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Fox Company victors to Victor Fox company fox...

Bees to the mother of all Flies...

Looks like the Cat-Man may be landing on Planet OAF this year; first time since the pandemic. My buddy Bob Wayne and I discussed the risks of crossing Red River into Oklahoma and decided to take the gamble since his conestoga zeppelin is in pretty good shape. We won't be setting up this year as we did back in the good ol' pre-Covid daze of '19, but looking forward to reconnecting. Little known factoid: back in the dawn of time I was actually elected President of OAF (in the year 1971 AD, based on fossil evidence). The miracle is that I somehow managed to survive my term in Office without getting shot or impeached!

OAFcon coming; September BUMP... There's a good chance I'll be attending the upcoming OAFcon in Norman, Okla. Sept. 16th & 17th (Embassy Suites). Although not setting up this year it's an opportunity to visit old friends and check out the dealer's room and how everyone is doing. My buddy Bob Wayne suggested it and since I've only ventured out of state once since the pandemic ...guest appearance at the SF convention Archon near St. Louis... this seemed like an ideal time to venture forth to another fan friendly event. I'll probably mention this in the coming events section as well, but this thread weighing heavily on the nostalgic side of the equation, here's a rare old daguerreotype taken at a party fans threw during an OAFcon, attended by the late great Bart Bush (standing behind him is longtime fan/dealer Kent Cordray; this was approx. a decade ago)...

gut shot to eye socket sock-it...

spear in the chest to slug in the chest...

I believe this guy was active in fandom to some degree, turning out regular B&W newsprint reprint fanzine's called Captain George's Comic World in the late 60's and early 70's. I'm sure someone could verify my recollections on this. The fanzines were fairly random reprints covering both vintage newspaper comics and GA comic books.

green aliens to winged aliens...

commander and Navy Lieutenant in the clutches of Amazon staff to Jeff Bezos playing the odds...

My humble sea world exhibit...

Korean War flame throwers to WWII flame throwers...

Register of Death to Wheel of Death...

That's the problem! Cat heirs always look great on Larsons.

A beautiful Larson copy, why is your dog trying to get shed of it?

That's a beauty! This being a very old label there might be room for a major uptick if you are interested in that. At least it's worth an inquiry. For starters it looks better than grade, at least from the front. Also, cleaning and pressing might've been graded a bit tougher back when this book was originally slabbed ...dependent upon what kind of cleaning was employed... at least it might be considered for a conserved designation if not a universal grade. And to top it all off, your book should still get the Nicholas Cage Collection designation as well as a gold pedigree label being a Recil Macon book. That's a win/win/win/win jackpot.

If this is your first submission, I'd use the "I'm new to these parts routine" and ignore current auction hammer prices. Point out that you just looked at an Overstreet Price Guide and it says "...this book's worth this much in this grade" and see if that interpretation of FMV gets any traction.

I've been compared to a lot of weird things, but never Alex Jones!

It's hard to argue with hammered results; sales figures speak volumes. From my perspective, resubmitting Promise Collection books would almost seem counterintuitive if seeking a grade bump. It's just hard to imagine more fairy dust being spread over these books at the pressing level after the generosity of the initial grading process. But CGC alchemists are rumored to know the secret of turning lead into gold. Note: I feel it's necessary to provide context here since any mention of this pedigree has been known to digress into perceived negativity (wouldn't wanna do that!). As an owner of several high grade Promise books I'm very satisfied with their appearance and grading. What makes Promise books so special is the uniqueness of the Hollywood -script level story behind them and discovery of many highly sought after books from the mid and late 40's in higher grades. 'Nuff said.

It won't surprise me if this bests expectations, beating the prior hammer price by a fair margin. Unlike a lot of high grade Promise books, not many high demand Timelys have reentered the market, this isn't exactly a quick flip for the consigner. With or without the pedigree, even in low grade, it's a key book (rematch Cap vs. Hitler on cover, first round throwable shield). Without getting into rationalizing why so many flipped Promise books lose money, it just seems to me that immediately turning around and re-auctioning any book assumes a lot of risks, and bidders usually aren't that gullible.

Redhead by a white horse with red reins and a red-and-black halter to Red suited white bearded ho, ho, ho'er with red-nosed reindeer heading back with tall orders...

No doubt this comic would be snuffed out if published today.

Given the stratospheric prices GA are reaching at auction I'm thinking in the future I'll only go with Brinks.