstory, import to comics history, historical value, future potential return, breadth of genres, scope of years, association with notable person, depth of copies, etc.?

My list:

1. Gaines File Copies - It covers essentially every comic by a publisher, for many issues includes over 10 copies of each, the average grade is ultra-high, includes many top of census copies, page quality is high, is associated with the Gaines family, is associated both with important comic history and general history (censorship, SOTI, Senate hearings, CCA, etc.), and is just a really remarkable and unique group of comics.  

2. Mile High (you can name it after a bitter obsessed old man, I'll name it after the store that created the pedigree concept) - High quality, large breadth in coverage of genres (but not all) and scope of time period, key "best" books known to exist such as Action 1, important for comic history in how comics were dealt and the explosion in values, the fire pedigree, the OG, is going to be on everyone's top 5;

3. Okajima - Incredible historical association with the internment camp history, trades at higher multiples that any other pedigree especially at lower grades, fascinating back story on both the compilation of the collection and how it was discovered (too bad that there's still a bit of uncertainty on both), includes some really great books but even the lesser books with "camp markings" are desirable.

4. Windy City - 2,000 number 1 issues, biggest collection of its type, key books, what's not to like?

5. Larson - Old, broad, interesting collecting history ties, key books, high quality.

Honorable mentions:

Allentown - crazy high quality on some key books, no backstory just secrecy, too small, great candidates for incredibly notable books but is that really enough to be a pedigree?  The original point of the pedigree concept was to be an indication of quality for books being bought pre-internet remotely. It was an indicia of quality for really large collections as they were spooled out over years. Allentown doesn't fit that. It's a small collection that could be spooled out in a day by any dealer at a convention. 

SF (can't call it Reilly until we confirm he existed) - You can't argue with the books quality, but nothing of the story used to help sell the books has been verified.

Promise - Broad, generally high quality, covers an era not often found in crazy high condition, but it was overhyped, in some instances over graded, and prices are declining on resell in many instances. It's not quite the Pets.com of pedigrees but its a bit close.

I like this list!